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Yesterday we had lunch with my MIL, and the first thing she said after we walked up was "You're looking healthy!"

I'm one pound away from having lost a mid-sized microwave! Yikes!

Me too! I went from a 10W to a 9 regular!

Today's NSV: My husband walked into the room where I was standing, stopped short, and said "whoa. You are looking FINE today."

Oh, this is me all over! I spent so many years blaming outside factors for everything wrong with my life. One of the big things I've struggled with for the past three or four months as I've started this new lifestyle is the realization and knowledge that *I did this to myself*. It was not genetics, or fate, or my…

I'm with Raeleek- my back pain has lessened a lot with weight loss but I think what really helps is core work, particularly (in my case) yoga. I lost about 20lb in the first two months of weight loss, but the back pain didn't start to fade until I started yoga classes last month. Now with my back and ab muscles so much…

This might sound weird, but... today I am proud of myself because I felt very sick and in pain, so I didn't go to yoga class and I allowed myself a treat for dinner. I'm terrible at moderation and very hard on myself, so to take a break and have a treat when my body needs just that is a huge step for me, especially without…

Basically heavy lifting, as far as I understand it, means that you do high weight/low reps, rather than low weight/high reps. Both methods eventually get you to muscle fatigue (the point where you can't do another rep) but one is faster (and in my opinion way more fun). I personally have been setting my weights at a level…

I think I lost about 8 pounds my first 2 weeks? I didn't have a scale at the time, so that was just the number I ended up with at a doctor's appointment I had. Shortly after I bought a scale and have had a fairly steady 1.5/2lb per week loss since. My exercise plan at first was 2x/week elliptical, 1-2x/week weight lifting.…

Not yet, I'm afraid, but I have been lifting heavy (for me) from the beginning and have so far lost 33 pounds. It's a start- "only" 67 pounds to go before I hit 100 lost...

For me, it was a long process, but there was a distinct final straw. I've tried (or, well, "tried") to lose weight for years and years, but never stuck to it for long or saw any results. Everyone in my extended family except for my siblings either is or has been very obese. I assumed I was a victim of genetics and nothing…

No one has noticed, yet, without me bringing it up first. Then they generally say "oh, yeah, you can totally tell!" or "yeah, I noticed, but I didn't want to say anything." It's actually really frustrating. However I suspect that once I get closer to 50lbs lost people will start noticing. I feel like I was so big that 26…

Haha, I've lost exactly the amount of pizza an average American eats in a year... which is super gross, really!