marywanoKC

I hate that phrase: "considered overweight". If you're lifting weight and you have a dense muscle mass, weighing 135 isn't the same as a jiggly 135, regardless of your height. Like it was mentioned earlier, start lifting if you aren't currently. Stop being so hung up on the number on the scale. Being discouraged about not…

Girl, more protein. I don't care if it's by meat or by other means, but you've got to 1. get more protein in your diet, and 2. get over the number that 1200 calories is where you should strive to be at. If I only ate 1200/cal a day, I would be a monster.

Sorry, this is going to be really blunt, but **** him. I'm not willing to have kids, and neither is my husband of 11 years. We got married really young, and hadn't had time to find out what exactly we wanted out of life, and thankfully we've discovered together that kids isn't part of what we do want. Yes, you will have…

I keep it somewhere between 155 - 165 for an hour long elliptical session with a resistance varying from 8 - 20. I'm 28 year old, ~320 lbs.

For me, the acronym BMI stands for "Bull**** Measuring Instrument". I don't need someone to tell me I'm still overweight. I'll lose until I'm happy, and then maintain. I'm not doing this to fit into a classification; I'm doing it to be healthy. That's all that matters.

I think so, especially if you're wanting to delve deeper into reds, but can't enjoy the Sangiovese yet.

Try a muscat blanc. We've tried several different brands, but Barefoot makes a nice one that's easily accessible for most people. Also, Apothic's 2010 Red is just delicious.

I think that there's an even mix here. In my office ('burbs tending towards a more affluent demographic, but bordering the middle income neighborhoods) many of the patients that we see are overweight, but then you also have the "trophy wives" who balance it out. They might not be the most "fit", but they're definitely…

Got my workout in shoveling snow... and helping someone else dig out... and shoveling a bit of the street that the snow plows "forgot". 90 minutes of moving snow. Took a shower. Hey, it's a hard thing to remember to do on off days some times. :D I'm going skating in a bit. *happy dance* Roller skating burns a crap ton of…

Oh, you know what, you aren't the only one! I nearly drowned in the middle of a lake with my hubby on my birthday one year. We tread water so long that the muscles in my hands began to cramp up. *sigh* It's a shame it took so many years after that to find the motivation, hm?

Yeah, zombies... That's actually one of my #1 reasons these days. It's gonna happen, people, and when it does, I wanna be able to kick *kitten* and takes names and NOT get eaten. :-D But also, just normal stuff like wanting to fly comfortably or hike long distances. I was homeless for a few months when I was a teenager,…

Yeah, I'm thinking you've got a damn good trainer. I'm still over 300 lbs, and if my heart rate isn't in the 155 - 160+ range for the majority of my workout, I'm not working hard enough, and that's for an hour, not just fifteen minutes. Sweating? It sucks. Hot? It sucks. Muscles aching? It sucks. Tired after? It sucks. The…

Yeah, I tend to curse or grunt quietly the last couple of reps. I've never noticed anyone looking at me sideways, so I don't stop or feel self conscious about it. I'm not yelling or dropping weights, so... *shrug*

*standing ovation* You know, I might still be fat, but I feel the muscle under all of this jiggle now, and let me tell you, it feels amazing, and I feel healthier. You're right, we won't always be young, and it's the choices that we make NOW that affect our mobility and how we feel later on in life.

Yep, no easier way to say it than "If I don't do this, I'm going to die fat and unhappy". I'll be 30 in May of 2014, and my hubby and I have been married for ten years. We don't have kids yet, and not sure if we ever will, but it'd be nice to have that option, and IF we do, to be able to take care of them, play with them,…

Rollerskating! I'm still learning, but I'm having fun, it works muscles I didn't realize I had...lol.

Not usually. I find that I tend to eat the wrong things when I try to eat back calories, so I'd rather have a large deficit than eat crap foods just to get rid of that deficit.

1, How long did you plan? Six months, give or take. We'd planned for a fall wedding, but couldn't wait to be together, so we moved it up three months...lol 2. How much did you spend? (sorry if that's personal) Was this more/less than you planned? Like $2.5k - We didn't really "plan" on anything, we just bought what we…

Yeah, my boobs. They were the only things that looked really nice when I was fat, and now that I'm losing weight, they're definitely going to be remade once I reach my goal. *smdh*

Bump for later. I lift a little now, but I'm wanting to be more aggressive about it. :)

Face. :)

Yes, I like your other photo better! You're too beautiful to be washed out! :D

On the flip side, I've been working out four to five days a week, and have stalled out for weeks...lol.

I went alone for months before my hubby followed my example, and I still prefer to do my own thing, and let him do his own, because I don't want to be constantly trying to feel pressure to speed up or slow down from anyone else. Yes, I get that it's intimidating at first, but once you make it part of your routine, and once…