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meag - I cheesed it up for some before pics @ my last weigh in.. so I'm all prepared for some afters when the day comes. It sounds stupid, but I can't seem to stop surfing mfp today since I AM SO FREAKIN HAPPY!! It has been maybe 6 months? a year? since I was 165... and I've never been this happy and with actual confidence…

started reading this lately.. a lot of great tips and blunt truth. thanks for sharing your journey! you are such a success story!!

*stepping off soap box* Gah! Sorry for my rant. That was suuper long. My desire was to help you though Robyn and I hope it came across that way! Down 1.8 lbs this week!! Yay!! 3.6 lbs to go until I've met my December goal. Still doing good with the water. I find it really easy now since I am thirsty ALL THE TIME if I go…

Tali - I agree we all hit walls with food or our workouts, but Meag is totally right when she says that these changes we're making have to be sustainable. In truth, you wouldn't be able to eat the exact same thing every single day or do the exact same workout. Life throws curves at you that make that impossible (hello!…

Meag... can I just say you are a BEAST! Over 7 mi in 75 minutes! WOW. You get it girl! Those b-fast calories are begging for mercy but they were DENIED! lol. Hope you find some awesome boots! Capt. - Think Gonks is right for the decorating and the frownie face. 0.9 pounds is basically one pound and that is a healthy rate…

Meag and Gonks - thanks for the tips ladies!! I'll hafta try that Tai Chi stretch AND doing some stairs/lunges/squats.. Turbo Jam is almost all squats. Did it yesterday and had zero knee pain so maybe its getting better? I like the up-hill jogging and running up every stair I see (lol) the most since I can just slip that…

Meag! Don't sweat it girl. One cheat day since you started mfp?!! Puhleeze! You are doing so good! Please don't worry or beat yourself up. 7 miles tomorrow! From the short time I've been mfpals with you I see a girl totally on fire 2 get fit. One little day is not going to change that. Of course I'm not giving you an…

Hey ladies! Back from days at work where God decided it was time for my hospital floor to BLOW UP! It was jumpin the whole time, but nothing makes coming home feel better than working your *kitten* off at your job so I'm happy. :happy: Cait - Way 2 get back into strength training. I feel like that is so important for your…

I had my first experience with this today.. could NOT eat all my exercise calories. I went over like 340 yesterday so I think that might be it. So forced myself to eat all except 300ish for my overage yesterday. Eating without being hungry has always been a problem for me so it seems counter productive to force it down.…

Hello Ladies and Gentleman, Wow has this thread BLOWN UP!!! I was new in November and this thread made a huge difference to me so I hope you newbies really blossom. :flowerforyou: Today was a much better first day of December that I thought it would be. Was feeling super unmotivated and wondering when God would lift me up…

That website is where this recipe came from.. not just another version, lol. wanted to fix that.

My November Goals were to: Loose 3 lbs by Thanksgiving, 5 lbs in total Workout 3x a week 60-90 minutes Be true to food diary even if i miss a day get right back into it the next day!! Didn't reach my full 5 lbs, but what I didn't realize until I went to look at my November goals again is that I did drop 4.2 lbs! That means…

i have this problem 2... gonna try taking breaks then.

i work night shift 2 and sadly sometimes i'm up waaay longer than a normal day or i take short naps throughout the day... depending if i have to switch my schedule or not. because of this i can't track my food from when i wake up to when i go to bed. So... I switched all my meals to a 4 hour window (12mn-4am, 4am-8am,…

its about what your happy with and what is healthy. if you're happy then start maintaining, but if you you are really determined to get down then go for it. Congrats on reaching your goals!! :happy:

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i've never heard of a "better" time. I just do them in the morning when i weight in.

dang! that is almost all my calories for the day!!!

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I appreciate everyone's ideas. Thanks so much! It is true that one day won't kill me... but I have been so motivated to actually do this, and I'm scared that one little weekend will totally erase my progress :sad: I know that may not be totally true, but it will discourage me if the numbers on the scale go up after!…

dude.. i totally sympathize with you. going to stay with the in-laws Thursday night to Monday morning. I found out yesterday that we are not having thanksgiving on Thursday, but going out to eat as a family and THEN having Thanksgiving dinner on Friday! Double trouble! Knowing them we will also be eating out at least one…

I'm curious about HRM also. I've seen a lot of ppl comment on them and I think they'd come in really handy for doing kind of off kinds of exercise.. like different circuits and stuff. Does anybody have any tips about them? Favorite ones? How do they work?? Still waiting for this cold to go away. It is really hanging on for…

it is really important not to quit! remind yourself of all the hard work you've done to this point. realize that if you weren't taking action to make yourself healthier you would probably be drifting (aimlessly) in the other direction. remember that this is a life style change. get excited about doing a new thing!…

lol so funny! I do pick you. sounds very gooood.. mmm. will be on the menu Thursday morning when I'm running my butt out the door :drinker:

Wow you guys thanks so much!! mmm so many yummy sounding things to try! I'll probably be making the shake ideas this weekend, but I look forward to trying the frozen banana sliced with pb in between...mmmmm... I also totally forgot about using the bananas in baking. great idea. Thank you guys so much! Knew my fellow…

SkipToMyLou- the way I stay good on the weekends is putting my weigh-in day on the weekends! if I know I'm going to weigh in the next day then i really try to eat well/exercise. i don't know about your food soaking up the alcohol, but i do know that there are lots of "skinny" drinks out there you might want to try?? i've…

Melissa! thank you for the recipes!! i will absolutely try them! mmm pineapple and strawberry.. i also love pumpkin. tis the season. :drinker: Also please send me your pumpkin cookie recipe. I'd love to try it! I'm not to good with sweet breads though.. not portioned by themselves so I wind up cheating my piece a lil…

sorry meag.. this didn't make much sense. I was trying to say that you could research a restaurant you'd like to go to and go there! The first time I read your post I thought it was your b-day and not ur boy's for some reason haha. :tongue: ma bad

This is gonna be a long one..:smile: :wink: Cruan: congrats on the 2.4 lbs! Wow! Almost to your first 10... jealous... Meag: thanks for the heads up on the cupcakes. I was planning on making them the other day but Wally World (aka Walmart) did not have spice cake mix.. weird.. they should have everything. But I guess that…