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Sorry you have this, it really is painful! Don't give up, go to your local YWCA or wherever, and swim or do water aerobics. They let me wear water shoes (more like hiking sandals) that supported my foot while I swam. You can bike. Work out with weights at a gym, probably easier with machines rather than free weights…

Living and growing vegetables here in farm country, bugs don't really bother me. Unless it's a spider..alive,,crawling on me. Back to topic,, you wouldn't be safe with just veggies either. Libbys grows pumpkins here and they are 'allowed' only a percentage of protein in their canned pumpkin. Well, you don't get protein…

Good for you! I'm proud of you. I agree 100%. I had gone the route of zoloft, xanax, etc. and they just made me feel awful. I couldn't even cry when my sister in law died, because my brain was so drugged. That was the last straw for me, drugwise. I started walking like you did, but I started out a lot slower and worked up…

Is this just a recipe for a low carb crust? Calorie wise, I'd rather have a thin bread crust, skip the meat and put veggies on top. It looks good though.

I'm going to one too! The plan is to have pizza, so that's what I'm going to do, but I'll make sure I get in good workouts to earn the extra cals. I'll treat it like any other 'holiday' and work around it, so to speak. Have fun!

Watch the movie "13 Going on 30", that will explain a lot!

Are these ratings based on looks only? If so, that's your problem. We all get old and 'ugly' at some point in our lives. If there is no 'personality' under that skin, ya'll are doomed. How can you rate a guy a 3 when you don't know him? To me, that's rating him because he wont date you and like another guy said, maybe that…

I used this one because I love to run on trails and I was born in 1961. I'm a new runner and I was able to run on a trail that I used during childhood and that was my ultimate goal, to do that and enjoy it like I did years ago. My old username was NoIJustLookPregnant but after losing the belly, I happily changed…

If you're truly hungry, eat. Are you eating healthy food? Add protein (like egg whites, nuts, beans, greek yogurt, etc.) to your breakfast, lunch and snacks, it'll keep you from getting hungry so quick. I eat more food, bulkwise, now than I did before I started counting cals, so I'm not near as hungry as I was when I ate…

I'm using my treadmill due to the weather but prefer to run outside. While running on our mostly dirt roads and trails here, my ankles and muscles get a different workout than I do on the treadmill. I did some research and it was reccomended that you walk where you normally run, just to keep the muscles, tendons…

"PINK" haha

If I ever wore sweatpants/pj pants, it was because my jeans were too tight and uncomfortable. Get off your a$$es and move so you fit into your real clothes. I recently bought a pair of Hanes sweatpants to workout in at the gym but they are too tight. I guess I bought the wrong kind.. I'll go to Walmart later and get a pair…

I can't say that I binge on anything. Do you mean eating a dozen of something rather than one serving? Eating a ton of everything? If I have junk in the house, I'll eat some but I try to just not buy it. If I want a treat I just purchase one serving of it to satisfy me or make sure someone's at home to share it with me. I…

I've worked in accounting, worked at my dad's electronics store, was a leasing agent for subsidized housing, owned a replacement window/remodeling.construction business, went to nursing school and got straight A's but hated it, was an EMT-I and a volunteer firefighter. Now, I'm happily unemployed to spend time with my…

I know that this is an extreme example of hoarding, but it's true. A Pekin, IL. couple died from hoarding just last week. :( Sadly, the couple died here because they were hoarders. They had told their daughter that all of their 'stuff' was valuable and that it would make them rich someday. A neighbor said that the husband…

Wow, you've done amazing. I'm proud of you!

I make chili and replace the ground beef with 97% lean ground turkey. It tastes exactly the same! The next day, if we have any leftovers, I add some pasta for chili mac. We love it!

I'm short, only 5ft 3, so when I hit 179, I knew I had to do SOMETHING because I was NEVER going to go into the 180's. I also had realized I wore a maternity suit the entire summer. :mad: ETA more. lol I'm only 51 but had a small stroke in Nov 2011 that luckily, I recovered from, my blood pressure had skyrocketed to…

Well, if sweats are all you need, Walmart has Hanes sweatpants (for women anyway, not sure about mens), for only $5.00 a pair. If they fit better, you may feel even more proud of yourself and that's a good thing!

I lost 40lbs in 4 months just by walking and logging food and staying close to my cals, eating some exercise cals back if I was hungry. No, you wont look like a body builder, but you'll lose fat. Try to stay in the mid to upper range of your maximum heart rate.

Hey mf! Go to Goodwill! You should be able to find some stuff there to get you by until spring without having to pay for all new stuff. There is one in Pekin too.

I can't discuss my 'diet' with friends. I used to be the 'fat one', I'm now the skinny one, and I feel like a few of them are jealous. I just don't get it because while I was fat, I WISHED I was as thin as they were, but I never treated them differently, nor will I now. I guess you find out who your true friends are,…

PJ's are for wearing to Walmart. Sleep naked.

New Kids on The Block Vince Gill I didn't want to go to either one and I suffered horribly. I think I'm still scarred.

Hey I'm 51 and I did it, you can too!

Good for you. I too, am NOT a morning person. I never have been and when I do get up early, it feels like the day drags on forever, but like you, I get a lot more done. :) A year ago I could barely walk 10-15 minutes without getting out of breath. Yesterday I jogged for 60 minutes straight. Yeah it's been uncomfortable at…

Sugar free flavored coffee creamer works.

Nuts, seeds and dried fruits.. about 160 calories in 1/4 cup!

This.. I started having pain in the general area and knew exactly what it was due to family history. I had a sonogram and mine looked normal, but since my aunts, mom, sisters and everyone else in my family had already had theirs out, I pushed for more tests. I had a radioactive scan (i think that's what it was) and they…

Haha my husband agrees and has always mentioned mine. For years I had no clue as to what he was talking about. lol