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I am commenting so i can continue to follow this thread.. would like to know everyone's input :)

We all eat what I cook. We are currently eating recipes from Eating for Life by Bill Phillips. I want my whole family to be healthy so they eat what I eat!

This.. I quit a little over 5 years ago. I got sick and wasn't able to smoke that day. I woke up the next day and thought if I can do it one day, let's try two.. I made it through!! So the next day I said, let's try three! 5 years later I wake up and say, let's try 1825! If I were to have just one, I would be a smoker…

From looking at your diary, i think you need to drink MORE water besides the fact that under 1200 calories is too low! I would say increase it a tad for a couple of weeks while drinking more water and see what happens! Our bodies need nourishment to get the best results!

Welcome! I am from Iowa too and I am a teacher!! I started in January and have lost 16 pounds so far.. it's coming off really slowly but I hear that means it'll stay off! I'd love to help keep you motivated!!

I read something health related on a daily basis. Educating myself on nutrition and exercise really help me to WANT to do this for myself. I have been overweight my whole life so this is really a whole new journey for me. My body cannot catch up with my mind fast enough though!! I am 3 months into this journey and I miss…

My thoughts and prayers will be with you and your family tonight. Please keep us posted on how things turn out! May peace be with you all as you wait!

Dirty Dancing - "What's she doing here?" "I carried a watermelon." "Carried a watermelon?"

How do you bump? i know this isn't a training question, but I have tons and want to read this thread!! :)

I LOVE to dance!!!!! I dance in the kitchen by myself, with my daughters, anyone who will dance with me! I LOVE IT!! I love to dance to Katy Perry, LMFAO, Lady Gaga, etc. so that I can move my body. I am only at 9 lbs lost but that's only since January 9.. so I am good with that!!

I am hoping to get one soon! I have heard great things about them and really, really want one! Great to hear that so many love theirs! :happy:

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LOVE THIS! This is EXACTLY true!!

I agree - depends on how hard you want to work!! :laugh:

I cannot offer any insight or advice as I have never been through a situation of this sort. What I can offer you is my prayers. I pray to God that you will find peace with whatever decision you make. I pray that you will continue to be strong and courageous. Good luck....

Ok, so I did all that - here it is and tell me what you make of it: 160 lbs - 1494 BMR, 669 activity, 2163 total..... my weight 242 - 1847 BMR, 827 activity, 2674 total - my goal weight total is more than my current BMR - so I should lower it to that right?

I need help to really understand this. My goal weight is 160 - I went to the site that you mentioned and typed everything in and it comes up with 2163 total calories. So this is what I should be eating each day to LOSE weight??? I am currently 242 lbs.

I know how you feel!! Last week i gained 4 lbs.. turned out that MFP had calculated my caloric intake wrong and I was eating 400 more calories a day than I should have been.. I weighed in this morning and I have lost 4 lbs.. so, you might want to recalculate your BMR and see what happens! Good luck!

:sad: I just recalculated my goals and whatdya know?? My calorie goal was set way too high!! NO wonder I didn't lose any weight this past week!!! Unfortunately, it's late in the afternoon and I only have 477 calories left for dinner! It's only one day right?? :)

I was also having the same problem and a good member on here told me that if I was new to exercising, my muscles were probably retaining water and glycogen in anticipation of the next workout. The body does this to ensure that it has enough energy for this "new" thing you are putting it through! Keep at it and you will see…

WOW!! Thanks so much for the inspiration! I hope to be able to make a post just like this a year from now!! :)

I only use water, but I don't see why you couldn't use tea??

My daily calorie goal is set to 1970 in order to lose 1 lb a week per MFP. I am eating 300 calories below that plus exercising. I started 2 weeks ago with eating the "right" food and this is day 7 of P90x.. I would like to lose 76 lbs.

Thank you to everyone that replied to me! I am new to this site so had no idea I could open up anything to the public! I appreciate all of the positive (and negative) feedback. This is only my 2nd week and day 7 of P90x, so I think I am going to keep going and see what happens! Also, the P90x is really intense and it is a…

Thank you for that! I am not hungry at all, so when I hear that I need to eat more, I simply can't do it!

This is soooooo right!! Keep up the great work!!!

Good for you!! I have been smoke free now for a little over 3 years!! It was the best thing I have ever done for myself! I just feel better. Now that I have decided to get the weight off as well, I'm feeling even better! I did gain weight but I have always been overweight so that wasn't a big deal! Now that I want the…