abellante_0205 Member

I have pics in my profile, i dont know how to post them in here... It never works for me when I try... I have lost 41.9 lbs to date, not my best but I have done very well in trying to maintain it... The highest weight loss I have had is 45 lbs so I am a few lbs behind where I was at my best... for this year but thats okay…

personality and the chemistry is whats important to me! Guys seem to only like me for my looks... :(

CONGRATS!

I'm working on my stomache as well... The pic as my default is me a couple weeks ago! I am hoping I can get my abs back! Its definitely a lot better than in 2009 when I first started my journey, I wish I took a picture of me in a bathing suit at that time, but i didn't. OH well!!!

you can lead people in a direction but you can't make them do anything if they arent ready. My parents tried to convince me that I needed to work out 2 years before I actually admitted it to myself and swallowed my own pride and did it for myself. I was 43.3 lbs overweight, and now I am only 3.2 lbs away from my goal, and…

drink half of your weight in ounces... drink more if u consumed a lot of sodium!

I stopped drinking for my first year and I lost 24.3 lbs... I decided for my 2nd year that I was going to drink only 4x a year, and I gained 2 of the lbs I had lost the year before... It was a REAL bad year for me, so I don't blame the alcohol on it because my 3rd year I did the same thing, 4x a year, which was REALLY hard…

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Cardio is what made me lost the weight I have lost. I am trying to add in other exercises tho.

"I need to focus on myself"... A month later he had a girlfriend... I'm guessing he was cheating on me, and knew I was catching on, because I would question him a lot of why we weren't talking as much as before...

yes thats what they recommend. I sometimes drink more than the recommended! I do not drink anything but water now... You really should try to avoid any drinks that have calories in them or any added stuff into it because it will hurt you in the long run!!! I used to drink pepsi, until a little more than a year ago and I…

Get a HRM!!! I have 30 day shred, but I haven't been consistent with it.

Jillian's in 30 day shred!!!! It doesn't seem like its too much high intensity at all, but its all non-stop... which is hard on me and I just started after getting it for my birthday Sunday lol :)

I started it earlier... I have a physical disability so some of it seems really hard for me to do, but I try my best!!!

I fell off the wagon after my first year of weight loss... It was just a bad year for me, but at the end I only gained 2 lbs back of the weight I had lost the year before, so I thought it was a success and I called it my mini maintenance time!!! What motivated me to get back up was my sister getting engaged and asking me…

I'm 4'11" My goal was to be 100 lbs by my 3rd year anniversary of this journey. I am about 3.4 lbs away from that goal! :) I was 143.3 lbs when I started Feb 8th, 2009 -- I did a year without MFP -- and I lost 24.3 lbs that year, then I gained 2 lbs back in 2010, but now I have lost 16 lbs plus the 2 lbs i gained back this…

you're hm 27?

I have lost 38.4 lbs up to date since feb 8th, 2009... Yes long and slow... but so WORTH it... If you try to lose weight fast, the chances of you gaining it all back will be greater. Because I lost weight slowly, when I messed up my 2nd year -- i now call it my pre-maintenance year I only gained 2 of the lbs I had lost my…

there are drinks for children who are picky eaters, i can't remember the name of it, but she should drink that, and try to minimize the fast food. Go for walks, get her to play outside with friends!!!! Go get a Wii or XBOX kinect!!! Get her moving with games like that! She may actually enjoy it. Also dance classes if shes…

My grandparents except for grandma (mom's mom) came from Italy/Sicilly. Grandma was born here but her parents came from Italy/Sicilly as well. so I am pretty much 100% italian/sicillian! :) I am also american since Grandma was born here, and my parents were born here as well, so I have both in my blood...

all the time!!! I'm Alicia... and a lot of people think its Alisha, Alecia, Alicesa and idr how else people spell my name... I have always thought the way to explain how to pronounce my name is like Alisa but the spelling is Alicia. I have a hearing loss so its hard for me to explain things, but the way my family says it…

My goals: finish college by May, get into maintenance mode, walk as much as I can without stopping, eat more healthy!!!!

maybe cut down how much u drink of it, like make half a shake until your body gets used to it?

I found monitoring my sodium helped me a LOT!!!!! Calories helped too but eh... lol Sodium and sugars is what hurts me mostly!

It gave me my weight 143.3 lbs -- I'm only 4'11" so yes I was considered very overweight. I denied it since 2004 that I needed to lose weight, I was a thin girl growing up... gained weight after my sister found out her daughter had SB which is what I have and she underwent a surgery to help close the baby's back, and it…

GREAT JOB!!!!!! :) Its a great feeling when a dress fits!!! I was surprised when I put on a dress for my cousin's wedding a few weeks ago (Nov 19th) and it was a size 6.... At my sister's wedding my dress was a size 14 and it had to be altered a lot so I don't know what my true size for that dress was... But being a size 6…

My email is abellante_0205@yahoo.com

count me in! :) I really need this!!!! Thanks to allie7383 for introducing me to this group. My name is Alicia and I have been on MFP since the end of March -- but I started this journey in 2009 after stepping on the wii and it telling me I was fatter than i thought I was... FREAKED ME OUT. I have been doing alright with…

Welcome and good luck!!! I lost 24.3 lbs before I joined MFP, and I have lost about 11 lbs more since I joined MFP -- NOT my best -- I gained some weight due to Thanksgiving, but I will get back there soon enough! :) Losing weight is tough but stick in there, you will eventually do it :)

bananas or any kind of fruits and yogurt