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I know that it is a polarizing topic but eating back my exercise calories changed my life. I stopped being hungry and that made all the difference for me.

I've been giving this idea serious air time lately as well. I am a Star Wars nerd to boot so I have been thinking of Luke Skywalker riding my road bike while carrying Yoda on his back ala Empire Strikes Back. Around the image will be text reading: "Do or do not, there is no try"

I am very envious of your location Liz. I have often contemplated a warmer climate but large families keep me anchored in the north. Not having to invest in winter gear at all would be awesome.

Now if I could just figure out how to get my volume of hair back to mid 90's levels I'd be great!

Thanks all. I've ridden over 1,000 miles on the bike since July and I feel like I've really found something that will be with me for the rest of my life.

Do it by percentage lost like they do on the biggest loser. We did this at my work a long time ago and it was a great motivator! [/quote] hmm, I thought about this, but it still seems like it wouldn't be fair because what if I only wanted to lose 20% and another person wants to lose 50% and we both meet our goals at the…

The contest is still going. We end up the weekend before Thanksgiving. I am currently in 2nd place but I have been hawking down the girl in the lead and I am less than 1% away and my average % loss per week has been better than hers for most of the contest. She posted a huge first weigh in and I've been chasing ever since.