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YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My husband and I just watched all the seasons again to get ourselves prepared. The woman and men on the show tend to have great bodies...kind of an inspiration for me too.

I am pasting this from one of my responses to a friend that keeps falling off the wagon because I think it would help you too. Okay, its a mindset thing. If you understand and accept bad days are going to be a critical part of the journey, you will stop beating yourself up about it so much that you give up. Its like saying…

Oh I forgot about york peppermint patties! Funny enough, we keep a box of junior mints or andes mints on hand and just eat 1-2 after meals to curb the dessert craving. It actually works for us. I do eat regular chocolate bars but not that much. The ones I eat are hersheys normal chocolate bar which is 210 cals and kit kat…

They are 3x3 I think maybe but again, they are super chocolaty so its not like you want a lot of them.

A few years ago I was down 83lbs. I gained around half my weight back but I started again and lost 10lbs the last few weeks. BUT, my point (I am 5'7 just fyi) When I was 286- Size 22-24 jean, 3x shirts At 203- Size 12 jean, L-XL shirt (I was muscular, worked out 15-20 a week for like 3 years so I think that's why I was in…

I am so sorry that your going through that. I see your going to therapy but have you disclosed what you are doing to him/her? I don't pretend to know exactly whats wrong but I'm wondering if there is a fatigue type of issue/nutrition imbalance. If you don't feel comfortable telling a medical professional (which I still…

<3 Don't starve yourself, don't use diet shakes(not to be confused with protein shakes once or twice a day) and don't take "magic" weight loss pills. You wont develop good eating habits. <3 If you cant give up a food for the rest of your life, don't give it up now. Just eat it in moderation. <3 Don't eat under 1200…

If its exercise you need motivation for- Think about it, you can bite the bullet and go to the gym for an hour, feel proud of yourself and lose weight or you can you spend 24 feeling bad that you didn't go and if you are like me, maybe even overeat because "You screwed up your day anyways, might as well eat bad food and…

I gotta keep this going. Great stuff everyone!

Small goals.

Daily, but as you probably already know, you have to understand some days you can be up 2 pounds and the next day down 4 because your body is weird like that.

Trick question. ;) We all have days when we just want to shove our face into a chocolate cake and other days we kick butt at the gym and have a perfect food diary. Know that those ups and downs are part of the process and its okay to be a 1 some days and be a 10 the next. Just don't give in and let it get the best of you.…

First thing, don't get me wrong because I am actually a really nice person but I am also a no bs kind of one too :) LOL Don't take this too hard because I am truly speaking from the heart and sometimes people don't need to be coddled and they need see the whole picture. I have a hard time giving anyone pity or motivation…

LOL!

Feel free to add me too. At one point I lost 83lbs but I unfortunately gained over half of it back due to medical issues and life getting in the way. I'm ready to kick butt in the gym and eat healthy again!!! At my best, I was going to the gym 6 days a week 2-3 hours a day for about 3 years. Since restarting I have lost…

You got this.

I would go see the doctor and just see if there are any allergies, asthma or any other medical condition you might have that could be impairing your breathing...even gerds will do it because it does it to me. If not, maybe there are some breathing techniques out there that will help you expand your lungs before you work…

I'm sure the classes will be great! I have thought about going them myself.

I would love to

Sure :) lol

Amazing

Hehe! Thanks ;)

No. If you want to drink shakes get protein powder for 1/4th the cost and eat actual food with it too.

I know a few trainers that swear by it BUT it cant be the ultra filtered stuff. Basically its the organic 100% pure ones that work.

I have got a bit desperate lately in my weight loss attempts the last few months and I went to GNC to buy this. I have been on my weight loss journey for 3 years, I have been a member of mfp for 3 years ( I created a new profile to start fresh again) and at one point I had lost 84 lbs just from pure exercise and diet. No…

Here is a chart http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/convert/measurements.html I found the best way is just to weigh everything lol

- Better mood and self esteem - Physical improvement and less pain - I'm planning on making a new start by moving to Texas or New Orleans from Maine sometime this year. I would like my body to reflect that new start before I go -Bathing suits, tank tops and shorts that come along with living in the south - To turn heads…