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Is it possible you are losing inches but not lbs? 5 lbs up or down can be water weight. I would check that I'm getting enough protein and reduce sodium intake, along with drinking enough water.

Are you from the holler or the mountaintop?

That is a great story and you look great in all of your pictures and happiest in the last one! Very full of life!

Happy Birthday!!! I'm sorry someone was so callous toward you. It was cowardly to do that. I hope your day has improved, and that you have a fantastic year ahead.

You don't need to explain it to anyone, but you can always say that being fit is for everyone, and being thin doesn't equal fitness. If you are at goal weight, you still need to exercise and eat right to maintain good health.

My favorite is 1/2 cup each of the following: Stonyfield yogurt (plain),wyman's wild organic frozen blueberries, frozen raspberries, and Trop50 blueberry/pomegranate juice. If you need sweetener, add a little honey. I drink it unsweetened and love it.

Congratulations! What a great accomplishment and you look very happy!

Get started and stick to a process you can live with and the weight will come off in time. By next January, even if you don't lose as much as you'd like today, you will feel better and look better. The times I've done the best are when I ate enough to feel satisfied and exercised but without overdoing it. The book "Eat…

We can never make someone else change. And, your husband may be having (psychogical, emotional) trouble that you don't know about which is manifesting in his physical challenges. He may also resist efforts to take charge of his health if he feels you're nagging him into it ("Yesterday, he FINALLY did some time on the…

2 Tablespoons of peanut butter on English muffin. Smoothie with 1/2 cup each of frozen raspberries, frozen wild blueberries, Stonyfield organic yogurt, and Trop50 blueberry pomegranate juice. Very filling and delicious. If you need to sweeten the smoothie, add a tiny bit of honey, but I drink it unsweetened.

It's wishful thinking and for many people disbelief in the principle of cause and effect.

Hi Jennifer, you're in the right place. I've found so much support on MFP that it's really made a difference. I've kept off 54 lbs, and look forward to losing more. Give yourself a pat on the back for the weight you've kept off. Congratulations on keeping 40 lbs off. That's a major accomplishment. I'm also working on…

I'm in!

I sometimes buy the very tiny size of Ben & Jerry's or Haagen Daz, or I'll buy a single serving of something I like. The trick for me is not to have 1/2 gallons or pints of ice cream in my house on a regular basis. I also love milkshakes so to get a dose of the cold and the texture, I started making smoothies. My favorite…

Same goal. I need to keep moving toward another goal.

Cigarette smoke. Especially in a non-smoking area. I grew up in a smoking household and hated having smoke blown in my direction. I loved my father, but he smoked too much, until his heart attack. Then he quit cold turkey.

You can't change your wife, however, you may be able to get her to agree to make healthier choices for your child. Rather than looking at the situation as what you would take away, why not consider adding -- more fruits and vegetables. Bring your daughter to the store and have her choose the best looking fruits. This is a…

I drink a homemade smoothie almost every day. I use 1/2 c. nonfat plain yogurt, 1/2 cup wild frozen blueberries, 1/2 c. frozen raspberries, and 1/2 c. Trop50 Blueberry/pomegranate juice. My skin is better, I feel better, and it helps me to include fruit in my diet.

My sister worked with a young kid (she was in her 50s) and he said, "I bet you used to be hot." Ouch.

I'd like to lose more than 5 in April, but here's my 5 lb goal. Best of luck to everyone! SW: 267 CW:218.7 GW:145 GW for April: 213 Weigh in Dates: 04/01: 04/05: 04/12: 04/19: 04/26: 04/30: Total weight loss:

My parents were first generation, too, but Irish. My mother was 98 pounds when she got married, mostly because she was from a large, financially challenged family (born in the Depression). Both parents are gone now, and I understand completely what you mean, although my mother always cooked decent meals so there wasn't…

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Congratulations! What an inspiration!

Congratulations, great job! You look fantastic, and I'm sure you feel great, too.

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I vote no. If spanking worked, you'd only have to do it once (quoting Dr. Phil here).

Try to take a few days off. Yes, it's true that you may need to change what you're eating, but you may also be creating a situation where your body won't let go of the weight, because it knows you're exercising really hard. Also, I don't know about you, but i gain muscle very easily, so if I exercise a lot, my body…

Congratulations on your weight loss, and by the way, you have an extremely easy-to-read writing style. Best of luck to you in the future with anything you choose to do!