magnoliathunder Member

Wow...thank you for this...your words were healing and so helpful to me...

Congratulations and thank you for the insight you share. And, you look at LEAST 20 years younger! I wish you many more years of good health and life!

Congratulations! You are an inspiration!

Are you kidding? You are TOTALLY inspirational! You are one of my heroes! You already look wonderful and may I say very well done!

You are a tremendous inspiration to me! Congratulations on taking your life back -- you look great and healthy...just amazing.

I am in total awe of you ... you make me feel that I really can do this ... finally.

I think you are off to a good start. Check the calculators here on MFP to see a recommended daily caloric intake and try to stick to that or just below. Exercise will come as you lose some of the weight. Best of luck! After 3 months I am still struggling as I feel so heavy I can't exercise but I am thinking I should try to…

I've been doing night shift for 15 years now -- started it to go back to school and discovered I loved my job (still do) and LOVE working at night...I'm nocturnal by nature anyway, and loving having my entire day to do what I want!

That is very encouraging! Thank you and again, congratulations on being so close to your original goal!

I am the same height as you ... first I want to congratulate you on losing so much weight! I would love to be where you are already! That being said, I am about "normal" in frame, not large frame but not tiny either. My ultimate goal is 130 -- then if I EVER reach that place, I'll re-evaluate to see if I need to lose any…

Hi there and welcome -- I am new to this site and to tracking. I wish you much success now -- don't wait until you are older!

Karianna, I saw that program about Penny too. Funny how easy it was to be disgusted with her until I allowed myself to see all that I sometimes do in her actions. It was definitely an eye-opener.

Thank you for your encouragement! I have actually enjoyed charting my food intake today, but I have to laugh at myself -- old habits die hard. My son bought groceries today and when he came home, he offered me a piece of chocolate cake with chocolate icing, which I did not take. However, after totalling up my calories on…

Oh thank you so much for your post. I truly understand being in pain, which is something I never struggled with before and, even though I was overweight, I didn't understand it when others would say "it hurts to do things". I so understand it now. I really am not able to exercise either right now, although I do have a…

Thank you so much for your encouragement and congratulations on your success! Tell me, do you find that you feel too hungry on the 1280 calories?