dawnmichelea Member

I teach P.E., so I am so much more active during the school year! I participate with all of my classes, all day long, so I burn a ton of calories! During the summer, I walk 2 miles a day period! Well, I'm also doing a push-up challenge. Gotta show my high-schoolers what a 45 year old woman can do!

Here's to good choices every day! I'd love to offer some encouragement along the way! Sent a request!

I did it for a couple of months and loved it! Worked great, actually overcame a plateau by cycling my calories. It was also great having days where I could eat more. Made the lower days easier because I knew a higher day was coming! I reached my goal, and have been maintaining, I still look at my calories more as a weekly…

:) I'm on here to lose FAT! I don't want to lose muscle, I call it what it is, I'm honest with myself! I can't call myself fat anymore, I am calling myself fit with a few pounds of fat left to lose! When I was fat, I was fat!

Amazing progress! I'm gonna go look up JMBR, dont know what that is!

10 years ago, I decided to increase my water intake. I drank the recommended ounces for my weight. I hated it! It made me thirsty ALL the time. Couldn't run to the market, sit through church, go or do anything without my water. If I forgot my water, I was miserable. I worked in an office, and was constantly going to the…

Cheesecake, glorious cheesecake! I do EVERYTHING in moderation! I've managed to lose 19 pounds, and I have dessert........real, fat, dessert, every single night! Tonight, homeade ice cream!

Thanks!

Gonna try these tomorrow!

And by the way...thanks for posting. I'm 44, which means I've started earlier than her. I would love to look that good now! I'm inspired!

I taught each of my children, "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all!"

Thank you! You explain things so well!

Can't believe how much 20 pounds makes a difference! Freezing all winter long! Hope that this also means that I'll be cooler during our hot Southern Oregon summers!

About 17 years ago there was a woman in our church who was suffering with MS. She had 2 young children, and she found herself in a wheelchair taking her medication every day. She decided that was NOT acceptable, and she took matters into her own hands. She bought a book on how to eat with MS, did tons of research (before…

Losing 20 pounds did it for me! I am so very cold all the time. Doesn't help that we are having a much colder winter than normal here in Southern Oregon! So I use"hot hands"when I'm outside. My heated blanket is AMAZING (I keep it on 5 all night long!) And my husband bought me a heated throw blanket for the sofa, which…

One day at a time! You CAN do this! Feel free to friend me if you'd like!

Lots to read, marking for later.

Thanks for posting.

4123!!! The most calories I've had in my 180 days in MFP! I met my goal for the day......to enjoy everything and everyone, and not to worry one iota about what I ate, and to just be honest about logging it. What a wonderful day!

We have one 4 hours away, in Portland. My daughter and I took a trip up there last week and decided to treat ourselves! I did not see the skinny menu at all. We ordered a steak sandwich (to split), and it wasn't very good at all! But......we did order their Hersheys Chocolate cheesecake! (we are both eating at maintenance,…

Posting to keep up with this thread.....which is hard to do! Fast moving, but I love it.

Love this thread! Love being active, love feeling good, and I LOVE eating! I plan what I'm gonna eat the night before, including dessert (which I have every single night). Everything in moderation, and planning it out helps me to make great choices!

I'm so in! My starting weight in May was 152, CW 133, 5'8, 44 yrs. My workout consist of whatever I'm teaching my High School students in PE! We work out for the first 1/2 hour of class, 4 times/week. Anything from weights, sprints, hills, polyos, aerobics....etc. I also walk for 55 minutes, 4 X per week. Take Sat and Sun…

Gonna make these!

Sounds yummy and I have all the ingredients!

Hi! 5'8 Started at 152, now at 133-135. I'm moving toward maint slowly, and have been shooting for 2000 calories each day. So far, so good! In another week our so, I'm moving towards 2200 I'm yearning almonds, and seeds, so that's the plan when I up my calories. ** I also ALWAYS have a MUFA every time I eat....and I have…

Love it! Can't wait to make a batch!

Yum!

On my menu for next week! Thanks!

Yay.....I have leftover pumpkin I need to use!