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Thanks ALL! Mind you... my husband has said the same thing... when he started using his HRM while jogging... it said WAY higher burns than what his app was saying as well... and he goes by that. I guess I just get skeptical! Sure... I'd love to think that I'm burning that... but with that in mind I need to make sure I'm…

First tape... oh... heaven knows... but I did have Michael Jackson's Thriller on Vinyl :-) First CD... I had to be like 7... Cyndi Lauper True Colors

Inspiring dedication!!!

Fantastic!

You look GREAT! Fantastic job!

You are doing AWESOME! Keep up the great work!

Thank you thank you thank YOU for sharing this! I'm going to share the link to the video with a group I've started... VERY inspiring!

Care to join a Countdown to Summer group? I've organized a group that will kick off with the first check point on Monday the 7th until Memorial Day.... let me know if you are interested. I was part of a group that kept me really motivated leading up to this last Christmas... helped me a lot to have a check in weekly at…

WOWSA! You are awesome and so inspiring! Thank you for sharing!

Sending out invites!

I sent you both invites :-)

^^This^^ Soda was something I never thought I'd be able to kick. It was actually my teenage daughter that inspired me... she gave it up for the most part... opting for water even when soda was readily available. I started doing the same... and I had HEARD the same things... that it's the cravings... THAT was really an…

Hey... so I set mine at the lowest activity level... because well... I'm also kind of irregular on exercise. As for the walking... I use "Jog Tacker" app on my phone. I have an Android phone... and I plug in my age, and weight etc... and it calculates based on how fast and long I go how many calories I burn... and those I…

There's a lot of truth to this... it's hard to hope for the best on the scale... when you can KNOW how you are doing by logging. Accounting for what you consume is such a big part of the process... the scale really only tells part of the results as well. I think tracking helps connect things with your brain as well.

I try to stay around 1200... and I keep my diary open... add me if you want to... I'm always up for sharing ideas. I can honestly say that 99% of the time I'm satisfied... and I feel pretty good these days... still a ways to go for me, but I don't feel deprived, so I think I'll be able to stick it out for the haul.

Use a HRM, a tracking device of some sort... etc... something OTHER than MFP's estimated calorie burns as I tend to find it overestimates. There are times I've found it to underestimate... but really... that's something you want to be fairly accurate. Measure measure MEASURE you food etc... accuracy matters... and logging…

Almond Butter... on a piece of whole grain toast... a drizzle of honey and a sprinkle of cinnamon... LOVE!

Maybe the server is a single parent... absolutely pathetic excuse!

Yes... I've experienced much of what you all talk about as well... I find it somewhat laughable when people ask because like someone said about hoping for a magic pill... it's truly as if they are disappointed that the answer really is nutrition and fitness. I think where the hang up comes in... people are consumed with…

Wow I think that's a fantastic idea! Honestly... Thanksgiving in my mind is so much more than being thankful as an American for our country... though I do LOVE my country the spirit and meaning of Thanksgiving is so much more. For us and what I teach my kids is that it's truly a time to focus on what we are thankful for...…

What if you cut down on the frequency? Maybe start off by logging in three times a week... just to check in, maintain that checks and balances thing. Pick a day to weigh in to make sure you are where you want to be for maintenance. Then you can go down to once a week for weigh in... and if you go three weeks and see you've…

Sounds to me like you really are happy for him as a... friend... but not happy for him as in you truly love him as someone long term in your life. True love has an amazing way of making you feel secure even in absence. Maybe not for everyone, but I can honestly say... I KNEW I was actually in love the first time by NOT…

The timing of it all! It's as if this was meant for me today... I'm one inch shorter and started one pound lighter... VERY inspiring and you look FANTASTIC!!!! Thank you Thank you THANK YOU for sharing! Just the inspiration I needed!

I'm having a couple initial thoughts... if you push on and are truly miserable are you going to give up? If not... PUSH THROUGH. It's true... you haven't pushed your body like this and it's going to push back if that makes sense. That said... if you have the potential of just saying the heck with it... why not ease your…

Oh kids can be a challenge... but I got to go with what my husband always says... he's yet to see a child that was offered food literally starve to death. Thankfully my kids are "generally" easy to feed... but there have been challenges. When I met my husband we both had kids... took a bit for his to get used to me and how…

I'm 5' 3" SW 242 3X or 22/24 CW 212 and now a 16 It's interesting how much of a variance we can all have... just remember everyone we all have different body types and builds. I'm boobs, hips and thighs/butt... and well... we are ALL different. I also think that I'm "heavier" weight wise, but smaller size wise this time…

You look fantastic and your smile tells the story! You go girl!!!

WOOT!!!! Keep it up!!! You can do it!

I haven't read all the replies... but um... some people seem to never learn to just SHUT UP if they don't have anything nice to say. They feel like they are doing a service pointing out what THEY think... I would have said... "I'll take the beauty in my pinky finger over the common sense in your brain." Sheesh! I've heard…

^^ This... AND... just a bit of different perspective... I'm 33, have two of my own kids, also two stepkids and on my second marriage because I was widowed from my first. Life just doesn't always go the way we want or think it should. Yeah... I LOVE being married... I loved my first husband, our marriage was challenging...…