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When you say "quick oats" would those packets of instant oatmeal work?

Fit and skinny for the first time! Why did I wait so long? It rocks!

If I drank two cups of water right before bed, I would spend the whole night running to the bathroom, lol.

I was actually wondering this same thing during my run yesterday.

We have a program at the beginning of every year called "Scale Back Alabama." You're put into groups of five and if everyone in the group loses 10 pounds in 10 weeks, you're entered into a drawing for a prize. That's actually what got me started on here a year ago, and I'm at my goal weight now, 65 lbs lighter. So I guess…

Agreed. And what is the long-term plan there? Are you going to eat cereal twice a day, every day, forever? No. You'll be sick of it and go back to eating other foods. Your calories will come back up and you'll be right back where you started. I guess if you wanted to drop weight for a specific event, like a wedding or a…

^ THIS I picked my name because I'm obsessed with daleks and also a girl, so I wanted to floof it up a little bit, lol.

And let's just say it. It was BORING.

Your belly definitely looks more flat in the last one than in the one before it --I totally see the difference! ^.^

I LOVE going down a jean size. So much more real than a number on the scale. That's when you know you're accomplishing something. ^.^

Drink lots of water! It really does help. I came back from a vacation 5 lbs heavier and most of it was gone by the next day.

For some reason, the people around me have no sympathy when I complain about having to buy four wardrobes in eight months, lol. The really sad part is, I'm now pretty much at my goal and have enough clothes to make it through the winter--but when it gets warm again, I have to start all over! #sobroke

I get that feeling sometimes -- in my case it's a blood sugar problem. Maybe try eating every few hours today, instead of two big meals?

Yeah, I've noticed that, too. Pretty sure it's because eating has cranked up your metabolism (which is the reason to eat breakfast in the first place). Maybe you could try arranging your calories for the day so that you can eat something small in the morning and then another little snack at mid-morning, so you don't feel…

Like johnny_k said, make sure you don't start off too fast! It's really tempting to try and match pace with the people around you, but it messes up your endurance later. Just stick with the pace you've trained at, and enjoy the race! Even if you end up walking some of it, you've still got a great accomplishment to be proud…

How nice for her! She was beautiful before of course, but I'm sure she's feeling much healthier now.

I'm addicted to the little ice pop things. They're twenty calories and take forever to eat because they're frozen. Perfect.

This is a huge point of contention on MFP -- use the search tab to search "should I eat my exercise calories" and you'll find a wealth of discussion about this topic. Personally, I say YES! Eat your exercise calories! Maybe not all of them all the time, but your body needs fuel to go and if you're exercising it needs MORE…

I'd say go through and pick out the stuff your favorites and throw the rest away. Then use your exercise calories to eat what you've chosen.

You look adorable!

I feel like I did pretty well this week! I couldn't work out every day, but the days I did are pretty solid. Here's my numbers: Mon: 1045 Tues: 0 Wed: 781 Thurs: 0 Fri: 0 Sat: 668 Total: 2494 And part of the calories from Saturday are for finishing my second official 5K in half an hour--the time I wanted!

They have TONS of "The World's Largest" stuff in North Dakota. We weren't even looking for that sort of thing when we drove through and found, like six of them. Oh, and if you go to ND, you should check out the "Enchanted Highway." It's a stretch of road that has huge metal sculptures all along it. It was one of our…

Awesome idea! Thanks!

I did really well this week! I can't touch some of the awesome numbers on here, but it was one of the best workout weeks I've had in a while. ^.^ I plan to have another kickin' week this week, too. Mon: 720 Tues: 0 Wed: 565 Thurs: 806 Fri: 0 Sat: 239 Sun: 0 Total: 2352

It's not to help her lose weight. It's because her body can't process fat right now. It makes her really sick.

Okay, my numbers are late and frankly embarrassing compared to everyone else, but it was the best I could do. I'll do WAY more this week. I only burned 480 calories all week.... sigh.

Yeah, so I'm really slow and only just realized that we were using this thread to communicate.... lol. Okay, I'll start posting my calories on here as well as messaging them to albatim. They're going to be frankly embarrassing this week, because it's homecoming week at the school where I teach and I literally have not…

Fun stuff! Congrats on all your success!

I'd probably book before hand if you have a specific window of time you need to go, just so you can be sure that time slot doesn't fill up. They're doing a bunch of Halloween themed stuff, so it's probably going to be pretty busy.

--oh, and take a camera! They have tons and tons of original props (from the original and new series) that you can take pictures of / with. The interactive stuff is amazing, and you're all bunched up in a group so no one will even be able to tell if you're there on your own.