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absolutely! the more you have to lose, the easier it is. that's part of the reason why people lose so much in the beginning, then the weight lose slows down. perhaps think about percentage of weight lose when comparing yourself to your friend.

welcome to the site! in the beginning i weighed myself everyday. i wanted to see what foods did what to me. see what worked and what didn't. then i started losing and was amazed, so while i planned on cutting back the weighing, i was too curious and still weighed every day. same time each day. then i stopped losing for a…

thanks for the advice everyone! while i am not convinced that lifting is my thing, i will give it more thought. people have asked who i want to be. i want to be an active guy. i love the mental picture in my head of my kayak on top of my car with my bike rack on the back. one of my fav days over the summer was when i took…

thanks for the suggestions guys. not really looking to get on the cover of fitness magazine, just trying to find out if there is a point where it clicks in your mind and you see you, not what used to be you. i tried lifting in college, no not 12 ounce curls, for a semester with a friend that lifted in high school as a…

bad knees here too. got some metal in there. lost almost 70 pounds (45 since joining mfp) since january by walking, biking and elliptical. would love to swim but nearest pool is a 20 minute drive. it can be done! love my evening or early morning walks. does so much to clear my mind too. focus on what you can do, not what…

from what i've read here, amazon was best. curious to see what others think. why did you select those two hrm?

drink tons of water. go for a walk. gotta get the acid moving. marathon runners often run a 10k the next day just for this reason.

this sounds like something i should look in to for next year then. bronx isn't too far from long island. thanks for the info...

not sure where orchard beach is, so it can't be too close to here. does anyone walk? i am intrigued by the obstacle part of it, but due to way too many knee surgeries, i can't run.

congrats! where in ny?

wouldn't have recognized you! awesome job!

awesome job, bud! inspire us all. keep up the commitment.

best was probably poison a few years ago. won tickets on radio to the china club in nyc. me, the band and about 150 other people. that's it. it was awesome. close others: prince (sinbad opened for him. thought it was gonna suck, totally funny tho), van halen, bon jovi, and a few dave matthews shows. on a side note, i also…

you can't. perhaps tell her that when she is ready to make a change, you will be there to help her. until then, unfortunately, there isn't anything you can do.

congrats on 100 pounds!

my first piece of advice is to switch doctors. second...go to a knee specialist. in the meantime, do leg lifts. laying on your back on a hard surface, tighten your quad muscle and lift your leg off the ground without bending it. bend your opposite leg while doing this so that your foot is on the floor, knee pointed toward…

frustrating? yes. plateau? probably not. i stayed the same for the summer. all of it! and that is frustrating too. my advice to you is the same people gave me. 1. hang in there 2. be patient 3. confuse your body. either eat more or less, exercise more or less. try different exercises. your body is used to doing whatever it…

awesome dress, you look great! a quick nsv was today when my son's soccer coach asked me to help out unexpectedly. in the past i would've just gathered the balls around, but today i was able to demonstrate and participate in the drills. a year ago, i would of been the overweight guy that wouldn't have been asked, or if i…

"i don't know why they call this stuff hamburger helper...it does fine just by itself."

wow, that's awesome. what an invigorating story!

bump for more opinions. gonna be in the market for one soon...

awesome job! keep up the great work!

awesome job! you are well on your way. keep up the terrific work!

sept 20: 35 minutes total so far for september : 303 minutes. been so busy with work lately. way below my total minutes for where i want to be. oh well, 303 is better than 0. good luck to all. keep moving!

i love them. think it's totally sexy.

just dug out my wii fit. haven't used in it a really long time. played for about 35 minutes yesterday and the day before. it was fun, and better than doing nothing, but i didn't really find it comparable to riding my bike or using my elliptical. prob similar to walking around the neighborhood for 35 minutes, but more fun.…

SFW- Safe For Work- meaning it is something you can open on a work owned computer, where as NSFW is something you probably don't want to open at work, either b/c it can come back to you thru a log in or something or something people sitting around you might be offended by. but funny picture. and i found the actual pictures…

i can't stop laughing about the title of this topic. thanks for making me smile!

congratulations! that's awesome. i can completely relate to that. it's a great feeling to give yourself another treat, but not over do it. i think, mentally, that was a big step for me in knowing i was well on my way to a life long change, not just some diet where i would fall back in to old habits once i stopped dieting.…

completely this!