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Rain, heck yeah before and after pics! SO FUN! I actually have been holding off, cuz I wanted to wait til I hit my "goal weight" of 150, (or maybe 145, who knows!) but this is still fun. The before pic is me in December of 2010, right at about 242 pounds. Second is in the end of September at the Detroit Zoo... I think in…

Shenanigans! There's all kinds of stuff going on and I'm so behind! Boo! Runner's World really is the greatest. I still haven't subscribed to the magazine itself, but I frequent the website. They are full of such awesome advice. My CamelBak is also the greatest. My back does get super duper sweaty, so I'll be curious to…

Pam, awesome job! And great pics! My weekend, too, was a total and complete bust. I did no exercise at all on Saturday. Or Sunday. Saturday night I went to bed at I think 10:30, and I didn't get up until 9:00 on Sunday. We did a lot of walking/standing thanks to walking around downtown on Saturday and shopping on Sunday,…

:smile: Thanks girls for all the positive words of encouragement! You all inspire me every day to try harder and be better, so thanks. Crystal, ditto to all that Kendal said. Isn't she smart and fantastic?! And you better take her up on the celibacy sponser business. She'll be super duper helpful. Kendal, you are adorable.…

Quick pop in to weigh in... ... drumroll please... .... ... *******159.8********* :drinker: :heart: :bigsmile: Yeah. I'm really really happy. That puts me at 80 total pounds lost. 10-15 more to go, baby. Consequently, when I started on MFP, my original goal was 160, and at the time I didn't think that was possible. I'm…

Sarah, this will probably be a week where you post a loss because of the extra food or something. Bodies are weird and ridiculous. I saw a post referring to this website: http://body-improvements.com/resources/eat/ and I haven't been able to stop reading it. Not much that I didn't already know, but still interesting.

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Pam we posted at the same time! DO P90X! Seriously, you are SO READY. If you can run for 30 minutes, you can do this. Plus we're all here to support you!

Rain - good luck on your presentation tonight! I always got super stressed before presentations for school. I'm sure you'll do great and then it will be behind you! Try not to punch anyone... but if you do, make sure its someone who deserves it! :laugh: Victoria - were you doing chest/shoulders/tris? That workout KILLS me.…

Katheryne, I completely agree with you on not being able to hire a cleaning service. I can't imagine having someone else clean up after me... I'd be embarrased and want to get everything tidied up before they got there. I grew up in a house where my mom vacuumed and dusted every.single.day. So yeah - it was spotless all…

DOUBLE POST! BOO! I feel like I shouldn't waste it, but I got nothin' to say.

Lacey, I agree with Sarah! My will power is slowly dwindling! Tasha, I'm keepin' my fingers crossed for you that your new scale shows big changes! Amy, that blows that the hubbs is going to be gone for your birthday. I strongly dislike this. I do like that you are back to rockin' out workouts. I feel like all is right in…

Morning girls! Not a lot of time but just wanted to say hello! And update a bit on me. Yesterday morning I ran 9 miles in exactly 90 minutes, which I feel pretty great about. This week and next week I'm tapering and then I'll run 13.1 either Saturday or Sunday of next week. After that, I think I'm going to alter my hybrid…

WELCOME BACK AMY AND LACEY!!! SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK I MISSED YOU VERY VERY MUCH. (ps. you are both gorgeous. pics are awesome. love you.)

Quick stop in to weigh in... 163.7... So yup... that's 4 weeks right at about that weight. Time to switch it up, I suppose. Which probably means less beer, maybe more calories? Who knows. My heart rate monitor's chest strap broke on Wednesday. I'm trying to be cool about it (Timex is mailing me a new one for free at…

Tasha, HOLY CRAP you have done a lot of really cool/really active stuff. I'm impressed by you. :smile: Jessi, how's the photog website coming? You better give us a link once you've got that going! Hosanna, I hope you get some much needed rest soon. I hate being tired/worn out. I agree with you on not wanting to spend too…

Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap. HI NEWBIES! HI VETS! Yesterday I had to drive to the southwest side of Chicago to pick up some flooring for a customer... I left the store at 7:30 in the morning and got back a little before 6. That was my whole day of work. So today has been a LOT of catch up. But a day in the car without…

Rikki, the only other thing I can say to you is I HAVE BEEN YOU. Seriously. I spent YEARS wanting to be smaller and trying to cut back on how much I ate, but then getting extremely frustrated by not seeing results. So I just stopped, and ate more, and then gained. And gained. And gained. I always weighed right around 180,…

Just a quick stop-by to weigh in... 164 even. So on the chart, I will have gained none, lost none. But in my head, between yesterday and today, I went from 167.8 to 164, so I am PUMPED. I guess the 18 glasses of water I drank yesterday did me some good. :laugh:

Kendal, I agree! And it figures that the one day I acutally have time to lurk on here and be ready to reply to anything is the one day that you can hear crickets chirping on our thread. On a side note, I have to run after work today so I am currently 450 calories in the hole for today. I officially have to run my way out…

How tall are you? I'm in a 10 right now and I think my goal is an 8, but I'm not sure. Maybe 6. I'm just shy of 5'9. CONGRATS, by the way. I started at a size 18, so I can totally understand your excitement! :drinker:

I like all the bean info going around. I've always wanted to try dry beans but never knew what the H to do with them. So thanks for filling us all in Bobbie!

qofsheba, I've heard the pain from everyone on the new Facebook format, but I pretty much only look at it from my phone, and my app hasn't changed, so I haven't seen it... I suppose I'll have to check that out. And this whole weight loss thing is definitely a marathon, not a sprint. Maybe you need to switch up your…

I hate my scale. I hate my scale. I hate my scale. Seriously, pre-TOM can SUCK IT SUCK IT SUCK IT. This morning it said 168. I drank 15 glasses of water yesterday. What the bloat batman? I seriously have a crazy belly pooch going. (ok. pausing for a moment to think about how 8 months ago I wouldn't have been able to *****…

Lol Amy - this works for me... my absolute bestest friend in the world calls me that all the time, so its pretty fitting for this group. :happy:

I seriously, seriously cannot believe the speed at which this thread is moving. Eek. Kendal, Lexi is friggin' adorable! What a preciuos face! And I'm with you and Rikki, my last weigh in was 164, this morning I was 167.7. Urgh. I'm sure I'm still working of some sodium, plus pre-TOM bloat, yada yada yada, but DUDE, I.…

New week, hopefully it will be infinitely less stressful than last. I'm NEVER going to get caught up, so I'm just starting from here, and I'll fill you guys in on me, and then I'll start replying again. mmm'kay? K. Obviously last week was c-r-a-z-y. I worked so much. And it was all that super stressful kind of work. It was…

This week for posting has been a total bust. I MISS YOU GUYS SO MUCH! My work week has been ridiculous. Seriously, seriously ridiculous. So I'm bumping. Again, I MISS YOU. Edit - Lacey have an amazing time! I'm still super jealous that you and Amy are meeting!

Food/drink wise, my weekend could not have been a bigger fail. I kid you not, I ate/drank almost 4000 calories on both Saturday and Sunday. And no workout on Sunday at all. Eek. I like when you hit your "complete this day" button and it tells you that "if every day were like today, you'd weigh 183 pounds in 5 weeks"…

You know what's excessive and NOT SMART? Doing Plyo, Ab Raper, and Cardio X yesterday morning, then saying yes to going for a 13 mile bike ride with the hubbs in the afternoon, then getting up this morning and running 10k. MY @SS IS ON FIRE. BURN BURN BURN. OW OW OW. I'm off to Grand Rapids to drink off the pain.