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I will be so glad for the day where I can do that too! GOOD GOING!!!! A new era in retail therapy has begun for you!

Happy Sunday! Today's a catch up day for me. Housekeeping, laundry, hemming pants so I have clothes to wear this week for work (yeah... I'm REALLY short and can't even buy petite pants without hemming them) and later to cook dinners ahead so I can heat and eat after work and aquafit and/or swimming laps this week or…

Hi: MFP can help you with working towards a realistic weight loss goal with your limited mobility or with a sedentary lifestyle. Set your profile to a sedentary lifestyle and your weight loss to a rate of half to one pound a week. MFP will give you a number of calories per day that even without exercising past your…

Everyone here is looking at "the ultimate goal". I don't look at the "ultimate goal" because it's just too daunting. I started out at 300 lbs. My goal was to hit 250. I did that. Now it's to get past this plateau and work my way down to 225lbs and I WILL get there. Then the next goal can be set and met realistically. The…

You've started! Take your time and figure out how to make all the sections of MFP work. The database has over 40,000 foods / entrees in it and you can add to it if you can't find anything comparable. The cardio exercises can be added to as well. Just be realistic with your goals. I have been to specialists, dieticians…

I have very little immune system and found that I'm far too conscious of my own shortcomings around others. I wouldn't mind working out with others if I hadn't been a victim of locker room *****iness as a kid. Never having gotten over it, I find that swimming is a better fit. I do aquafit and enjoy the benefits of it but…

If I couldn't launder my workout clothes, I'd at least rinse them out well and hang them to dry....

I'm in the same situation. Plateaus aren't fun and they leave you wondering what's happening. This week I'm back swimming laps and doing aquafit every weeknight and walking on the weekends, doing weights too. Zippo.... I haven't lost an ounce in 3 weeks. In fact, I've gained half a pound. My calories are over 1200 a day…

How about "I'm amazed at how you can do that with your size." What do people expect?

Have an 8 oz glass of water, stop by the loo, and go to bed. Tomorrow you'll be glad you did.

I'm glad you have decided to give MFP a try. Don't just try it though. Log Everything. Good days. Bad Days. You can learn from what you're logging on those bad days. I keep a journal and try to figure out what triggers the binges besides the need to feed my emotions as well as what I do here. Instead of saying Good Luck,…

I refrigerate my ketchup but I don't do that with peanut butter or mustard.

I love soups, stews, chili, a roast, and when I get a real craving for it, beans of whatever kind I have on hand.

Try keeping a protein bar, good granola bar, piece of fruit, or a sports drink in your bag,

IIFYM can be a good thing or it can be a formula for failure. That's up to you. I live on a very tight budget but I work hard to eat right MOST OF THE TIME. Everything I eat, I log honestly. That doesn't mean that I won't eat things that some people don't feel is good for you. It just means that I'm eating as realisticly…

Hi. Welcome. When I first started, I started small. (Don't let the 16 lbs lost fool you... it's actually 66 lbs because I didn't join right away). First be realistic about what you can and can't do. Set your weight loss goal for a realistic loss per week which will give you your macros without exercise. That being done,…

Some people seem to need a day where they can eat whatever they want. There will be those who carry things way too far in every crowd. For alot of us, our lives are so scheduled and so rigid on weekdays or work days that it's much easier to manage what we eat. We're out getting groceries, shopping, doing yardwork, visiting…

When I'm craving something and don't know what it is, I reach for water first. Often the craving is not because I'm hungry but because I'm thirsty. If that doesn't do it, I try protein next because alot of the time that will satisfy the cravings before a carbohydrate will.

Check out the exercise database and log the exercise that's closest to your daily activities. Plan your meals, plan some snacks in too. Load up on the good veggies! And take the kids for walks with you. My niece had the same thing happen, has 3 kids, a full time job, an active lifestyle and in order to get her weight where…

GOOD GOING!!!!!

I want to be able to wear Lulu Lemon clothes and buy from regular sizes!

That belt and the scale.... they're like a pot of water on the stove.... take forever to move and when they do it's immediate action.

The hospital, community health, mental health, social services and ambulance services here are now mandatory too. For those who are allergic, there's a couple of alternatives but most of us will just bite the bullet and take the shot. I react about one year in 3. It sucks that we're faced with being forced to do it. Even…

Hi. I started out this last February at 300 lbs. Right now I'm somewhere around 248 and been using MFP for about 9 weeks. This is a long term goal for me with about 1 to 1.5 lbs a week as a goal. You're more than welcome to take a look if you friend me here. I am trying to do all of this the right way with the help of…

The girl's good at what she's doing. They should let her do what she does well and it's really good that they did backpedal and are going to help her. Sadly, the world doesn't tolerate others well. There are all kinds of people in the world. Some of us will never be what everyone else would like to see on winner's…

Good working! I hope adding MFP and its built in accountability help you along, like it's helping me.

I really think that whether we eat or not after 6 p.m. is just a choice that some of us make in order to help ourselves. Some of us don't get home from work (then the gym) till after that time. We then have to prepare a meal before we can eat. It doesn't seem to make a bit of difference to me but I do try to make lunch my…

Check this out and it's just one of a zillion on the internet. http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/library/blbodyfatcharts.htm

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I was in the same boat and still get foot pain but figured out that I had to make sure not to eat anything that converts to sugar and then to fat that my body doesn't absolutely needs and upped my proteins so they're at least 25% of my total daily intake, my legs no longer feel like I'm torturing me along the way. DON'T…