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I plan on going on a 7 day cruise to Mexico. So I'm hoping to be looking really good by then.

I always eat something before I go to the gym. It keeps me from feeling sick. The only time I workout in the morning is when I have a training session. So I'll eat something that will stick with me like oatmeal. The instant packs are easy because it's a set amount of calories. I also like to scramble some eggs. When I get…

I would have had hubby share it with me. Lol. Whenever I take my daughter to get a cone from McDonalds, I ask them to make it on the smaller side. So they make it about half the size of a normal cone, & it's still a good portion of ice cream. I totally understand the feeling. One day I went grocery shopping with hubby &…

I have always been the "everything in moderation" type. This whole thing has taught me portion control. So long as I keep the portion down & the calories in line with my limits, then I'm good to go. This doesn't mean I eat fast food everyday so long as I log it, I do make good food choices a good part of the week. I choose…

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (I know it's a mouthful). His name is Scooter & he's about 6mos old, we've had him for about a month.

I attempted a little experiment, not sure how accurate it was, but it convinced me to eat back at least some of my exercise calories. To start, my daily calories is set to 1690 for a 1.5 lbs loss per week. When I was eating back my exercise calories, I was consistanly losing at least 1lb a week. I think the half pound…

Your goals worry me. Just from the health perspective. At 5'4 100lbs is underweight & if you have a goal to lose an additional 10, it's not healthy. I'm 5'1 & at my lowest I was 105lbs. I look back at pictures & I looked sick. I honestly think you should talk to a doctor about what a healthy weight for your body type is,…

I take my 3 year old daughter to the gym with me at least 4 days a week. She loves the kids club there & they have enough open space for them to run around. One morning I woke up as she was attempting to put her shoes & socks on me. I asked what she was doing & she says, "It's time to go to the gym."

When I was 23 & 8 mos preggers with my daughter a manager came in to check in with us to see how our day was going. She got into talking about a cruise she took recently to Alaska. I said that I really wanted to take that cruise but would now have to wait until after the baby was born. She got a shocked look on her face &…

I'm 5'1, my goal weight is 150 & I hope to get my body fat % down to 18-20%. I have a long ways to go.

My mom had been pushing me for a while to do WW. I didn't want to spend the money since I was already spending so much on my gym membership & training sessions. I realized that I did need to get my eating habits under control & was about ready to buy a Calorie King book. My trainer had given me the information to this site…

Hello! & congrats on the new baby. I have a 3 year old daughter & I've had a very hard time getting back into shape. I've actually be overweight for about 8 years now, I was overweight when I got pregnant, lost some weight, then gained it all back & then some. I didn't really start working out again until October of last…

I had to do the same. I changed mine from 1440 to 1690 & it's worked out a lot better. I figured that I would change it back to the 1440 when I got adjusted, but I like being able to have either slightly larger meal calories or an extra snack. So I'm going to keep it at 1690 for a while.

I have a pretty intense session with a personal trainer once a week, so I make sure that I eat a pretty good breakfast. I do 1 packet of instant oatmeal or cream of wheat. I actually like the weight control oatmeal packets & cream of wheat has come pretty good flavors that are low calorie too. I make both with water, but…

I try to focus on how my body looks & how my clothes fit. I weigh myself once a week just to make sure I'm keeping in line with my diet & exercise. I focus on the scale now because I am about 80-90 pounds over weight, but need to lose about 73 just to get back to a healthy weight. I don't have a specific weight I want to…

Thank you all for replying, the advice & support is much appreciated! I did a slight adjustment to my weekly weight loss, so I moved it from 2lbs to 1 1/2 lbs. It gives me an extra 250 calories to play with. I'm very new to eating healthy & keeping track of calories, but I want to be successful with this. Thank you again…