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50 pounds down in basically 9 1/2 months and that included the winter holiday season, that is great! And you look cute as can be! Congratulations on your success.

Here is a website to calculate a healthy body mass index and also includes caveats for appropriate applications of the information http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/BMI/bmicalc.htm (It is for US National Institutes of Health, the major grantor of scientific research monies in the world.)

An inspiring NSV indeed!

I am sure there are many women who do not gain weight immediately following menopause. My mom and my aunt were fit to the ends of their lives, for example, (and incidentally neither exercised.) It may cause random sensations of being overheated, with sweating and flushing, unrelated to your activity level. I believe there…

These plus logging as you eat so to be conscious of the binge, are really good suggestions from previous posters. I want to remember them. Maybe post on my monitor.

This thread helps, because I need to be reminded of my motivations. It was both cumulative and acute: ongoing pressure of clothes not fitting, therefore every day, nothing to wear; shame and discomfort of my body, particularly my midsection; and finally the deciding event was discovery my blood pressure reached near…

Great loss! You look great. Such a flat tum :-) Keep up the good work.

Me too!

Me too! I was surprised, disappointed actually, that a cup of brown rice is 218 calories. I love it and now I don't eat it as often.

Good job! Your persistence is admirable. Congrats on your success.

Sweet story because you got healthy for your daughter and your husband joined you. Well done! Happy Mother's Day!

Fabulous progress! You look great. I hope I can do as well as you have in the next year :-)

Cooking for one, it is convenient to make batches of different foods at the weekend and freeze portions, then eat from those as often as you wish, maybe adding a fresh salad to the meal. Try websites for recipes with nutrition information given like http://www.myrecipes.com/healthy-diet/calorie-counts/

I like the zebra two piece (the first picture). It looks cute.

Yes let's hope it will be a good thing. Good attitude! I understand the fear. You can weather this. And it can be a time you will look back on with pride in yourself and how you handled it overall. Good luck!

Agreed. And you can also pull down the little arrow beside the name and select "Ignore this user"

Good for you Yungibear! Great attitude.

Update: SW (1May): 190.9 GW (30May): 185.9 10May: 190.9 :-( A fine time to have a plateau!

Success! Neither small nor silly :-)

I've lost the amount of pizza an average American eats in a year, and now my motivation ;p working on losing a human head and a small bale of hay

Seem to remember that taking calcium and iron at the same time will interfere with the absorption of one of them? I occasionally take a tablet of NatureMade elemental iron 65mg, which the label also says is equivalent to 325mg of Ferrous Sulfate. Its recommended dosage is one tablet per day but also states that is 361% of…

good thread. gave in yesterday, need to hear this today thanks

that I have the kind of beauty that will never fade :blushing:

It sounds like you are still beaming inner beauty.

Thanks, you made my day :flowerforyou: :heart:

Favorite breakfast is a fruit smoothie with blended frozen strawberries and blueberries plus Greek yogurt, water and no-calorie sweetener, totaling around 300 calories and 7g of fiber. For the day I usually meet or surpass my goal of 25g of fiber.

Congratulations on your 22 pound loss! That's great!

The above bears repeating. Agree whole heartedly with the quote. And you look gorgeous, head to toe!

Congrats on your half marathon Cheryl! Well done! You look all of 25 in your photos. I love your story, the ups and downs and learning from each. Thanks for sharing :-)

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