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Excellent job! Best of luck as you go forward - I have an easier time of it in the summer, too - better fruits and veggies and easier to work out outside!

YAY! I love when that happens!

Squash - in ANY of its incarnations!

Stumpy McDoodles here!:laugh:

Yay for you!! Having been overweight enough that this was not possible, I truly appreciate your NSV!:drinker:

Actually living with it is a bad idea all around. When I was having attacks I discussed this with my doc, as I didn't want to have surgery a month prior to moving across the country. He pointed out that one of the complications of gallstones blocking the bile duct was an infected gall bladder rupturing with subsequent…

I love new words - bodacious was on my new word of the day calendar the day I joined MFP, so stuck my initials on the front and there you go!

Liver and onions for lunch - hadn't had that for (seriously) 36 years - sounded good. Not so much...

I'm in the beauty shop, the beautician says to another client "Doesn't she (me) look fantastic?!", client says "Yeah, but I don't want to lose weight bad enough to mutilate my body like she did". I say "What? I did this through diet and exercise, not surgery!", and the woman proceeds to argue with me, insisting I couldn't…

I had a cop friend say the other day - "you should really get a new license - if you get picked up they will not believe the fat old lady in the picture is the skinny girl in the driver's seat" !! Kind friend. 60 pounds less now.

"Muffin-top filled fun" - Hilarious! And then to find out you weren't going there after all! Congratulations - that is a great NSV.

^^Yes, indeedy!^^

I pretty much need someone to go with or I talk myself out of going more often than not. Also do better in group classes because a. There's somebody to push me and b. I do better with the structure.

about 25 before I heard that - then about 40 before I stated hearing "Wow - I didn't even recognize you!" Both of those are fun.

This morning a woman who I have long found intimidating due to her athletic ability, intelligence and rather aggressive personality came over and put her arm around me and congratulated me on my weight loss and told me how impressed she was with my achievements! Made my whole day!

I have been doing both since June of last year - down 63 pounds. It's been interesting to log on both places and observe the differences between points and calories - some days I'm WAY over on calories and just fine on points (usually due to fruits and veggies), others way over on points and barely over on calories. MFP…

Funny thing - that's how I've always eaten rice - for breakfast. First time I saw rice and a bowl of gravy on the dinner table I thought WTF?!?!

If you've done this so often your partner no longer makes you any meals...

Ennelle - they are pricey, but the 42G's DO NOT move!:laugh:

58 pounds since June, 2012

The biggest problem with Atkins for me was cutting out an entire food group. Can't live like that forever. I lost 64 pounds in 5 months on Atkins.....and gained 72 pounds in 6 months the minute I went off. Didn't work long-term, obviously. Currently using WW and MFP - feel like I'm learning something sustainable this time.…

EXACTLY! I have a picture of myself in my head and no matter what I weigh - big or small - I still look like that picture in my head. At 55 pounds down, I don't see myself as any different than I did when I was 55 pounds heavier or 50 pounds lighter. DH however, said last weekend "You finally look like yourself again - it…

Hang in there! A lot of times, people who see you every day literally don't notice what size you are or were before. I have lost 55 pounds (starting at 242) and it took about 25 before anyone said anything. Now I have people I have known for years who haven't seen me since I started this little journey walk right by me on…

One of my favorite doctors was about 5 feet tall and maybe weighed 90 pounds. When I started repeating what previous doctors has said - that all my problems were caused by being overweight - she came unglued and informed me, in no uncertain terms, that she was sick to death of doctors who blamed patients' problems on their…

Canned asparagus, cold, with Miracle Whip - 5 kids and we used to fight over who got the most of this!!

Getting ready for boot camp this morning and my exercise bra was too big! I've had this one for about 15 years (yes-years!) and it has NEVER been loose before. Big NSV for me.

I used to feel this way, too, but found an absolutely splendid lingerie shop in Billings, Montana that has well-trained fitters and gorgeous underwear - even in the 42G's that used to be my life! After hitting the 48 pound loss mark, I was "forced" to make a trip for what turned out to be a couple of 36G's and matching…

Congratulations on the35 pounds! Are you trying on the same style/brand? I have lost 49 pounds and went pants shopping last week. Took 5 different styles of pants into the dressing room - all the same size - and ONE of them fit - two were too big and two were too small! So, of course, I bought the style that fit in every…

:flowerforyou: YAY for you!! There is absolutely nothing like putting on clothes from the "possibly someday maybe..." section of the closet and realizing they FIT!! I've spent the last week doing that and LOVING it! Congratulations.

Agree with Enelle recommendation. They are quite pricey, but they last a llooong time if you don't put them in the dryer. I started wearing them at a 42H . Down to a 38DD now and still love them.