kate4vt

Hi y'all! I'm Katie, 29, from Virginia and a new mom to Cole, born March 15. I've always struggled with my weight but was down to my lowest weight in about 4 years when I became pregnant last summer. I had "morning sickness" until my third trimester, so I was able to keep my weight gain down, and gained a total of 28 lbs…

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I second the Crystal Light and Vodka! It has been my drink of choice since starting on MFP. Get creative with it. There are a ton of flavors of both. This weekend, I tried Pinnacle Key Lime Pie Vodka and Lemonade Crystal Light. Freaking delish.

Remember all those times before when you tried to lose weight? If you're anything like me, that binge would have pushed you over the edge into thinking you're a failure. Well, you're not. This time is different. The best thing you can do is move on. Don't let a single binge ruin all you've accomplished thus far. Just start…

Wow, thank you. I expected to get some mean comments about this one, so I'm glad to see that I've got nothing but sympathizers and supporters. Knowing I'm not alone in this really does make all the difference. I simply need to remember why I'm doing this: for myself. It's easy to get wrapped up in wanting to receive…

You've got a fab haircut! And... I can't imagine living your daily life with 6 kids! I bet you're an incredible mom :)

Hi Matt & Nat! My husband and I are also on this weight-loss journey together. His stats are similar to yours (10 pounds heavier, and 10 years younger ;) We're 4 weeks in, 20 pounds down (together), and feeling great. The weekends have been the hardest (at our age, there is a wedding every weekend!), but it sure helps to…

This is awesome. My husband is a "big guy"... and truly hates to be called that. He is 6'2" and currently 315lbs. We both just started our weight loss journey, but for once, I'm actually out-losing him. For the last two weeks, he hasn't lost at all. MFP says he can eat 2130 calories (while I get 1200), and he takes full…

This is SUCH an inspiration. I especially appreciate you pointing out that the past seems like just yesterday, but I feel like August 2013 is an eternity away. Thanks for putting that into perspective for me! You look absolutely incredible!

Thanks for this. I tried the Couch 2 5k with the hopes of actually running a 5k in 8 weeks. (Signed up and everything.) I literally hated every second of it, and had a very hard time moving up from 3 minutes as well. So, of course, as I did with every program in the past, I quit. Now that I've started here with MFP and…

I took a bunch of before pics in a bathing suit last week. Woof. However, none of those were as bad as some that were posted of me on facebook this weekend. Ummm... I didn't realize that it was physically possible to look so gross while sitting down. I want to burn my monitor. Ugh.

And that is precisely what I thought. I've done every diet from 6 Week Body Makeover to Weight Watchers, and I've never run across anything that says protein is a bad thing. I just wanted to make sure!