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Awesome work and post- thanks so much for sharing! Especially meaningful because I am also 4'11, but I'd also like to be a surrogate- and I am too fat to do so right now. :(. Not only am I working this hard for me, my kids, but also for the baby I hope to carry some day for someone else, once I get down to the acceptable…

Name/ real name: duckiec/Carrie Goal weight on April 30: 160 4/1: 166.4 4/8: 164.2 4/15: 162.4 4/22: 160.0 4/29: 159.8 Somehow I don't think the one day I was over calories this weekend led to a gain (I was 158 and change Friday)... especially after rocking all my workouts, and the amount I was over really only balanced…

Right there with you. Sure, things are a bit looser, but the next size down does NOT fit. Hubby and a friend have said I look a bit trimmer, but I see no difference in the mirror, or when I look at photos, either. Eventually I'm going to have to get them off my phone and put them next to each other to see, but in the…

I spread them over the Cocopop light airy rice thingies. Crunch and creaminess for under 50 calories (it's 51 total, but I can't make one and not have kids at my side asking for a bite).

Name/ real name: duckiec/Carrie Goal weight on April 30: 160 4/1: 166.4 4/8: 164.2 4/15: 162.4 4/22: 160.0 4/30: Bit surprised, but I'll take it! Hoping it's not a fluke and doesn't go back up next week- I'm trying to up my cals a little but worried it will result in a gain not continued loss. Seeing the scale go down has…

Counting calories and macros makes me depressed and anxious. It reduces everything to its calories, so there's no enjoyment in anything. I often just want to eat something TASTY and not think/obsess/count/worry about it. But I do it, because not doing it won't help, even if I can't stand it.

If you're anywhere near a Wegmans, try their Skinny California Roll. 100 calories for the pack, and a great intro to sushi, especially if you don't love rice (like me).

Guess I'm the only one. Does that make me a special snowflake? :)

Name/ real name: duckiec/Carrie Goal weight on April 30: 160 4/1: 166.4 4/8: 164.2 4/15: 162.4 4/22: 4/30:

Anything by Mo Willems- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Stay up Late, Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog, The Duckling Gets a Cookie, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed. "I Stink" by someone McMillan. Anything by that team- I'm Fast, I'm Mighty, I'm Big are good but I Stink is the best. Knuffle Bunny - oops that's Mo Willems too! Where…

Welcome! I have 3 young kiddos, and so far my tricks have been to get up ridiculously early to get the workout in before they (or most of them) get up. Alarm starts going of at three-freaking-45, up by 4. TOTALLY SUCKS but it's what I gotta do, I know I won't workout at night. I work out at home (DVDs, online resources,…

Best: Nothing yet, nobody's really noticed. Worst #1: It's about time you did something about this. Worst #2: Oh, for all that work I don't see much difference. Thank you, opinionated, unhelpful family members.

Name/ real name: duckiec/Carrie Goal weight on April 30: 160 4/1: 166.4 4/8: 164.2 4/15: 4/22: 4/30:

Live in PG County, work in DC!

Sees chocolate chips, or a couple cadbury mini-eggs, especially the Royal Dark ones. Or, 3 or 5 M&Ms. The Dark Mint ones are bigger than regular ones, and a yummy 25cals for 3.

Name/ real name: duckiec/Carrie Goal weight on April 30: 160 4/1: 166.4 4/8: 4/15: 4/22: 4/30:

Well, my current primary goal is to lose fat and inches. Being stronger and having better endurance is a benefit, too, but in the immediate sense, I want to be smaller. I'm losing on the scale, but don't see any real difference in my shape, and I'm hoping going through this will translate into a few inches lost, maybe a…

Thanks for your feedback! My strength program doesn't include true lifting yet (no gym/real equipment) - just body resistance exercises with some light dumbells - http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/12/09/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/. I'd already started adding to that routine (extra squats, bicep…

Name/ real name: duckiec / Carrie Goal weight on March 31: 167 3/1: 173.4 3/4: 172.4 3/11: 169.4 3/18: 168.0 3/25: 166.4 3/31 (4/1) 166.4 - But this is after a huge food weekend, so I'm okay with it. Met goal! On to April!

I did March, in for April, too, if there's room!

Definitely very interested!

I'm in! Not sure I'm gonna go w/o breaks, I may do the 4-day-a-week option, mixed in with other things. How are you all fitting this in to your current exercise programs? Instead of a cardio session? Instead of a strength training session? In addition to what you're doing now? This plus extra cardio on cardio days? I do…

So far, 500 or so? But that will change; this post was exactly what I needed to see as I prepare for a eating-and-drinking filled weekend I've been looking forward to all month- my first true "whatever I want" couple of days since really starting to work at this, and even then, I'm sure I'll show restraint, because I'm a…

I don't want to log it, not because I don't want to be accountable for it, but because it's a pain in the butt to try to figure out what to add. Example: matzo toffee. Some matzo, butter, brown sugar, choc chips, then white/butterscotch/milk chips on top. We call it matzo crack. Even if I try to create a recipe, how many…

Matzo toffee candy, chocolate chip cookies/dough, homemade cream cheese or buttercream icing.

Name/ real name: duckiec / Carrie Goal weight on March 31: 167 3/1: 173.4 3/4: 172.4 3/11: 169.4 3/18: 168.0 3/25: 166.4

No advice, sorry, but interested in responses. I was sorta sucked in by the Insanity infomercial last night, but it intimidates me, so looking to see if its worth it, or I should try something else.

This was so helpful in making me feel it's really OK, even though I'm short, to get out of the 1200-cal is best mindset. 4'11, starting 183, current 168, goal 120's, and I've been averaging eating 1300-1400/day over the past weeks, but with exercise, netting 1000-1100. The scale has been great to me lately, but I'm…

Wondering myself! Not quite the same scenario, but I've probably been undereating lately- mostly mental block that eating more is okay and I'll still lose. And so far it's working, down several lbs in the past couple of weeks (although I'm crabby). Might try to bring it higher this week, but... Next week between Passover,…

Name/ real name: duckiec / Carrie Goal weight on March 31: 167 3/1: 173.4 3/4: 172.4 3/11: 169.4 3/18: 168.0