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fantastic! good luck with the 11.8 pounds! you can do it. :flowerforyou:

All I can say is the scale's the devil.:devil: The last four days I've been 133.3, this morning I'm 139.9. I know there's no way to gain that much fat in one night. I was outside all day yesterday, in the FL heat at Disney, walking, climbing stairs, sweating, didn't eat much, had a late dinner, and consumed far more salt…

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Thanks! I just try to eat healthy foods. Brown rice, vegetables/fruit, chicken, oatmeal/granola bars, egg whites, salads, baked potatoes, protein powder, anything raw... Honestly I think it’s more of “how much,” rather than what you’re eating. Even though both are super important. If you eat too much “healthy food,” you…

:noway: amazing! you look fantastic. congratulations! keep at it! :flowerforyou:

Thank you, I do! :smooched:

Heck yeah! I would! My badge for work says I weigh almost 16 pounds more than I do now and I "accidentally" got sticky stuff over those numbers.. lol.. :blushing: :devil:

Everyone loses different parts at different times.. they may "disappear" significantly or you may find yourself with a larger chest than you would like. There is no one-fits-all answer for that, unfortunately. GIVE YOURS TO ME! lol:sad: Best wishes. :flowerforyou:

Thanks!

Woohoo! Congrats! :flowerforyou: :drinker:

Wind socks.. lol. I've never heard that before. :embarassed: :laugh:

Thank you to everyone else as well... :smooched: :smooched: :smooched:

Thanks! I actually don’t do much.. if anything, just the “normal” stuff with my own body weight.. triangle pushups and dips are my favorite, and planking.. My mom says us German women are just “built like an ox.”:huh: I wish I would make the time to go to the gym every day because I think I would have head-turning muscles…

Thanks. I'll have to look into it. :happy:

LOL ME TOO! I used to put gum in my mouth, and then get crushed ice and eat it until my jaw was so sore I didn't have any desire to eat anymore. Now I have TMJ and can't eat hard/chewy/crunchy foods without popping my jaw out so that had to cease.. But I feel your pain, I was the saaame way. lol

Anything with mayonnaise .. Mayo is my evil food. I would eat it with everything. Mmmm.. So bad for you though. :sad:

No problem! Happy to help in any way possible. :happy:

Thank you! I don't really know how to explain that. I think I did, but in reality I was pretty "solid" even though I was overweight. The only tip I have, is that our "problem areas" truly are the last to go, or at least the last thing we'll ever be satisfied with. I thought I would look a lot thinner at my weight than I…

Congratulations!!! Wow! Just wow! You look fantastic, and so much younger. :flowerforyou: :love:

Tootally believe this is possible. Usually before mine I won't lose any weight at all, or I'll go up a few pounds. I'll wait several days and then check again, sure enough, back down. No worries - women's bodies are craaazy - but cool. :blushing:

I second the popcorn and popcicles.. good munchie snack when you really just want to put food in your mouth and aren't really hungry.. OH! And PICKLES! They're fantastic and "no calories." :wink:

Thanks lol. I actually do still have my anxiety, but I can rate it most days at a 1 or a 2, where it was so debilitating that I became agoraphobic (couldn't leave the house) because I would fear the fear alone.. So I was essentially afraid of having a panic attack and figured if I never had to do anything I wouldn't ever…

Thanks everyone.. :love: :blushing:

Thank you both for your service. I have a soft spot for those who serve our country. :flowerforyou: I met my fiance in our American Sign Language class in college. He dated a girl who was deaf and learned sign language. I was just super interested in ASL.. I remember texting my mom the first day when he walked in, saying…

I am a lot like you. I am not creative in the food department, and to be completely honest, I SUCK at cooking. Seriously. I take after my mother. My fiance gave her food the nickname "desert ______" desert burgers, desert lasagna, etc. Everything she makes is so overcooked its dry as a bone or burnt. :laugh: I try to eat…

This!!!! I have a friend who is very into health and fitness, is going to college for .. exercise science? I think. Something of the sort. He's the go-to man for any fitness/weightloss issue I really have. I tried not to be obnoxious when I kept hitting plateaus.. but there were a few days when I was yelling at him via…

You go pretty lady! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Hey! Congratulations! One pound is fantastic! My battle is always at night. If I eat what I should during the day and stop before 7 PM - and no snacking - bam! Weight loss! Every time I step foot in a gym, I gain weight. I know it's just muscle gain, or my body retaining water to heal my muscles.. but it still irks me. And…

Everyone I surround myself with is very supportive. My parents are fantastic, they're always congratulating me and telling me how good I look. I don't live with them anymore though, so sometimes when I come home they'll pat my back, or hug me, and say "I can feel your ribs" or "Whoa your shoulder blade is poking out!" And…

Geez, thanks for all of the happiness. :embarassed: :love: I always felt a little selfish to be proud of what I look like, but I just cant shake how good it feels to feel good! lol Now, if I can just lose these last several pounds while trying to force my "girls" to stick around, they've nearly vanished.... I do miss them…