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Did a lot of cleaning today and it was rough. I'm sure I burned lots of calories.

I liked a walking challenge that we had because I do a lot of walking. We just had a sheet of squares that we colored in for each mile. I kept track of my miles , days times locations on the back of the sheet. We have been playing TOPSY bingo. The cards are 50 cents each/limit 2 cards. Numbers are called each week. If you…

Our Tops group has a person who volunteered to be in charge of making sure we get cards out to people for various reasons. Our leader is the one who keeps us informed why someone isn't at a meeting. She either calls them, they call her, or someone who is close and in contact with our missing person lets us know why. We…

If I don't lose, it's not my Tops group's fault. Going to the meeting helps me refocus even after a bad week. I might be 50 lbs bigger if I didn't go,

I don't always love the scale, but I need it to keep me on track. I try not to let daily weigh ins bother me as long as I'm making weekly progress.

I joined Tops for the first time 23 years ago. My friend at work told me about it. I was shocked to see that the ex-wife (who was my bridesmaid) of my husband's friend was the leader. We had not seen each other in 15 years. Small world. It was a big group and we had fun and learned a lot about weight loss. I think…

I have found that I should never eat less than 1400 calories even though MFP says my goal will be reached if I eat 1290 with no exercise. I've heard that if you eat a protein, carb and fruit or fat every 3 -4 hours your blood sugar shouldn't drop and make you hungry. I'm trying to make sure I do that. When I lost 50 lbs 3…

One of the things I do is measure everything for the first few weeks I'm trying to refocus on control of what I eat. I have measuring cups and a food scale. These show me just what a portion should look like. I eat off a 9 inch plate. Half the plate is vegetables at dinner usually. You are suppose to eat protein, good…

I don,t like to do exchanges. I count calories and make sure I eat from all the food groups.

2T equals 1 fat or 1/2 fruit . From The Choice Is Mine TOPS book...

We have contests. We have a buddy contest. You and your buddy win a little prize if you lose 2weeks in a row. The idea is for you to call or email your buddy to give her support. We have three KOPS In our group. The fact that they keep the weight off is motivation. We all take turns presenting a weight loss, nutrition,…

My TOPS group is great. Everyone supports and educates each other. We all have our turn presenting new information and topics related to nutrition, motivation, exercise etc. . Keeing track of what you eat is SO important for me. If I don,t plan meals and snacks every morning, I lose my focus and eat whatever. That 's why I…

I belonged to my Tops chapter four years. Try not to miss weigh in even though I have been having trouble keeping weight off recently. I am always so glad that I went to Tops even if I had a gain. We always have fun and interesting and educational discussions.

Hate to have to take pain medications, but sometimes thats the only way to get past straining muscles. hope you can get past being hungry as a side effect. Of pain.

Want to use my fitness pal as my tops food log and as motivation. My tops weigh in is on Tuesday morning. Had a gain of .6. Hope that if I keep better track of what I eat and exercise like I did my 1st year in tops, maybe I can get to my goal in the next 12 months...and stop making excuses. Need to talk to my group next…