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I'm a picky eater too! (maybe a bit less than you are) However, do you know that it takes about 20 times of tasting a food for your taste buds to change? I forced myself to drink unsweetened tea for about a week and now I LOVE IT! I hated cous cous and now I really enjoy it! I couldn't eat asparagus; but now I really enjoy…

Congrats Bequ on making it to the gym! Did you feel better after your workout?

Hi all, Well I was down another pound or so this morning. I've lost almost 11 since the beginning of Feb. I'm actually very shocked and impressed since I've been under a lot of stress this month and not sleeping well. Usually these kinds of emotional barriers are cause to 'give up and eat' and I'll focus on my health when…

freaking awesome!!!!!!!

That was the most inspiring story I have read!! I'm crying reading your story. Perhaps because I'm at the beginning of my own journey. Last year I just couldn't pull it together, and I have a lung disease and am on steroids and just felt like I was losing the battle of my life... Thank you so much for sharing and being an…

Hi! and welcome back!! I just started for the first time a few weeks ago myself! I'm also trying to find balance this time around... I always have done and 'all or nothing' approach in the past. I really am working on finding a lifestyle. Good luck!

OMG! well that was the most depressing thing I've done in a while... first i couldn't find a tape measure, so I got string... I measured each area and then just cut the string. Then my helpful hubby reminded me of the tape measure in his toolbox... my three strings were almost as long as I am tall and they were all the…

I agree, bake away!! I've halved recipes so there wasn't as much and my kids are 7 and 4 and I have them help and watch me... I give them a quarter if they catch me sneaking some batter, etc... those tastes add up! We've also made stuff and then give it to our neighbors...

I feel like everyone has a story, and I believe that if we walked in their shoes, we'd be in the same boat that they are in. I have been one of those that has been wanting to lose for so long. I thought I loved everything about my life except my weight; but the truth is I didn't love myself. I'm not sure I completely do…

I agree, I tried to join a group the other day and was told I couldn't, they had too many in there group and weren't accepting new people... even though the title of the group made it sound welcoming. When I read through the group one of their members suggested changing the title so it didn't sound inviting to newbies...…

Hi, I think you are right about us busy moms. I have four children and am up usually before 5 so I can take me and my 4 year old to the gym by 6. I set her up with her innotab and I walk and work out til 6:35. I then shower and get to work by 7 and work till 3:30. After work it's a mad dash home to beat the school bus that…

The one thing I notice is that the number that made me cry when I was gaining weight, is the number that I am dancing about already. I have a lot to lose too... Set small goals and you can do it. The one thing that helps me most is that I say I don't have to lose weight. I don't really have a weight loss goal. Here are my…

Hi, I'm Jessi and live in Olympia

there were some things in early childhood that I think are part of it... and then in my teens I was extremely athletic and could eat everything and not gain because I burned tons... and in my twenties, I stopped sports and didn't change how I ate. And then I yo-yo'd the last 15 years...

I LOVE how you just keep going!!!!!!! I feel like if I learn that lesson, I will succeed!! AWESOME

In Oly, there's some trails at Watershed Park and PPP that have some nice hills! Go for it!

I'll join you :)

I'm having the same problem. I have brooks and I have a podiatrist that has made me some custom inserts. I can walk fine outside; but the treadmill... it's hard for me to get even 10 minutes in... thanks for posting this topic.

ok, I' ve been weighing sporadically so far, but I think I'm going to go with Wed and Sat. I like the idea of daily check ins; but I'm afraid I will get obsessed and not be ok with 1/2 water one day or something. I'd like to wait like a month and have a huge surprise; but I don't think I can even wait a week much less a…

I drink water or hot tea and it helps me...

I have 100 to lose so I can be 'overweight' and not 'obese'... I log EVERYTHING and just make sure I have calories left... I haven't set any weight goal because I get really discouraged if I don't hit it and at this point in my life I wasn't sure what or how to set a goal... but I did set a goal to run 1/2 mile without…

LOL!!! I read the first statement and stared at the pic for a minute before reading the second line and laughing... thanks! I needed that :)

More times than I can count! The one thing for me that has worked in the past and that I'm using this time... is to make my goal non-weight loss related. I lost 79 pounds in 04 by making a goal to go to WW every Saturday no matter what... I didn't have to lose weight; but of course I did... and now I'm saying: I don't care…

I will help you! My goal was fit by 40 and sadly changed to fit while 40... feel free to add if you'd like :)