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Hi and welcome. :flowerforyou: I started on this site last week. I have been very motivated and feel so much support. As of yesterday, I have lost 7 pounds. I think that after I weight today, it will be 8. Everyone is so friendly and supportive. I hope that you enjoy it here and are able to learn and grow (shrink, lol).

I thought that it might be helpful and keep us inspired if we were to write out a few things that we learned from our new lifestyle change. I am so siked about this that I just gushed to my herb lady, wait til I get to the chiropractor, lol. I learned that 8 cups of coffee a day are not my friend. I was probably drinking…

know this goes against every grain in our bodies and it took me YEARS before I was able to do this but.....I've actually had to throw perfectly good desserts and junk food into the trash Yesterday, I bought some lite miracle whip and threw away the perfectly good almost full mayonaise. Sometimes we gotta do what we gotta…

Welcome!! :flowerforyou:

Welcome!! :flowerforyou:

I'm an hour glass figure too, but not like Marilyn. I would love to look like her!! My sister and I have the same bone structure. She is very thin even though she weighs in the :happy: 140's. She doesn't have the top though and I do, but she does has hips, so I assume I will be a better hourglass when I lose my weight.

Wow, this is just getting better, lol. Is the wonder bread whole wheat?

I bought some yummy peanut butter chocolate chip rice cakes. 60 calories a cake. Really good and since I had so many calories left over (I knew what I was going to eat for dinner and had it inputed already), I ate 3!! I could not even finish my dinner a few hours later. I went from being hungry to being stuffed. I'm hoping…

I was looking for the weight watchers bread today but I couldnt'' find it. And I have never heard of Schwebels bread or Villiage Hearth, lol. I need to find these!! I found an awesome All natural Jalepeno preserves that I can put on it. ONly 25 calories per TBSP. It has mixed flavors of spicy and sweet, that's my kind of…

my favorite song to work out to is : I like to move it. I don't usually like songs like this but the beat just gets me moving faster, lol I like to move it, move it I like to move it, move it I like to move it, move it Ya like to ("Move it") Repeat 2 more times (talking) All girls all over the world, original Mad Stuntman…

awesome!!

Welcome. I agree taking care of yourself and loving yourself are very important. :flowerforyou:

I am so happy. I was at the grocery store today with my son. While I was looking at all the "healthy" breads to see how many calories there were, he walked up with a loaf of Natures Own 100% Whole Wheat Bread. Only 50 calories a slice. :love: I can have toast in the morning!! I wanted to let everyone know just in case you…

I moved my ball in here and I am sitting on it right now. Obviously, it needs to be inflated. lol

I usually gain about 5 pounds with my period as well. I once had these 2 months in a row where I did not gain any weight while on my period and when it ended I actually lost 5 pounds. Unfortunately, that did not continue!:tongue:

soynut butter sounds like something I might try. I wonder if my local grocer carries it. I was just in the herb store looking for peanut butter and they didn't have any but I did buy some perserves that is made with Xylitol and fairly low in calories.

If your ankle isn't too bad maybe you can do squats with the weights pushing them upward slowly as you rise....???? Sorry to hear about your ankle. I hope that it improves soon.

Thanks Peggy. You are right about trying to do something so that you don't think about being hungry. I am usually not as hungry in the day time when I can stay busy and active but at night, when I have to be quiet, I just can't ignore my stomach. I guess that I will have to stick with my old theory of if my stomach is…

I have been really hungry since last night. I'm down another pound today and I actually went 500 calories over yesterday because I was SO hungry. My calories are up to almost 1500 day compared to when they were 1200 and I am actually hungrier than I was then, not sick and dizzy, but hungry. Maybe that means my metabolism…

Great job on your weight loss. I know that it must be difficult for you and I am so sorry. Prayers for you that you are enveloped in God's arm with comfort and peace.

dogwdots ((((((((((((I am sending you cyber hugs))))))))). First of all, I could be wrong but it sounds like you are being manipulated. Trust me, I know manipulation we I see it. I allowed every decision in my life to be made by my husband until about 6 months ago. I started reevaluating and changing my mindset , then in…

Hmmmm, I am going to have to try this while I am at the computer. I'm sure that I won't be on my butt online as often, lol.

Great job!! Keep up the good work. :smile:

Hi Kathy. Welcome. I hope that you find that you get all you need from this site. Your daughter sounds like she must love you very much. My mother only had 5 years left to live because her weight was basically suffercating her. She opted to have GB surgery and she is now able to live a semi normal life, but she still eats…

I've had two home births and with both of those births I wanted to eat peanut butter on wheat toast immediately after the birth. I think that my body was exhausted from labor and it needed the protein. Peanut butter stayed a favorite of mine for about a year each time (while I was nursing), so I think that I just really…

Wow, Great Grandma!!! Congrats to you!! That is very exciting!!:drinker:

Congrats to you on your success!! You are doing so well. I second what rheston says. I need to start doing the same thing. And keep up the good work that you are already doing!!:drinker:

Happy Birthday UpDown!!! :smile: :smile: :smile: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Don't feel bad about taking the day off. How fortunate we all are to have our health, to be alive. It really is cause for a celebration. In fact, my hubby's birthday is coming up. I always make a nice big birthday dinner for him. I…

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Congratulations!! That is a great accomplishment!!