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You all look so wonderful!!! Great jobs everyone! Have me a lot of motivation to give it my all!!

Thank you all very much for the responses! To be honest, I was just curious if anyone could shed light on it. I KNOW that it isn't true weight loss, as I tend to be almost neurotic about weighing myself every morning, out of curiosity mostly. I'm not discouraged or anything, but am slowly seeing weight loss about once a…

I think the whole post in its entirety from the original one to this one is a troll post. She just doesn't want "real, solid" advice on how to effectively and healthily lose weight. She just wants the magic "pill" that will solve all the problems with minimal effort. Ergo. I am severly overweight. I notice when I work out…

I lost my mother last year. I had a similar experience as yours, where we had no communication. Ours was a very volitile mother-daughter relationship, to where I had to choose between being loyal to her and being essentially her proverbial punching bag, and my happiness and freedom. I chose the latter. Our conversations…

Basically to me this is like putting your body through some sort of detox. While it's in "detox mode", you ARE going to lose weight, because you're cutting out a lot of foods that contribute to weight gain if eaten in mass quantities. Carbs are especially helpful for packing on pounds when you aren't doing a lot of working…

Have you actually -tried- spaghetti squash? if you spruce it up with a tad of butter, and salt/pepper/garlic, it is VERY tasty. Sprucing up spaghetti sauce with more garlic, italian seasoning, and a bit of parm cheese on top also helps enhance its flavor. So it doesn't HAVE to be bland.

Your story is pretty darn amazing. I've been feeling down on myself the last few weeks or so, wondering if I might look a little better later on as I continue to lose weight. It's nothing to do with feeling vain (I don't really care if I look 'hot') but I would love to love what I see when I look at myself in the mirror.…

Love it when you have to get a hole punched in your belt! I'm keeping the belt i bought about 2 years ago for that reason; to see how many holes i can get in it!

Love this post.

I'm 5'8", currently 276 lbs. and can fit into size 24 W jeans FINALLY. I started at 320, size 26 (sort of loose but 24s then were too tight). I love my Riders jeans (the dark stonewashed stretchy ones typically from kmart). I wish I'd gotten more of them but they're the most comfortable jeans I've ever had. I also found a…

Hi all, I started off at 320+ lbs (saw 320 when I finally decided to do something about my weight, I probably weighed more before then), and to this day I've lost almost 45 lbs. I started in September when I started a new job, and surprisingly lost 4 lbs in a month! It spurred me to try and pack my lunch more and eat…

I know when you first start out almost EVERYONE wants the weight to just fall right off. You're doing it the right way though, by losing it slowly. Losing weight slower ensures that as you lose weight your body is toning up so it'll definitely look better once you reach your goal. Don't give up! As they say, Rome wasn't…

Just happened by this post and it helped me understand exercise cals a lot better. Thanks for the information OP and other posters! :smile:

I don't eat kale a whole lot (I probably should since I love leafy greens esp. fresh ones), but I ought to try this ... YUM! Thanks for sharing!!!

Even more delicious! Thank you for a different variation of it - will definitely be trying this tomorrow evening!!! :DDD

Feel free to add me - I've been a member since April (?) 2012, but only started taking weight loss seriously since September '12. I've lost about 45 lbs now, and still have about 120 left to go to get to my goal of 160 - taking one day at a time; pretty open profile, and my diary is public so anyone can stop by and check…

You're looking remarkably wonderful! You can really tell that you've worked hard to lose all the weight that you have; congratulations, and here's to losing even more and reaching your goal!!:drinker: Cheers!

That sounds delicious. Who knew a pasta taco bake with ground turkey could be clean eating! I sure didn't! Thanks for the recipe, OP :DDD

My diary is public; has been since I started on this site. I have about 120 or so lbs. to go until I hit my final goal weight (for now); I've lost 45 lbs so far and am honest with my calories (I do some estimating when I run into events like the potluck we had at work today, there was a ton of food, and didn't know who…

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Everything in moderation is the best way to go - If you usually feel like crap after a binge day of eating like on say, other holidays; don't binge. Have self control. Learn what a portion size should be for the things you like and eat the size(s). It's hard to do when there's a spread of food, but in the long run, you…

Reading everyone's posts here, listening to music and texting my fiancee about his experiences working the start of his Black Friday at Walmart. It sounds horrible! XD

Hi all, I just found out about groups on MFP, and I joined so hopefully I can keep logging in daily and make sure I stay on track. I'm Mary, originally from Florida, but I'm now in the 'winter wonderland' of northern Minnesota with my fiancee. I've been heavy all my life, ever since adolescence... Which stinks, but I never…

All of you are so inspiring!! I'm just starting to get my feet wet in this new world of "watch the scale number decrease and your happiness increase"! However, there are some days when I'm discouraged too; it's hard when you're first starting out! I'm so close to being in the 200's range instead of the 300's, and 320…

It's really hard especially when you don't have the support you need. Most of it comes from having a right mindset to actually go through with it. I'm having trouble keeping up with it, but as crazy as it sounds, weighing myself daily is a reason for me to keep going. Getting mad at the scale sometimes tells me to stick…

Hi, My name is Mary, I'm 23. I've been overweight for most of my teenage life and now I'm trying to do something about it - - I recently got a new job that is keeping me very active all day long for 8-9 hours! I believe in you - - I may be younger, but I know what it's like to struggle and feel like you just can't make it,…