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Congrats!!!!

Wow your body type (in the vegas photo) looks like mine....thanks for posting and congratulations!!!! Viva las Vegas!!!:smile:

Glad you found a platform to rant...it always feels good to get it off your chest. Perhaps smaller changes? One new vegetable a week? Greasy food once a week only? Just a suggestion...:smile:

I tried 1200 a day and it didn't really work..I was always thinking about food and never full! and went over many times which was disheartening. So, go up a bit more, even if it's 150 a day, go for a 20 min walk, go to be early, eat more protein that really helps. I've eaten more (light) peanut butter in the last 6 months…

Wow well done amazing..thanks for posting all those photos... I love the ones where people wear their old big pants... and I love the horizontal stripes!!! I love love love striped and you look really good in them! congratulations!!!!!

Get one of those pyramids of nutrition... or I think now they are rainbows...which say you should have X number of servings of fruit/ vegetables, dairy, protein, and grains...and that she needs to eat a variety of the 4 food groups...and also any cereal with more than 4 grms of sugar is really a dessert...and it's…

Congratulations...your photos made me cry! But in a good way... I loved the one with your daughter both in your old pair of jeans.

WOW thanks for sharing.... inspiring! And I love your new haircut!!!!

WOW...great job! I love the 'same pair of pants different body' photos!

I agree it's frustrating that the weight just doesn't go down down down down... This morning I weighed 162 and 2 hr later (after breakfast) I weighed 159 (the # I've been for a while now..) weird... also, water retention sucks.... AND perhaps after so much exercise you are gaining muscle which weighs more?

Wow! inspiring! You should send your story to a women's magazine... really!

I agree with the posts here....and avoid those places... but my father in law lost 130 pounds on herba life... not sure what kind of supplements he was taking, but they taught him cooking, he had access to a counsellor on a daily basis and they encouraged him to keep a journal... he's kept most of it off and eats things he…

seeing 180 on the scale!!!:sad:

I put half a can of tuna with 2 Tablespoons of plain Greek yogurt on a bunch of lettuce... sometimes I add a cracker or two for extra crunch... There's flavoured tunas too, have you tried them? I like the spicy Thai one..there's small and so you can eat the whole can.

I avoid weighing myself on Monday mornings - NEVER!!! it's the worst day for me... on the weekend I might have had that glass of wine, or a cookie, or saltier food... now I weigh myself on FRIDAY mornings because I feel more in control M-F so Friday is a 'lower' day for me which motivates me to stay on track on Sat and Sun…

That's exactly what happened to me... and I had to lose it all over again..what a waste of time! So here I am again...and this time I threw out all of my bigger clothes... which I didn't do last time and if your closet is full of clothes that fit... well then it's easy to just keep wearing them...and suddenly my 'fat…

My NSV today was a neighbour I hadn't seen in a while looked me up and down and said "You look fabulous" - this was at the gym...but the best part was then I started my work out on the stationary bike and I burned more calories in less than half the time I usually do...so my work outs are much better (and I was probably a…

I recommend to set many 'mini goals'...for example, my first mini goal was to lose 10% of my total weight... of course I calculated an actual number of pounds, but I kept focusing on the percentage...it worked for me. Once I got that 10% our of the way, I made another mini goal... like that. Also, if you are feeling…

I agree.... but it is free... they got to make money somewhere...

What I've noticed is that the ads are related to things that I had recently looked up...kind of freaky big brotherish... for example, I looked at holiday flights and then the next time I logged on I saw ads for THAT EXACT SAME VACATION spot that I was checking out...same with theater tickets, really??? for the same show???…

Amazing...good job!! I watched it twice in a row!

I eat Greek yogurt almost every day...instead of mayo in a tuna sandwich, in smoothies to up the protein and make them creamier, in tacos instead of sour cream, on a baked potato instead of sour cream.... also plain with vanilla (instead of sugar) vanilla - the real stuff - tastes great and there are 0 calories!

half a pear and a string cheese = 100 calories 8 almonds and 4 choco chips and a Tablespoon of raisins = 100 calories 3 egg whites and 1/2 c of spinach and 1 Tablespoon of feta = 100 calories 1/4 c of black beans, and 1 Tablespoon of salsa and 1 Tablespoon of Greek yogurt = 100 calories 1 cup of melon balls and 1/2 cup of…

Non Scale victories

Thanks for sharing.... all the best for 2014 -

All I can say is WOW:smile:

A good rule of thumb is that half your plate should be vegetables... and remember to be able to see your plate - so not to stuff it so much (like a typical Thanksgiving plate) that you can't see the colour of the plate...also cut barbs and perhaps even protein to half of what a typical portion is... .this is what I do...…

I know it might be hard...but if it took you months to lose those 30 lbs then those 30 lbs are GONE forever! Good job... and it's great that you posted with the same clothes..I love that - easy to see the differences...big differences...have you tried carrying 30 lbs of dog food or flour or whatever around the grocery…

That's a good one....

YES me too...totally agree!!!! home made...yummmy