jmcdonald2011 Member

I have a busy life with 2 jobs and a large family - I had a hard time eating my calories at first. but I have been actively doing this for almost a week now. and I am finding it much easier now than I did a few days ago. and I feel so much better for it. I find my energy levels have increased, I am sleeping better and over…

thanks I am going to look that up

if you have room I would like to join

that's fantastic! keep up the awesome work!

Hi everyone, I'm Jan I am a mom to 5. 3 of my own and 2 step daughters. they range in years from 5-16. I work full time from home and then I bartend a few nights a week to get out and see grownups. I'm about 50lbs from where I want to be. my biggest struggle is that I am already over weight and I don't have time to eat so…

add mushrooms and onion to your cabbage - its really good. I love it, but I am nasty after its not a fun night for my husband I am sure

My biggest shocker was because of my eating habits. I was already overweight but then I took a very hectic day job and I just stopped eating during the day. I would have a pot of coffee in the morning (yes that says pot) and then dinner. so I had to start making myself eat all day long. at first I was thinking there was no…

while I think this is the best answer - I would bring my scale. and I would gladly tell them why I brought the scale - because the nutritional values were not made available. but I am a little nuts lol

My husband jumped on board with me - he got the MFP app and we do our 5K in the evening together. its nice that we walk together and talk instead of sitting in front of the idiot box and don't say a word. we have been supporting each other. I actually just got a text from him asking for help because someone brought in…

I'm still to far off my goal weight to have input - but I wanted to say great job!!

Love it - I too wasn't comfortable in my dress. I never thought of trying it back on after losing....that's a new goal :) I hate looking at my bingo wings in my wedding pictures

I had a REALLY smelly guy come into my work last night - it was horrible, for 20 minutes after he left all I could smell was that old onion BO smell.

I have sleep issues and one of the things that my dr said was the worst thing I could do is stay in bed when I cant sleep. go in another room and read or do another quiet activity until you feel a bit tired. if you stay in bed then you start to obsess about it and associate your bed with not sleeping which actually makes…

My biggest issue is scheduling and my location. I have a full time and a part time job as well as kids ranging from 5-16 years. I don't get a lot of me time to exercise - the eating right is ok, and actually not that difficult since I live in a small town with really no access to crap food unless I drive to get it. but…

there is another post in here that has lots of pics - it made my day looking at it

Costco!! great quality - super cheap. I have several pairs of yoga pants from there that I prefer over my lulu lemon ones

I've been watching those fires on the news. its terrifying

lol your ok then, i don't think my husband wants to marry her ........... :blushing:

you may have to fight my husband for her. her name is Danica McKellar

keith urban and seth McFarlane. we all share a birthday so I figure that we are soul mates and meant to be. I told my husband that it will happen one day - he gets the kids :)

I have no idea how much a stone is - but you look fantastic!! great job, you give me hope

you made me cry - in a good way. i had an emergency C-section and i had just accepted that even if i lost the weight i would always have a gross belly. But now I think maybe there is hope. i hadn't tried losing the weight before because i always figured that it was pointless. i would always have that overhang. but now i…

today being the exception because i haven't gotten much accomplished yet - but usually i log what i plan to eat for the day and i prep my snacks. that way i see how great my day will be and i find it easier to stick to because i have already committed

sometimes when I am considering eating something I look up the nutritional value of it - that's usually enough to scare me. Although last night I was in a rush getting to my part time job (I'm a bartender 2 evenings a week) and I didn't get to eat, there is just your typical deep fried garbage bar food there. I ordered a…

I refer to my children as trolls and frequently tell them to go back under their bridge. I am contemplating selling my 5 year old son if anyone wants him. I have spent my morning starting my sentence's with "Evan don't........."

Thanks Snoozie. I hope that its better weather there than here. I am so sick of walking in the rain. but then again the rain just might get rid of the rest of that snow

Any chance you wanna move to Canada? you can be my conscience.

thanks a bunch :)

OMG!! and WOW!!! until I went back and looked I never realized how even the smaller weight losses can make such an amazing difference. you all look amazing!! I am a mixture of jealous and inspired! I cant wait to post my pics in here!

The first song in the Disney Tarzan movie - I actually bawl uncontrollably and hyperventilate.