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Usually starting with lower weight and increase your reps first is advised.....at least this is what I've learned in all my OT fieldwork and 2.5 years of grad school. You need to be very cautious when lifting weights. Any shaking as you are lifting a weight indicates weakness so I would personally suggest starting with a…

I did not go over my calories!!! (Though I did have to eat all my exercise calories...) But I am very proud of myself!!! I got up at 7am and worked out for 30 minutes extra! Giving me nearly 2,000 calories to enjoy today! I didn't get seconds but had a healthy serving of all my favorites and my new recipe with orange…

Congrats to you!!! You look amazing!!! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you this was helpful...it puts the meal into perspective. For me it will not be soo much the day of but the days after with all the leftovers. I will need to remember this site so I'm not finding myself having Thanksgiving dinner fo not just one day but another 2-4 days after with all the leftovers :)

bahahaha my thoughts exactly. Forget the turkey and pie, I want my bottle of moscato!!!

You look fantastic! Thank you for posting...very inspirational!

Lots and lots of water and breadsticks and cheese dip. best cure ever :).

I also found these comparisons pretty amusing. lol. Edema is a lymphatic issue and the result of a serious medical issue. It is not comparable to this "water weight". Please do not get the two confused...they are not interchangeable.

So true... great advice. I had a not so successful day yesterday with a birthday party. Thank you!

This my secret as well! Lots and lots of water every day. I like to add lemon or other fruits to it to mix it up because water can get a little boring for me, and doing this keeps me away from those diet cokes and sugary drinks :)

Gah such a frustrating time! lol. I try never to weigh myself during the monthly gift, but I would say probably anywhere from 5-8lbs for me. Luckily after 4-5 days, I go back to my same weight before I started. But I feel so yucky, so I try to drink as much water as possible and limit salt intake even more than usual…

This is such a smart idea! I just worked out an extra 20 minutes thanks to the election coverage!

I've also heard that about drinking water. One thing I do is flavor my water with naturally with different fruits and a lot of lemons. It has helped me a ton with curbing my appetite. Also, there are these pop chips that are 120 calories for 23 of them and they come in many flavors. For me it is getting quantity for my…

Yes, lots of hand exercises out there! You don't have any issues with your fingers becoming stuck at all do you? One really great exercise is starting with your fingers straight and then bending the tips. Make sure that the big knuckles are straight, it is referred to as a claw. From there you then go into a full fist.…

LOL! Thanks for posting this! It made my morning :) Some great analogies there! Wonder what your profession is?! Sometimes it's just so much easier to laugh at it...but when you get there, when we all get there, it's going to be so worth it! I tried on some sweaters from last year and I was swimming in them....what a…

This is so inspiring to me! Thank you for sharing, and congrats on your success! :)

Thank you everyone foe your sugggestions! Everyone's life circumstances are very different so to find what works best for me might be allowing my self some of these bad foods just in moderation as a reward! Mommy good for you for being such a success with your life and weight loss plan! Yay! Again...cant assume what works…

Omg not to mention a choking hazard!!! Please be careful with this new dieting technique.

That's very sensible idea Mommy (or are you a cat?!), if only I wasn't in graduate school working on my master's and had time and money to go shopping. But you're right finding another reward system would be best.

Mexican food. ugh. I could eat Mexican food for any meal. Those chips and salsa....now I really want Mexican food. lol. I try to limit myself to 1x/wk and only if I have exercised that day.