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UGH! I really dislike what too much salt in my diet does to my body!! :grumble: HOWEVER, in all fairness... I am the one that put it there! :sad:

AWESOME NIKSTER!! :drinker: I bought a dress today for my daughter's wedding. SO HAPPY! I used to wear a size 22W dress (I used to say it's mostly because I am SO busty)... and today... I bought a size 14! YAY! :bigsmile: Still haven't lost the boobs, though... so apparently I was just plain fat all along!! :laugh:

I don't really need any motivation to exercise except the end results. While at the gym, I concentrate more on my music than anything else. I love my iPod!! :bigsmile:

I have found the MFP calories burned to be WAY off.

awesome!! well done, you! :happy:

Thing is that I MAKE my own scrubs... I am too cheap to buy them! :happy: So I guess I figure I already put the work in, I might as well keep wearing them. :ohwell: But I have just cut out some new ones for summer holidays... in a much smaller size! :wink: THANK YOU!! You guys are stellar!! :heart:

Thanks! You ladies are SO awesome with all your words of encouragement! It makes me want to continue... even though it IS hard work!! :happy:

NO PROBLEM, April!!

That visual made me laugh! :laugh: I am REALLY short, so I guess I never really thought what scrubs would be like on a tall person! :happy:

They say that sometimes, we mistake hunger for thirst. So will your hunger ALWAYS go away when you drink water? NO. Sometimes you really ARE hungry!

While I agree with most of what you've posted... you should not have included the HCG diet in your statement. BECAUSE of the HCG, your body WON'T use muscle for energy. I should add... I DO NOT promote the HCG diet. I just wanted the information presented to be correct!

So you are a physician and research analyst now... BESIDES being rude and insulting. I have lived OUTSIDE the United States... and guess what? They have the same problems. Do you realize heart disease and diabetes are "caused" by many more factors than diet. Do you realize african-americans are far more likely to have high…

thanks! ...I'm getting there... slow but sure! And people are noticing - finally! But I still wear my old scrub tops, and they are huge! (I like them roomy.) So ya can't really see that I am smaller under them. :happy: My face is much thinner now and I think people are noticing that.

May 15, 2011 Posting my progress! :bigsmile:

LOVE lumpia and pancit!!

MYTH. If it were true... starving people would not lose weight. Your metabolism DOES slow down; however - it doesn't do this until you are below a certain percentage of body fat. The problem with not eating enough calories in a day has NOTHING to do with "starvation mode". It is more the problem that your body will "eat"…

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It HAS to be water weight. The body holding onto everything because it thinks it's in famine - science just doesn't hold this as truth. If it were - starving people wouldn't lose weight, yet they do. At a slower rate, but still they lose. I wish people on MFP would get over this already.

We live in SoCal... breathing DOES pose health risks!! :laugh:

meh... Pink: I keep telling myself that. But guess what?! I STILL HATE DRINKING WATER! :bigsmile: But I have learned that I can tolerate room temp. water much easier than cold. (Weird, huh?!) Well... I never said I was "normal"!! :laugh: vsetter: WELCOME! These ladies here are truly amazing and give really good advice!

Crystal: You WILL get there!! Everyone loses at different rates. I have decided that as long as I am losing, I am winning! :bigsmile: Sometimes, it's only 0.2 # and sometimes it's more. The thing is - you are sticking with it. Remember it isn't a diet, it's a lifestyle change. You are doing an awesome job of it!!!! Have a…

YAY!!!!!!!!! :bigsmile: WELL DONE, YOU!!! :bigsmile:

Okay... off to the gym to work on the new crap the Slave Driver ordered me to do. OH! AND the stuff I hate that she increased... ugh!!!! (note to self: never complain that since you are smaller your butt is now looking saggy!) I have now lost a total of 60#... a milestone! YAY! THAT is my happy for today! :bigsmile: Will…

In the past, I have just avoided any of the challenge exercises I couldn't do due to being high impact. I am challenging myself to find a low impact version!! Again, April... THANK YOU! You put so much time and energy into the group for us!! Please know you ARE appreciated!!

They teach you nothing as far as changing your eating habits... which is how we all got fat in the first place! Too much in the mouth and not enough exercise!

I had breast reduction 10 years ago. Breasts are basically all fat. If you lose enough weight, you WILL lose it in the "side boob" area as well. Sometimes, it takes awhile... like abd and back fat! I had that area liposuctioned at the time of reduction for body sculpting purposes...

ALLI doesn't absorb anything. It prevents your body from storing 30% of the fat you eat. It will also cause anal leakage, or leakage of grease if you pass gas. I'm not saying it doesn't work - it does. But there are side effects. Just sayin'... I am a nurse. I have also used ALLI.

Thanks! I have to say, again, thanks to all of you for letting me vent! It's just so good to know that you're "out there" willing to listen & support - without judgment. You are ALL awesome!

Thanks, Nikster! I feel better about it today. He is feeling sorry for himself instead of thinking of his daughter. As moms... we tend to put our children's needs before our own. Some dads do that too, others do not. I know I raised her well. I am confident in that. She is intelligent and independent. Whatever happens...…

I made myself some homemade chicken soup yesterday. (Doesn't that ALWAYS cure what ails you?!) Well, the calorie count isn't bad... but the sodium!! argh! Woke up this morning (still sick and hacking away) and my fingers were SO swollen from the salt! :explode: I wonder... will I ever learn?! geez... In any case - I will…