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Me too! I have bought more shorts this summer than I have since I was in college :) It's a beautiful thing. I went shopping with my mom over the weekend and I tried on a medium shirt and she actually said "I think you need that in a small." Amazing. I have never worn a small!!

I had my Mirena put in August of last year and am down almost 50 pounds since October. I am not diminishing anyone else's experience with it, but I just wanted to share that my own has been fine. I have been able to lose weight with the Mirena and have not had any side effects. If anyone reading this is interested, talk to…

I had a much bigger goal than you to start but in the beginning I had to give up alcohol. Period. It was too easy for me to go from one glass of wine to three and completely derail all my hard work. I told myself when I lost 10 pounds I could have a drink again and then I only did on the weekend. It's a little different…

That's awesome!! Congrats!

You can do it! You did it once before and know what works. A 50 pound weight loss is a huge accomplishment and you can get back to it! Just go back to what you know :) Good luck!

I am leaving for Disney one week from today. I have every intention of enjoying it and not stressing over the food. I will log as best I can while I am there but I am not going to eat what I want, when I want and I will worry about any repercussions when I get back to the real world! Vacation is a time for fun and I don't…

I started out eating 1200 when I began losing the weight. After I lost about 35 pounds I dropped my goal to only losing .5 instead of 2 lbs a week and that upped my calories. It took longer to lose the last 15 but I still did it! Keep up all the things you know - weigh food, log accurately and exercise!

Oh man! I never thought about putting a scoop of jelly in it. I bet that's yummy! It seems like everyone agrees on the Oikos - I'll have to try that one next. Thanks!

This couldn't have come at a better time! We are leaving for Disney World in a few weeks and was just thinking about all the yummy food I'll be eating. I know that Disney involves a lot of walking in the heat too but I plan to enjoy every Mickey shaped treat they have! Thinking about this will help assuage my fears when I…

This has happened to me a lot too since I lost the weight. I think it's just that people got used to seeing a heavier me that now even though I am at a healthy weight, I look "too skinny" to them. I mean, I weighed this much 15 years ago when I was in high school and no one had any concerns about me being too skinny then!…

I like logging. I work in accounting and numbers in little boxes that show me pie charts and results make me very happy :) I know that's weird, but it completely works for me. I wouldn't find writing things down in a notebook any easier. My phone is almost always on me and I am a creature of habit so most of the foods I…

It took me 6 months to lose my original goal of 44ish pounds. Since then I have lost a few extra while trying to figure maintenance out. I've only been maintaining for a little over a month now. I plan on logging forever. It's the only consistent thing that has helped me lose the weight. I think the benefits far outweigh…

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I went to visit my dr for a routine checkup and she told me my blood pressure was so high I was in stroke territory. She gave me 90 days to make some lifestyle changes (lose weight) or get put on blood pressure medicine. 6 months and 47ish pounds later my blood pressure is just fine and I am healthier than I have been in a…

I toast a 100 calorie English muffin, spread a wedge of laughing cow cheese, put turkey and spinach on it and then poached eggs. It's my favorite breakfast on the weekends!

Me too!!!

I'm 5'6" and my goal was 130. I am actually at 127 right now because I am still trying to figure my maintenance numbers out. I don't want to go any lower and my high is 132 so it's a 5 pound range. You just have to be comfortable with you!!

Light and fit Greek yogurt - banana cream - my absolute fav! I top it with 1/3 of a serving of Special K red berries and it's perfect! It's my breakfast every morning, except the yogurt flavor changes :)

For me it depends on the distance and speed. If I walk two miles at a good brisk pace - break a sweat, have to catch my breath - then yes, it's exercise. But strolling isn't to me. And I don't usually count anything under a mile either.

I work somewhere where my choice of lunch is readily available. My go-to when I couldn't decide what I wanted was fried chicken and mashed potatoes. No veggie, no fruit and always a dessert. Once in a while is fine but we are talking 3 lunches a week.

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I eat below where I am supposed to maintain. But for me it's more because I don't weigh my food and it gives me a margin of error. And I don't do it every day. I usually try to leave about 300 at the end of the week. And yes I have continued to lose but nothing drastic. I think I'm down 1 pound from where I started…

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I am 5'6" and 130 and I am decently skinny. I think at 5'10" and 130 you would be too thin. Enjoy maintenance!!

I love that this has popped back up from 2013! In Raleigh myself :)

Mine has stuck in about a 3 pound range. I have a number that I don't mind going +/- 2 pounds on and so far I have stuck with that.

My "why" started out with a dr telling me I had to make some lifestyle changes or I was going to need to take BP meds. At 32 I felt waaaay too young for that. And in succeeding with weight loss my "why" has changed a lot. I find now that all the thing I always said I couldn't do - I am doing. Not only am I doing them - but…

Convict conditioning...that made me laugh! I mean I get the idea and it makes sense, but I giggled when I first saw it :) Thanks for the help!

I love it! I like seeing it in black and white. I work in accounting and I love being able to see it all there in front of me. The pie chart toally satisfies my inner-geek :) I am at maintenance now and totally plan on logging for as long as I need to.

In for yummy salsa recipes!