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Ditto on exercise and showering. And doing my hair - like really doing it, curling it, styling it. Even when I'm away for work, I'm so exhausted I'm just as unput together. I got my hair cut so I'd be forced to style it - but not short enough because I can still put it in a ponytail!

I guess I'll call today my official starting weight. I was higher than I thought, so I clearly wasn't losing this past week! 208.6 lb today.

Thanks everyone! I think I've added everyone so far! I'm relieved to hear other women are struggling just as much with the weight as I am!

I'm in just about the same position! 15lbs by August seems like a great goal, so I'll be joining you! :)

I'm 3 months out and working on it too! Looking for friends in the same place! :) Feel free to add me!

Giving this a little bump - I'm in Boston! Feel free to add me!

Bumping this up! I live within Boston city limits! And always love more MA friends! :drinker:

I'm so impressed! What a difference and what a way to just get out there and tackle it! You look gorgeous!

It was a tough weekend for me too with an all day holiday party/pubcrawl. It was fun, but who drinks for 12 hours straight? I logged my calories drinks and food, but it was tough to justify it even to be social with my friends. I don't have any other major holiday events in the next week, however, so hopefully my one crazy…

OT: The title of this thread made me thinking of "squatting" like taking up residence illegally. You know, sleep under a bench with one of the yoga class blankets, drink muscle milk from the vending machine and take your baths in the pool...

I'm inching my way back into it. Going at the upper body heavy, but waiting a little longer til I go full stop and include the legs. I'm committing to way too many zumba and kickboxing classes at this point to have energy to lift after. Once I re-dedicate my butt into going to the gym morning as well as night, I'll have…

I don't know why I didn't think of that since it lists the plane type. Thanks!

I'm going Boston to San Antonio and then San Antonio to San Juan. So all Domestic. My work is buying, so it's only Economy class. And those 4 I listed were the only airlines offering flights through Egencia that I'm able to book. Delta United US Airways American

You look fantastic! I think you're also pretty skilled at dressing for your figure regardless of what size you are at the time! I need that talent.

I have not gotten on the scale since Monday, April 9th. So..first day!

Okra! I learned how to make Bhindi Masala and I'm hooked. I'd never had okra before! It's so healthy too with just spices and a little oil.

Noting that Boston is in the background of the OPs photo, which I where I'm from also, I know exactly the kind of cemeteries around here that are appropriate to run in and visit for a relaxing walk. They hold festivals and other events at these places. They are historical and treated as such, visitors encouraged. Scattered…

Aveda like the hair products? I have to get more Be Curly in a week or two, so if they sell it at the salons too then I'll grab some! How exciting. I wonder if it's Aveda tea that they serve customers while they wait. It's always this amazing mint tea with a sweet aftertaste. I never thought to even ask! If not at the…

I think that it's harder to lose weight for some than others. I try to remember that everyone is different and try to tell myself that I don't know their story or struggles, when I find myself thinking similar thoughts. At this stage, having gained so much weight back recently, I've actually found that my judgments have…

That's so fantastic. I really should have stuck with this! I'm going home tonight and popping in the DVD!

I so need a heartrate monitor. I just log this stuff as strength still.

Upper Abs/Below Chest: 36" True Waist: 31.5" Belly Button: 36" Lower Abs/Hips: 38" I assume that the lower-abs/hips referred to our under-belly button pooch. That's what seriously needs to go so that's what I'm measuring. :D

I am on this, Steph! My abs are one hot mess I've gotta clean up this month.

I definitely rode around in the back of the pick-up truck quite a bit as a kid, in farm vehicles though - which weren't always road-legal either. That's about it though. My parents in the 80s had the current safety conscious basics down. Although I think carseats are like out of control now - I mean, I see school-aged kids…

Love the new photos - that swimsuit one is so dramatic - your stomach looks SO flat these days.

My mom always kept eggbeaters in the freezer. As long as you're just storing the whites, you can just put them into a freezer safe container. My suggestion would be to separate them into one of those ice trays with a cover. Make egg white cubes, so you know how much you're getting at a time. Like every cube is two egg…

I'm in Eastie! Not really north shore, but closer than south shore! :D

In my experience, a good number of men that age are pretty much settled into their bachelor lifestyle and/or they're already done the marriage/kids thing and just want a companion. I'd have a serious talk with him about it if that's what you want, because that's a HUGE issue in a relationship. If the man I was dating…

I was into local bands when I was in high school, so I saw a lot of Guster - who made it big after I stopped listening. I saw Lords of Acid in 1999 at The Roxy in Boston, although that's not a big venue/concert hall - but it was my first "adult" concert.

The B.A.A. Half Marathon last year - namely because I was in so much pain from start to finish that I had tears coming down my face the last couple miles; but it was worth it, since I ran for Dana Farber and had so many people that had donated and cheered me on that I couldn't live with a DNS or DNF. Of all my races…