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All of the suggestions are good. Also see if you are avoiding something else in your life or don't want to do something, sometimes that behavior leads us to look at food as comfort.

Great job on your weight loss and fitness. You really do look dfferent!! Continued success on your journey :)

you can add me too, I wil help with your efforts. I too joined in January and welcome support!

Congratulations on your success!! I certainly appreciate all the reminders you wrote on what it takes to reach success like you did. I too can do this! Thanks for posting :)

Great job! You look fantastic. I am soooo jealous lol. Good for you and way to stay motivated.

You would have to take these things all the time from what I understood. If you stop them the fat cells will expand again. I don't know if it's really going to work. Controlling calories and exercise is the secret to getting there and staying there

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You look so wonderful and it's great that you are taking care of your health now at a young age and for your future. I admire the hard work and congratulate you on doing so well. Keep up the nice work:)

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Here it goes count me too! CW: 199 GW: 194 3/3 198.5 3/10 3/17 3/24 3/31

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I looked on your diary and see that you don't eat breakfast. It is important that you eat breakfast because it gets the metabolism started, and like a fire that is dying, you have to keep the fire stoked to burn. Also I agree that you need a variety of different foods in your intake to change it up a bit therefore giving…

Look for how it's prepared also.Grilled or roasted, steamed and not in a sauce is safer so there will be less calories. I just went through this over the weekend and had to choose the foods that were prepared lighter, and don't eat all of it like the others say, I regretted eating the whole portion (not thinking) even…

That's what I have been saying only my last child now is almost 20. Thanks to this website I will be able to get in shape and lose the weight with the support of people from here. I started my journey 5 weeks ago and made a milestone. I got into the onederlands after coming close many times. Good luck and add me for…

If you can handle having chocolate in your house, allow for it in your daily totals. Some how denying your favorite things makes you crave it more so then you over indulge in it, Remember you are" in training" and will learn things about yourself as you go through the journey. Don't give up set your self a small goal of…

I know what that means too as I hit under 200 last week for the first time in 20 years. I have never seen the 190's since I was pregnant 20 years ago. It is so weird to see these new numbers on my scale after coming close to it dozens of times!! Congratulations and let us keep up the journey through the 190's now!!

Welcome to MFP. I am new to this site also and it has been very usefu for me too and l many times find it addicting because I want to get all the info from everywhere here:) Of course it also keeps me on track of what I put in my mouth now!

Me too, Cleveland :)

There is something i don't get. You are 5'9" and you weigh 209ish and you only get 1200 to 1500 calories and with all that great exercise you are doing, you should be eating more calories. I am 5'2" and weigh 200 lbs and I get to eat 1390 calories a day to without exercise included. I have done exercise and nothing as…

Many times this happens when you are on a weight loss program. We get unexpected surprises for not planning for the food choices. That's what teaches us to not make these poor decisions over time. We learn every day and every time we start to pay attention to our eating. Don't beat yourself up, it's just one day hopefully…

I agree, you need to stay in touch with your mind and therefore can control the desire to eat things that sabotage the hard work that went into making your weight loss happen.. How badly do you want that healthy body weight? I think it it's worth it. I have dieted a lot and the only way to succeed is to stop and ask why…

I buy the 100 calorie snack packs of cookies. There are many cookies in the bag and i eat them slowly to enjoy the flavor and I look forward to them. I leave enough calories in my day. There are also Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches that are about 140 calories and very tasty for your snack. If I allow them in my caloric…

I like the mini whole wheat bagels or whole wheat bread toasted with peanut butter and half a banana sliced on it. Very easy and not a whole lot of calories but a good dose of fiber and protein to keep you full for hours.