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Wow! Huge transformation! You look better than many "after" pictures already! Congrats!

I am ovolacto vegetarian. Feel free to add me! I eat vegan meals, but I have no goals to become full time vegan. I have been vegetarian for many years and love finding new recipes. Good luck in your journey! This site and friends I have met along the way have really helped me!

I hit a plateau and bought a 11 dollar food scale on amazon a couple of weeks ago. All I can say is wow. I didn't expect to see such a difference! And today, after no real change for two weeks, the scale says I dropped 2.5 pounds. Sometimes what we want to hear and what we need to hear are not the same. I too track…

How old are your kids? Is there activities you can all do together to boost your activity level? My daughter loves watching me do wii dance games. She is nearly 2, she mostly just watches and spins in circles. But, she finds it hysterical. I'd like to think she isn't laughing at me, but it keeps her occupied, so I try not…

Have you tried water aerobics? It may work for you :)

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I am vegetarian as well. I find that cooking vs processed food fills me up more and is more satisfying. some weeks I do better than others. Allrecipies.com and pinterest are great resources. If you are feeling weak, definitely up your protein, but also break your meals into larger snacks, so that you are eating something…

Sites to check out: Benderfitness.com Dailyhiit.com or bodyrock.tv

Just ordered my scale! Thanks for the great post.

Definitely add the five hundred calories and eat them back. I starved until my daughter was closer to a year old. At 18 months, I was able to cut out the additional nursing calories and begin losing weight without to much struggle. She still nurses some now, but mostly just 2 or 3 x daily. When I tried to cut my calories…

Not sure exactly who you are looking for.. I am am mom to one, age 36, and work part time. I am crazy sarcastic and married to a nerdy red headed day walker. Normal bores me. Feel free to friend me if interested.

Wow, unhelpful much? Hollander feel free to friend me. I find having friends on here is incredibly helpful to my motivation and to answer questions in a helpful manner. Are you breast feeding? If so, you may not want to reduce your calories too low as this could affect your supply. I think that small changes made on a…

Blue sky makes some stevia sodas that I like better than zevia. I get mine off amazon.

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I do vinyasa yoga, and the app considers yoga only stretching and grossly underestimates the calories! I need to dig out my heart rate monitor

Wow! Big difference! Keep up the hard work!

I have read not to restrict calories until baby is 12 weeks. I lost all but 10 pounds of my 50 lb gain within 6 weeks. Breast feeding made me hungry though, it wasn't until my daughter was older that I could stick to a diet. I have also read not to go under 1500 calories to preserve your supply. I hope it works well for…

I love this post! I am going to start trying some short Pilates and yoga workouts on the iPad while she is playing. Like 15 min or so at a time. I am hoping in time my 21 month old will join me...without jumping on me!

If you want to lose sleep, google Splenda and pesticide...or Splenda and poison.... I am sure it is biased stuff, but it scared me.

I have cut Splenda and nutria sweet out of my diet after some of my own research, I now use a stevia based flavoring called stur on occasion. To each their own though. I feel like my headaches have improved without the artificial sweeteners, but if you have no issues, do your own research and decide what is right for you.

I messaged you :)

You might check out pinterest. There is a lot of lunch ideas for kids.

If the quinoa is already cooked, you could probably add small amounts to soups and omelets. I add either hemp seed, chia seeds, or flax seed to all kinds of things, even oatmeal cookies and smoothies. My hubby has never noticed.

I try not to let myself snack in front of the tv. If I am hungry enough to eat in the kitchen, I tend to eat less. I like pistachios, yogurt, an apple, or air popped popcorn. I think protein is always a good idea.

I totally understand Opaquewhite! I could have written this post. I follow foodbabe on Facebook, and have told my husband that I felt better when I never read about all this stuff! I do like the 100daysofrealfood.com blog. I have found great recipes for things like fudge pops so that we can enjoy food free of all the…

I was on topamax for migraines for a year or two, at a fairly high dose. I intentionally lost weight during that time, and kept it off for several months using weight watchers. I gained 10 or 12 # in a month after stopping the med. I think my weight leveled off there, but it is hard to be sure, because soon after I got…

Wow! Very visible difference! Keep up the great work!

You can add me!

I am 5' 10". And want to get down to 150. I have 23 to go :)

I will send you a request! I am a newby too, just restarted!