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I'm gonna go with someone else who said; "Best. story. ever!" I really enjoyed reading your post. You're a helluva gal and you look awesome! Now I don't feel so bad about the choc. chip cookies I ate today. :happy:

Congratulations! You are an inspiration. That's a million dollar smile you have! :happy:

Count me in too! Starting weight: 220 lbs Goal weight by end of Sept: 210 lbs Personal goal: To record every day on MFP- even on the "bad" days! Any one can feel free to "Friend" me. I need all the help I can get!

Me too. Mine starts when it gets darker earlier. I have a "Happy LIght" that I use regularly. It imitates the sun. I find too, that here in MN, with the temps getting so cold in the winter and the early darkness, it is difficult to maintain my desire to exercise. I really have to work at MAKING myself do something.

2 lb pw is too much. I know it feels like it shouldn't be I tried to start off there too. I was at 200 lbs and I'm 5'4. After a couple weeks of starving and not seeing much success, I changed my goals to the reccommended 1 lb pw and boosted up to 1420 cals pd. I do exercise and eat back about half the exercise cals. This…

You look fantastic! Great job!

Look at that tiny waist!! You look wonderful! Great job!

I agree- tomorrow is a new day. I ALWAYS struggle around PMS time (like now!), and the one thing I found is that if I let myself have something I really really want, I can enjoy it without guilt knowing tomorrow is a new day. Don't be to hard on yourself- every one needs to be able to have a meal off (or day off!!) from…

Well, first thing is, that you recognize that you're not on track and that makes you unhappy and/or feel bad about yourself. That's a hard way to live- believe me, I know. Maybe if you try to look at it as that getting back on track would make you feel better not only physically, but emotionally and really believe that, it…

I have a sport watch that has a heart rate monitor and calculates calories burned by that. It says it's ECG accurate. I've tested it taking my own pulse against the watch, and it seems very accurate. It does other things as well, but I use it mostly to calculate my cals burned. You take your heart rate periodically…

I had mine out about 8 years ago. I remember at first, alot of things seemed to upset my stomach and give me weird b/m's (sorry if too much information), but I quickly got over that. One problem I did have was when they removed my gallbladder, they nicked a bile duct, so I ended up having to go back to the hospital as the…

You look wonderful! Congrats and keep up the good work!

I've had and still sometimes get shin splints. OUCH! Last Sat I sprained my ankle pretty bad. SLOW recovery. went to Dr. and he said to ice it, ice it , ice it and keep it elevated as much as possible. My friend has knee problems off and on. She hasn't seen a dr. yet, but she's going to. Probably a good idea for you too.…

My knees- especially right one are hurting. I've been doing Zumba on the wii and Biggest loser DVD for 2 months now and only in the last 2 weeks has my knees started to hurt. I'm making sure my knee doesn't go over my ankle. I still have 33 lbs to lose- maybe it's just the weight pressure on it doing it for me?:happy: