TaraDenise Member

Hey Katy! Welcome!

I am having smaller portions, adding more fruits and veggies, staying away from fried foods, and watching my sodium and cholesterol intake. I'm not saying I won't ever have fried chicken wings again, but I'm no longer having fried food daily. Right now, I'm also limiting bread, potatoes, and pasta. I'm working out and…

Excellent work!

Welcome!

Congratulations on your success and all of the new things your are "discovering" about yourself!

Welcome!

Excellent job! I will be borrowing your quote, "NOTHING tastes as good as skinny feels." I hope you don't mind. :0)

Welcome! You can do it! Be sure to log your food, drink plenty of water, and get moving!

Congratulations! You look awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Is that all you got? LOL! I'd be happy to be your friend. You have to do what works for you; nevermind the rest. :0)

Hi Jennifer! Welcome.

Welcome! I was here, doing well, got off track, and now getting back on. Good luck!

Everything that I've read says that as long as you're not doing strenuous exercise for more than 2 hours a day you should be fine. I usually work out for 1 hr in the morning and about 1 hr and 15 mins in the evenings, depending on my schedule. One of those workouts is a simple 3 mile walk. I workout 6 days a week, so I can…

Yes it counts total steps, aerobic steps, calories burned, and miles walked. I love it!

I use the Omron Walking Style pocket pedometer. I received it from the health promotion department at my job when I joined their weightloss program. I googled them and found that there are several local retailers that carry them. The price ranged from about $25 - $40, depending on the retailer. It seems to be more reliable…

I keep stretch bands in my desk drawer for office strength training. I also have a yoga mat and a fitness ball in my office. During the day, especially when I'm feeling sleepy, my office mates and I will stand up and do squats, push ups, or go out to the stairway and make 5 trips up and down (theres 20 steps in the…

WOW! Congratulations! You look awesome!!! Thanks for showing me that it really IS possible.

I am working with a registered dietician and she has advised me to eat my allotted calories but not to try to eat the additional calories earned from working out. She allotted me 1800 calories per day, while MFP allotted me 1760 per day. 1800 is a LOT! LOL

I buy sugar free chocolate pudding, lowfat chocolate milk, and no sugar added fudge pops. Works for me!

Every scale I've ever used does that. I use Weight Watcher's brand scale at home and it fluctuates as you described. I use a Healthometer scale at work for our departmental weight loss challenge (I purchased it, so I know it's new.) and it fluctuates just the same. I paid about $30 for each scale, so unless I'm just buying…

Welcome, and good luck! Congrats on the weight loss thus far!:smile:

Welcome, and good luck!!!

I live by Brooks shoes. I've always had problems with plantar faciitis and general foot pain, which I'm sure comes from me being overweight. Ever since I've been wearing Brooks (4 yrs now) I haven't had any foot pain, until it's time to replace the shoes. When my feet start hurting a lot, I know it's time for new shoes,…

Please tell me why grapes are bad? Are you on a special diet?

I confess I had 2 hotdogs and fries for lunch on Saturday, then chinese food for dinner. I haven't indulged myself like that in a couple of months and it was good, but I felt bad afterwards. Today I worked extra hard in the gym and have been on my best behavior with my meals. Planning to take a long walk after dinner…

Welcome! You've made the decision to get healthy and that's a great start! Try to make yourself a priority for a while and really focus on committing yourself to healthy eating and exercise. You will begin to feel more energetic and feel so much better about yourself. Good luck!

You're doing a fabulous job! Keep up the great work. I've lost 25lbs so far and I too, look in the mirror and see what's left to lose rather than celebrating what I've accomplished so far. I think it's normal, as long as you don't obsess over it. When I catch myself thinking negative thoughts, I start to speak positive…

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds good! Thanks for sharing.

Good job! I need to get in on a group next time. We have a challenge going on at my job, but I need all of the motivation and support I can get. I suck at excel, and could not figure out how to get the percentages to automatically calculate on our spreadsheet, so we're using a different site where we have to plug in the…