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Good on you working at this so well! A range that is reasonable is all you can do until you see for yourself and you are different than anyone else. I believe that. Also keep in mind that your brain does not really keep up with your new body image right away, necessarily, It took me a while to get used to the new me in my…

I've been at this website for 3 + years. One thing I know is that my body has regular stalls, then if I keep going it will drop again in trends. If I under eat or don't eat back my exercise calories I stall, too. If I have a period of extra exercise I don't lose, but that doesn't matter I'm getting stronger, then…

I am 5'2" and have never ever fit into the weight range for my height even when I was a skinny teen. There is a great new tool "The Body Gallery" and you can go to that website and see all kinds of ranges of sizes and weights for women of your height. Which is real and the right way to think about it. Instead of trying to…

I did get rid of all my fat clothes. It's good. My entire wardrobe is my small size clothes and they are tight. Which means to buck it up buttercup. I will NOT buy more fat clothes! The small size IS my size, now. If it doesn't fit, I will have to put in the effort until it does fit again. The clothes became my barometer.

<--3.7 years today graph. 10 pounds bump up that inches up and down. But would love to keep going up! After a year of weight loss I got to my 50lbs off goal. A little low for my body, but just needed to touch the goal. Bumped up 3 lbs and was really good there. Got slack every vacation and inch up to 10lbs from my good…

I do like the lady quoted, below. But I used to have fantastically light times, now fantastically heavy and crampy times with even more bloating and quite severe fatigue some days. For the most part I just continue on. but some times I dial it back, and then dial back the food so I don't overeat for activity. But there is…

Something I can have for a nice treat in a normal size serving is Angies Sweet and Salty kettle corn. Costco sells big bags and single serving bags, and grocery stores have them in the chips isle. I don't go crazy with it, like I would cookies, but it hits the spot and I feel like I had something yummy. Google the stuff…

You can find natural peanut butter with chocolate in the stores, now. Much healthier than nuttela and just as satisfying. Strike that, way more satisfying!

I've been through this... I checked in with his teachers (each one) every day for assignments. I made sure there was follow through. I checked back in to see if it happened and what else he was "due". Every stinking day. At the "good check in" for each teacher he got a reward daily. At end of the day with all done and he…

-13 in lower Wisconsin, -24 wind chill. Colder yesterday.

http://www.mybodygallery.com/ this is a great website to get perspective on weights and heights on different shape women. What you think you want to be and what you actually are. You can look up what your weight was to start as well. I also spent a lot of time putting my measurements and stats into all the calculators at…

Put your numbers all in each calculator and you'll get a very good overall view of where you are now. Then put in what you think would be a good goal and see how that looks. Body fat puts me really low for my military ideal calculated weight. So I went a little higher on my end goal and my body type feels and looks best a…

The fact of it is it's not their business what shape you have. They are being rude.

Just wait. You'll get thin and look younger. More healthy. Then they'll be all worried you are too thin. You might even make them feel inadequate about themselves and lose a friend or 2. But you do this for you and all the right things will fall into place. You'll find the more positive and supportive people naturally,…

One huge thing I learned is that you can't imagine for your kids what they will be or whats best. They are not you. They didn't grow up in your era. They will find it themselves and your experience and lifetime put on them will limit them. Direct them to a good direction and prepare them, yeah. But you can't imagine what…

I have 4 kids. 3 are in their mid to late 20's, one is 13. They all earned half their age allowance IF they did their progressive responsibilities. Clean the room by Sunday (if not by Sunday then they still have to clean it, but got no allowance) and extra job opportunities as well as responsibilities. I didn't keep the…

30 day shred does need a good strong ankle. How about swimming? I started out walking. I added a ski machine (I had one). Once I got more fit I started adding in some walk runs, along with DVD's and my Daughters Wii came with a Zumba. I don't ever push it much. I just keep plodding along. I still walk the dog, too. Walking…

I lost 50lbs and my boobs. But, when I gained weight there was a lot of boob expansion with fat accumulation. My oldest daughter lost as much weight, and not much boobage lost. She was bigger than me all along, and hasn't had pregnancies or breastfeeding to blame them on. In other words she started out X-large and I…

I like this idea. And also discuss when's good or not good to do it. Knowing it's going to be loud, because you are going to put in effort. It's a mental block you have to get over, so you can have this opportunity. I have my TV in the living room and an open floor concept house. So when my 10-12 yr old (I've been doing…

I tried it and it's too sweet for me. But you know what? It's food and low calorie. Good for you for trying to keep to your goals and still enjoy taste. The food police can fight their own battles. You just keep busy working on you. You might change your taste later, but that's you. It seems like a way better alternative…

People that don't have bad periods often think the ones that do are just being dramatic and weak. And this statement (above) is false. But good for you if you don't have any problems except needing to get back off your butt and not overeat!

It's worth saying, my symptoms got much better and some went away, for the most part, or leveled to "normal", with weight loss. I was asking for hormone replacement or antidepressants to help get me through at my heaviest weight. Which, btw, just caused more problems and was expensive, so I never continued with it. I just…

I'm peri-menopausal and It took me a year to get 50lbs off. I've gained back about 10 from sloppy eating. It was harder than when I was younger, it was slower, and I put weight back on easily. But the MFP record keeping and set at 2lbs loss, gradually going with 1/2 pound loss toward the end, worked. I worked up slowly to…

I love it! Wow to you! I'm up to 3, and haven't pushed past that. Maybe you have put that little thought in my head, now!

My MotherInLaw was afraid to visit us because she might not fit in the airplane seat. You are taking control and that's going to be such a victory! Nothing you want to do needs to have a limit, you are going to do this! Here's me being the "fun grandma" instead of the fat grandma that wants to watch video's with my…

My husband is from one of these countries. He loves it. They have one I can't even put on my tongue because it's so gross. 2/3 of all their candy and desert is black licorice flavored. Not kidding. Don't take the brown ice cream with "chocolate coating" it's probably licorice.

Hurray for you! I did the same today! And there were TV cameras there :( But I made it, too!

I solved this by putting my "snack" in the car. I look forward to that snack. It keeps me from going through drive through's or ravaging the house when I get there from hunger. I keep it something I like, and something that will not perish in the car (and my purse as well). Even a tasty bag of individual serving "sun…

I didn't think I was a snacker. On here I started eating smaller meals 6 X a day. Because as it turns out i'm hungry at 10am no matter what I eat or don't. Same with between every meal. So just plan on it. Split your calories up to accommodate those midnight snack calories and just count it as a meal. When I don't, I'm…

Touchy subject, I know. So I'll reply to myself with what I've found out. The only good forum for trying to run with this problem I've found on this so far is here: http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/health--injury/ladies-loo-problem/2814.html All the exercise in the world won't help past tears, prolapse, and damaged…