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I've got a couple of favourites I keep swinging back to: 1. Fish and Veggies -1 fillet of Basil Pesto Tilapia from Costco, fantastic, 120 calories -huge bowl of stir-fried frozen veggies, no sauce, stir-fried in water (basically steamed), approx 80 calories. Pesto is very tasty on fish and mixes with veggies a bit, doesn't…

BTW if anyone is keen to see my workout/get-healthy plan, here are the details: http://jutanclan.blogspot.com/2012/02/weight-loss-to-max.html

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a series of "internet meme"-style silly photos I made to encourage me to keep moving forwards, enjoy ;) Explanation of why I'm doing this here if you're interested :) http://jutanclan.blogspot.com/2012/06/fat-former-self-photo-4.html Starting Weight: 211lbs Current Weight: 179lbs (New) Goal Weight: 170lbs 210 to…

London, Ontario.... what upppp!!!!!!!!!!! Now living in San Francisco, but will always be a true Londoner :)

London, Ontario.... what upppp!!!!!!!!!!! Now living in San Francisco, but will always be a true Londoner :)

Thank you all for your extremely kind and helpful responses and encouragment! MFP is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm hiking the Inca Trail in Peru in May and really psyched for that. I should be about at my first goal weight by then - 180lbs. I'm going to get a tape measure and start measuring body fat percent as many…

tinyspies, Thanks for the great info!!!! You know I must have been looking at the chart incorrectly. I checked and you're totally right. At 186 lbs and 5'7.5" (67.5"), I am actually at 28.7 BMI already. My next major goal weight is 170 which would be 26.2 on the BMI, pretty great. Pushing it even further to 165 would bring…

Thank you, epic MFP friends!!!!!!!!!!!! You guys are so awesome and so helpful. Thanks for all the encouragement and also for confirming what I had suspected. I actually haven't done any of those body fat measurements so I am gonna get a tape measure and give it a shot. My jeans are saggin' like crazy now and another pair…

Good job!!! Keep at it!!!

Thanks AirCircle! Yes, actually I'm drinking some RIGHT NOW!!!! It is great. The caffeine-free ones are great for the evening.

Hey Chill, Keep at it buddy! Yeah, definitely start at a pace that works for you! I was sortof active but not very much in my day-to-day job, so I had to start it up slowly and then move upwards to 5 times a week at 30 minutes each. It starts to be really fun and addictive to really push yourself to get into shape. Good…

1. I recently did a TEDx talk on working hard and being enthusiastic about life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I5J4P0XaPA 2. I'm Canadian, my parents are South African and I've lived in Canada, USA, England and Australia 3. I write a travel blog when I go on month-long trips and adventures around the world…

Thanks Lora! Thanks for the encouragement and glad you liked the post!

go for it! you can do it!!!