LovelyLaura2321 Member

My boyfriend met me and fell in love with me when I was 312 pounds and he was 135. He wasn't attracted to my weight, but he was attracted to me. I am 230 pounds right now, and am frequently hit on by men... Not all men, though. Just men who are attracted to thicker, curvier women. I think a woman's weight matters if the…

Thanks! That makes a lot of sense and was helpful. :)

Hello :) I sent you a request. I'd love some friends, too. so feel free to add me as well :)

I really LOVE chocolate. I find ways to incorporate it into my meals & snacks all the time. It makes me happy!! Anyone feel free to add me... I love new friends!

Hello :) Feel free to add me! Anyone can add me. I'm always looking for new friends to support and encourage!

Hello! I'll send you a friend request. Good luck on this journey. I look forward to encouraging each other. I've lost 80 lbs and have 70-80 more to lose, so I'm half way there! You can do it, too! Anyone else, feel free to add me as well. We can all use more supportive friends!! Laura

Hello :) Good for you for taking control of your life and health! Feel free to add me as a friend if you would like. Concerning snacking, I love to snack as well. At first I tried to cut out snacking all together, but most days I failed at it. So I decided to incorporate snacking into my daily food intake. The biggest…

the more strict i am with counting, the worse i tend to do. with that being said, i make a conscious effort to know the calories that are going in my body, but i don't worry about writing it down, although i did at first just so i could understand the value of a calorie. try not to worry about going over a few hundred…

I wouldn't give up if I were you. I weigh about the same as you (233 lbs), and I can finally run. I didn't do the C25K, but after looking at what this running plan involves, I'm surprised that I can run way beyond that. I tried several different times to get used to running, and I never could. I would get bad blisters on…

Hello :) Feel free to add me as a friend!! Anyone can :)

I'm not sure which one I'm going to buy yet. Probably a LIvestrong or a Horizon Fitness brand, but I don't know which model yet. thanks for your input!

Makes sense! Thank you :)

You look fabulous & are such an inspiration!!

love it!!!!

this topic just made my day... thanks!

i make sure the bananas are stored completely away from all other fruits and vegetables. the gases that apples, for example, let off make bananas ripen extra fast. The bananas I buy last a good solid week before getting too ripe, and even at that point, I can still put them in smoothies or bake them in bread or something…

great article. thanks for sharing!

I'm the same way, too. I've been told by several people that if I wanted it bad enough, that I would do it and stick with it. It seems to make sense that that should be the case, but I feel like I do want it bad enough. Maybe I'm just lazy and have no work ethic. Or maybe I'm afraid to fail so I just sabotage my success.…

My older brother and his wife got married at a court house and we ate dinner at McDonald's afterward. I guess you could consider it the reception hahaha. It was all very last minute with no planning, but it was actually nice. Sometimes I guess it's not how good the food is or how fancy and expensive the wedding is. All…

I find it even more disgusting that they burn their clothes they can't sell anymore so the poor and homeless people will never have the opportunity to wear them because they don't "fit" the brand....

You look like a completely different person! How incredible! I, too, love beards! Especially red beards! LOL

this makes me want to travel more! thanks for the pictures!

i drink water almost exclusively ... i put all kinds of different fruits (berries, lemons, oranges, limes, etc) in the water to give it a natural, subtle flavor if you aren't ready to get off the sodas just yet, i would think that drinking a natural soda would be better than drinking a Coke or Diet Pepsi -- that way you're…

amazing job! your second pic looks like the DAUGHTER of the first pic!

I would probably do level 3 throughout the entire 30 days. Also, I only did 30 DS for like five days until I got out of the habit. I will say, though, that one day I did the level one twice and the elliptical for 45 min and 30 min of yoga, and I felt totally fine. That makes me think that if you are more in shape now that…

I've had fast food maybe 5 times in the last two years. It physically made me sick every single time!

I'm so sorry you had to deal with such hurtful, criticizing parents. You didn't deserve that abuse, especially from your own parents! There's really no excuse for them to treat you that way. If I were you, I would work hard and focus on making myself happy and healthy. You have nothing to prove to them, and as much as I'm…

i am 100 pounds bigger than my fiance! it's really hard at times, but i'm not nearly as self-conscious as i used to be. i'm perfectly comfortable with him, but i still worry what other people think when they see us together. i think for you it's really important to realize that your body shape and size is completely…

I couldn't fit into a roller coaster seat at Six Flags when I was around 15 years old. It was so humiliating because the workers tried and tried to get the seat to lock. When it didn't work, I had to get up and walk away with everyone staring at me. I was so humiliated. I remember walking to the nearest food stand and…

I just finished "The Land Without Footprints" by Benjamin Grossman. It's a great book about a world with no laws and a family who tries to bring laws and justice back. It's really good! Check it out on Amazon! Next up I'm reading the Hunger Games trilogy! I got the complete series for 5 bucks on my Kindle a few weeks ago,…