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If you have a high deductible health plan, you can set up a Health Savings Account (HSA). If you don't have a high deductible, you might check to see if your employer offers a high deductible health plan (HDHP). And then you can set up an HSA. A lot of letters, I know. With an HDHP, you can put aside money into your HSA.…

September 10, 2012 @ 315 pounds. November 15, 2012 @ 275 pounds. So, 2 months and 5 days. BUT... my doctor had me on a super strict low calorie high protein diet to drop weight FAST because I was at a very critical place in my health. Once I dropped that first 40, we changed it all up and now I am supposed to be losing at…

Just gotta say I LOVE this thread! Very inspiring! Everyone has made such terrific progress. And yes, the smiles in the during/after pictures really do have a happiness about them that isn't there in the before pictures. I think THAT change is almost as significant as the rest of the facial changes. Congratulations to ALL…

Awesome progress!! Great job!

Yup! What she said! Great job!!

Holy smokes! You were already gorgeous, and you are still. That's a huge difference in your face for just 35 pounds! Great job!

Terrific results! I love face change pics! Kudos to all of you for your hard work and dedication; it really, really shows! Here's mine: Last Christmas. I'm 300+ pounds, probably close to 315 And today. I'm under 275. Not sure of exact weight because I am right in between my monthly weigh-ins ** Edited to resize my huge…

That's what I was hoping for when I clicked this thread... 'cause frankly I need something better (worse?) than lumps of coal and bundles of switches.

*incredibly* helpful post! Thank you for bringing this up. As a very, very, very new newbie... my abstinence is still extremely black and white. I don't feel strong enough yet to allow any kind of wiggle room. No trigger foods. Nothing but water to drink. Eat one serving size. Only one. Log every bite. 3 days exercise, 1…

I never connected that the obsession I assumed I would have with a scale would be connected (at least in some way) with my compulsive overeating... but of course it is. Addictive behavior is addictive behavior... and I can binge on weighing in just as easily as I can on trigger foods. I do own a scale... but it's broken.…

I can't yet say why I *stay* because I am so much of a newbie that I haven't even gone to a local meeting yet (other than one I went to close to 15 years ago, but that's a topic for another post). But I can definitely tell you why I am reaching out to OA... it's because of ^^that up there^^. Exactly that.

Thanks for the welcome, ladies! I would love it if this group was (were?) active. I am on MFP daily and I find great motivation in being encouraging to other people. Just before Thanksgiving I saw a lot of posts in the forums regarding eating over the holidays, and so many of the responses were "eat anything you want, just…

Nothing against your mom... I'm sure she's a lovely person. But I think she was telling you what she tells herself to feel better. It sounds like she is not the size she was in college. Maybe she tried to get that size and couldn't. Maybe she never tried because her mom told her the same thing that she passed on to you.…

Just wondering - and my apologies if I am hijacking this thread - if the Ketogenic Diet referred to here (for weight loss) is the same as the Ketogenic Diet used for the treatment of uncontrollable epilepsy? Or is Ketogenic Diet (for weight loss) more akin to the Atkins Diet? The reason I ask: my son was on the Ketogenic…

Yup... I'm thinking ^^this, too. bwah ha ha! Thank you! That's the best thing I've heard in a long time, and the absolute best thing I have ever heard about my nose! You made my day! :happy:

fan-freakin-tastic! You look terrific! You haven't just dropped 100+ pounds; you also dropped a couple of decades. You look so much younger! Congrats on your success!

You look fabulous! And you have kept your beautiful curves! Great job! Your hard work and commitment has really paid off. :)

OK... I found a pic and took a new pic. I haven't compared them side by side yet. Before: Today (please pardon the lack of makeup): Verdict?

Wow wow wow!! You look awesome! My 12 year old is 77 pounds; so I'm a little over half-way to losing my own 12-yr old. That's my half way goal. When I'm at my goal weight I will have lost my 17 year old. :) If you ever doubt that you have made amazing progress, try picking up your 12-year old! I bet it would be pretty darn…

Ugh! I bailed on working out this morning. And that means I will have to do it when I get home from work. :ohwell: I'm disappointed in myself for not getting up early and DOING it, even though I know how much I prefer to work out first thing. Ah well. The day is still young and I still have lots more chances to work out…

Level 3, Day 6 I am trying to do fewer modifications each time. For some of the moves I modify the modified version, and I am trying to get rid of those. I'm thinking that I will keep doing the Shred until I can do Level 1 and 3 all the way through without any double-modifications. I will not ever, ever do Level 2 again.…

Level 3, Day 5! I know this isn't the goal of the Shred, but I have noticed that my flexibility has improved greatly. Tonight during my cool down/stretching I nearly had my nose on the floor. And that's no small feat for a big girl like me. :laugh:

Neither Pastor nor Clergy... just a faithful lay sinner who is trying to rely on strength that is not my own. Praying success and strength for you!

Bumpity bump bump.

Level 3, Day 4 today. I still like it. That's a good thing. I did Day 3 on Sunday and felt something POP! in my shoulder during the traveling push-ups. I spent the rest of Sunday with a pretty uncomfortable shoulder. I rested it yesterday, and stuck with plain old regular push-ups today. I get so fired up doing the Shred…

I would say that since we are shipping at our own expense, then the shipper can decide how to send it. I would probably do a Tyvek envelope (I think that's what they are called - those really strong but thin plastic-type envelopes?) or a padded envelope. If I am shipping multiple pieces of clothing I imagine it would be…

In my experience, the pain from a pulled muscle is really sharp, like a point, and it flares with the use of the muscle. I have usually been able to feel the moment when I pulled a muscle - as opposed to a strain or a sore muscle, which seems to accumulate after activity. I can usually pinpoint an event (a fall, a…

Violet! I see a definite difference in your butt. It is noticeably higher and more form-looking in your after photos. (Ok, it feels a wee bit awkward commenting like this on your butt... ) In your day 6 photos, you have a pretty typical thin-girl butt... but in your day 30 pics your butt looks positively juicy! ;) See, I'm…

Had my 60-minute massage to celebrate finishing Level 2 on Tuesday, and the Amazing Ben (which is now my MT's official name, BTW) spent a good deal of that time working out the knots in my upper back and shoulders. He commented that I must have been working really hard on that area. I may have floated out of the spa.…

tiny little whispered bump because Maddie is amazing and I am so proud of what she is doing.