SunnyAndrsn Member

YES!!!

When I first started with the treadmill, I was insanely out of shape. I could only do a few minutes a time....and that's where I started. A few months later, I was up to 30 minutes at a time. A few months after that, I increased the incline a bit. Now I do an hour at a time, my speed is double what I started (2.0-4.0) and…

Lookin' good, keep up the great work! 25 pounds is fantastic, I wish my tummy would have changed as much as yours has already.

^^^THIS!

Do you have access to a pool? Being in the water may ease the pain, and you can get a great workout in the water. I have chronic pain in my right foot, and when I started working out, it was mainly in the water because it was easier to do pain-wise. I also took painkillers right before I worked out, which also helped. For…

Love this!! Our Akita/shepard cross died in December. BEST.DOG.EVER. He was intuitive, and the most intelligent animal I've ever seen in my life. We miss him terribly. Hijack over :-) Our dogs learned that they had to get out of the way, but the cat was terrible. I had to lock her up.

Everyone seems to be doing it. It's food porn, and honestly I enjoy it. I do bake a lot because it's something I really love to do. I don't care for the casserole type stuff, but the desserts....YUM. I take them to work for special occasions, have the fun of baking without the temptation of having the results in the house.

Takes about 60 minutes for it to totally go away for me. The biggest problem is it scares people into thinking I'm going to keel over. Over 50 pounds lost, no change to the red face.

Ditto. Well worth the money!

What is he worried about? I'd think that the health of someone he loves would be important to him. Is he worried he won't want HIM if you lose weight? Hope you can talk to him about this, because it's a pretty big deal, IMO, that he won't support you.

I seem to go through cycles. I will do great for a few months, and then all of a sudden it's blah. I'm in a blah cycle right now. But yeah, I WILL get it back so it's just a matter of weathering the storm.

I recently had a FB friend, a former high school classmate, try and give me her pitch for her new "business venture". It was some MLM vitamin crap that were full of artificial sweeteners. I told her I was fine, had lost over 50 pounds without any of that, and she responded with "my protein shake is better than yours--it…

WONDERFUL!! Keep up the great work and soon you will be pain free with new knees!

Sounds like your biggest problem is the giant *kitten* who calls you fat all the time. Getting rid of him will jump start your loss. Good luck, now go find yourself.

Welcome, Tami. I'm the wife of a Type I diabetic, he was diagnosed in his early 20's and it's been a long haul because his body doesn't follow the diabetic "rules". After a lot of back and forth, we finally found a provider and a diabetic educator who *LISTEN* to us, and it's made all the difference in the world. My sister…

Trust your husband--who looks at you more than he does? I am always tempted to say the same thing about my husband (that he's a sweet liar for seeing me as beautiful). I can certainly tell a difference in the photos, but do yourself a favor. Find clothes that accentuate your shape. When you wear clothes that fit better,…

Slow and steady wins this race!! Keep up the hard work. You look wonderful, and I bet you feel even better.

I love my Fitbit, but I still can't get it to sync decently on my galaxy III phone. Not such a big deal, I can keep an eye on it at work and then sync with the computer when I get home. Did you set it up to sync with MFP? That's the most helpful to me.

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I grew up drinking it. Can't stand it now. Do whatever makes you happy, and understand the risks.

I have a co worker who has lost about 30 pounds (she claims double that, um...I'm skeptical) She brags about how much she works out, and there are several of us who head down to the treadmills on our breaks. While the rest of us are breaking a sweat, and breaking out the deodorant afterwards, she's puttering along texting…

Congrats on one year in! I'm at the one year mark too, with 54 pounds down. We're very similar in starting points and where we are now. I was 254, now 198. I was wearing a tight 22, now a very comfy 16 with a few 14's thrown in. My Scrubs were a 2x and now are a loose XL. I've never stuck with a healthy change this long,…

I can't work out effectively without a high quality exercise bra. I wear an Enell bra. It really straps the girls down! I could not job, or do high impact exercises without it.

Not going to get into the calorie calculations, but I agree with those that have said to calculate it for yourself. I made this tonight with a yellow cake mix/white angel food. It had almost a custard/eggy flavor to it which I love. I think it's very good and think it would be great with a bit of fruit--cut up strawberries…

From a middle aged co-worker: Wow, you have such a shapely waist NOW. It's so well defined NOW. Yada, yada, yada. She went on for a few minutes about how great I looked now that I actually have a waist. I can't remember exactly how she said it, but there were numerous references to my big old former gut. Apparently, it was…

I can relate. My story is long, but depression and depo provera contributed to a 100 pound weight gain in about 3 years. I've struggled since my early 20's to lose it. I've done weight watchers several times, getting down as low as 171 pounds. When I joined MFP on 2/7/12, my only true goal was DON'T QUIT!!! Bottom line was…

I'm also only 5' tall, and I was eating around 1800 at 245. I did have to go below MFP recommendations when I was around 220. Now I'm 198, and I try to do around 1400. It's a struggle. One thing that helps is increased exercise. I know your dr. said "go easy", but if you have a sedentary job, it's going to take a while to…

Go for it!! I'm on day 4 today.

Those babies are worth it :-) Have you thought about a light corset? I wore an honest to goodness actual corset under my wedding dress because I wasn't going to have rolls of fat showing through my bodice. I have thought about wearing one again to help with back issues (due to big boob issues) at work. Since I'm always on…

LMAO. Is it safe to take while breastfeeding? I couldn't resist!!