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Guess what? My daughter joined me on Couch to 5K!

One question? When do you people frickin work? Get back to work! Sincerely, THE BOSS

Jeromy, You might want to consider opening your food and exercise diary for friends or others to see so that they can offer help in that area. I keep mine open to friends and even log the booze (which is hard to admit). I don't know if you have been stuck at 3 lbs. since January, or if you re-adjusted your figures. I do…

This is great info. I am at the beginning of Week 3, but have not been able to do anything since Monday because I have a cold or something. Good to know I can take it easy on myself!

Here is a good article on "detox." http://www.livescience.com/34845-detox-cleansing-facts-fallacies.html

Words have weight and meaning. They can hurt or heal. To say that words don't mean anything is to lie. Wars have been fought over words. People kill and die over words. However, do not give those girls' words more power than they deserve. Those girls are small. They are petty. They are mean-spirited. They are shallow.…

I found an article that may be of help to you: http://www.fit-pro.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=CDF71F1F3B044BF9AED819DA2AD0CCF5 http://www.laparoscopic.md/exercise/stretching This one has photos as well as specific stretching exercises for…

I hope, for those of us who are/were morbidly obese, that some of the take-away from Ted's story, is that he visited his doctor regularly during this amazing weight loss! He had blood work and other tests done to ensure that he was not doing irreparable damage to his body. I go see my doctor this month. I plan on visiting…

Here's a shocker. A wedge salad: Well over 550 calories FOR ICEBERG LETTUCE! Plus some bacon crumbles, plus some boiled egg crumbles, blue cheese dressing, blue cheese crumbles and a sweet balsamic vinaigrette. It was more than the sirloin steak! Blue cheese is absolutely, positively, without a doubt, my favorite cheese in…

Frankie is a great friend!

Depression is something that runs pretty rampant in my family and I battle the blues, too. I find that when I get in a groove of exercise and better eating, the depression leaves me. Also, laying off the booze! WHodathunk! Thanks for your comment

Week 2, Day 3. 2.12 miles 3.5 warm up and cool down speeds 4.0 walking speeds 5.0 jogging speeds. avg. heart rate was 150-155 (not counting warm up minutes) high heart rate was 165

Thanks Hiker! You have quickly become one of the better friends here with your comments and encouragement.

http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q3/prof-diet-drinks-are-not-the-sweet-solution-to-fight-obesity,-health-problems.html http://download.cell.com/images/edimages/Trends/EndoMetabolism/tem_888.pdf ABSTRACT Artificial Sweeteners Produce the Counter-Intuitive Effect of Inducing Metabolic Derangements Susan E.…

Most of the very light beers are crap. However, Beck 64 is a good German rendition of a super low cal beer. Also, Shiner Light, which is made in Texas is good as well. Wine is 80 cals per 4 oz. or so. Beer is 120+ cals per 12 oz or so. Whiskeys are 80 cals per 1-1.5 oz., as are most hard liquors. You'll get full quicker…

Make the best choices you can with what is there. Pace yourself on the drinking by having a "spacer" drink in between each alcoholic drink, something like club soda and lime or water and lime. Avoid the cheeses if you can and nibble on the veggies (go easy on the white dip, though). Here is a lower calorie alternate for…

If you can find someone to work out with, it will make it more enjoyable and you will more likely go instead of finding ways of missing. Start slow, walking on the treadmill at 2.5 to 3.5 mph if you are truly out of shape for no more than 30 minutes Do a slow warm up and cool down of 5 minutes each. Stretch the muscles a…

Just finished WEEK 1 of C25K. If you want to join me here, please feel free to add me. I have found that by being supportive of others, I get back a lot in return!

Find someone outside of family but face-to-face who can do this with you, in addition to having friends and accountability partners online through MFP. I am fortunate enough to have a good friend who I meet weekdays in the morning. It is a little early for me, but fits his schedule, so I make it work. Knowing that someone…

I am here to do well and be positive, too. There are conditions that make losing weight more difficult, including Metabolic Syndrome, which is a nasty confluence of factors. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/metabolic%20syndrome/DS00522 However, I think that is possible to go from obese to healthy weight, even for someone…

Exercise has been helping me with the blahs. Trying to stick to the schedule of waking up and going to meet my buddy at the gym has made my sleep at night better, more restful and full. Vitamin D is a good suggestion. If you can have the doctor test you for low D, you may find that a once a month vit D pill will help. You…

Lose 75 lbs. of the 130 lbs. total to reach 190 lbs., healthy weight. I have lost 11-13 lbs. lost since Nov. 1. Based on weighing about 305-308 by New Year's 2013, I will be just 40 lbs. away at the end of 2014 of reaching my ultimate goal weight of 190 lbs. Then in 2015, I can work on the last third of the weight to shed.…

That is an awesome success! Congratulations!

Kind of like people after they get baked.....:smokin:

Better than prozac because it helps the boner to work better! Which leads to more happiness. That may be too much info, but it is the truth.

You can add me. I have several friends that I added through the forums who have lost 100-200 and in one case, even 300 lbs. I also have some that are at the same point as I am and others in between. All ages, sexes, etc.

I did. Yuck.

I think the behavior seen by you is indicative of a deeper illness in our society. We have lost civility and decency. Look at what we celebrate on TV: the behavior seen on Jersey Shore, Survivor, and countless other reality TV shows in which meanness and self-centeredness is cheered on and decency and selflessness is…

Weighed in at 303 on December 22.