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I am below my goal weight, but as I was losing weight, that"s all people would say to me. I almost always took it as an insult, like they were putting down all the work I was doing (eating right, measuring servings, working out beyond what I had done). I just started telling them that I had 25 pounds that I could lose and…

I run as often as I can, inside on the treadmill, outside, 2-4 miles each time....Did my first competitive 5K at the beginning of the month and loved it! :) Although, I just dont call myself a runner...i hated it before getting fit and losing all my weight, lol. I will go add you. :) Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free…

I wish I had known this before starting to run, but the place I bought my shoes from has a 2 yr defect policy and they are going to let me change them out (defect due to injury) either way, I'm excited to run and not have a sore toe. Lol.

Thanks for all the input! Very helpful. I did keep the nails short, that's why I was worried, but it seems that it will be okay, lol. I will check out getting different shoes, because I am not going to give up running! :D

Welcom to MFP and way to go for deciding to start using it. I started about 15 months ago (Dec. 2012). I had finally gotten tired of feeling fat all the time (i as always the big kid, made fun of, name calling, etc in school). My weight has fluctuated on and off my entire adult life too, always eating bad, then some crash…

201 5'7" (But, i had lost a little before starting MFP; began MFP at 193) and I am now 132 :) Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

Im 5' 7" and im a pear/ hourglass shape, always was even before my weightloss. I hated my legs, moreso because of my saddle-bags. They went away some with my 60 pound weight loss, but my waist shrank significantly. I am still curvy, and still have that pear/ hourglass shape, but i feel its more flattering now. I went from…

I had the 97 version if it, total POS, had ingition issues, looked stuff up, they were known to start fires and burn, like your friends and the other person that posted the pic. I had a friend whos BF had a 98 in his garage and the ignition caught fire in the middle of the night and it took their home! They are evil cars!…

1997 Pontiact Grand Am. It was the year they decided to make it electronic, that year had so many recalls and was known for the ignition to start a fire. I had so many issues. Key got stuck in the ignition, alarm would go off when it felt like it, locks would lock and unlock while I was driving, headlights would go out…

Maybe get a small plate, and put a little bit of everything you want, that way when you look at the plate, it is filled up, but its smaller portions. Are you cooking the meal, or going to someone's place that is making it? I am cooking it, and I am making the traditional sides as well as low calorie ones ( cauliflower…

Use a smaller plate, and try stuff you normally eat....just keep is small. Another thing I learned was, after youre done eating, if the food is still out, keep your back to it (out of sight out of mind) so you do not go back for more or start picking. It has helped me at parties that have that awesomely delicious food that…

You look amazing! Such a difference! Keep up the great work! :)

Feel free to add me! You can do it, kudos to you for getting back to it...some people say "well i have already tried, didn't work for me" and they do not return...so there is one hurdle you have jumped already! :) Any amount of weight can be lost, in due time......but it does work. I lost 53 pounds in 5 months and since…

I know it works different for everyone...but I didn't trash any of the stuff I ate. I just changed the portion and gave it to myself in moderation. I still get popcorn at the movies (no butter, and its the kids pack) and a diet soda. I never really drank reg soda, so it wasn't hard. I have seen people on here, over the…

I am 26, a full time student and worker. I am working on my PhD in physics, with a focus in functional nanomaterials (got my BS in 2010). I work doing research for the US air force and teach undergraduate physics Labs my alma mater. I have pretty much lost the weight I planned on, and then some, and now I am just working…

OMG! Thank you for posting this! I went from 193 to currently 139 (138 is goal weight that puts me mid-weight in my healthy weight range) and Im 5'7". I have had people tell me, in all seriousness that they think I am too skinny.....my body fat percentage is still up there. Sometimes I feel they do not know where I stand…

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Wow! That is an amazing loss! Great job! Just want to add that losing all that weight makes you look younger! :) Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Nutrition Facts For Foods

Thank you.....54 pounds is an amazing loss! My husband started 10 after me. But, since it was the new year, i had set some goals for me, that he just decided to follow. One big one was no fast food for 2 months....so i think that really helped us when we were getting started, since fast food is so easy to get. I love to…

That is amazing! Great work....and congrats on doing it a healthy way! Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Weight Loss Tools

I am doing that too! I thought I was the only one! lol. I used to hang all of my pants...if I accidentally put them in the dryer, i dreaded putting them on the next day. Now, everything goes into the dryer. Eventually I had to get rid of them since i dropped so many pants sizes, but now the ones i have can go in the dryer…

WTG on the 7 pounds lost......usually getting started is the hardest part. My big thing is protein (whether meat, shakes, or bars). It takes more energy to digest it, so it keeps your metabolism going longer and in turn, keeps you feeling full longer. A deficit is a deficit. By reducing your intake, you are already…

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Right here....my husband and I both do not want kids...so we will be DINKS for a long time! lol. Our cats are our kids. :)

Good for you for starting now. I was always the "fat kid" growing up and was made fun of severely every day of my life. My grandmother (god rest her soul) had no shame in calling me fat and the telling me to finish what was left of dinner because she didn't want leftovers. I went through a bout of depression in high school…

Never really considered myself Hot...but heres my pic, lol. -42 pounds in just under 6 months. :)

I reached my goal weight last month and still log. I log it all to make sure I am still eating the right portion amounts. Eventually, I will get to a point where I really know what is right specifically for my body, but I feel i should take more time at maintain mode to make sure.

I hear ya! Before joining last dec, I had tried all the fad diets out there....maybe lost a few pounds, but nothing worth while. To this day, I have lost 40.4 pounds (reached my goal weight a few weeks back) and am working on toning up the "flab." On this journey, I've lost 7 pants sizes and 3 shirt sizes. :) Feel free to…

26, just hit my goal weight last week (40.4 pounds down) and now Im playing the maintaining game....so far so good. :)

I was never a runner....always dreaded that day in gym class and even when I was on the basketball team, the track was my enemy. As I started using running for cardio to lose the weight I wanted gone, I did interval running. I began at slow pace, then picked it up. I did 1 min at 6mph, then 1 min at 4 (this is done on the…