yana6

How are you all doing with your goals? I'm managing to loose about a pound a week (on average). Not too bad. Sometimes the scale is stuck - even when I KNOW that I've been good. But a few days later I drop some weight again. Patience and persistence!

I'm down to about 172. I'll be so happy if I drop into the 160s in the next week or two. Good job everyone. We can do this!!

LWatson. I usually drink 8 glasses of water and also herbal tea. Occasionally I forget though. I agree water very important! I don't drink any soda at all. I'm trying to eat clean, whole foods as much as possible. Gave up white flour and sugars, refined food (95% anyway). I'm finding I don't feel hungry when I eat a lot of…

Count me in too! Wow I'm in great company. I'm looking to loose 16 pounds by April 2nd. That will mean 18 pounds lost and half way to my goal of loosing 36 pounds. Like other newbies here I don't have a clue yet how to add friends. I plan to post to this topic once or twice a week. Good luck to us all! Created by…

I don't know how to friend people. Can someone tell me how. Thanks!

At 176 I'm struggling to get out of the 170s too! Up until the last 3-4 years (and menopause & metabolic issues) I never weighed more than 155 lbs. Much tougher to loose for me now. But thanks to everyone on this site, I finally believe I CAN do it! It just takes more persistence. And knowing that I'm in such good company…

Thank you all for responding and for the encouragement!!! For exercise I am doing short hikes, cross country walking with hills and snow shoeing. Yes I'm getting my hear rate up there (sweating). The hiking is like interval training, with higher bursts of energy needed for the hills and more moderate exercise on the…