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Wow. You look like a different person. Love the twins.

I have visions of being retired and actually getting a chance to read all your posts. What an interesting fun group of ladies. Anyway, finished the first 10 days on the Dr. Phil 20/20 diet. Down 7.2 pounds. The first 5 were brutal, the second 5 not so bad. My first morning on the last 20 days and I didn't have time to make…

Ok, five days on Dr. Phil's 20 20 diet. And I've lost 5 pounds. And if I stand like this with my hands hiding my muffin top I think I already see a difference. Get ready for the endless horse pictures soon!!

I'm back - again!!!! <3 I am trying the Dr. Phil 20 /20 diet. Lost 3.2 pounds in 2 days (I know it's probably water but still, can already I can fit in a pair of fat shorts that didn't fit just days ago. 28 more days. Glad to see so many of you still here. And love those of you who encouraged me even when all I did was log…

So, two weeks and being perfect, had about an 8000 calorie deficit, made sure I covered 5 miles or more (my fitbit goal) and still, only had a 1 pound loss. I am going to up my game this week (which is easy to do now that it's warm enough to ride.) I do not have time to read most of this board, but the horse picture of…

Michele - I agree with everything you said. All of that is true for me too. If I eat at night (even if I only had 1200 calories a day) I will gain. If I'm not getting enough sleep, I gain. And also if I don't exercise it doesn't matter if I eat 1000 calories a day I won't lose. That being said, I was perfect a few months…

Ok, I have to admit, I will not even begin to have time to read all the updates every day. You ladies are too busy. My weight is amazingly high. I never thought it possible to weigh this much. I most certainly don't eat enough to sustain this weight so it is baffling. I am going to kill myself the rest of this week and…

Thanks everyone for welcoming me back. I am not leaving again. Cheryl, from North of Chicago

Ok, I am coming back and staying back this time. Fatter than I've ever been. Rode my horse yesterday and I swear the look on her face was "My Lord, I forgot how much this woman weighs!" On a sad note, my 10 1/2 year old pup died. It was heart wrenching as I've never lost a dog that young. On a positive note I have the most…

Ok, I can't quit touching my newly groomed poodle. Last night I managed to get him in the chair with me and my son took a picture - my new Lap dog. And Barb, I don't walk with him nearly enough because my older dog gets so sad and walks are just too hard on him. - Today was my first weigh in after being back. From 189.4 to…

Oh my gosh!! I love how easy it is to post pictures now, and absolutely love the doggy pictures. I'm glad someone recognized that my poodle is not black. Katla called him grey (he's actually considered a blue) but close enough. He is even lighter than he appears in that photo yet my husband still insists on calling him…

Day 4 and I am pumped. 4 days of treadmilling and a little bit of weights. I know I've already lost a few pounds but I won't log it until Friday. The first few always come off fast and I am so up that it's hard to get excited about being "down" to 45 pounds overweight. Saturday is our annual Christmas party so that will be…

So I couldn't come back without posting pictures of the bigger me, on my smaller horse.

Carol in NC - ibuprofen made me gain lots of weight when I was recovering from my ribs. - Katla - what type of lessons are you taking, english or western? - Yannie - my daughter is doing so so in college. Mentally though she is rocking. She has so many friends rallying around her now (for those who don't know, her…

I'm back. After my 7 broken ribs last year I gained all my weight back plus 5 more. I've adjusted my beginning weight and am now beginning again. I also sold my new horse in the picture and bought a smaller one. I fell from him and remembered why I was looking for a smaller horse. December goal: Treadmill every morning…

Ok, I know I haven't been posting. It seems when I'm not riding then I'm not posting. Still have a lame horse. Anyway, I wanted to share what we consider a miracle. My daughter is a student at Vanderbilt. It was an honor to get accepted as the acceptance rate was only 12 percent. She could afford it because her Mom had…

Thanks JB and prayers for Mariah. Katla, you didn't have to wait long. Michelle, I may have been gone but you sure haven't. I definitely need a new doctor. They are hard to find though. Momsamodel - definitely a sales guy. Always trying to have me use his barely english speaking physical therapist and his nutritionist,…

Ok, so I couldn't accept that I wasn't in the 170's yesterday so I made sure I was perfect again yesterday and weighed again today. 178.8 - YAY!!!! So I basically lost 4 pounds this week after 90 days of doing the same thing. Can't believe all it took was to quit taking the ibuprofen. When I complained to my doctor that I…

Meg, I'm Cheryl, but you always called me Carol. I didn't want to correct you because you were so consistent. Tomorrow I am praying for 179.

Ok. Here I am again. It's been a hard 90 days. I've done it all right and have been shocked that I've lost nothing, and in fact gained. Trying to evaluate what was different this time and the only thing I could figure out was that I was on high doses of ibuprofen since breaking my ribs. Sure enough when I researched it…

Heyyyyy . .. . . I'm still here. Had to start over a few weeks ago, was actually over my starting weight of last year. Oh well, Illinois is warming up finally and I'm out and riding again so should be a lot easier to lose now. I have a wedding to go to in my home town of New Orleans in November. No one down there has ever…

Haven't posted in months. I broke 7 ribs in July and amazingly I'm still healing. However, I could have been riding but we had the most horrible winter ever here in the Chicago area. It was finally warm enough to ride last weekend so here I am. Before I broke my ribs I had gone from 186 to 156 pounds. Now, back to 186.…

Sorry that was a typo, it's a thumb arthroplasty. Oh, and for those complaining about the cold, I believe our high on Monday is -13. And windchills on Tuesday will be -41.

Sorry I haven't been around. I haven't really kicked it in gear as I'd intended. My husband and I are joining a weight loss competition they are having in his office starting on the 14th. I know it's bad but I kind of didn't want to lose any weight until the competition started. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone here has…

Ok, starting over. Still recovering from my broken ribs. Back to my starting weight. Game on.

Meg - Gable. I'll have to toss that one around awhile. My older blue eyed horse is named Newmann. Oh Yannie, what a day. Glad your friend is recovering. Skuehn - thanks, I definitely think he's a keeper. Rode my first long ride on him today. Didn't like the fast loud freight trains much but didn't do anything stupid. Lots…

Meg - Gable. I'll have to toss that one around awhile. My older blue eyed horse is named Newmann. Oh Yannie, what a day. Glad your friend is recovering. Skuehn - thanks, I definitely think he's a keeper. Rode my first long ride on him today. Didn't like the fast loud freight trains much but didn't do anything stupid. Lots…

Katla - I wish you lived near me, I am always trying to find folks to help keep mine ridden. And I am having a really hard time coming up with a new name for my new guy. His name is Nate and I don't like that one. We've thought of Redford (because I have a Newmann) and Ringo, Rango, Tango, and Bingo. Bingo because after…

Thanks for the welcome backs. I put my starting weight at 179 yesterday but I had weighed myself after breakfast so I weighed again this morning and it is actually 177.2 so I adjusted it. Did I really get down to 156 at the beginning of the year??? Well, I'll be there again for Spring of next year and this time I will try…

Mine were displaced too and I am ending my 12th week. I still have to sleep in a chair and it still hurts to bend and twist and such. It actually doesn't hurt to ride my horse, I am just being very cautious as I don't want to do anything that could cause my ribs to take longer. How long before you had no pain at all?…