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Congratulations on your first week!! :) I'm 29, also in HR, and started out at 256lbs.. MFP will help you to reach your goals and lose the 100lbs - you're definitely heading in the right direction! I am down 66lbs and still going (got another 35 to go before I reach where 'I think' I want to be), but I never thought I'd…

oh wow!! i guessed myself as 17.5% larger than it says I am - I knew I didn't see myself quite right, but that is a significant difference.. makes me a little disappointed at myself, but I guess that's why one particular work colleague keeps trying to get me to see the difference in photos etc.

We count 250mls per cup in Australia, so to answer - 6 cups exactly..

Hufflepuff

^^ this :flowerforyou:

Mini goals help - set small goals and be sure to reward yourself with something nice when you reach each one (new clothes, a trip etc)... just remember, we all have to start somewhere so take it a day at a time - there will be ups and downs, but don't give up - if you keep at it you will reach your goals :flowerforyou:

^^ this.. I NEVER dump simply for not logging in - that's just stupid IMO - just because someone hasn't logged in for a while doesn't mean they're not working their butt off in the real world - they simply aren't screaming it to the cyber world. Life gets hectic and other things can eat up your spare time, so there is no…

^^ this to a T :) Ever since becoming more active in the community / with my MFP friends, FB has dwindled to a "oops, I have facebook - maybe i should see what people have been doing" (also deleted all my FB "friends" except people I actually consider friends and my family.. meh)

LMBO :laugh: totally me from month 2 onwards!! haha - currently at month 12 - soooo can't wait to see what the next 6months bring :) well done! :flowerforyou:

I tend to resort to the following: skim milk 1/2 - 1 frozen banana vanilla protein ground cinnamon honey optional: some chia bran ... plus bumping for later for more ideas :wink:

You look fantastic!! well done :) I recently took up learning to run and am loving it!! Very motivating to know that running (among other things) is so beneficial long term :)

I myself had to look up what Battling Bare is - am sharing the Mission statement from their facebook page for anyone else not familiar with the group.. Mission The mission of Battling Bare, Inc. is to provide a network of support for the spouses, children and family members who silently struggle to carry the burden of PTSD…

What you and everyone else are doing for Battling Brave is honorable and important - what you did takes guts!! Please don't let the likes of these ****wits detract from that in any shape or form. It's the big things in life that deserve our attention, energy and love (Battling Brave and your relationship / partner fall…

Soooo many of these!! lol :laugh:

not a huge icecream fan - but do love: Green Tea ice cream!!! Peppermint Baskin Robbins - Very berry strawberry (strawberry ice cream is nowhere near the same without the chunks of fruit) Ben and Jerry's - Chunky Monkey

not a fun comment i know - but in all seriousness.. the whole "exercising in the pool three to five times a week and cutting out most of the junk food in her diet" wouldn't have helped over a year-long period by any chance?? ... talk about a media spin.. :huh:

sooooo no funny... cheese is awesome! - what the hell would my week look like without cheese :sad:

Not IN the slightest

and maybe that's part of it - it took a long time (around 10 months and lots of positive comments from other people) for my mum to start responding more positively - I think she was so used to me being the size i was the prospect of change was a bit much.. she too had seen me lose and gain in previous years so that…

ooooooh butter popcorn??!!! yes please!! :love: I mean seriously I get what you're saying really I do - anything ingestible created in a test tube or modified beyond recognition does make you wonder / cause some concern - but honestly, compared to the direction i was headed a few years ago, the occasional ingestion of…

you keep using that word.... but I'm in

agreed - i mean i have had my moments, but I have learnt that if you want it bad enough, you'll make the time and put in the effort.. It doesn't happen because you wish it - it happens cause you work at it...

hmm - i have both too but i definitely think the debt is harder - its much more time consuming and stressful.. goal for me will be in the next 6 or so months, the debt will take years (it's good debt if there is such a thing, but that doesn't make it good "/ )

shop bought pizza... my home made one works fine and is as tasty as anything, but sometimes i just want the shop bought nasties "/

congratulations!!!! you look fantastic :)

about 2 weeks (15th Dec)..

Hi!!!!! :smile: Can't believe I haven't stumbled over this group before! (dang it!! haha) I'm from the Northern Rivers (NSW) and about halfway to my goal of 75kg.. would love more friends who are in a similar time zone! My buddies from o/seas are great but mostly asleep when I'm awake ;) Would prefer people with similar…

Northern NSW here.. about halfway to goal - would love some more friends who are in a similar time zone! ;)

hmmm cheese kabana, banana bread, doritos, sausages in general..

oh please do it!!! would be highly amused, but not distracted :)