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A few ideas - Cream of Zucchini soup, if you leave the peel on you get a mildly rough chopped veggie in the creaminess of soup, and it's really pretty low in calories dispite the cream, because most of the soup is just the veggie. If you peel the zucchini lengthwise until you reach the seeds you can fry it up with some…

Not at work, but with a similiar theme, holding a horse stance while doing dishes is a killer workout for your butt and thighs.

Biking with resistance has been a big calorie burner for me, karate/martial arts kicks *kitten* at burning calories, swimming laps is a good all over toner.

Yes, I took up karate when it happened, being in a class helped motivate me to keep going even when I didn't want to, and focusing on the movements got my mind off it for a few hours. Plus doing karate burns crazy calories.

My grandfather was that person for me a couple of times, no name calling, but he'll point out if I've gained 15 lbs. For me it's always helped, although I've never been happy about hearing it. He is trying to be helpful, if you start with loose clothes and gain weight all over you don't necessarily notice that weight.…

As a lot of people on here have mentioned, a doctor is needed to decide this for health reasons. If you are truly concerned about your aesthetic and trying to decide if you have to gain weight because of that, take some self timed photos of yourself from various angles standing how you normally do. Several years ago, I was…

In addition to having a greater cravings for sweets...oh a donut! I also tend to get hungry more often.

Find a supportive friend willing to do the deep tissue massage?

That sounds terrifying, I will be trying it

We only use a 6 ft lead now, the retractable ones kept breaking, and on the trails when I take her off the lead, it's less bulky to store in my pocket. It sounds like keeping her to left might be best trained after I train her to match my pace, if she's darting ahead I'll need to use to much pulling to correct instead of…

I started this site with my sister, my brother and my brother in law, after two weeks I was the only one logging in.... I'm grateful for them getting me on here, because I think being of the habit of accounting for my eating will be very very helpful when I'm trying to maintain my weight, but it would have been nice for…

I want to know how you trained her to do that! Honey's great on the bike, because when she's running really fast she wants to be on the grass instead of the asphalt, but when we are on the trail together or walking she's all over wherever the best scent is. And she has no concept of pace no matter how much I try to work…

Aww, poor pup. It's great of you to make the effort to still get her her walks. In January , my sheltie, hurt her knee, and wasn't able to run around or walk much for a month. It was so hard watching her like that.

After my first eight pounds off my weight and my measurements have stayed the same for the past two months. Despite that my old clothes are slowly starting to fit me well again, and the stuff I've bought recently is now to loose. So even if it's hard to measure progress is there. And past that, I can now run down the whole…

New expensive tea! This works great, because drinking tea is one of the ways I avoid snacking during the day.

I have found eating breakfast actually leads to me getting hungry more frequently during the day. I also can't run or do any type of cardio besides biking with food in my stomach or I feel sick. If I have had a hard work out first thing in the morning though, like with weights I feel better if I eat right after. Usually…

Six pages and just one vote for Shelties! Blasphemy! But seriously, my family has had Chihuahua, Bichons, and Mutts, but none of them have come close to the Sheltie I own now. She runs with me, takes me for two hour walks, helps me garden, plays soccer with me, fetches me my socks in the morning. They are so trainable! She…

I went the opposite and was very strict for the first two weeks, in order to break bad habits and set good ones in place. Than I started allowing treats. After those two weeks it was much easier, but being grouchy all the time didn't go away for a month! Keep plucking away though, you'll adjust and start feeling so much…

When I first began running a year and a half ago my legs would burn and so would my lungs, it eventually worked out, but it took several runs... Move forward five months to when we moved and I was able to start running on a dirt trail instead of concrete and it all started again, but this time my knees joined the protest.

At eight pounds if I do little hops I notice my stomach jiggling less. But the only other way I see it is in my face, it finally is looking more sculpted again instead of fleshy.

My brother is exactly the same as you. For the first thirty years of his life nothing green went down his stomach. One day I brought home some Indian curry and he tried it, and loved it without realizing it had a ton of veggies in it. But Indian curries cook them long enough that they break down. Now I make him a big batch…

Bananas have fat? I feel so betrayed!

For the first two weeks I was cutting out my snacking I substituted tea, drowned myself in it. Working from home I used getting a snack as a way to take a break, so I needed something more than water. Spending time brewing the tea gave me several minutes away from my desk. After those really strict weeks I stopped being…