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After I finish a difficult workout I always tell myself how easy that was too. I always say “Hey! You did it! See? You can do this every night if you try! Doesn’t it feel good to have gotten that workout in?” lol

Last week 178.8 This morning 176.8 2 lbs gone! :) Goal weight 130

I agree with you. My daughter, while still young, doesn't like chicken nuggets and most other 'kid' foods. She will eat a grilled chicken wrap and apples if we go to McDonald's. She is the only one at her daycare that eats the veggies and fruit and turns down the goldfish crackers. She is used to eating those things at…

Oh me too! Her mother drove me crazy! & then she had the nerve to ask if she could go to the Grand Canyon with them??? I would have said NO.

You can add me if you want. I log daily and try to exercise at least 5 days a week. I know it's hard to get motivated but I have found that having friends on MFP that can see your diary/exercises, along with the forums, really helps keep me on track.

I like to put mushrooms and cheese in my egg whites. Ham would be good too.

I agree. Although you can stay under calories, etc while eating these foods you are not teaching yourself a healthier lifestyle. The point of my journey on MFP is not just to lose weight but to become a healthier person with better eating habits that I can use the rest of my life rather than gaining my weight back after I…

Weighing in! last week 180.8 This morning 178.8 2 lbs gone! :)

My sister told me today that it looked like my pants were getting baggy. yay! I was thinking it was just in my head. I would put them in the dryer for awhile since that usually makes them more fitted and then put them on to see if it was true. LOL Guess it is true! My measurements haven't changed a whole lot but I am not…

My 2 year old likes to walk around the room saying 'squat squat squat'... I guess Mommy does a lot of squats... Kids are funny. :)

You can add me! I'm sort of new... Going on a month on MFP. Lost some of my weight prior to joining this site. I log in every day!

I have days like this too. Yesterday I ate some gelato and my stomach started to hurt afterwards, so I guess I'm getting used to not having fatty/sweet things. When my husband wants to go out to eat, which is often I either have to tell him no (mostly because we don't have money for it at the time due to our budget) or I…

Don't worry... As soon as I read the title I started singing the song in my head.

My goal weight is 130. Before I gained weight I was always stuck at 140 so it may be difficult for me to lose 10lbs after I get that far. I guess I just want to push myself a little bit. :)

Hi Hayley! Feel free to add me. I'm trying to lose 50lbs and log in daily so you can see my food diary and exercises if you want some ideas. Don't be scared! Be excited! :)

I have 1360 calories a day but if I am not hungry after dinner and have made it to 1200 then I will not eat more. I eat back calories from exercise if I'm hungry but since I usually exercise at night after the kids are in bed I'm usually really tired and don't feel like eating, just sleeping. I plan to up my exercise to…

When my husband is away for work or when we were long distance dating before marriage, I would use the time away to really work hard at my working out/eating well so that when I saw him again I could show him my progress. I guess it gave me fuel and time to really focus on myself. I have the tendency to eat worse when he's…

I started with 1200 a day and found that it helped with, like you said, not obsessing about going over and then learning portion control, etc. After a week or so I found that I was always really tired so I decided to up my calories to 1360 and it has made a lot of difference. I feel so much better. I'm not in much of a…

I'm going to make Mondays my weigh-in day to help keep myself accountable over the weekend. Today I weighed myself and lost a lb. I'm happy with this since this happened in less than a week once I started pushing myself to workout and watch myself more closely. I've also been walking more this week. CW: 180.8 GW: 130-135 I…

I'm London, Ohio! :)

HI everyone! I'm Jennifer- 27 years old from Central Ohio. I'm a special education teacher at a middle school, as of now but looking for a new job due to distance. I have two children (2 year old girl and 6 month old boy). Back to back pregnancies are to blame for this weight. Before my first child I was always stuck…

I'm a teacher going into my 6th year teaching middle school special ed (mild/moderate), although I'm looking for a new job due to distance so my classes may change. I'll add you!

I want to do this too! My goal is 135ish so that's near 50 for me! Is there a group created for this somewhere so we can check in, etc.? (sorry if this was mentioned earlier, but I haven't read everyone's comments)

I'll have to try this! I'm always looking for 'picky husband approved' recipes! lol

I would love to know this! If surgery is the only answer then it looks like I'll just have to make friends with my belly flab.

I have seen that people use circuit training to log it.... so that's what I've been doing too.

Also- There is a group called Post-Partum Pack. I joined it awhile back.

I have 2 kids- 2 years old and 6 months. I have baby weight to lose. I'm 5'5" 182 lbs right now. About the same as you! I'll friend you!

I'm a Bobcat too! '08 Living in London, OH now.

I pretty much ate double my calories on the 4th. Oops... but it was good! Since then I have made sure to stick to the plan and I started JM's 30 Day Shred the next night. I was up 3 lbs after the holiday but a few days later I was only up .2 lbs from my pre-4th of July weight. So if I were you, I'd track and exercise for…