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Yes, this. And bathroom breaks are aplenty., but it's good to get up and stretch the legs on a regular basis. Now that I've gotten used to having the right amount of water each day I can feel it the next day when I don't get enough. The other day I only got about 6 cups and I felt like crap the next morning. I had 9 cups…

Triscuits (or wheat thins) and mozzarella cheese is my fave after work snack. I eat it almost daily. Mmmm. Also love wheat thins with peanut butter and banana slices - so yum. Also green apple with mozz cheese or peanut butter. Today I made a big plate of carrot sticks, mozz cheese, turkey breast, broccoli, tomato,…

water eggs bananas peanut butter apples broccoli OJ tomatoes romaine lettuce mozzarella low salt wheat thins or triscuits chicken breast whole wheat bread 1% choco milk frosted mini wheats brown rice oatmeal cookies dark chocolate MnMs cocktails with the girls (2x a week) That's basically my weekly grocery list (minus the…

Double congrats!!

Thank you and good luck to you too! You're very smart to start this before your family health issues find you!

"Exercising" is boring. But there are lots of things that aren't boring that result in exercise being done; bike rides, kayaking, roller blading, hiking, dancing, tennis, racquetball, playing tag with the kids, sex :) , etc etc. I am addicted to kayaking and I try to do it every day that time and weather permit because it…

Wow! How tall are you? You look great at 189! By your first pic, I can tell we carry our weight in similar places. Very encouraging! :flowerforyou:

I always had that "what the hell" mentality my whole life until I had a scary doctor visit in September. That was enough motivation to keep me going until I actually started seeing results. Now that I've seen results, and I realize it's possible to see results, I am just motivated to see more and better results! Not sure…

I started in September too and have lost just a little over 20 pounds (wish I could do the conversions as you were so kind to do!) But luckily, I had caught on to what Fran said before the holidays struck, so I never did more than a cheat day over the holidays. In fact I did two and I didn't feel bad about them. One at my…

F'n awesome.

Ahh! OK. Thanks for the helpful replies :flowerforyou:

Same here. I only wash my hair every other day (and I wash mine more than most of my friends wash theirs). It takes WAY too long to dry and straighten it and I wouldn't do that daily! If it gets SUPER sweaty, I'll break my rhythm and wash it, but usually, I just do my really sweaty workouts every other day and save lighter…

Glad you made it in the Xmas card this year! Looking great!!

I'm 5 foot 7 and about half way there. Being about 3 months into this life change, I already feel successful though, because I am doing it. It is doable. I am seeing results! Don't have a place to host pics, but my before / half way there pic is in my profile.

LOL! Yes! This. Not to my goal yet, but when a guy paid my tab at a bar the other day, this was my exact reaction. Never had that happen before.

Vodka/cran is one of the snacks that is always near the top of the snack list. I like to have drinks 2-3 nights a week with the girls. Just 2, maybe 3 vodka/crans if all the kids have been picked up by hubbies. But those few hours a week are VERY important to my (mental) health, so I make them fit.

Nice! One of the worst feelings I ever experienced at work was when we had to order shirts for a convention and I had to tell someone my shirt size. I said 2x even though the 3x would've made me feel more comfortable. (Everyone can see me! They know I am fat. Why do I care about the number?!) And the person ordering the…

Ahh. OK, thank you! :flowerforyou:

Thanks MsSusan and Ekoth!

Amazing! :flowerforyou:

Also 39 turning 40 in April with another 30 pounds to lose! Friends are always helpful! Not sure how to do it but would happy to friend any of you ladies.

My daughter always requests my chicken, brown rice and mushroom dish. It's yummy and super easy. 1 cup brown rice 2 2/3 cups low sodium chicken broth white mushrooms chopped (I just cut them in half) chicken breast (I use three) garlic/onion powder and pepper to taste - any other spices you prefer Add ingredients to a…

Where do you actually measure? At belly button height?

I was thinking that the hips could account for some of the pant looseness for sure. Wish I had started sooner, but I will start staking more measurements. Thanks!

Ew. Oh. Yeah, I think you might be onto something there. That sounds about right. I'm happy to have it come off wherever it's gonna come off, but one of my main goals is to get that number to a healthy range.

Yes. One of my coworkers calls me "skinny" now. "Hi Skinny!" And I know she means well and I have lost weight but I am not skinny. I feel like it's like calling a big guy 'Tiny".

Wow. I can SO relate. Even our numbers are similar.

I have always been fat, or so I thought, until I actually was fat. I grew up with a tall, gorgeous, ex-fat girl as a mom in the 80's, so that means I grew up dieting.... in the 80's. (when I think of 80's dieting, I think of diet pills, grapefruit diets and lots of other stupid things, all of which my mom tried and…

I've got no problem squeezing a glass of OJ into my daily calories. No pun intended. ;)

Thank you much!