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I agree with this, I have heard all the comments and I just let them go for the most part. When you lose a large amount of weight and the change is so dramatic, especially if you have know the person for a long period of time. I have always had weight issues, decided to lose the weight at 38...it was a shocker for a lot of…

We listened to parts of this on a road trip in July, still funny. Mom throwing her shoe like a boomerang and the ice cream man part...laughed so hard.

I used to have problems when a group of people in my department would order Chinese or something for lunch. If I just said "no thanks", they thought it was about the weight loss and would give me the "One in a while won't hurt you". When I started saying "no thanks, I brought my lunch", they seemed to be OK with it.

I feel the same way about the Blues...before I die, I am sure they will figure it out.

I have an 11 year old Schnauzer. He is my baby and my protector. He loves to watch TV and barks at any other animal, sometimes makes it difficult to watch TV when he is awake.

I joined a gym, gave up soda and stopped eating out for lunch during the week all at the same time. A couple of weeks in, I started logging calories, not here, but by hand in a notebook. I was working with a personal trainer and we tweaked it every week to see what I could do better.

I have made a couple very good friends at the gym, but like others have said, it took time. It didn't happen overnight. The best friend I have from the gym, we started talking because we were both working with the same personal trainer. Now the trainer moved, the other friend works out at a different gym...but we are all…

When I was doing my first one, someone had given me tips on the transitions. I am by no means fast, I do it totally for myself...well, my brother and I do it together and my transition times got me the first place finish in the family :)

Water polo is a great idea for that, never would have thought about it. I never played organized water polo, but in swimming we would play sometimes too. I have done a few sprint triathlons and have tried everything to get out of the crowd of people in my wave. Luckily I am a decent swimmer and could take and outside route…

I have been strength training 2-3 days a week, boxing 2-3 days a week and swimming 1-2 days a week lately. Depends on the week and what I feel like doing most that gets done more. Swimming took over for a little while as I trained for an 1.2 mile open water swim, but that is over, so swimming will be down to 1 day a week…

This happens more often than I would like to admit :)

Me too, the couch is way too inviting once I am home. Space is also an issue, but even if I had more space, I am just not good at working out at home.

I have an absorption problem with B12, I did the injections which got it worked out, but I was horrible about going to get the injection regularly. I now take the vitamin as sublingual drops, it works. Tablets did nothing for me.

I had it done 10 years ago and am so happy I did. My eyes were so dry when I would wear contacts that I couldn't keep them in long, but glasses were also a pain. It is nice to wake up, look at the clock on my night stand and be able to read it. My brother also had it done and hasn't had any problems. I definitely didn't go…

I agree with all the tall things, mostly for tops, I don't wear long pants for working out very often, so that doesn't usually cause problems. Shirts are almost always too short. I have a large bust, so tank tops that are a little higher cut so the sisters don't try and peek out would be nice

Both of these, I don't even like sweet potatoes as French fries. I also don't care for Kale, I stick with spinach. I have also tried most all fish, just don't enjoy it.

I don't go to the store and do that, but I do farmer's carries and it give me a good idea, I have done 50# in each hand and it was really hard. Amazing to think I used to carry it around with me all the time.

Running into kids that I used to babysit in a bar!

I was floating last weekend, we don't do so well with healthier options either. Our main meal during the float trip was grilled pork tenderloin and fruit this time. The pork tenderloin is good cold, so that has been our meal for the last few years.

People used to say I looked taller all the time...especially my dad :)

I do all sorts of things. I was working out by myself in the gym a lot, so I joined 9Rounds to work out with other people. I still like my alone time at the gym though. It is a nice balance. I also swim 1-2 times a week. That one completely clears my mind

I have done that before too. I forget where I was, but nothing but ice cream sounded good and there were not a lot of great options anyway, so I ordered it. For me, it is better than being completely unsatisfied and then wanting something more.

Can't run...according to the doctor. At first this made me want to run and I have a couple times, but I really don't enjoy it anyway. Sometimes I wish I did enjoy it. Double unders...I worked at it for a long time, could do a few, did 10 in a row once. Then stopped, I tried again and can not do them. Pull up, but I haven't…

I lost my first 50 pounds in about 5 months. The 2nd 50 took another 7 months or so. After that it took me about a year to lose 30 more....that was September 2009 - September 2011. In the last couple years I have gained back the 30....it seems so much harder to lose it this time.

I swim a couple of times a week right now. Yesterday I started with 1000 yards straight, then did some drills, then swam some other strokes to break it up...total of 2000 yards. During the week I don't have as much time so I usually do 1500 yards. Lately it has been just swimming laps without stopping to rest. I have a 1.2…

my band size went down a lot, but cup size not so much. I lost around 100 pounds and went from a 42G (sometimes H) to a 36G. wish the cup size would go down more.

scrambled eggs and veggies or a fried egg sandwich. I also usually have things in the freezer from earlier meal prep.

If it is an open water swim, definitely try to get some practice with that before the actual race. It is a big change from the pool. Luckily the first one I did had a practice swim the weekend before....learned about the need to site where I was going. I made the practice swim a lot longer than it needed to be. LIke…

It was fun and made me try things that I would never have tried on my own...that ended up looking good. They way you dress a size 22-24 is way different than a 10-12.

I thought I would love shopping once I got out of plus size. I found it overwhelming, there are just too many options. It took me a while to get out of my comfort zone of what to even try on. I ended up taking a friend of mine that is into fashion shopping with me a couple times. I just went in the dressing room and she…