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First of all you are beautiful anyway especially love ur sense of humor second of all yes you can do it. I had baby number two June 2012 I was 215 and I met my goal of 135lb last month. Congratulations on that new beautiful being is going to bring you far more joy than you will ever know! =)

Alright MFpals I just went through and broke down the dates of lbs loss through out the past year, you will see my plateaus, the questions are still pouring in. I am taking each one down. I am overwhelmed (with delight) at your responses and for some that have shared personal info with me in hopes of my help and answers to…

Oh my goodness your problems are not puny. Everyone has different problems at different times in their lives that affect them and hurts. Don't ever measure your pain to someone else's, you do YOU! Love and take care of yourself first=)

That is funny, yes back when I was in my early 20's many would say that I resembled either Brooke Burke or Catherine Zeta Jones all those compliments went away when I gained all the weight. You are the first to mention that again (personal yaay on the inside=), thank you for the compliment I think Brooke Burke is a…

Way to take charge of your decisions and life and staying true to you. It takes a lot of discipline and you are looking great and healthy!!=)

This family member is so close to me that I cannot abandon them like that, but there is a lot of negativity surrounding her when I am not there and she just happened to lash out at me because we were all hurting from our losses. Unfortunately I can't unfriend her like I can a toxic friend, but I can do what I can to love…

Lol yes it took me a while to lose those 6lbs but i had gained 10lbs around xmas and had to lose it (which wasn't really hard once i got back into the routine) plus losing the weight wasn't a race for me. The slower i lose it the harder it is for the lbs to come back.=)

Guys thank you for all the lovely comments and grats. I will put my girls down to sleep tonight and go through all your questions both from this thread and from emails and i will come up with a detailed list of things i did and am doing. Then I will post tomorrow. I was going to try to do it tonight but i want it to be…

Go right ahead, read it and let it fuel you b4 you go to the gym, read it when people start shooting cannons of hateful words at you and remember you can be titanium to all that. Some people just can't stand when you are happy and they take their bad days out on you. Go right ahead=)

Thank you it took me a while to get here and I intend on bettering myself and helping those who come across my path and seek it. I don't know about public speaking but I do help those that are around me that are having tough times. I take the time out to talk to them because I wonder if my brother had someone he felt he…

Hi Christine=) Yes I finally made it, I think that was the longest plateau ever. lol but it's ok I enjoyed every moment of it, glad I'm not starving myself or doing outrageous diets.

Very much so=)

That reminds me of when I saw one of my old dancers I use to dance Polynesian dancing with, I was 190lb but when he saw me last I was 125lbs. He kept looking at me because he didn't know if it was me. I finally said "Yes Travis it's me, I'm in here somewhere." Poor guy was traumatized.

Hi Sue, I will post everything I am doing from when I started to now, I am taking down questions everyone has emailed me and grouped them together so I can answer everyone at once=) But in a nutshell, I work out 5 times a week for one hour (usually cycling), I eat within my range usually above or below by 200 calories and…

Bwahahahaha really made me laugh! Thanks for the levity=) I'm going to have to tell hubby I made it to MILF status. Though he hasn't been able to keep his hands off of me lately. Had to pull the old excuse book out. lol

Let them earn your respect back, you pay attention to yourself and surround yourself with people who love you.

Don't let them, they will consume your time and thoughts, their negativity will eat up your happy. You really owe it to you to love yourself. I believe in you, now you believe in you. =)

They have since apologized and even though I know these things they said are not true it made me sad that, that was the way they thought of me especially after all the love care and support I have for them. It made me question myself, but out of all the negative came something beautiful, I realized how strong I was to be…

Also I want to say a big THANK YOU!! To NeuroticVirgo for her tutorial in getting these pics up, without her I wouldn't have been able to do it for sure!! THANK YOU NEUROTICVIRGO!! =)

You look good now my dear and to tell you the truth it's what you feel like on the inside that really counts. I've seen some pretty and skinny people do ugly things. When you get to your goal weight what are you going to do with it? Inspire others? Be more energetic for yourself and your family? The possibilities are…

I am so glad that you were inspired along with so many others, reading about people's success's motivated me as well but believing in myself was the best foundation ever, knowing that I can do it and that I don't need anyone to hold my hand was the greatest realization ever. I believe in you I know each and every one of…

Trust me I wish I knew how to get off the plateau's I am on one now. But I know what is not helping, I just left to Colorado and was eating up a storm. So for now I am rolling with the punches. I think I am going to change something in my diet for the next two weeks, maybe just stick to seafood until I hit my goal, which…

Hi there I started off at 1800, then as I lost weight I let MFP do the calculating and I usually stayed within 200 calories up or down from what my target goal was. I am now at 1200 calories a day but I work out so I can eat more. Yes I do eat back at least half of my work out calories. Sometimes it's healthy eating…

Still working on it, I would say about a year, if you scroll up you will see a breakdown of my weight loss in a reply I answered earlier, that will give you an idea=)

Thank you and you are beautiful yourself my dear congratulations on making your goal!!=)

Great Job I hope you feel just as amazing as your buddies do, 50lb is a lot!!!

Ok here's a better break down I went through the graph under reports and got the major movements. Sorry the first answer was just an estimate and not too much help, I had two little girlies tugging at me so I had to answer fast. There were many times where I would bounce up a couple of lbs. from going on vacations or trips…

Thank you for the blessing wishes from one Christian woman to another=) Best wishes on your journey!

You Rock!!!! Great job and keep it up=)

Thank you so close I can taste it. Had a set back over the holidays but now I am back on the right track, I am definitely plateauing right now but that's ok, I don't want to do anything drastic because if it's one thing I know it is, if I lose it fast from not eating I will just gain it right back. So the slower I lose it…