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So far I've been losing weight with little exercise - just walking, mostly. The big thing that we did was cutting grains from our dinners. Instead of having chicken and rice, we'll have chicken and salad, or chicken and sauteed veggies, or chicken and grilled mushrooms. Or tacos with soft shells and salad. It really saves…

We just looked at our first venue today for our October 10, 2015 wedding! I refuse to even start dress shopping until I've dropped 70lbs, and I'm aiming for the start of the new year to hit the stores. It's a big motivator!

Fashion is a big reason why I want to lose weight. For example, I wear only dresses or maybe skirts. Never pants. I feel there's just no way to make pants look okay on someone my size, while an A-line dress is the bee's knees if you will. Granted, I love retro/midcentury fashions, so once I lose the weight my style won't…

Thanks! I'm finding at the end of the first month it's easier than I thought it would be. Every other time I've dieted or 'lifestyle changed' it was the gym that did me in. I hate going to the gym, it bores me to tears. Eventually I'd slack off, and I'd say 'Oh! Failed my diet' and that'd be that. This time I'm just doing…

I snack constantly throughout the day. My favorite is clementines. I'll eat 5 a day or so in between meals, just enough to keep me going, to make my tummy hush. If you're just starting out and you need something with a little more staying power, consider almonds, or seeds. My cube mate has a trail mix of craisins and…

My fiance and I both chose 2015 for a lot of reasons, and I think we were relieved because it gives us time to work on our weights. For me, the wedding dress is the scariest. His mother wants to take me dress shopping in the worst way, but I refuse until I've dropped 70lbs. I hope to reach that by January 2015 so that I…

The Last Full Measure. Better than Gods and Generals, nothing's better than Killer Angels though. Going to read Gen. Longstreet's autobiography next. Yes, I'm on a civil war kick. After this I think it's going to be noir again.

I'm 10 October 2015 - haven't really started planning anything yet except my diet! Minimum goal is to drop 70lbs by January 2015 so that I can start dress shopping! Tomorrow marks 1 month in and 14 pounds gone. Hope I can do it! :/

I hate traditional 'exercise'. It bores me to death. I've tried everything - music, reading, watching TV. It's just agonizing, I end up watching the timer just to get done. I've just been trying to stay more active - got a pedometer, I walk to and from work and take evening walks after supper. It really helps that I'm on a…

My fiance does mashed cauliflower with a bit of skim milk and margarine for a mashed potato alternative. He also does them as latkes.

We had a meeting last week where someone brought these giant cinnamon rolls. Of course the head of the meeting was late, so I sat there with this box in front of me for 30 minutes. I got through it by focusing on having a tea latte once I got out. Just focused on that tea latte. And I got out, and had my 130 cal tea latte.

I love doing this. Every morning I plot out what I'm going to eat so I know if I have room to slip or cheat a little bit, or if I'm under eating. I can also tell if I'm likely to be over for that day, so I can make a point of finding some more calories to burn.

While I've only been at this in earnest for a month, I'm very happy with the trick I've been using - keeping your hands busy. So when I get home and my fiance and I will have dinner, after that I will do ANYTHING I can to stay too busy to eat. Housework, decorating projects, sewing, going for walks, a hot bath, playing…

When I first started, I would have something to do after I ate. So I'd eat my plate, and then immediately go run errands, or fold laundry, or something that kept me busy. The more I was able to keep from eating until 'stuffed' the more my stomach started to shrink - if that's the right word for it. After about a month or…

So now I'm going to spend the rest of my work hour daydreaming that I saw your husband doing this and I got to kneecap him with a .45. I hope you don't mind.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with being insecure or not liking that a spouse went to a strip club. There's many people in many relationships who don't find that appropriate. While you can't give permission for him to do or not do something, make sure he knows how it made you feel when he broke that promise. It's less…

Personally I love the Namaste Yoga DVDs. I like being able to do it on my time rather than having to rush to a class. That being said, I'd keep going to the class that works for you. And next time you hear a comment about fat people in the class? Maybe make a comment about fake yogis who don't understand the meaning of zen…

Generally-speaking I'm in the 'leave everyone alone at the gym' camp. When my fiance and I go together, I tell him not to talk to me, not to look at me. We don't know each other. Mind your own business. Let me daydream about winning the lotto and refurbishing a house or whatever it is I do. But I think back to a time when…

Oh, I have a story that's not about me, but that might be inspirational. My fiance's little cousin is maybe 4 and she has an older brother who is maybe 6 or so and is kind of a jerk when he's sleepy. So he and his sister start fighting over Sponge Bob or whatever, and he starts screaming at her: "Fat! You're so fat! You're…

I'm so sorry! My dad started calling me fat when I was about 6 - sent me into a spiral of screaming and self-loathing. He (around 350 pounds at the time) laughed and told me he was kidding but that was how life went with him. I've traced a lot of myself back to issues relating to my father and weight - I feel the need to…

Shopping for a dress for a gala. I refuse to even look at wedding dresses until I've dropped about 50 lbs because I don't want to have that experience again. Timing should work out just fine though since the wedding isn't for 17 months, so I'll start dress shopping about a year out if all goes well. :D

I'd love to lose 100 lbs! I didn't think I could do it, though, so I set my goal for 80. But add me if you'd like!

I suppose 18 must be pretty hard. You have to get good grades - if you get good grades, the rest of your life will be all taken care of. Right? That's how it works? Work hard in school so you never have to work at anything ever again?

18 is super hard! I can't figure out how I ever got through my days without wine! Those poor, sober youths...

Tuna! Greek yogurt and fruit! Granola! Turkey sausage or bacon!

Oh man do I want to be you. If I can hit 160 before my wedding next year I will be the happiest of campers. 26 here.

Clementines. I must eat 5 of those a day when my hands are idle. They're nothing in calories and honestly super good for you. Find your empty-handed munchie and go nuts!

Oh my gosh, yes. Despite the biological differences in a kid versus an adult, despite the free time, lack of responsibilities, etc - DRINKING. Every time I blow my calorie intake it's because of the wine. Poor little munchkin can't even begin to understand.

Oh my god if my kid turns out this stupid and rude it's military school all the way.

I view 'My Fitness Pal' as a daily goal. If you mess up one day, the next day is a new day. It keeps me from obsessing, from hating myself, and honestly seems to be just a generally good life lesson - tomorrow's another day and all that. That said, I went WAY WAY over on Saturday for our housewarming party. Mostly in…