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Wow! How long did it take and what were the main things that you think made you lose (other than sticking to your calories)?

What were the major changes??

What did the Dr do to boost your metabolism and increase your energy?!

I'm 5'4" (I say 5'5" to make the high weight not sound so bad) and have been 200-210 over the past 5 years. I've just gotten to 196, but a couple years ago I got to 185 by using mfp and working to get back there and below! Please fell to friend me cuz I can use the extra motivators!

I've got the logging and calories down. I have not yet added cardio but am easing into some arm weights. After reading about potassium in the last hour..I'm wondering if my lack of potassium could be causing the consipation....so I am going to make my potassium level meet the daily mark and see how that affects me. I will…

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I'm 5'4". I have the before...give me about a year and I hope to have an after.

How long have you been at this? Once your body gets use to only 1200 calories you won't be as hungry as often. I'm generally not that hungry, but if I am, I eat something that will make me feel better for the moment.

I lost my toenail too because it was slightly too long and was hitting up against my shoe. It ended up turning black, then fell off. Not sure if that's the same thing you have but just a warning because I had no idea that even happened! Yuck! It's grown back and no problems now but I was freaked!

Ractayjon, so glad you said that cuz I had a big gain the day before and now during I'm kind getting back to normal but couldn't understand why the big gain then drop!

mamilel mine was no fun because she and her last friend one had themselves as the last friend so I was in a loop. She hasn't been on for a month.

LOL!!

Muligutawny soup (have no idea about the cals!)

I use to think 1200 would be like starving yourself until I started doing it. I think it's probably harder for us, that are more overweight to go from very large portions to small portions. There are only some days that I feel really hungry (today is one of those days) but I guess I've now trained myself to be use to this…

Fun! Michele Spencer McCurrach How will we know we are MFP people and not some strange stalker?!

Yes, I always thought that would happen on high protein/atkins diets.

For 20 years I've only had bm's once a week. One time I went a month without and that was horrible! When I started drinking coffee, I've been a bit more regular, every other day maybe. I've always wondered if there is a correlation to that and being overweight. How many thin people out there are not regular??

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I call this my Facebook for weightloss! It helps me having a bunch of people as friends so I can look at statuses and then get a little extra motivation when everyone writes and says woo hoo or hang in there. It can't hurt and it makes it fun and keeps this task in the forefront of my mind! I friended you! I'm open to…

I wouldn't have thought people were doing that to be sneaky, but maybe some are doing what I do....I hit that button after almost every meal out of curiosity so I can see how much I would weigh if I only had that many calories everyday for the next 5 weeks. I use to hit that button alot more before I realized it logged it…

What is your current height and weight? Also, if you open up your diary, everyone can see if there is something off. Are you drinking alcohol?

I find that even if I stay within my calorie count, I will weigh 1-2 lbs more, exactly 2 days later, on the scale. It will then take at least 2 more days to go back to where I started. It is very frustrating. I know I can't lose weight if I drink and I LOVE wine but I am stopping for now until I can get into more of a…

I use b-12 sublinguals 2500 mcg. Awesome! What are b-12 dots???

I've lost 13 lbs by just watching what I eat and no exercising but I have a lot to lose.

Wow, I am soooo impressed! I can't wait to have an after or a decent in progress picture!

The only thing I don't log is my drinks and really the only thing I feel like I should is my coffee because I put skim milk in it but it's not worth it to me to add that little bit of milk.

I know what you are feeling! I'm sorta there now. Each day I say, tomorrow will show on the scale. Grrrr! Is there anything you can do different in your menu than what you are doing? For example, I think I am eating too many processed snacks at night and maybe if I switch to fruit I'll see a difference. Is your period here…

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Go to the mall and try on a bunch of clothes.