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thanks everyone! Amboo- I haven't even thought of that! I was pregnant last year and right before i got pregnant i reached my half-way goal and my mom took me out for dinner0 AT OLIVE GARDEN! lol (holy calories). I maintained as much as I could during the pregnancy- i had my 3rd daughter the end of last november- and was…

I'm going from 353 to 153lbs. I'm at 267 as of today! 253 is my half-way point AND IM ONLY 14lbs away from it! Hurray! Sorry I am just excited to be so close the the half way mark!

OMG I MIS-TYPED my post- lol I'm at 270 now- not 170!

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WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!! Ren, we could be weight loss buddies! I started at 353- and am now at 170lbs.. my goal is 153lbs. We are so close =) Congrats!

Thanks everyone. it says I should be 153.1 --- I was close =)

I'm sure this gets asked often- how do you determine your ideal healthy weight? I always thought i wanted to get down to 150... but it was just a number I pulled out of my head.... are there any tools I can use to help me figure out what a good goal weight would be?

Of course they say this- They don't really want us to be healthy- they want us to always think we are sick and have something wrong...,.. as hard of a pill is for most people to swallow- it's the truth. Companies/ etc make more money- they sicker and unhealthier we are.

thanks for the responses so far! Just to clear it up- I realize they are working out insane amount of hours during the day- and with a household to run and 3 children- that isn't going to happen for me. I am realistic though- i was saying it motivates me because I realize by the end of summer I could be very close to…

I believe that many times we set ourselves up to fail... I know that happens to me, when I don't prepare meals and am busy and need to quick eat something and then I "fail"... so instead of setting myself up to fail- I set myself up to be successful. This means, I do meal planning for the week etc.. so that I always know…

http://www.amazon.com/EA-Sports-Active-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B001MBUGLY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1236007202&sr=8-1 thats the link for the video- wow it gives you a new workout everyday based on how you're doing etc.... i sooo want it!

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I am starting to count calories and excercise yada yada- today (I had my 3rd child 3 months ago and got off track while i was pregnant). Anyways though- one thing I always do is cut out fast food and completely stop eating it. So yesterday- like we do lots of times- dh gets us taco bell late at night after the kids are…

That does look really good- the EA SPORTS FITness game- but it doesn't come out until June =) I will get it when it comes out- but going to get fitness coach for now ! I WANT TO START, umm YESTERDAY. lol

ok I think that's what I am going to get for now =) THANK YOU!

I posted a thing in Motivation and Support talking about positive thinking and attracting what you put out for the world. ANYWAYS- I can't find how to change it in the settings- so I thought sharing with you all would work just as well- (orignially when i signed up i put the weight i was when i signed up- and i was wishing…

How many of you believe in "positive thinking" or putting good energy out- and attracting things you are giving off? I am a big believer in this- and was reading through some really old topic posts I've made and noticed someone had the signature, "Expect Failure, and hope for the best". If you are expecting failure and…

I am looking at getting a Wii game for excercise- but didn't realize how many there are! Wii Fitness Coach Jillian Michaels Gold's Gym etc... etc... What would you all recommend?

I TOTALLY AGREE! It just dawned on me - i think my ah-ha moment happened! and it happened saturday. My 9 year old daughter did a jump rope for heart thing with school and then we stopped and got subway afterwards to bring home to dad and her sisters for lunch afterwards. Because they are $5- i just got 3 foot long subs to…

I lost 100lbs a few years ago- (I've managed to keep 80lbs off it- and had 2 more children in the meantime).. anyways I totally cut out ANY and ALL fast food. I didn't eat any for months! One day for some reason someone convinced me to go to Burger King with them- OMG! It made me sick to eat it! But it also made me realize…

For the past year I've said I need to join the gym... but then I got pregnant again with our 3rd daughter etc... she's now 3 months old and I'm ready to get back on track with my weight etc... but with our finances and time and work schedules right now- going to the gym just isn't going to really be an option for me.…

Chipper- Way to go on your weight loss! AND WAY TO GO ON NOT SMOKING! That is amazing! You are a true inspiration!

I always read weight loss stories to help get me motivated! And everyone always has this epiphany, where it just clicks and then they loose 100lbs. (or whatever). I feel like unconsciously I feel like I can't lose all the weight I want to, until I have the ah-ha moment and since i've yet to have it- I don't stay serious…

Try and re-think how you view calories. Take the number of calories you should be having a day and think of it as your Target. Your goal everyday is to get as close to that number of calories as you can. SO if you are exercising- it's putting you farther away from your target- so you need to eat more calories in order to…

Last April I "stopped" on here because I was pregnant for my 3rd child! I gave birth to our 3rd daughter on November 14, 2008- and now I'm ready to be back here =) Since my last "weigh-in" which was like April 28, 2008- to the weigh-in I did today- there is a difference of 22lbs! WOOHOOO. Having babies doesn't always…

I love green tea also! I don't know if drinking green tea will make you lose weight- but I do know green tea is an appetite suppressent. I drink green tea when I'm feeling the urge to snack. The warm tea takes the cravings away- and it's just yummy!

Awww. sorry I can't really give much advice. Both of mine (8 year old and 14 month old) are girls! My sisters both have 1 boy and 1 girl. One of them is only 8 months old.. but the other boy is just over 2. My sister always said how she couldn't believe how different boys are!!!!! I know he went through the same thing- and…

Thursdays are my LONG days at school. (9am-10:30pm). I've gotten into this horrible habit of going to Taco Bell on my way home after school. Tonight I had the urge- but instead called my mom- and my sisters (ie my mom does a 3 way call between me and one of them and then my other sister does a three way with us and my…

I hope I didnt give the wrong impression- I am NOT obsessed with using the scale- but I do like to weight myself every Sunday to check my progress! (it always motivates me). I just thought with such a drastic difference between the Dr's office scale vs. my home scale- that maybe I just need a new scale. I know our scale…

When I first started MFP on a Sunday I weighed myself on my scale at 303lbs. The next sunday (last sunday) I weighed myself on my scale at 300lbs. Today I had a Dr.'s appointment in the a.m and their scaled weighed me as 293 lbs. Tonight (right after i went for my walk) I weighed myself on my scale at 305lbs. What the…