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I live in Illinois. Alton to be exact, which is less than a half hour drive into St. Louis, Missouri and a good solid 5 hours from Chicago. It is funny...even though I live in Illinios, I have rarely ever been to Chicago. I go to St. Louis all of the time.

I totally have this same problem. My first issue is that when my Zumba instructor says "keep those abs tight!" I am not sure how exactly to do this. So I end up doing something like what I have been doing my whole life when I am talking to people, and I suck in my gut. Then it is really hard to do the routine while trying…

My heart breaks for you that you have found out this information and are faced with the reality of what to do next. I have been in your shoes and I know how confusing and heartbreaking it is. Prior to my marriage, I found my then finance's stash of porn DVDs. I knew that he watched porn now and then, but I had no idea that…

I am 35 years old and chose not to have children. I teach 1st and 2nd grade and I love my job. I love spending my day with 6-8 year olds. However, I do not want to have kids of my own. I was told a couple of weeks ago that I "must really hate kids" because I do not want any. That really hurt me. I can't imagine how I would…

I don't remember exactly how much I weighed. I most likely never weighed myself. If I had to guess, I would think I was about 175? I do know that my choir director called me "the fattest girl in show choir" my senior year.

I am right there with you! I began at 288 on January 2 of this year and I am now 256. It does seem that a lot of my friends on here are in the 100's and do not have much to lose in comparison to me. Sara S.

I just got finished working out and I feel like an exhausted mess at the moment. I do not think I will ever enjoy exercise, but i do it every day because I know I need to.

I know that I would quit trying to lose weight really fast if I deprived myself of Fast Food now and then, especially if I was sitting at home eating carrot sticks while my friends had Taco Bell. Part of making a lifestyle change, I believe, is keeping some of the foods you enjoy into your life, without overdoing it. I…

I am a charts and graphs nerd (just ask anyone I work with) and so I especially love seeing this! Great job in your weight loss.

I also love McDonald's. Eat there about once or twice a month. My usual used to be the #2...which is 2 cheeseburgers and a medium fries. Now I order one cheeseburger and a bag of fries. This is well with-in my calories for a dinner meal. I decided that this time around I was not going to stop eating my all time favorite…

I think overdoing it for 35 years so that I got to this point where I have to lose a lot of weight has something to do with the reason why I lose about 2 pounds a week. What exactly am I doing? Eating about 1,600 calories a day. Doing Zumba five times a week (even then eating about 1,600 a day). Still eating fast food…

In December seeing the box of Enntimen's chocolate donuts that I ate the night before in the trash. It just suddenly hit me that I was eating entire boxes of donuts in 10 minutes time and going to get more to eat. When was it going to stop? Then I saw a news report on one of my best friends who lost over 100 pounds last…

I will check this out for sure! I am staying at the All-Star movie Resort. My first time staying onsite at Disney World. I am also a Disney freak. I have been to Disney World in 2008, Disneyland in 2009 and Disneyland Paris in 2010. Lots of fun! However I was not watching what I was eating at those times. We did not order…

I am going to Disney World for my Spring Break in April. I am totally excited, but like the OP, I am nervous. My first issue is that I will not have MFP access while I am there. I don't have one of those fancy phones and the hotel has expensive internet access. Besides I don't want to lug a laptop on a plane. So either I…

Wow. It is a comfort to know that I am not alone in this. One of my biggest issues (and according to my mom has been an issue all of my life) is that I never have that feeling of being full. If I actually feel full, that means I have ate so much that I have made myself sick. That rarely happens. I can eat boxes of…

I am just glad to know that I am not the only one noticing this change. I have been "regular" for as long as I can remember. Same time every morning...and now I go 3 days or so without anything. It isn't really an issue, but just something I am not used to. But then I was eating a lot of junk in the past that I am not…

I love my parents and they are wonderful people, but my Dad is one of the most embarrassing men on the planet. When I was 10 years old we took a vacation to Branson, Missouri and we were at the show, "The Shepherd of the Hills." They were having a "pre-show" where some guys were singing and a group was square dancing on…

I have to agree...although at times I regret not having kids with him because we were planning on having them and I sort of was sad that it didn't happen. But then I read things such as what's posted here and I count my blessings that I do not have children. My heart goes out to you. I had no idea how expensive a lawyer…

Interesting information! I forgot to mention that I do not have any children, do not pay alimony (or receive it), legally have taken my maiden name back and have not heard from my former husband in over 2 years. I feel like I am so far removed from that marriage and was just wondering if there was ever a time in my life…

I met my boyfriend on the free dating web page, Plenty of Fish. He first messaged me in March 2009 and then we started video chatting. We met in person in April and have been dating ever since.

I love trashy reality TV. I used to watch I love New York and Flavor of Love on VH1. Nowadays I am hooked on watching the Bad Girls Club and any of the Teen Mom (1 or 2). I also watch Sister Wives, but it isn't nearly as embarrassing as Bad Girls Club or Teen Mom.

Words can't say how proud I am of the two of you. You have inspired me totally. I decided to get with it and lose weight because if my friends, who are just normal people that I know in real life, can lose all of that weight, then why can't I? I am now excited at the chance to be an "aunt" in the near future as well. You…

I can really relate. On Friday night I ended up going to the Golden Corral Buffet. Now prior to my attempts to lose weight, I would go wild and eat everything there. I did much better with my food choices and didn't eat like a pig and was full. Thanks to the workout I had earlier in the day, I was under my calorie intake.…

I am a binge eater. After eating an entire box of Entimenns Donuts in December (in about 10 minutes) I decided I needed to do something. It is a struggle. I want to eat. I have found that if I chew gum when I want to start binging, it helps. Sara

The one I do the most is Zumba 2. I like some of the songs more than others. But it isn't too bad. I also enjoy doing Dance on Broadway. I am into musical theater so I think it is a fun one (and it is a cheaper game...under $20). I recently got the Black Eyed Peas Experience, but only played it once. It seemed a little too…

I have been doing Zumba since March. Do I love it? No. I don't love any type of workout, but it is tolerable and I do like the music. I started by doing Zumba Gold once a week. In October I started on the regular classes. I am the biggest person in there and sometimes the moves are just to hard for me. I have trouble with…

I use Zumba for the Wii and it is pretty good. I also can't get the belt to go around me. I find that if I stick the wii remote into my pants or pocket, it works most of the time. I also take Zumba classes. My instructor told me that you burn about 800 calories in an hour class. So I added that to the data base on here.

I am the last person to talk to about sleep because I have the world's WORST sleep habits. I go to bed about midnight and wake up at 6:15. I enjoy a 45 min. nap in the afternoon if I can swing it. I have gotten in that silly habit of sleeping on the couch and not in my bed, which can't be a good thing. But my issues were…

Good job! I also lost 7 pounds this past week. As I said to someone else, "that is the weight of a new born baby!"

I weigh in on Monday mornings just because I started this change in my habits on a Monday.