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What part of the desert??? I am near Columbus now. I grew up around Lafayette and I knew from the time I was about 7 that I just didn't like Indiana. I want to be somewhere warm! We lived in Colorado for a few years, and then in Southern New Mexico for 6 more years. I absolutely LOVE New Mexico! Miss it like crazy! So when…

Oh I hate that, because I usually am the one in front of them and they are tailgating me!

Our refrigerator has a filter and so I run water through it because it filters more than most of the ones you can put on your sink. What I really want is a whole house filter instead. We live in the country, and although we are not on a well, we are in an OLD house so I am certain that we get a lot of crap through the…

Wii games: I have Zumba and Just Dance 2. I also have Wii Fit Plus. I prefer the Just Dance game the most, and the other two are both equally good second place qualifiers. I have EA Sports too but I got it about a year ago and I can't remember where I left it... So from what I recall, it was about the same level as the Fit…

My two biggest: "Family" reunions in the grocery store and reading something that should be well-edited and finding many mistakes. The reunion thing, you know, when you are shopping and there are six people just gushing about how excited they are to see one another, and if you overhear their conversation, you learn they…

Hooray! I so wanted to start mine with a group, and I only kept finding groups that had been going for a while already. I bought it last week and I haven't even gotten the nerve to watch the first level yet, and I am also worried from having seen a lot of posts about it being hard on the knees. I want to try and keep up…

What do you mean quietly?!? I just flat out tell em! Hey, you know if you had gotten green beans instead of mashed potatoes it would have been much healthier for you, right? ROFL! I am still fairly new so I haven't met ALL the requirements for being an addict, but there is a huge YET at the end of that statement! I LOVE…

If i could handle chopsticks, I would try this! But I would not only lose all my weight, I would starve to death before I got them figured out! LOL! Great idea though! Thanks for sharing. :drinker:

I am 5'4 3/4" so I have always just said 5"5"... I also haven't seen ONEderland in so long I am not sure about any goals after that. I used to think I would be happy at 165 or so, but between self-motivation (new thing) and MFP, I think I may just go ahead and go for somewhere between 130 and 140.

I managed to miss that you started this thread til now... I definitely still want in too. I did not follow through on the 3500cal challenge and I am not sure I could get that much right now anyway. I have had the worst day ever today, and right now I would love nothing more than to sit down with a tub of ice cream or a…

I am in a contest for weight loss that includes 8 weeks free at the gym... the winner gets a years membership. I am way out of the running for winning so I have started equipping my house with alternatives to the gym. I actually prefer being at home right now because I am obviously one of the "contest members" and I am…

This is just like me. I knew that I would have to change how and what I was eating and I didn't want to. Last year I thought, I really want to lose weight and look a little less like a fat slob; all I wanted at that point was to not be visually obese though. I applied to be in a contest and when I did not get chosen, I…

I am tempted to try this with my kids as well. The only thing that is stopping me is that they will still be eating school food during that month, and I have a very strong feeling that they will make choices for school lunch that will keep them from having a nasty reaction to fast food in a months time. :( Maybe we will…

The $40 Timex on Amazon is rated one of Consumer Reports' Best Buys. I picked it up and it works great. Maybe a little high on the calories burned; I am not sure yet.

I have to save this for motivation on those days when it seems like it is all pointless! Thanks so much for sharing!

A popular one in our neck of the woods is to see how soda affects teeth (or pennies). Put one in each type of soda you want to test (coke or pepsi, mountain dew, root beer, sprite or 7up are good choices). Record how the soda affects them over a few days. It's easy to do, and easy to replicate if you need to do a…

My mom got a Wii before we did and the kids enjoyed it so much she got us one a year ago Christmas. Then this Christmas when we were visiting her, they found the Just Dance game, and (before I was even remotely thinking about lifestyle changes, diets, and workouts) my mom and I said that game would make an awesome workout,…

That recipe sounds really good, especially right now while it is so cold! I just recently found out that I like asparagus, and having multiple ways to use it right away is going to be great! Thanks for sharing! Texas, the challenge is a great idea, we just need to put our heads together and find out a way to make it a fair…

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It's all good, that's what we are here for! :)

At the end of it all, there is a intrinsic reward that is SO worth it. You CAN do this! Push on, even if for a day or week it is just going through the motions, because once you see the results you will have motivation to keep on keeping on! YOU are worth it, and the fact that you posted shows that you know it. You can…

I know I am probably jumping the gun but have you sent out your email address yet to the teams? Thanks! :flowerforyou:

Now granted I have just started so I have the "beginner's motivation" going, but one thing that helps me when my husband is eating something that I really want is to come on here and use the database to find out just how much it would add to my calories for the day. There have already been a couple of times that this…

I am totally out of shape and plenty larger than anyone else in my class. But I do my own modifications and I do stay in the back corner so if I am doing something that is the opposite of the group, I don't cause anyone else to trip over me or anything. But even with painful joints (because I tried the class after one week…

I have been looking for a quick way to add protein after a workout and I picked up two of these to try too, so I hope the opinions aren't too bad!

There are some in regular retail stores with a 300lb capacity. I fall into the range between the two and it's a specific that I look for... I am thinking about getting one, and I would love to find a used one, but it's hard to figure out if any given model is going to work for that reason. I know I didn't actually HELP…

You are doing awesome, and it is stories like yours that motivate me to keep going. I don't have a lot of support from my husband either, and he loves to eat things that are horrible in front of me, and even worse, to make those comments about it. It is SO frustrating, so I know exactly what you mean. But like the other…

So my take on it is similar yet different yet. Last year I was gung ho about changing my lifestyle and exercising and eating better. I applied for a local weight loss competition, but was not chosen. I made my husband join a gym with me but he was not very enthusiastic and I soon lost my incentive and motivation. This year…

I hate weekends because my hubby and kids, while supportive of my goals, don't make any concessions in their own habits. So as they get up and polish off a box of doughnuts, I am eating my oatmeal or whole grain cereal. I have only been doing this for 3 weeks now but my eating habits have actually been the easiest change…

This has got to be why the early classes are good things... I knew there HAD to be a reason I dragged my behind up early to go to the class!