Diotima73

I will borrow a line from "Dear Sugar's" Column #46 Beauty and the Beast : every last one of us can do better than give up. It's up to you to figure out where to go from here. Be well.

I did 30DS. It was a good introduction to regular exercise. If you feel you are up to doing more, either increase the weight you are lifting, or walk more. Let yourself get through the 30 DS first. You are probably working harder than you realize, and you don't want to get fatigued.

American breakfast Japanese lunch French dinner Scotch as a digestif Train before breakfast, long rambling walks all day in cool weather, looking fabulous.

Baby, you are a superhero!

Here is a suggestion. When you want to eat and you recognize that craving as motivated by emotion, come up with an intervening activity before you eat. For example: make an agreement with yourself. "Before I eat xyz, I am going to clean the bathroom/do the dishes/read a chapter of this book/do 30 jumping jacks/drink a…

I second the Jillian Michaels love. Also, Nerd Fitness has a beginner bodyweight workout that requires an open space and hand weights. Good luck!

Would you rather stay on the plateau, or gain back what you have lost? Remember, it took you a long time to get to this point; it is going to take a while to lose the weight. Hang in there.

Make a deal with yourself: *if* you get the pizza, and make damn sure you go back to your regimen tomorrow. It took longer than 19 days for you to get to the weight you are currently at and, I presume, unhappy with because here we are on the same message board. It will take a while for you to form better, healthier,…

I have chosen "calisthenics, push ups/sit ups vigorous effort." It seems like a good description.

I did 6 miles. I took the rail in to work today and walked to and from the station to my office. I also walked to the gym near my office. Feeling great!

That is a good suggestion. This is tough because you are trying to make good choices for your health, but she wants something else today. Get yourself some salad greens, make yourself a non-fried taco with healthier fillings, or forego the taco and put the fillings on top of the salad, and eat dinner together.

I'm in. I just joined MFP yesterday.

It would be helpful if this feature were made available in the exercise tracker. My pedometer tracks steps, miles, and average speed. It's awkward to try to log in this activity with the current exercise tracker.