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Smile :)

Round two for me. Went for about 3 months last year, dropped some weight and then got off track again. Back about a month ago now and feeling committed :)

Thank you... I am happily 42 :)

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Agreed. From my perspective, a life without some good wine isn't worth living :)

Round two for me too... always room for more friends! Helps keep me accountable :)

Hey all, I thought I had introduced myself to this group some time ago, but it seems I haven't, so here goes. I'm a 42 year old guy from BC, Canada. I've been a member of MFP for a little over a year, but I joined and then neglected it for some time after some initial success. I've been back actively for about a week now.…

I am 5'7". About 10 years ago I weighed in at 195lbs... according to the BMI calculator that made me obese at 30.5BMI. At the time I had a waist size of between 30 and 32 inches. Honestly, I am striving to get back to that point again. My goal is 185 regardless of what some chart says.

My preference is to work out in the morning because I find I don't have enough energy after I get home from work and take care of the other stuff I have to do. I also was not a fan of getting up before the crack of dawn to go across town to the gym and I was using that as an excuse not to go. For me the answer was to build…

If I had to worship someone/something... I'd be more likely to pick Einstein, Darwin or Richard Dawkins ;)

Started at 354.... that's above 200 for sure ;) Add me if you'd like :)

Thanks... but I'd rather be overweight.

I am a hardcore coffee guy, in fact, my usual goto drink is a quad Americano (4 shots of espresso topped up with hot water) I used to take one cream and one splenda, but lately switched to black with splenda and don't miss the cream at all. I don't know if it has 2 calories or 0... but I figure it's negligible so I won't…

Yay me for the great timing. I think a lot of us suffer from "all or nothing" thinking. Today I got up and fought with myself not to go through McDonald's drive-thru for a Sausage Egg McMuffin meal.... luckily the good me won the battle. Then when I got to the office, one of my staff brought in a box of donuts for a…

Hey cara :) I am new here too, but like you I have been on this roller coaster for a while. Here's my only advice: don't beat yourself up when you get off track, but do take the attitude that tomorrow is another day or dinner is another meal or whatever. Break it down into manageable pieces. If you fall off the wagon for…

Good for you. As I started this journey this week, one of the things I decided to do was to cut way back on the booze consumption. I recognized how many calories I was drinking and figured it would be far better spent on real food. :) I am sure there are other health benefits too; very rarely do I drink to the point of…