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Wow!!! You look great!! I'm just getting to start doing the 30DS again for the first time since May. Thanks for the motivation!!!

I bake everything with Stevia in the Raw, but my supply is about out and I haven't been able to find it anywhere except in little packets (I did find it online). I do not bake that often so I'm not consuming vast amounts of the product. The way I look at it is that just about everything can potentially be dangerous to our…

Super job! keep up the great work!

Mapmyrun has a treadmill setting, but I haven't tried it since my treadmill broke. :(

Congrats to you! I started at 198 also in January (had been 206 & lost a few before MFP). I am 5'1 and my first "big" goal is 135 so I loved reading your progress!! I have been stuck at 152 for over a month because of some health issues and eating poorly on top of it. Reading your post was what I needed to get my groove…

Of everyone I know, I'm the only one who likes them. They are NOTHING like potato chips. I chop mine up, spray some Pam olive oil on them with a little kosher salt and sometimes a little pepper. I bake them on my Pampered Chef stoneware baking sheet.

I don't buy candy that I like; if we have leftovers, my husband or I bring it to work and give it away.

Wow - sounds painful to me! I can't wear flip flops for more than few hours, simply can't imagine running in them.

I have had a Polar FT4 since February and am in love with it; it's my best friend. I was a 44DDD when I started. If you get a good sports bra and put the transmitter in the front between the girls so that it's up under the bra strap, there is not a problem and you can't even feel the transmitter. I am now a 36G working to…

What a fantastic story - I love the way you write and I don't know you, but so proud of your accomplishments!!!! DEFINITELY an inspiration to us all!!!

I use the Polar FT4 HRM and love it! You also program your age, weight, etc to get your calorie burn for any cardio I do. I think the FT7 has a few bells & whistles I had no use for. I'm hoping to get the FitBit Ultra for Christmas so I'll also have that to track how I do. It's good to have an HRM - as an example - on my…

Good question - thank you! Can't wait to get out there and run on Saturday to check this out!

I just had my worst Binge Monster all year - and it lasted two weeks of eating peanut and peanut butter m&m's - I'm talking in one night I literally ate 800 calories of peanut m&M's!!! I didn't even buy healthy food - it was not appealing at all. I ate almost no fruit or veggies; this was TOTALLY not me I don't even have a…

I used to run at 4:30 am, but now that it's darker (and cold!) I became leary, too. I bought reflective velcro straps for my ankles and arms and a neon yellow Under Armour jacket/coat. I stay on the main road & hop on the sidewalk when cars come. I do most of my running on the weekends now, though - around 6:30 am when…

Wish I had time to really think about this because I'm a huge horror movie fan, but off hand I remember Children of the Corn being the first movie that freaked me out and the original Damien: The Omen and Rosemary's baby - no details I can remember right now, but I do recall those movies making me "think".

You look great - congrats on the hard work!

I eat 4 large egg whites pretty much everyday; I don't care for egg yolk unless it's in a nice, fluffy scrambled egg with a lot of milk. I prefer to save my cals for other things. I've never heard of eggs being bad to eat everyday; just like anything else, you have to watch the macros.

Say I Love You everyday. Don't take advantage of - pick up your socks, carry things up/down the steps, when you finish the salt, pepper, etc and it needs refiled, then do it yourself and don't save it for her. Carry your clothes to the laundry. Do things without being asked. Don't do what a lot of men do and refer to their…

1. Did you split amicably - yes; we are still good friends 2. Did you kill each other during the process - not at all; did our divorce through the mail; we cried, hugged at each step 3. Was the divorce due to cheating - I met someone else, but we were already in a bad place & just waiting for it to happen; love each other…

Awesome job, you look great - here's to you!!!!

Even when my motivation drops, I still continue doing my best to stay under calories or at least close. I just ride it out; I've never gotten to the point where I need someone to tell me to keep going so I haven't done a lot of friend requests. I feel so much better weighing less & that's all the motivation I need. I was…

DEFINITELY stretching before you run! I wasn't doing this and found I wanted to quit before my first mile every time (I didn't, but it felt like I "should"). Now that I stretch first, I don't have that problem. The other thing I found is getting good running socks helped make things better. I love the Thorlo Experia micro…

You are beautiful and congratulations on your weight loss! I'm out of the obese category now, too, bordering on that normal range. It's an exciting journey! Good luck to you!

Gee, my husband did all these things until we bought a house and moved in together. He REALLY WAS Prince Charming. Ever since, it's my job to do all the dishes, all the laundry (he even complains about carrying HIS laundry basket to the basement & it will overflow until I ask him to carry it down - he won't empty it,…

Measurement under the boobs is your band size; I was a 44DDD before losing 53 lbs. I got fitted @ Macy's - am now a 36G comfortably and am working towards a 34. My measurement is 35 around now & I'm in the last row of hooks on my band. You should buy the band tight so that once it gives, you have additional rows to use.…

Congrats - you did great on your time! I ran my first 5K on 9/15 and was did 32:37 & finished 4th in my age group. Was bummed because I ran the same in 27 minutes practicing the week before. Congrats on your weight loss, too, and here's to more 5K's!!!

I use MapMyRun - works well 99% of the time; sometimes it has trouble first getting the GPS signal so I'll start it 2 minutes before I leave the house so it's ready when I walk out the door to start. I have a Droid phone and I don't use it for music - I have a Shuffle so I don't know about the other posters comments about…

YES! Giant eagle (our local grocery chain) has the best buttercream icing ever. I am an icing lover - last night I got one of their chocolate chip cookie sandwiches where the buttercream icing is in between the choc chip cookies with an animal design of buttercream icing on top. I licked the icing off both cookies and…

Feels great, doesn't it???!! Congrats!

It's kind of ironic that I just encountered this in my clothes. I have a bin with my favorite jeans from 1985 and an old NY Mets (Lee Mazzilli) top I had from even earlier. The jeans were a size 4 and I weighed 104; the shirt was a large. I'm now wearing a size 8 jeans & they're getting too big (I can fit in a 6 but not…