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I lost about 85 lbs. at home with diet and simple exercise. ( Walking, biking, Swimming) I wanted to take it to the next level because ,after educating myself I discovered that to keep significant weight loss you need to build lean muscle. Didn't have alot of equipment at home for that so I joined a gym. Have lost about 20…

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Hi Sand. Just a quick Hi before I head out. I also had a bunch to lose. I started on my own and found MFP about a month ago. I'm now 7lb. from 100 with 50 to go after that. You can do this. Just stay focused on the goal, don't let a bad day or week be your excuse to give up. ( You will have them, we all do!) Keep in mind…

Yeah! I grew up in Minnesota and don't think I owned a winter coat down south for years. Now that I"ve lost almost 100 pounds I've become one of the people I used to chuckle at that puts on a coat when the temp. drops below 70! And I live in south central Texas now. AAAHHHH!!!

Have you increased your excercise or made any other changes. i platued when I started working out more. It kind of put my body into stress mode so I had to shake things up by making some minor diet changes temp..

I know it seems contradictory but you have to eat to lose weight! If you don't fuel the machine it will go into stress mode and actually save the few calories you do eat as fat for the "emergency" it thinks it is having. Hydrate too, thats really important. Try sipping all day if drinking full glasses doesn't appeal to you.

Broiling works realy well for me. It's fast and easy. Just foil line your pan, spray a small rack ( I use a pizza pan and a cooling rack, no rocket science involved. YAY!) Brush with a marinade you like. (Experiment with store boughts. Some I like are balsamic vinigeret, or just Italian dressing.) You can dust with a…

Check the bars at the top and go to settings then diary and you can adjust them from there.:happy: