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Awww thanks everyone for all your nice comments! I especially like the reference to Racheal Ray - I love her! Congrats to everyone else - we are all in the same boat, just different stages!

I love this! Thanks so much for sharing it - all true words of wisdom there!

SO funny! In addition to our 80lb doberman I also have a daughter that wants to exercise with me. SO I will spend my time either dodging her or the dog. And god forbid if I happen to step on my daughters feet or bump into her - it's as if I have somehow interrupted HER workout rather than vice versa!! It is for this reason…

Mine is open too. Again, like so many others that posted before me, it's not the picture of all health & goodness BUT it is working for me! This time around I'm of the mindset that I will be doing this for life and so am doing what I feel I CAN do for life. Eat normal foods in proper portions and stay under my calorie goal…

I have dealt with being hypothyroid for about 12yrs. I agree with previous poster about not changing brands - I can not take the generic for my medicine, it is totally not the same thing for me!! I unfortunately found out the hard way that some pharmacies with actually automatically give you generic!! So just make sure you…

You have to buy sugar free syrup!! I do not notice ANY taste difference and it's totally cheap with the calories! You can use it to sweeten all sorts of things - I use it to sweeten my tea too.

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ME TOOOOOOO!! I will forget till its late in the day and then I don't want to because I have NO DESIRE to be up all night going to the bathroom. Lately I have been trying to drink my water early in the day. I down a huge glass immediately upon waking up and then just keep refilling my glass or water bottle. I try to get…

Good job!!! What is hysterical about this post is I was going to message you about what bra you wear when you jog!! I really want to jog but need to find a good bra... I'm thinking Mark1968, you probably don't wear a bra so I will forgo that message :laugh:

When I first started exercising I didn't have a hrm so I used whatever was given in the mfp database. I have since gotten a very inexpensive hrm at Walmart - I paid under $30 for it. I always plug in the exercise into the database here and compare it to what my hrm says I have burned calorie wise and I have actually found…

This will be made as soon as I go grocery shopping - YUMMY!! I just copied and pasted the link for the pics - it looked as good as it sounded - thanks!

Don't let it scare you :smile: Anytime I go to a restaurant anymore, I always ask for "to go" containers to be brought with my meal. I then immediately split the meal in half. It's also good to plan ahead as previous posters have suggested. You don't necessarily have to limit yourself to just planning your meal choices…

I was on the raw diet and something similar to this was a staple in my house! It actually ended up being more like fudge, I didn't add any water to it. I used the recipe you listed, I added dried dates and a lil bit of honey for sweetner. Sometimes added nuts or coconut. Press the mixture into a pan, score and put in the…

Must be in the air this weekend. I had my first bad day since I started in September. Kinda stinks but like you said, tomorrow is another day and I'm going to make sure it's not another today!! Just keep at it :)

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I only have time to workout at night and have been doing it since I began - sometimes as late as 11pm. It doesn't affect my sleep or anything whatsoever and I'm 25lbs down in 2 short months! I think just working out, no matter what the time, is going to be beneficial.

Really good advice in this post. Do whatever you need to do to make whatever plan you are on work - even if it means slowing down your loss by eating more calories! Funny bout the tea - I find it REALLY helps me too and there are TONS of amazing flavors out there! It helps me when I just want something or if I'm low on my…

It helps if I break up my calories into 6 meals - I have Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & then Morning Snack, Afternoon Snack and Evening Snack. If I eat every 3 hours or so I do pretty good! I try to eat as much unprocessed food as I can - I find that junk does not tide me over! Make sure you stay within your calorie goal and…

I will be trying this!! Thanks so much for the tip!!

It is super creamy & thick - the zoi is totally like an amazing dessert, at least to me!

Thanks so much for posting your progress! It's very, very encouraging. Your transformation is awesome!! You look so much YOUNGER!! Can't wait to see how young I look when I get to where you are! Keep it up :smile:

I've been dealing with it for over 12 years. I had put on weight and was finding it IMPOSSIBLE to lose it!! I made an appointment with my doctor and yep, thyroid was an issue. She put me on levoxyl and I have been on it ever since. While it is perhaps harder to get weight off, it is not impossible. Especially if you are…

I weigh each and every morning, totally naked, after going to the bathroom! I only log on the day the scale has moved down which does happen most weeks towards the end of the week. I measure myself ever so often but not anything consistently. This time around, my LAST TIME around, I'm really not that concerned to see a…

I would like to know others feelings on this as well. I too am thoroughly enjoying working out, for the first time in my life actually, but I find that I will look at those calories as extra for me to "spend". I don't use them all but always use at least half, sometimes it will end up being more. SO I'm looking forward to…

You can do it! This is the BEST site to give you the motivation to accomplish your goals too. Just take it one day at a time - it does get easier!

I have several reasons for not joining a gym myself. I really don't have the time to actually GO somewhere - I tend to have time for myself after everyone has gone to bed - usually after 9pm. Plus I am just too self conscious to be seen in public exercising!! I am addicted to exercising at home now. I rotate several dvd's…

This other site was basing the results of my activity level on the amount of exercise I'm doing, not on how much I do per day. I never did use all of my calories when it was upped to 1500 something - made me tooooo nervous, I was positive I would gain if I did. I will leave it at the 1350 and gauge my losses for now.…

I did 2 miles yesterday - hoping to do 2 more today...

Do you have a trader joes near you? I love their line of reduced guilt chips! Tasty and waaaaay less on the calorie scale. They also have yummy flax/sesame/other good stuff crackers that are calorie poor. When I'm craving that crunch that needs to be something other than a crunch of carrot or celery or other veggie I go…

Good job! I have only recently learned to love exercise!! Prior to mfp I was pretty much a never ever do anything like exercising...