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Solution? Screw society. Don't read fashion magazines, don't watch television, disregard the bombardment of advertisements everywhere. Focus on how you feel and how beautiful you are. Love your quirks. Dress your body so you feel sexy, and you will look it, because confidence IS sexy. I've been hearing this advice for…

I concur on the second hand. I have a second hand Singer and my friend has a second hand Kenmore. Each has to be at least 30 years old, and they both work like dreams. I don't trust that the new ones are built that sturdy.

I only eat pasta on special occasions. It's too high in calories to enjoy a good portion, in my opinion. I am a poor student, so my mostly vegetarian diet may be a little boring. I eat eggs with vegetables for breakfast almost every day, fruit and a granola bar for lunch, and then rice, beans (black beans, chick peas, or…

Oh man, I live in Alberta and I don't exercise outdoors in the winter. Or the spring. Or the summer, because then it's too hot. You sure beat me!

I was a 40DD at my heaviest, currently siting in a 36D and seriously needing a fitting. I haven't been a C since I was like 14. Ahh!

I love my wiifit. I can't use it right now because I don't have a wii anymore (breakups suck) but I really miss it. It was also my only scale!

I lost my back fat first. Thank god. Then my tummy and face.

I chose 160 as a long-term goal down from a starting weight of 208 simply because that's how much I weighed in middle/high school and I couldn't really remember what I looked like any smaller than that. I met that in August and chose 145 as my next goal arbitrarily. I'm still 10 pounds away and I'm not sure if I'll get…

MFP is the ONLY thing that has worked for me.

Before and during, 205 in the first and 160 in the second.

I realized that my backfat had congealed into rolls. I could no longer claim to have a nice shape despite being obese. Now my back is hot. No rolls anywhere.

All the time now. I did every once in a while before, but I was too insecure to flirt back or even really notice being hit on. Actually, I'm still a little too socially inept to flirt properly. Usually my friends have to tell me when a dude was flirting, haha.

I play video games instead of hitting the gym too. But I make it into a reward system. Like if I do the 30 Day Shred or spend half an hour with my weights I can play for two hours. Or six, whatever. I also do pushups or jumping jacks during loading screens. And it's been said, but the best rewards are how you feel and…

50 pounds gone progress pic

I'm more confident now, which has made me so much happier. Confidence absolutely does not have to come from losing weight, but it has for me.

Recreate the fast foods you love for a fraction of the calories and sodium at home. Make them healthy! I started making veggie burgers out of assorted beans and fresh veggies, with whole wheat buns and home-baked sweet potato fries to curb the burger and fries cravings, and I love it. I ate McDonald's for the first time in…

...My motivation is looking hot. Not health or anything. >.> In my defense I never had any plaguing health problems from being overweight. I'm healthier now in general and stoked about it, but I'm more stoked about how great I look and how much more confident I am.

I am 22, 5'6" and 155 pounds. I "cycle" between 1000 and 2000 calories, based on how I feel during the day. And I lose 0.5 pounds per week, which is as fast as my body wants to go right now at any calorie restriction. I was having the same results at 1200-1500 per day, so meh. I do eat my exercise calories eventually if…

On Thanksgiving or Christmas or my birthday or whatever, I will eat whatever I want until I am full. And then desert. I will especially do this this coming weekend, as I am cooking and hosting my own Thanksgiving dinner for the first time. I am not going to spend all day cooking a delicious turkey to just eat a few…

I spent months weighing myself 4-5 times a day. That stupid number had the power to make me ecstatic or miserable, even if only showed a difference of half a pound. I moved and don't have a scale anymore, so if I do want to weigh myself I have to go the gym, and even then if other people are in the changeroom I am too…

It depends on how much you have to lose. When I was a lot heavier I was losing 8-10 pounds/month. Now that I am at the high end of healthy I am lucky to lose 1-2 pounds.

Totally. I don't think it's a bad thing either, since our bodies are using a few more calories while trying to destroy us via uterus. I eat a few more healthy snacks during TOM and still lose weight after the bloating. Don't ignore your body!

At my last physical, in 2009 (-_-), I was 5'6" and 195 pounds. My doctor told me not to worry about weight since I was healthy-ish and only a little bit obese, but she suggested that I start eating whole, organic foods and exercise a little bit every day, just to be a healthier, happier person. Instead I ate junkfood for a…

I wore a skirt and a fitted blouse to campus and boys were just STARING at me. I even went into a bathroom to make sure they weren't staring because I had spilled something all over myself, lol. It was totally flattering, but I think I'm going back to jeans and a tshirt tomorrow, haha.

Well, I've had 4 today and the day's not over yet! But really, I eat at least two every day, and I ALWAYS eat the yolk. And I've lost over 50 pounds and gotten SO MUCH healthier doing it. Don't waste the yolks, dudes.

Halter tops! I think they're super cute, but I've never had the courage to wear them. Also, cute ren faire stuff. I want corsets to accentuate, not just constrict, lol.

I'm getting there at that pace. 50 pounds in 8 months, 15-20ish to go. I think that's probably very doable for you.

I don't cringe when I see my reflection or pictures of myself! And I'm going out dancing tonight, something I would have been WAY too self conscious to do before.

Ohhhh, so men stare because of our extended prehistory as hunters, NOT because girls walk around the gym gettin' all sweaty in sports bras and yoga shorts. I had this all backwards! =P That being said, I wouldn't say the super muscled girls AREN'T sexy, I just prefer ladies to be a little squishy.

I am 22, no kids, and I spend a lot of time at the beach with other 22 year old girls who don't have kids... Everyone has stretch marks. From growing up or gaining weight, or whatever. They might not be as bad as someone who has had kids, but they're noticeable. And no one really cares. You should just wear a bikini and…