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Excellent post! I have so much to look forward to, thanks for sharing!!

bumping so I can read later

Congrats on your loss!! 100lbs is great & you look wonderful!!

Amazing!!! Thank you for sharing your story.

So many great ideas in this thread. I've updated my list to include several of the suggestions now I can't wait for this semester to get over so that I can start reading them!! Truly Great? Love in the time of Cholera -Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The story is good but the writing is heart achingly exquisite. Girl with the…

Red Lake Anishinabe who lives in Texas. Just getting serious about this, can't wait to add my success story to the list.

I'm glad that you posted this because I thought I was the only one. :D Although I would rather be invisible to people than be treated like **** by them any day. I am timid and shy by nature but I do know that the bigger I've gotten it switched from just being shy to full blown social anxiety disorder. My husband tries to…

I too am just getting started over. I went into summer thinking that since I wasn't taking any classes that I'd have all this time but it was an epic fail and I started over a week or so ago worse off than at the beginning. For me it is just about being realistic about what I can and cant do, planning what I'm going to eat…

My ultimate goal is 180 because that would make me under 30 BMI and eligible for infertility treatments. Of course if I'm 180 I may not need the treatments so either way its a win. I have 331lbs to loose before then but I just focus on 10lb increments so that I don't loose hope. So I've got 33, 10lb increments to go!!

Woohoo!! That is awesome!! Congrats!!!

I love readings all these NSV's - they are inspiring! My recent NSV is really just a change in mind set. I've always been big and wanted to be smaller and thought that "once I lost the weight then _____" you can fill in the blank with so much - then I'll be worthy, pretty, able to wear nice clothes, sexy, a better friend,…

Just what I needed after being gone all summer. I thought I would kick butt even though I was away from home and that SO didn't happen. I'm definitely going to learn from my mistakes and am starting getting back on track this week by logging - the good, the bad the ugly, doesn't matter as long as it gets logged and…

Thanks for all the good ideas. Last weekend was not as good as I had hoped but certainly much better than usual. We did 3 out of 6 meals at home. Even better we have eaten at home every night this week. Its so hard to break those bad habits but slowly slowly I know I can do it!!!

That is a great idea!! I found that I will drink a lot more if I have it a cup with a lid and straw. Training from all these years of eating out I suppose but I do at least get the water in.

Good luck!!! You can do this!!

I second the Patricia Cornwell recommendation. They were my go-to for a long time. I also really love the Leaphorn and Chee books by Tony Hillerman. The first one in that series is the Blessing Way, it is fantastic!!!

I think my biggest struggle is making cooking healthy food and working out a part of my routine. I have such bad habits (eating out, being sedentary) very firmly in place and I'm working at breaking those bad habits. Its slow and I keep reminding myself to just focus on making better choices today only. I can worry about…

You can add me. WTG!! On your first 40 :)

I love Anita Blake, The Inheritance Cycle, and Paulo Coelho!! I'm going to have to look up the other two on your list and add them to my queue. :)

Top 5!! Ah, that's hard to do. The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan - I've already reread most of these 5 or 6 times and listen to them over and over on audible as well. All of Jane Austen's - I reread her books every summer Sword of Truth - Terry Goodkind Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling Anything written by Paulo Coelho Anne of…

I grew up wanting to be a writer. I still have this dream that someday I will write down the stories that circulate around my brain. I know that it needs to be a habit, but like so many others I haven't put it into practice long enough to make anything come of it. Good luck on your writing!!

Did day 1 again. Will go for a walk tonight. Also got my husband to join me. Woot!

Done!! I am so freaking happy! My burpees were essentially just me laying down on the floor and getting back up but at my weight that is hard work. :embarassed: The wood chops were brutal too but in a good way!! I used this video to modify the mountain climbers: http://youtu.be/P3_0_XxmRn4

You look amazing!!! I love the picture of you conquering your fear of skiing - what an inspiration!!!

Got it done. A couple modifications but overall super happy!!

I have had a gym membership on and off for several years. I usually get one, start out strong, psych myself out of going (I have really bad anxiety) and then get tired of paying for something I don't use and cancel it after months of not going. I just rejoined my favorite gym (L.A. Fitness) the end of December and haven't…

I usually wear a swim suit with mens swims trunks over the bottom. Although it doesn't look that great I feel covered and comfortable enough to go. I get my suits from OneStopPlus, which is just a site that has the other stores mentioned (romans, woman within, etc.) all in one place. I haven't been in a long time but look…

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I cried my heart out when RJ died! Started reading his books 15 years ago. I met my husband on a WOT fansite. Oh, Robert Jordan made my life a better place in so many ways. <3

I also found this to be true. I'm glad that he got a tv deal & they are making this series come to life (I haven't watched it yet) but I think that he is way too dismissive and rude to his fans that have been waiting years and years for books only to end up with the rubbish of books 4 & 5. One of my least favorite authors…