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My friend brought over KFC while we were renovating to make it easier on us, my son said we don't eat the "bad chicken" in our house.

Try the 30 Day Shred video by Jillian Michaels. It tightens you up all over. My baby pooch is mostly gone. As you lower your body fat, changes will come,but be persistant and patient. I found the fat from the pooch was the last thing to come off. Good luck!

Use a heart rate monitor to get a more accurate calorie burn and track every single morsel that you eat or drink. Do this and you will lose. Also, eat your exercise calories, your body needs the fuel. Good luck!

<---- Mom of two here. One of my babies was 9 pounds 10 ounces, a biggy and stretched my poor tummy to the max! I started at 171 and am down to 128. I have been on maintenance for 10 months and things are tightening and getting better day by day. The Jillian Michaels programs are absolutely awesome. My favorites are 30 DS,…

It's hard to believe that's the same person. You two must have been kicking some major butt the last couple months. Way to go! And incredible one-handed hair do!

DO NOT put self tanning lotion on stretch marks. All the other skin goes a nice shade of brown, but the stretch marks look even more white. I tried this and looked like a zebra!

Wowee! Look at the changes in you!

I let my kids have 30 minutes of tv time while I'm doing mine. Sometimes they'll joing in, but I prefer to do it alone so I can give it my all without having to worry about jumping on them!

I'm 5'4". I started at 171 and lost 43 pounds in 7 months. Track calories, eat your exercise calories and get moving. I started slowly with walking, then run/walking, then moved onto Jillian Michaels videos, specifically the 30 Day Shred then Ripped in 30 and 6 week 6 pack. You can do this. Just remember, it's not a race…

I would just take it as bonus and not bother logging it.

My advice is always eat your exercise calories or at least most of them.

Never mind. Not worth my time

Run away. If you don't plan on doing it the rest of your life, why do it temporarily. Real food that you have to chew, real exercise that makes you sweat, and great supportive friends will result in nothing but success!

Shephard's Pie. My kdis would have this everynight if they could. I just brown extra lean ground beef or ground turkey with garlic and onion and put that as the bottom layer in a baking dish. Then Steam lots of carrots, corn and peas and put that as the next layer. Then make a box of instant garlic mashed potatoes and…

I'd say that having motivtating MFP friends with open diaries is essential. Seeing that so and so burned ___ calories pop up in your new feed makes you think, hey, if they went for a 20 minute walk, so can I. In fact, maybe I'll go for 30 minutes. Log everything! I didn't get a food scale or heart rate monitor until I was…

Consitancy and don't be so hard on yourself. Perhaps look at your calorie goals on a weekly basis rather than daily, that way if you have a wedding to go to where you will most likely go over in calories you can save 50 calories here or there the day(s) before and after to accomodate. And whatever you do, do not step on…

Definitely a two-way street! And my other pet peeve is people trying to sell me stuff. I'm here for weight loss, not diet pills, body wrap, shakes, blah, blah, blah. I'm ok with a little hard work, it's makes it more rewarding in the end. EDIT: And I have a crush on you Sass

Mine is a savory. Melba toast with red pepper jelly and blue cheese. Yummy!

American Pie?

"I had my mouth open and everything" from Shrek

Negative net calories is something to definitely stay away from. Eat your exercise calories, you need to fuel your body to get results. You need to net at least your base calories (hopefully you're not set at 1200 - MFP settings are too low.)

Take your hard earned cash and make a trip to a fresh market. Fill your basket with yummy delicious produce and grab some organic meat. There is no magic shake or pill. There's nothing sexier than a slim toned body. Exercise, eat right and you'll avoid being skinny fat. Just remember, it's not a race. Anything worth having…

Oh, plateau is a dirty word. You're body is just adjusting to the tremedous changes you've made. It's going what the hell are you doing? Finally it catches up with you and the scale starts moving again, but if you're taking other measurements, this is the time when I have found I notice inches melting away and pants…

Absolutely amazing transformation!

Run, Beauty, Run!

I'm 5'4 and happiest anywhere from 126-130. My original goal was to get from 173 to 145. Once I got there I reassessed and kept pushing myself. I think goals change as you go along. As you succeed, you keep raising the bar for yourself and rather than the scale being your measurement you focus on other things such as…

Bump!

I've lost 43 pounds on it. It hasn't been a problem for me.

I was terrified I would be asked when I was expecting. I was 5'4" and 173 pounds with a big round baseball belly, huge arms and did not want to buy size 14 clothing. Now, 14 months later, I'm 126 and a size 2. Edit: MOTIVATION, to stay in the size 2 clothes!

So true. I made a cauliflower pizza. No matter how much yummy stuff I put on top, it still tasted like crap. Blech!