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The one person who made comments about what I was eating kept talking about how she'd cut everything white out of her diet and had lost 15 pounds. She's quite competitive...poor woman, she only had 15 pounds to lose...I've now lost 34 and my goal is to lose 120. It's the one contest she can't win LOL!

Previous total: 27.97 June 10 - 3.56 June 11 - 3.25 June 12 - 3.76 June 13 - 2.54 Total to Date: 41.08 miles walked

Use it for your hair.

Thank you! You are amazing! And I love the photo-bombing goat.

The best one is one you will enjoy eating that fits into your dietary goals for the rest of your life.

yum! Bump!

June 8: 4.35 June 9: 1.04 Total to date: 27.97

Previous total: 14.65 June 6: 3.3 June 7: 4.63 June Total to date: 22.58

Quit cold turkey 19 years ago because I wanted to get pregnant. (And I smoked over a pack a day.) Whenever I wanted a smoke I did a couple of jumping jacks because I'd heard that increasing your heart rate mimicked that stimulous from the cigarette. Don't know if that is true or not, but it took my mind off the cigarette.…

Previous total 8.6 June 4 - 3.49 June 5 - 2.56 TOTAL: 14.65 miles walked

June 3: 3.58 miles Totaling 8.6 miles so far. (Screwed up the ticker, will figure it out another day.)

Just about to finish my 26th year as a high school drama teacher (done English and Geography too). The goal I set for myself when I started last August was to lose 120 pounds, so I'm in for the long haul too. I've lost 34 and feel great--in fact, I feel so good I'm rewarding myself by auditioning for Calendar Girls this…

Avocado...nothing better!

1987 Pontiac Firefly--bright red, three cylinder and got 58 miles to the gallon on the highway. It was $9,500 brand new.

For me, it was about getting four or five servings of veggies for breakfast--for three or four months, my breakfast for about five of seven days a week was a two egg fritatta made with an onion, one or two cloves of garlic, a tomato, mushrooms, bell peppers, zuchinni, kale or spinach, fresh basil leaves, feta cheese etc.…

June 1 - 3.49 miles walked June 2 - 1.53 miles walked Total to date: 5.02

I grocery shop a couple of times a week for my family of four (making an extra trip or two is better than having unused produce go bad) apples (Spartan and Red Delicious) crimini mushrooms tomatoes avocado 2 packages of cole-slaw 7% sour cream Smart lasagna noodles 1% cottage cheese mozzarella cheese cheddar cheese diced…

Way to make great changes for yourself! Now that you are accustomed to healthier eating, it's probably time to make sure you are actually operating at a deficit. Be honest and accurate (the best thing I did was buy a food scale and USE it) and trust the math. It will happen...I had a five or six week plateau, then last…

Four cups of coffee and a piece of lasagna!

Please increase my goal from 50 to 85 (walking). Thanks!

I am adding 'persistent stubborness' to my 'note to self on how to become a champ'. You are awesomely inspiring! Thank you!

I quit smoking when planning to get pregnant--it wasn't easy, but the health of my child would be/is too precious to mess with. Now, I am one of the horrible warnings rather than a good example, LOL, because that is when I began to gain weight. And my daughter is now 18. I've never smoked again, because I looked into my…

Fantastic! You're inspiring! (Wish I'd kept a pair of pants from when I began--it's such a great visual!)

I know how that feels...struggled through a five week plateau while I figured out the math for my appetite and activity level. I finally took my waist measurement and the number horrified me...then I realized what the number had been in August. I had lost 5 3/4 inches. Finally last Monday the scale budged--had a whoosh…

Walking past the Friday 'treats' in the main office without feeling tempted, because none of them is worth the calories. Buying a food scale, using it for everything, and realizing that I was seriously considering taking it with me when I was packing for a holiday. (I didn't.) Going to the grocery store planning to buy…

I'm in for 50 miles. Now the harder part figuring out the ticker ... :)

Daily. I've been a high school drama teacher for 26 years. I must say that I myself would never ever be happy if I had to wait for external validation. I do get it, sometimes, in unexpected, joyous and wonderful ways, but they are rare enough to be special. Find what you love to do, give it your best and get the joy from…

Re: planning--it's too time consuming and overwhelming NOT to plan--and expensive--because my husband and I would end up getting fast food or pizza or take-out of some sort for the family if we didn't. Anyway--I look at the week coming up for me, my husband and two teen daughters. Who will be home for dinner which nights,…

I try not to 'feel' I have no calories left--I look at the numbers (meticulous scale-using measurer) and know that ultimately the math will work. I

I love my fitbit, and I think for most of the reasons people have already said. Its corny, but I love getting the badges as I meet little goals! Gamification, LOL! My mom got one too and loves it, and we are considering getting them for our teen daughters. My husband got the zip, but probably looking back we'd get him the…