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Yes! I would love to start another challenge!! I had already met my goal -- with three weigh-ins left. Then I was in a horrendous car accident and I gained 20 pounds. I stopped walking, stopped charting/weighing my food, and pretty much just laid around recovering. It's just so shocking how quickly it piles back on. So if…

I've lost over 200 pounds so far. Sorry to say, my doctor says that sagging skin is here to stay unless you get plastic surgery. I've also been to a plastic surgeon to see about a panneculectomy to remove the hanging stomach skin/fat and it's not covered by most insurances. Yes, it's unsightly, but still easier to lug…

Hi Sam. I've lost 200 and still another 100 to go. Feel free to add me!

Yes, please count me in! It really keeps me accountable!!

I got the deactivated message too. Feel free to add me if you're still around!

Thanks for doing this again. It really keeps me motivated and accountable. I started off great on the Valentine's challenge, but towards the end I got sick and gained some of it back. Hopefully I'll be back where I want to be on Easter. Last Easter my family went to an Easter buffet and everyone thought I was nuts cuz I…

Yes, Easter sounds good! There's still so much snow here and I don't think it will melt by Easter, but I'll try to get in some exercise -- somewhere!

If you don't mind the sodium, mix it with part of a Hidden Valley Ranch envelope. Used thick, it is a great dip. Thin it with a little milk and it's great on salads. Make sure to chill it a while.

Thanks for clarifying that. What a inspiring, success story!!

Truly an amazing story! But it's not just about exercise -- she had to eat. I wish she'd have shared her caloric intake and what kinds of food she ate during that transformation.

I was 500 pounds a few years ago. Lost a little bit, but was 404 when I started MFP in January of this year. I finally got below 300 a couple weeks ago. Then I just spent this past week in the hospital and in ICU. All the saline & glucose IVs made me blow up 14 pounds, so now I'm a little over 300 again. Very depressing,…

Hi! Everybody before me gave you excellent advice, so I just want to wish you well. You can do it! When I started I had 300 pounds to lose and believe me, as time goes on it actually gets easier! You'll start to feel better and you'll definitely feel so good that you just won't want to blow it! This morning I got up and…

I love it too and have some $1 off coupons. However, I only have one grocery store in my small town and they now have all the Laughing Cow products on a rack in the aisle by the deli, and it's NOT refrigerated! I've been hesitant to buy it. How bout everyone else? Do you find it refrigerated or not?

Okay, so you effed up! Today is a new day -- just put the past behind and get right back on track. You probably needed all that food/the binge to soak up the alcohol! A one day setback is no cause for alarm, so don't berate yourself and certainly don't feel ashamed. Your weight loss is a long process and a one day screw-up…

That was a great post, xael -- very well said! I, too, stayed in the house many, many years. In fact, I worked from home for 18 years and only went into the office once per year. I was over 400 when I started my walking regime. I got sick of the cars full of teenagers screaming out the window, laughing and taunting me. Now…

Yes, sodium is really an issue for me, too. Right now I'm on a very strict budget and can't afford to buy healthy foods. It seems like all the low-cost foods are super high in sodium. Because I've had two heart attacks and have congestive heart failure I really need to keep my sodium low, but rarely achieve that.

Hello to XAEL1234 and welcome! Feel free to add me as a friend, if you'd like. I'm on here every day! Best of luck to you on your weight loss journey. Same as you, I have a daughter and two grand babies. They're my main motivation to get healthy. You're lucky that you're starting this journey in your early 40's. I started…

Yes!!! The feeling of "pulling down the pelvis"!! I tried describing that to my primary care doctor and she kept saying it will get easier as I lose more weight, but didn't seem to understand what I was talking about. At 500, and even 400 pounds I don't think I could exercise for more than 4 or 5 minutes at a time. Now…

I'm here too!

Hello and thank you for inviting me to join your group. I will be your junior warrior and live vicariously through all your epic battles. I saw this on Facebook this morning: Warriors are not born and they are not made.......Warriors create themselves through trial and error, pain and suffering, and their ability to…

Hello TJ & Tammijoy -- Welcome. As you see people don't post too much in here! You can friend me but my diary won't be much help as I'm not a very consistent eater (although I do weigh, log, and count the calories every day). The struggle is really worth it. I still have a long, long way to go but moving around is so much…

Hello to Lori and Erica -- welcome to the group that none of us really wants to be a part of! With hard work hopefully we'll all be out of here next year to join the "100 lbs. to lose" group! Feel free to add me if you'd like, but my diary isn't much help because I'm not a good eater. Take care, Valerie

Yes, 7 miles is amazing!!!! I'm so sorry you had to endure such torture from strangers. I've even had people take pictures of me with their camera phones. So just ignore them and do this for yourself! You're doing so well. Today I couldn't even finish the ONE mile video in my own living room! I had to sit down, rest, and…

I've been doing walking videos on YouTube in my living room. I try walking outside and I too, feel like I'm dragging. It's so painful & I feel like I'm gonna collapse. Maybe I feel more secure in the living room knowing there's a chair nearby? I can do a one mile walk video indoors, but barely make a 10th of a mile…

I do Leslie's one mile walk. When the "one mile" flashes on the screen I check my FITBIT and it never shows me as walking a mile. I'm always at .71 or .75 of a mile, etc.. I wonder if it's because I'm not moving as fast as Leslie.

I had plugged mine into the recipe area. Just checked and the sodium was 780 mg. 600 of it was from the Great Value sugar-free chocolate pudding mix. The original recipe was for a serving size of 2 portions, but mine is for 1 serving. I know it's pretty much empty calories, but far less caloric than the McD shake my…

Just made it -- am drinking it now. It didn't really resemble a Wendy's Frosty UNTIL I went back into the kitchen and swirled in the Cool Whip. Now it tastes divine. I live in the boonies -- the nearest Wendy's is 200 miles away. It was a nice treat. Thanks for sharing this recipe!!!! By the way, I didn't add ANY…

Welcome! Oh, I totally can sympathize with you! I live four blocks from the only Chinese restaurant in this town and I have to drive super fast, otherwise I can smell it and get tempted. I shouldn't have to deny myself forever, so I made a deal with myself that I WILL get some takeaway food when I get to a certain weight.…

I posed that exact question to my diabetes educator. I said, what if I chuck my healthy lunch and instead use up all my calories & carbs on a McDonald's cone. She said it was perfectly fine to do it once in a while. She insisted that all the body knows is the calories, nutrients and carbs you take in, not where it came…

I just had a McDonalds chicken, bacon, ranch salad for dinner tonight, and an hour later I'm ravenous with hunger. Big mistake!