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if you want the cake, eat it! if there's some other calorie bomb that you want, eat it! it's one day -- your day! -- and you'll be back on track the day after.

awesome indeed. bright spots: you weren't carrying your daughter when you fell AND she didn't pee on you while you were down. it can only go up!

congrats! you were lovely then and are still now :)

50 pounds down on 1200/day. Now on maintenance calories but have also significantly changed my workouts/fitness goals so I have yet to find my "final" weight. I added back slowly -- 100/week. I found that when I went straight to maintenance, I did gain weight -- probably water but it was enough to scare me into going up…

good luck! i am training for my first 5K right now (with a running coach but she basically has me doing C25K) and the biggest hurdle was mental/worry -- i know i run slowly. i know i look ridiculous trying to keep from bouncing on the treadmill. i am probably the only person at my gym with a metronome app in my headphones.…

does your gym offer personal trainers? it might be a good idea to sign up for just a few hours with one to learn how to use the equipment but also figure out what strength exercises you should be doing to help you reach your goal of completing a half marathon. as one example, i'm training for a 5K (and hope to someday run…

chia seeds with low fat coconut milk, pinch of salt, splash of vanilla, a little agave. keep in fridge overnight and top with fresh mango to counteract the ugliness.

i, too, love that number. i have about 5 lbs to go for my "perfect" number and HAVE NOT BUDGED for weeks and i got really frustrated. i have eaten a lot of candy in the past week out of frustration. but you know what? i can run for 30 minutes now. i couldn't ever do that before. so now my new goal is to run a 5K. i think…

another vote for honey nut cheerios. it tastes like lucky charms when mixed with unsweetened vanilla almond milk!

i don't ever track the salt that i add while cooking i eat dinner at 4:30 on wednesdays (only on wednesdays) i build in 200 calories for candy every. single. day.

PEANUT BUTTER EVERYTHING

[quote="OMG! This is exactly how I feel! You'd think that I'd be all proud for losing this weight, but instead I keep thinking that losing 5 or 10 or 15 more pounds would make me happier, but it doesn't. I'm no happier now then I was when I was 165. So yeah - where does it stop? I feel like I need to jump off the train…

it is strange to be so close to goal. this MFP thing really works ;)

so awesome! congrats!

how your focus eventually shifts from weight loss to fitness. i have always told people that the only use for running would be to get away from a hungry bear. i am now gearing up for my first race in the fall... how weird people think you are when you want them to feel your new muscles.

thanks all! i am so excited about it! but it's not like i could run around at work being like "50 down, y'all!!!!!!!!!!" (actually, when people comment on my weight loss, i just say something along the lines of "yeah i've lost a little"). and i was 50.4 down this morning!

mine says 140! 13 pounds more than i actually am. i hadn't looked at it in forever. wow.

we eat mostly the same things at our house. hubby is using MFP as well so he usually has a slightly larger portion but it's the same thing. kiddo knows that it's important to eat a variety of things including fruits and veggies (and has called us out when we don't have these things on our plates). we almost always have…

i give in to the cravings. i try to build in a 300 calorie buffer to those days and know that i'll have some work do do the rest of the month. and i do still try to work out even though my energy level is the pits and my workouts are halfhearted.

not sure if this is true, but i have heard that women with a BMI > 25 need to work out 7 hours/week (cardio) to lose weight.

my birthday is on saturday but i'm going to be out of the office for the next week, so the girls at work (an awesome group) brought my absolute favorite thing -- coconut cream pie from a local bakery. i mean, it is good. perfect crust. toasted coconut base. vanilla bean flecked light and unctuous custard. it is sex on a…

thanks everyone for the support (and laughs -- definitely keeping the illness reason in my back pocket). after stewing for a few hours, i realize that i was so upset because 1) this is HOW I LOOK. the heavy and unhealthy me of the past 5-ish years is not what i think of when i think of myself. this is (almost) the weight…

thanks all for the comments so far :smiley: right! joey. :blush: ha -- maybe i need to rewatch the series. i'm 35, 5', 132 lbs -- still above normal BMI and i've been at this for a year and a half, so concerns re: too fast, too much don't really apply. i'm upset because of the implication that there must be something wrong…

and if someone forces it on you, take it, wrap it in a napkin "for later"...and throw it away.

love all of these! i am also in the collarbone camp, as well as the bony shoulder camp. and i can cross my legs easily and then intertwine my lower legs as well. congrats to everyone!

1) I no longer dread mealtime. I used to (funny for a fat person to say), but it was because I never had a plan and I always ended up overeating and then feeling bad about myself. I have a collection of go-to recipes on MFP and have stocked my pantry, fridge, and freezer with items that allow me to put yummy (just ask my 4…

I needed to read this! I am usually over, too -- but if I look at just processed/added sugars -- I am fine. Yay.

I could never give up sweets/junk food. Since this journey is about a lifestyle change, I am just finding ways to work them into my lifestyle. I usually use my exercise calories for my "indulgences", so there's more motivation to exercise!

I was always starving on WW (did it 3 times) -- I was successful but it was not sustainable (which is why I had to do it 3 times). The weight came off quickly but i found the points system nebulous and hard to understand. I think MFP's database is better and easier to use. It's something I can see myself sticking with for…