MThornburg74

I pulled a pair of jeans out from last year...with trepidation...because they were tight and I hated they way they fit last year. I pulled them on and they fell to the floor. :flowerforyou: Small win, but it felt great!!!!

You look beautiful! Great job!!! :)

Your little girl says, "Mama you're beautiful!" when you are all dressed up for a wedding and you actually feel beautiful for once!

What an inspiration! Great work!! Proud of you! Thank you for sharing! You've motivated me!

My 7 year old is 4 ft 6 and my 2 (almost 3 year old) is 3ft 5!! I am 6'3 and my hubby is 6'2. They are both way off of the charts for height. They are both beautiful and I stress that every day. I tell them all the time how being tall brought me opportunities to model and to play basketball in college to pay for a full…

As a female athlete through grade school, high school, and then Division I College Basketball... thank you! Love this! I have two beautiful little girls and they both get filthy and sweaty playing outside, playing basketball, and running wild with their friends all summer long. My high school basketball coach passed away…

LOVE THIS! Me, too! I am 6'3" and hubby is 6"2"...so we were pretty much eye to eye. Tried dating a shorter guy...nope. Needed a big one. :)

This ^ is what I do, too! If I know that I promised my girls pizza for dinner on a Friday, I will make sure I banked enough calories to have a piece with them. If I plan it out, I feel better about it. :) I also agree that a treat every now and then (if you can handle just one) is okay. It helps make this a "way of life"…

Thanks!! Will look into those!

I have been working from home for the past year and a half. When I switched jobs from working more than full-time in a big hospital system where I was on my feet and running up and down steps and all over the hospital every day....I started to put on the weight, which was on top of the weight from my pregnancy. My youngest…

Men - Strong, muscular shoulders, arms and legs...hips and the V Women - neck and BOOBIES! And LEGS!!

Hi! 6'3" here! :) Proud, too. Used to hate it, but now that my legs are shaping up...hellloooo short shorts! :) Good luck on your journey!! We could all use the support!! :)

I LOVE this whole post!! Perfectly said! I am shocked at how many people cry and whine about all of this... I am at the point where I can just ignore negativity. I am doing great things and feeling good about what I am doing and the progress I a making...if someone wants to comment or make snide remarks...go ahead. But at…

So inspiring!!! Gonna move some more today!!! You are awesome! Keep it up! You look fabulous! :happy:

You are beautiful, amazing, inspiring, motivating...and lot of other words ending in "ing"!! Thank you for your post, your blog, and your pics! You've inspired me!:flowerforyou:

Did they open up more spots? :( I tried to get in but it was already closed! Now I am going to MI this weekend so won't be able to participate. Good luck!!!!

You look amazing! Nice work! :)

I love this group! These comments validate some of my frustration with ignorant people over the years. Like one of the others who posted, I prefer the sarcastic response with a shrug... :). Love it!! Stand tall and proud beautiful ladies!!

You can do this! We all have our stories about how that weight piled on, but the fact that you are making the choice to take it off...you have already succeeded! 40-60 pounds in one year is definitely doable and you can probably lose more! I have only been on here since mid-April, I believe and I have lost 15 pounds. I am…

I struggle with the same thing. I get so confused. Now that I have finally figured out that I have to consume 1550 calories a day, work-out or not, I have adjusted to eating back some of my workout calories. The thing is...I am STILL stuck at a plateau for 3 weeks now. It is very frustrating. I was working out like mad…

Very inspiring!! Nice work and congrats! Keep it going! :)

I like shooting hoops, chasing my girls around the yard..."working out" with them on our large playset...it has a rope ladder to get to the tower and using abs to help "swing" for a long period of time...etc. I also like to jump rope and do jumping jacks - we used to do these for conditioning when I played basketball in…

For the most part I avoid looking at the mirror because I do right into that detailed "inspection" of every feature, etc that leads me down a negative path. Since I have been working out now and feeling like my clothes are a bit looser, I try to focus on my improvements and be proud of what I have done so far. I have…

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Hi there! I can understand your sadness, but like some of the other posters said, look at this in a positive way to future health. I think you and I are similar in that we have a lot of stress and very busy days...Looks like you might be a mommy, too. I am a mommy of 2- a 7 year old and a 2 year old. Both girls. I work an…

RUUUUUUNNNNNNNNN!!! Good luck!!! :)

I'm in! I won't post my weight, but will post my loss. I would also like to lose 15 pounds by August 28. I am participating in the Warrior Dash on August 25, so it would be nice to have 15 less pounds to carry!!! Good luck to all of you! Looking forward to the challenge!! :)

That's amazing! You look great! I am looking to tone up, so it will be fine if I drop inches instead of pounds!! :) Did you do it everyday? How long of a timespan was it between your before and after pics?

You look absolutely beautiful! Great job! Love your dress in that last pic. Any tips you want to share?

I weigh myself once a week first thing in the morning before any breakfast, coffee, etc.... usually 6:30am. I hadn't weighed myself in a very long time before I started getting back in shape because I knew I would obsess, too. Now, I weigh and go on with my day. There are weeks that I have some water weight that makes my…