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Great Idea! I've been keeping a weight loss/maintenance journal for years. I love it. This is a great idea!

I have it taped to my monitor. I'm looking at it right now: If it isn't hunger, food won't fix it.

I have asthma and have had pnuemonia many times. So, I'm "high risk". My company **strongly encourages** flu shots. They provide them free and even bring a nurse into the workplace. We're an office - not in contact with the public, but the bosses don't want a flu wiping out our productivity. So, between the lines they're…

Great post. Good for you!

Hey - I never thought about that. I was trained in voice (it was my major) and I know that there's a HUGE difference between car kareoke or humming a tune around the garden and full on vocalization. That probably does burn calories. Mind you, from the size of some of our best singers, perhaps not as many as we'd like.…

OMG! Thank you! I'm printing out the recipe now. :O)

THANKS! :O)

I wonder if you're a perfectionist? I am. And it can easily derail me. Here are some suggestions: * Do not try to change too much too fast. You just end up overwhelmed and disappointed. Instead, take smaller changes more slowly. When I first started out, my goal was to eat ONE fruit or veggie a day and walk around the…

I scheduled a session with a photographer in October. I've never done this before, it's WAY out of my comfort zone. But, it's definately working as a motivator. I keep saying, in my mind, "Photo Shoot. Photo Shoot. Photo shoot." :O)

For sure! And, nothing frustrates me more than knowing someone is thinking something nice and then wondering why they don't just say the words. ARGH! I won't make me "let myself go", I swear! :O)

I would expect that this would be the LEAST judgmental environment possible. But, if you find it isn't, feel free to in search of another support group. Right? You're not married to the first one you try. :O)

I've never been to an OA meeting. But, I can relate. I have a good friend that is a reformed alcoholic. I had the great privelege to attend his 20 year Birthday (20 years dry) party. It was also an AA meeting. WOW! I took everything from what people said to the posters on the walls and related it to how I feel about and…

When talking about how she looks in pictures: "Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford." Cindy Crawford Never fear! You are not alone! :O)

Feel free to add me. I'm a single Mom of a 15 year old. Sometimes I feel guilty because I only bake cookies once a year (for Santa) and I have never baked him a home-made mac and cheese casserole. On the other hand, I have a very healthy strapping young man who has some pretty darn good eating habits (when I can get him to…

I don't track water. I have no trouble drinking 8 glasses every day. I don't track coffee or tea either - just what I put in there if I do. I don't track the gum I chew either. I figure I burn that chewing, or running up and down stairs running errands or whatever. (However, if I grab a handful of goldfish crackers from my…

Great insight! That makes sense. I'll look at that song a new way now. Thanks!

I could go on and on and there is plenty of analysis by people more "in the know" than I am. But, I'll just mention that my favourite bit of genious here is that the chord progression on the "It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth" IS the fourth and then the fifth. And, then we move into a minor chord for the "minor…

My favourite (sarcasm alert) is when the biggy wiggies fly in from some other office and have a meeting with all hand's on deck. There's a certain kind of manager that stands at the front of the meeting room with a fricking belt full of devices. An ipod, a blackberry, a mammoth watch that probably contains James Bond-esque…

YES! I know the slump! Here are some things that help me: * Do exactly what you're doing. Recognize it's a slump. Vent a little. (I have a weight loss/maintenance journal. Some times I just write "I am SO tired of dieting. I am SO tired of working out. I don't want to!) * Maybe you need a kick in the butt or maybe you need…

I have more experience online dating than I wish I had. I met my sweetie 1.5 years ago via a mutual friend, Dr. Warren (also known as the eharmony man. LOL!) Anyway, if you're anything like me, it's important to remember that YOU get to pick too! Chances are pretty good that the guys that are behaving this way are no Brad…

There's a strange oxymoron that goes sort of like this for me: * The heavier I am the more time I spend telling myself how cute I am, how curves are sexy, how it's "not that bad". * The slimmer I am the more time I spend bemoaning what's not perfect about me. It's almost as if the more work I put into it, the higher my…

You can be in marvelous shape and have heart disease or a virus that goes to your heart. It's horribly sad. I think that's why you have to exercise for what it does for you NOW and not think that it makes you invicible.

I think you handled that really well. You were firm and to the point without getting overly emotional (not that that isn't an emotional conversation, My God!). I think it's great that you spoke up at the register and to the manager as well. That was the right thing to do. Maybe you've prevented someone else from having to…

I agree. I can almost never do it. I feel weak and have headaches and all sorts of stuff that tells me it's not good for me. But, I CAN do about 1400-1500 calories a day and feel awesome. This means I have to be more active and earn those calories, but that's good too. If you want to make a friend request go ahead. I keep…

I only have one child. FIVE!! Good on you! On the other hand, I'm a single Mom and I work more than full time. Here are some of my tips: * Let go of working out any specific time. Stock up on DVDs and home equipment and work out when you can. (Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred is awesome. You'll see a difference and the…

Not at all lame! That's awesome. People underestimate how important sleep is, not just to health in general, but to weight loss in specific.

You look GREAT! Actually, my first thought when seeing the "now" picture is "She looks SO healthy!". Good for you!

Looking great. Way to go!

I LOVE this question!!! And I love the sensitive way you phrase it. Short answer YES, you can motivate her. I agree, though, with the people who answered immediately that you can't say anything. I agree. You probably shouldn't SAY anything about her problem areas. But, there's lots you can do and say and she'll appreciate…

My workplace can be like this too. Sometimes we go through cycles where we have to work a tonne of overtime and then they bring in dinner for us. Totally awfully unhealthy dinner. It took me about 3 years, but I finally convinced them to give us some healthy options. I got pretty upset one day, actually, and I kind of…