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This is fantastic. You are such an inspiration! I'm glad you pampered yourself and did that photo shoot. What a great reward.

Yeah! I wish I understood this a week ago... haha

I'd like to join. I'm worried about not losing weight though, because I just started and I've been building muscle to swap out for the fat. Hopefully I'll start shedding pounds soon.

10 lbs IS a huge amount! Way to go!

I'm going to start P90X today, I think... I don't know if I'm strong enough yet. I'll see what I can do. Good luck to you! Keep posting updates!

Looks great!

I call them my "tiger stripes" ... they're THAT bad. I haven't lost enough weight yet to notice any difference in them so I'm in the same boat as you. Good luck... post if anything seems to help you... :)

This is really amazing. Congrats! I have the same body type, starting weight, and goal weight. It's really good for me to see results like this. Thank you for sharing!

Great to hear stuff like this. The scale is my enemy >:(

Amazing!!!!

Thanks everyone... what about a good alternative to hard apple cider?

I just assume: if it seems too good to be true, then it probably is... It's okay to slip up. Learning lessons the hard way helps us to retain knowledge. Next time you come across something like that, think back on this experience and you'll read a little more carefully :)

Don't be "sorry"... you have really good insight.

Do you all have any good suggestions for lo-cal beer? Maybe I can squeeze one in here and there... :)

Yep, I can't get rid of that thing even while I'm super thin. I feel the most "burn" after doing plank exercises though... have you done those?

I want to eliminate the stress of low self-esteem. I am about to be engaged, and I am embarrassed for my soon-to-be-fiancee to introduce me to people. I overheard him talking to someone that he bumped into at Target as I was about to meet back up with him, so I quickly dove into another aisle so that they wouldn't see me…

I dropped $60 on produce as Costco last weekend. It's difficult to spend money like this. I am a broke college student who happily lived off the dollar menus at fast-food joints for the past several years. The best thing I can do, I figure, is to shop in bulk and freeze what I don't think I'll use in the first week... keep…

I'm not surprised. I never drink diet soda... I just cut out the regular stuff and stick to water or a good juice. I know people who seem addicted to diet coke though, so that's why I figured I'd share this.

Great work! Big difference! Your hair looks much healthier also!

I don't like fish so I'll try this with chicken breast... thanks for the tips!

Amazing results! You should be very proud of yourself. Thanks for posting the pics. It helps to see how drastic of a change 40 lbs can make... helps me to look forward to those results :).

I believe it! This is a very rewarding method to track progress in dieting and exercise. I don't think I would be able to stick to a diet without seeing numbers in front of me so that I could know I am doing well.

I've heard that the more muscle mass one builds, the higher their metabolic rate becomes... so if I build muscle mass in my abs, then do cardio, theoretically it should burn the fat more quickly than if I only did cardio. I guess that's true though... that my overall body fat % needs to drop before I'll see any solid…

The first thing that came to my mind is that he might be trying to make you feel comfortable how you are so that your feelings aren't hurt. My fiancee always tells me I'm sexy even though I know that I need to lose weight. Sometimes it's annoying because I wonder if he actually likes me thicker or thinner... I realize he…

Queenhart... That makes sense. Thanks so much for the info. Unfortunately I need to leave it in, but at least I have an idea of what's going on. It hit me like a freight train...gaining all that weight so suddenly. I couldn't believe it that I could go from a size 4/5 to a 10/11 in just a few months. I love the IUD but I…

I don't have children yet, but I plan to within the next 5 years. I've already chosen names. For a boy, Felix. For a girl, Cecile.

I'm having the same issue. I haven't been able to lose hardly any weight, despite my dieting and daily exercise. I think I need to do more strength training like the gal before me said. Also, muscle has more mass than fat, so you might be gaining muscle mass in place of the fat cells that are shrinking. Doing plank…