FawnAnnette

I feel like you do sometimes I think losing weight has given me more up times than down. I take a walk across carpet and try to 'bounce', I am lighter by 42 lbs Ssince May. January is the hardest month. This fitnesspal site helps me. I have persons to read about. Share my story. It's hard to get numbers into your food…

like those almonds as snacks. How much can you eat and not keep on going?

The visual presence of smaller clothes that I used to wear, hanging in my closet is a motivator. I take them out and try to fit them on my body. Obviously, they don't fit, YET.

Steel cut are best. A whole grain, with the ability to keep one full longer. They are delicious. I make a large batch, use small containers and store in fridge.

Watch Hallmark Christmas movies this time of year. They are sappy and end with love. But...the stories show messy, complicated, scary and loving. Workplaces and marriages that makes one cry, rather than laugh. They show persons trying to understand themselves. Endings, breakings, shatterings, being lost, ending up having…

Plateau is awful. Am very worried.

Mediterranean diet choices allow for meats and veggies. Grains too. You cannot make your bf eat what you do. Neither is easy to eat separately. Can you make a meal and then bring to your plate these extra healthy foods, cutting back on the fried foods in particular. My husband is like your bf. I made this choice to eat…

I cleaned out bags of clothes in storage. From twenty years ago. There was a wool blazer in size 16 that I don't fit. YET. I am a size 18 and am pushing down to get into this size with ease. Classic styles are great. It makes you feel so good to not have extra body weight to worry about carrying around.…

Thanks for note back so quickly! I just feel sort of bamboozled by the glee of over those years finally finding clothes to wear for special occasions. It was hard in the beginning of being adult, married, pregnant, then not,, then pregnant, then not, then preg, then not, then pregnant for the final time. I was a yo-yo. It…

breakfast smoothie of fresh raspberries/blueberries/blackberries + 1 cup 2% milk + 1 frozen banana + 1 tblspn lecithin granules = I feel full until lunchtime. It's the late afternoon and early evenings that are difficult. I have to choose what to eat and now all of those fresh tomatoes are gone from my garden.

I too have noticed the sizes are upped in the past decades. I used to shop for a size 14 which would be it. No larger size available. Suddenly about 15 yrs ago, size 16 and 18 began to show up. I would shop for a special occasion dress and find those sizes. Which made my shopping easier for sure. However, this did allow me…