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You are definitely not alone! About 4 years ago, I decided I had been fat for long enough (since I was 13 or so) and worked really hard to lose about 50 pounds over the course of a year, the healthy way. I looked great and then I started a new job with different hours where I just sat all day. Two months later, separated…

I used to watch movies as I ran on the treadmill at the gym. Except instead of weight loss movies, I used to watch Van Damme movies. Especially the training montages. That's what inspires me to move. If you can;t stand Van Damme, movies like Girlfight, or Rocky would have worked, too, I suppose. Guess I've always wanted ot…

I think I cut mine carbs down to like 45%. I love carbs. It's just not feasible to me to get even 40% of my cals from Protein as I am very iffy about meat. It's nothing ethical, it's purely about the texture of meat. Sometimes I crave a steak, sometimes I am repelled by the though of chicken. It varies. I am always…

This past weekend, made a Crust-less Spinach Quiche to have for breakfasts and White Bean Chicken Chili to have for lunches. These are typically the meals where I eat packaged foods if I don't have something prepared.

I have about 55 I want to lose and am highly motivated. What else is the best motivator other than a wedding dress? Just got engaged in November and wedding is set for next April. Don't know if I'll lose it all by then, but it won't be for lack of trying! However, that being said, I am trying to do this the right, healthy…

I did the full haul of P90X. All three phases, didn't miss a day. And I did not lose a single pound. HOWEVER, I lost more inches than I did doing anything else, including running outdoors, plus lifting weights. So, if you are focused on the scale, P90X may not be the best route. But if you are focused on your actual size…

Sounds like we're in the exact same boat (even the same age). I had lost about 37 pounds (was only 10 pounds away fron final goal!) and put it all back on +12 pounds. It took me a year and a half last time. I made it all the way through P90X, and I was in the best shape I had ever been in. Now I have about 55-60 to lose…

If you've been eating whole wheat carbs during the clean eating without a problem, then it is most likely NOT a gluten allergy. Gluten is wheat. Therefore whole wheat breads still have gluten. I would think the cheese would be more to blame than the bread if you are eating excessive quantities. That does bad things to…

I second this. If you want to estimate calories burned: HRM. If you just want to know how much you move: fitbit or the like. I was interested in calories burned and time spent actually actively working out. As well as how my heart rate improved over time with better shape. I got a heart rate monitor that counts calories…

That is awesome. Good on you! My best friend is a bit over halfway through the same journey, but never really talks about how he felt at his biggest. He was up to abuot 450 and is down almost 200 pounds now. Very nice insight.

I got married at 20. It wasn't so much that I knew he was "the one" as that I felt like I was being very selfless marrying him (I am aware I am probably a terrible person). I alternated between feeling like we could be together forever in the 1950's marriage kind of way and then sometimes I thought I would leave him the…

Nope. Haven't seen them either. Well, at least not the movies proper. I have watched the Rifftrax for at least 2 of them. So funn! (Rifftrax are the modern Mystery Science Theatre 3000 - if you don't know what THAT is, google it.)

I am slightly obsessive compulsive. This has actually made MFP more helpful to me in two ways: 1) I *have* to track everything I put in my mouth, so it makes me eat less because I hate the numbers being in the red (unless it's protein or fiber) 2) I log in every day because I hate to lose my streak once I have one going. I…

I want... my credit card debt to be decreased by the exact amount of my tax refund. Not fun, but there's 6K of it and it needs to go away.

I usually log everything after breakfast. Right after I get to work and settle in. I'll log the whole day then. Dinner often changes if my boyfriend and I get busy or if something else sounds good when the time comes. If I change or add anything, I usually track it right before or after I eat it.

I do the opposite. I don't want anyone to be able to see in and me not be able to see out. If they're gonna come in, I'd rather have a warning.

Mine is only 3 pounds less than what I currently weigh. I have 40 more pounds I want to lose. So, not too bad. When I got it, I hadn't been on a scale in about 6 1/2 months, so I was guessing.

I don't think there was ever really a specific "coming out" type confrontation. My mom and I were the last to keep attending church and she went more for the social aspect (I went more to see my grandma and to go out to breakfast afterward, plus I liked the singing). So, when I was 12 or 13 I just stopped going. I guess my…

To get my husband to join, I had to ask him gently for 6 months if he wanted to join me for workouts. He'd always say he wouldn't be able to make it through (I was doing P90X) . So, we started small. He would join me for walks. And then we gradually started walking longer, faster. To the point that he started going on…

As sad as it is: I honestly don't think I could. I don't like people who blindly accept what they are told and I have a hard time believing a real "thinker" would be devoutly religious. I married a man from a Catholic family, but he was an agnostic and we were married in a Unitarian church with not a word about God in the…

We the traditional Thanksgiving: all get together and cook and eat. Christmas, we usually do a morning thing. Eat breakfast together and open presents. Since all of my siblings are in their 20's and 30's now, we just put everyone's name in a hat and pick a name, each only buy one gift for whomever's name we have picked.…

Also.... Dear jebus, I hope you are right. I look at the gay rights issue exactly how progressives back in the day looked at African American rights. How dare we hold anyone back because of people's prejudice? I hope some day the country looks back on this time with shame just like we now do that struggle.

It has happened on rare ocassion, that the electoral votes for a state will go against the popular vote, but that is basically suicide for someone in an elected position and, therefore, again is a very RARE case.

I honestly don't think religion plays a huge part in it. At least that's not what I head people discuss. It's mostly the economy and social issues. Though I guess many of the viewpoints on social issues have root in people's religious beliefs (abortion, gay rights, etc). I was going to post something this morning: I am…

Wow! You look like you weight less than that right now. I weigh 185 and I think you look better than me! Good job!

I did not lose a single pound doing P90X. I lost inches and changed my shape. I looked better for sure, but I did not lose any weight. I had already lost about 20-25 pounds and had been exercising for about 6 months when I started it. So, I cannot say I was terribly overweight, as I had only about 60 pounds to lsoe…

The same thing is happening to my boyfriend. I see it as progress.

I have no info on chaLean, but I did the entire P90X program with only resistance bands in doorways. I now live in an apartment and am about to start the program for round 2. My doorways are also down the hall from the living room (where I will be doing the rest. It's definitely doable. If you want to do it, I would…

I agree with most: there is no magic trick. My boyfriend gets up with me and we work out together, so that helps. There are days I motivate him and days he has to basically push / pull me out of bed. Very ocassionally, there will be a day where neither of us have it in us to motivate ourselves, much less the other. On…

Also... I'll give you the Tony Horton (P90X) names: 1 Bicep curl (no other name really) 2. Tricep Kickbacks (you were correct) 3. Straight Arm Shoulder Fly 4. --not a move anyone really does.-- instead, you may want to try lifting your wrists to your chin with your elbows bent, arms close in. Elbows will end up higher than…