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thank you for sharing your story - you are truly amazing!

176 is my goal weight for September. My final goal is to be at 150. Whoops.

This is my first post since re-joining mfp after a looooong plateau. SW: 223 CW: 182.6 GW: 176 Weigh in Dates: Start of Month (9/01 Monday): 184.6 9/06 Sat: 182.6 9/13 Sat: 9/20 Sat: 9/27 Sat: End of Month (9/30 Tue): Total weight lost:

I use e-meals (a recipe/shopping list subscription service) originally as part of our family's financial diet/debt snowball, but it has also helped us improve our physical health. I'm in and out of the store in 20 minutes, I only have to go once a week, and I can run our household on around $100 per week - (me, DH and an…

checking in for week 2 (with a week 1 update). This challenge has pointed out to me quite a few things I need to be working on as well as a few mini-victories: 1 - I definitely am not getting enough water, probably because I hardly ever feel thirsty. So I set alarms on my phone to remind me to drink. So far, it seems to be…

I'm ashamed to admit it, but I had to go to youtube and look up how to do a burpee :blushing: , but I did and I finished last night's challenge and my calves are all tight. It was tough, but I got through it. I also am challenging myself at work to take 4 flights of stairs every hour and that might be what's up with my…

I was watching TV the other night in shorts and had my feet up on the coffee table (knees bent, but touching each other) and I saw the TV through a gap in my thighs! Never has that happened before! Also, I am only 10 pounds or so away from my goal and I started last November.

hey :) Monday already! My lunchbox is already packed and, I must admit, there is some sugar in my cereal and coffee that I already downed this morning. I don't have any for lunch, though and will definitely be avoiding for dinner and snacks! Have a great week!

Being honest here - I didn't get to the arms :( I just (like 2 days ago) had my mom & stepdad move in to our house with us and the baby and it is a crazy train right now. Hoping my mom can take over some of the baby watching so I can get in the challenges this week coming up. Scheduling to make that happen is my top…

Hi! I'm an (almost) 40-year old momma to a sweet 17-month old boy. I also work full time and have a hella commute to and fro each and every day. Finding it REALLY really hard to find time to fit in exercise: I leave home at 6:30 a.m. and get home around 6:00 p.m. and after being cook, wife, momma, cleaner, etc. I literally…

making my day! bump.

I'm a dental hygienist and if people were shown pictures of the long-term and painful damage that results - nobody would get them.

check out the skincare routine on acne.org. I have been following it for a few months with cheap benzoyl peroxide from the pharmacy and for the moisturizer, I use oil of olay at night and garnier's bb cream for daytime (it's tinted and takes the ploace of foundation). Really inexpensive prodicts and my skin has never…

Ihad some issues with cortisol from stress and postpartum depression. My doc put me on a very very low dose of lexapro as an antidepressant for 4 months and it helped me get over the "hump". I slept better, therefore felt better so I was more motivated to take better care of myself. My heart goes out to you because you…

My LO is 10 months old - I got to my prepregnancy weight by 9 months, but I was 40 lbs overweight when I got pregnant - Still have 40 to go. Didn't loose a single ounce breastfeeding for 7 months :( and I think postpartum depression kept a lot of those pounds on... Feeling much better now and would LOVE to hear how any…

I'm loving the fitbit. Got mine from amazon.

I had to buy smaller underwear! :blushing: They were falling off Having people notice at work and tell me they notice I've lost a "lot" of weight. I don't even want that cup of coffee on the morning where, before, I NEEDED it or couldn't get going for the day. Noticing that I feel fuller with less food than I used to.…

hw 223 cw 207 goal 165 lightest 170 (1999)

08/17/12 SW 223 08/28/12 CW 215.2 -7.8 total -7.8 09/03/12 CW 215.4 +0.2 -7.6 09/10/12 CW 212.6 -2.8 -10.4 09/17/13 CW 214.8 +2.2 -8.2 09/24/12 CW 212.6 -2.2 -10.4 10/01/12 CW 211.0 -1.6 - 12.0 10/08/12 CW 210.4 -0.6 -12.6 Hey, y'all I think I may have set my Halloween goal too high :( I wanted to be 199, but the scale…

Hi everybody! My challenge to myself is to make sure I get more sleep. It's been hard because, even at 9 months, the baby still isn't sleeping through the night. Hopefully, I'll get time to do some sort of exercise this week, too. Maybe?

Hey, everybody - Sorry for being M.I.A. - baby with ear infection and nobody getting any sleep for a week! Yikes. Hope you all are doing well. I've got no music inspiration today :( But I heard fitradio is a good app for workout m usic. I'm getting ready to see if they have it for my android.

Hi, guys - late posting for me, too. My downfall was on Saturday when we went to a Mexican independance day celebration and I got my taco on. Then I started getting a cold and feeling lousy. I was up a pound and a half on today's weigh in. I'm just going to chalk it up to a bad day and try to do better from now on. It is…

I had a really bad food-choice day yesterday - I was like a bottomless pit. But I'm smiling today because I made much better choices and I can forgive myself :) Also... the weekend is right around the corner and my baby has slept the night through for the past TWO nights! WooHoo!

Hey everyone - I totally agree with the needing to plan. I have to make sure I pack a healthy lunch & breakfast for work or I'll eat whatever the school cafeteria has (yuck). I pack it up as soon as the baby gets asleep and before I settle in for a little relaxation before my owm bedtime. I can't let it go until morning…

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Philippians 4:13) And when things get tough for me (I'm also battling post-partum depression) I remember that He has already conquered the world so I don't have to rely on my strength at all, really. We are never alone and we are deeply loved. We can do this, too :)

Truly impressive! Thanks for the inspiration.

I'm smiling because, even though I STILL can't find a spare 30 minutes in a day to exercise, I have managed to stick pretty well to "good" food. Evan today, if I wanted to indulge in free work cookies, I just took 2 and walked away from the rest :) I'm also smiling because my legs hurt. I took advantage of a spare 10…

I'm still not sleeping as well as I'd like, but I guess it can't be helped with the baby and all. Did not log in this weekend which is BAD, but I didn't misbehave with food. I'm just feeling a little rotten this week because of the TOM (affectionately known as "shark week" in our house) so I'm not anticipating a loss this…

airstream driver by gomez - just the right pace for the stairmaster :)

I use emealz menu planner/shopping list for budgeting purposes (any other Dave Ramsey fans out there?) and "tweak" the recipes a bit to make them healthier. This week there was one for zucchini fritters and I baked them instead: 4-5 zucchini shredded. salt w/ 1 tsp salt and leave to drain in collander 15 minutes. A LOT of…