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My thyroid has been completely dead since I was 11. I take 250 mcg per day. I have the same advice as others...if your medicine is regulated correctly, it is as if you dnt have hypothyroidism. It shouldn't effect your weight loss. I suspect if you're having trouble, it's from something else. :) glad to see you have an appt…

I also wanted to add that most anything I would consider a "treat/cheat", has so much sodium it gets me messed up 2 days. It's SO not worth it.

I don't purposely have cheat/treat days. If I'm planning to eat something bad, I exercise. Sometimes I accidentally have cheat days, where we end up eating something that exceeds my calories but I don't have an opportunity to earn those calories through exercise. Being completely honest, I just don't have the willpower to…

You look great! I lost in my face first, also. It's the best!! Great job! Keep it up.

Well, normally I could respond by saying I log daily, but if I say that and you go look at my diary, you'll see quite a few unlogged days. We just got back from Disney World (last Sunday) and I didn't log during vacation, but I've been back on track since Monday! I've been at this since November 11th, and every single…

I usually burn between 500 and 700 calories in a 60 minute Zumba class (that includes about 15 minutes of warm up and cool down, so a good 45 minutes of zumba altogether). I'm not sure how long you've been doing Zumba so I don't want to assume anything, but I'll tell you that when I start burning the most calories is when…

You're not going to find a better explanation. This is perfect.

TWIN! 5'2" SW: 236 CW: 199.8 (OOOOH yeah!!!) Next GW: 175 (wedding day weight!) UGW: 150 (for now!)

You have the cutest style! :) Way to freaking go!! You earned it...that's the best feeling ever. I'm RIGHT THERE, hovering in the 201-202 and haven't yet stepped on the scale to see a 199.8, but when I do, you better believe I'm gonna be elated :) great job and keep up the determination. You WILL get there!

She's right. I was the worst at peanut butter (before). In my opinion, if it fit on the spoon, it was a tablespoon. In reality, i was probably eating 4 tablespoons, twice the serving size...the difference of eating 190 calories or 380 calories is a lot when you're restricting. I use my scale for everything now, but I'm…

Also, I'm butt-rich. I think you'd consider me curvy. :)

Really, in the grand scheme of it, you're going to lose weight if you exercise at all. If you want to try it, then try it and see what happens for you. If you're not sure it's for you, don't do it. Either way, you're going to lose weight. We always have opinions because something works great for us, but that doesn't mean…

wow! What a transformation!! Great work! I, too, love the every-month photos! It's just amazing.

I love this!! You look awesome. You have come SO FAR! Your hard work is paying off! I can relate. I sometimes feel nervous to go into a store that might be "skinny only". I've never once been into MOST mall clothing stores, because I'm not sure how high the sizes go and, quite frankly, I fear someone saying, "You're too…

Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro! We're here for a little bit longer at least.

Do anything! Get some DVDs (target has some for as low as $6), walk, jog inside your house, jump, jumping jacks, jump rope, body weight exercises, dance....do ANYTHING! You CAN fit in exercise. Maybe not 60 minutes at once, but you can do 15 minutes here and there. As long as your heart rate elevates, you're exercising. It…

I agree with the others about planning and also to drink lots of water. Once you get your mind set on not eating except for when you're planned to eat, it will be easier. The first two days of sticking it out will be the hardest.

Well don't do what they're doing! Haha. Eat what MFP says to eat! I like to eat back some of my exercise calories, but I worry that they overestimate how much I've burned, so I try to only eat back when and if I'm hungry. :) Don't worry so much about how much others are eating because people have different goals and…

Amazing! You're like a whole different person! Beautiful job!

If you just stop, give up, quit---you WILL gain it back (trust me!! I am losing weight I already worked SO hard to lose!!). Don't stop! Keep going. You've done such a great job, and the LAST thing you want is to undo what you've already done. Keep going! Time passes whether you're counting calories or not. You can be 260…

Yay I'm short, too! I've always been overweight. I remember the day I realized I was the fat kid. In high school I went from 196 to 152, and I was SO proud of that. The more socially involved I became, the weight started coming back. By the time I graduated high school and started college, I was back up to 165, then 175…

I'm a starter-over, too. After my second baby, I was 236. I lost 30 (down to 206) pounds while my husband was deployed, and then when he got back in June 2011, I quit. I started again a few months later at 211 pounds. It didn't last long, and then I completely gave in and went back to my "normal" eating habits, quit…