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I make a giant pot of soup and a huge grain and vegetable sald (bulgar, quinoa, millet, kasha etc) on the weekend and it helps cover our weekday lunches and the occasional dinner when I do not feel like cooking. This has saved us so much money in our food budget; we have less food waste; we don't eat out (healthier and…

Do I think milk is safe? Well. I probably would not drink in while I was juggling knives riding on my unicycle down the middle of the highway but I will take my chances with a glass at dinner but I'm a bit of dare devil. haha

Hey, you prompted me to check my license...and can I join your club because mine is wrong too, which is wierd because I don't remember marking my weight down as 60 pounds lighter then what I was when I applied for it...cough cough. But now I am actually lighter then the lying weight, I already feel more virtuous hahaha.

There really are not words...other than you look beautiful.

I love that you are smiling in all of your pictures, I still think a positive attitude and being happy is half the battle when we are losing weight.

You look fabulous and is it just me or do your legs go on forever?

Very impressive, you should have a big old smile on your face in your last picture.

You are going to need a new little black dress to paint the town red!

Very sassy, I like it!

You are working that dress in all the right places. Lookin' good!

All I could think of when I looked at your picture was "I am woman, hear me roar!" I hope I can look half as good as you when I turn 50 (who am I kidding, when I turn 40).

I think you better take 2 laps around the victory track, you are rocking it!

A few years ago - 260 pounds (betcha can't guess which one I am) but I was even 20lbs heavier when I started out this year but somehow any evidence of this remains elusive, will have to ask my family for those beloved candid pictures from around the Christmas tree last year. Party in my Pants (November 2012) - 180lbs

I knew those gold toned glasses made my face look fat... (before 280lbs) See, black is always much more slimming... (now at 180lbs)

You've managed to keep all your curves in just the right places, vavoom.

Now that is how you rock a little black dress. I'm also partial to the one with those snazzy sneakers, gotta love me some cardio.

Kudos to you for all of your hard work and dedication, you look amazing.

I'm not going to comment on which picture I think you look the best in because issues around body image are so personal/complex and if you think you look best in the middle one then no matter what anyone else says you will believe what you choose to believe. What I will say is that from personal experience any man (mind…

Oh, I really hope losing weight will at least reduce my snoring, as I have been told by my daughter that it used to be very loud and now it is only loud. I think I snored when I was thin but at least it did not sound like a jet engine starting up. My mom is really petite 5'2" 110lbs and she snores so loud she could give…

Height 5'5" Starting weight: 280lbs Pant size: 24/26 Current weight: 180lbs Pant size: 16 (little baggy, could probably go to a size 14)

The party is still rockin' over here on the Island. I celebrated by going out for a nice long ralking (running/walking = ralking). Admittedly, I even high-fived a stranger who passed me on the path. Part of me wants to tie those pants around my neck like a Superhero cape, but my daughter says the dork quotient would be too…

I am going to go to the spa and get a manicure and pedicare. Next I will go the hair salon and get a fabulous cut and style and maybe some color for those pesky greys. Then off to my friend's house to get my make-up done, she is a make-up artist. Then it will be time to rush home and slip into my brand new outfit. Because…

I posted this in the recipes section already but this is my favourite thing to eat for breakfast, hence I usually have it 4-5 times a week. 1 slice Silver Hills 16 grain sprouted bread, clover sprouts, tomato, 1 farm fresh (from down the road) poached egg, dash salt, and a few course grinds of pepper. Doesn't this sound…

I love this quote and totally need to get it on the back of one of my shirts for my next race: Does this shirt make my butt look fast?

I can so relate to this as I have a bit of (okay a very large) sweet tooth. I love to have a sweet after a meal, I think of it as a palate cleanser. And with the recent insurgence of Halloween candy into our house (even thought we gave out fruit and vedgetable juice my daughter has a huge back of candy from…

My family is full of meat eaters and I have switched over to a mainly vegetarian diet, much to my mother's dismay. I have told her that it is not for some Peta loving politcal reasons, but that my body seems to respond much better - no more constant bowel problems, more energy, sleep better, easier digestion, healthy skin…

I make a big pot of soup every weekend for lunches (occasional dinner) throughout the week, hence I have hundreds of soup recipes. This is one of my go-to soup receipes. My ex used to say soup is not a meal, just another thing he was wrong about. hahaha Lemon Lentil Soup with Spinach (we like ours with swiss chard)…

I love to cook and actually went to Pastries School. I think one of the best things you can do is invest in a few good cookbooks. They should have easy-to-follow direction, ingredients that are easily available, and pictures are really helpful when you are just starting out (admittedly, pictures are a bit like food porn…

I pretty much "ditto" what amy_kee" said, as I have lost 97 pounds while I have been taking seroquel for my insomnia for the last 9 months. I had heard about the weight gain but my doctor reminded me that while there are not pills to make you skinny, there are no pills that make you fat and it is more about the lifestyle…