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^^^ We have a winner! :laugh:

...you have to hold on to the knobs on both sides of the bathroom door and use your arm strength to lower yourself onto the throne - because your thighs cannot do anything resembling another squat. :blushing:

Absolutely wonderful! Well done!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You should write Bill Engvall and tell him about that! :laugh:

BUMP! and a sincere thanks!

This is equivalent to what I'm going to lose: It''s an 85 lb. salmon carcass. Can hardly believe I'm lugging around all that extra weight just because I didn't watch what I was doing. :noway:

I really appreciate this encouragement. My weight is stubborn, but my body is getting smaller. I've lost inches and, to keep myself from getting discouraged, I physically CLAIM those smaller measurements as mine, once and for all. I do that by taking in my clothes with the sewing machine. I'm teaching myself to sew as I go…

I just picked up a $5 manual one from Target this weekend. LOVE it - and it's so great to be able to really know the portion sizes you are logging are on-target! This is it: It's really neat because the top rectangular piece is a container for the food you want to weigh. After you wash the container, you put the scale part…

Excellent work - I hope I can follow your example! I'm starting about the same weight and hope to lose 85 lbs. You really are inspiring - thank you for sharing your success! :happy:

Well, the pics of Ms. Granger cured that nagging hungry feeling I had - there is barely enough room in her "waist" for her spinal column! Can you imagine how cramped or displaced her internal organs must have been? OUCH

^^^ Brilliant. Adopt me? <grin>

It's a really interesting question, isn't it! What I'm after is a lifestyle change rather than a "diet" I have to follow XX days a week or month. So, in that respect - no, I dont "cheat" because I want to work into my lifestyle enough fun to be sustainable without sacrificing my greater goals. In other words, I don't want…

^^^ This. Add a couple tablespoons of walnuts if you have the fat allowance available and enjoy nuts.

WOW! Well done, and what an amazing journey! You truly inspire me with your progress and commitment! :flowerforyou:

Hi Jocy50, I'm a 56 yr old grandmother of 5 with about 80 lbs to shed. I'm on the site almost daily, though more so over weekends than during work days. I'm positive and tactfully truthful and would love being one of your friends. :flowerforyou:

I would address the reasons you believe you love smoking. When you confront that, and realize that smoking does not give you anything positive, you won't want to do it anymore. If you believe smoking contributes something positive to your life, you will smoke. In truth, smoking does not (1) calm your nerves, (2) make you…

I had a very wise person once take me to a busy intersection where there was an outdoor seating area where we could sip on coffees and chat. He had me tell him when I saw somebody I thought I might be willing to "trade places" with. The truth is, there weren't that many. Sure, there were lots of people prettier than me, or…

Mine is showing Holland America Cruise ads... so I guess you all know what I dream about! :love:

Bump - keeping topic on top because I'd love to know the answers, too. :-)

Marvelous - your dedication and hard work is really paying off! I continually learn here that the scale is NOT the best measure of success. Well done!

I just lost one size and am now beginning to fit into size 20 clothing. I don't care who finds it sexy - I don't feel good at this size. But to answer your questions - I think men find women sexy who are comfortable in their own skin and who treat him like a man. If you're in tune with your own sexuality and know how to…

Hi Jasmine, First off, I've got to say you're taking a great approach by filling out your profile and tracking your food. Well done! I noticed in your diary that you aren't tracking any vitamins, minerals, or sodium. Your metabolism might be 100% reverse of mine, so please take this as a suggestion - but for me, sodium…

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Yup - I'm definitely with you on that. I *told* myself not to click this one... now I gotta know! LOL

Finished re-reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and am currently reading The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People by Stephen R. Covey. It's about being the best you that you can be and the principles of character-based excellence (as opposed to personality-based excellence) can be applied to…

Hi Miss (I know - that's not your first name), I just wanted to chime in with a welcome, and to say I really do love the amount of research you'v'e done. Like you, I started the fitness part of my lifestyle change with EA Active, though I already made my way to "heifer-dom" so I have insufficient muscle tone to do the…

Thanks so much! My legs are really starting to feel "powerful-sore" rather than just painful-sore, if you get the distinction. I like this kind of sore. Now this cold - man! It's really stubborn. Funny how you don't think about air until you can't seem to get any through your nose. :indifferent:

I love this post - congratulations! I guess it's true what they say - muscle weighs more than fat! And what a great affirmation that you are dropping fat, not muscle. That's the best way to a healthy you! :flowerforyou:

^^^ This! Aside from the Like button, I'd also like to be able to jump to the place in a discussion where I posted a comment, so I wouldn't have to page through 15 pages to try to find where the new posts began. I also vote for the suggestion somebody made about adding automatic conversions. We in the U.S. are not so savvy…