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Love them. Have one in my salad at dinner, most days.

I'm putting away seasonal summer clothes and I'm debating whether or not to save some of these medium-sized bottoms when I've been replacing most with small. Jeans cause me a little bit of angst because I really am a 4 now but I've spent lots of money patching up my "skinny" jeans (which are now too huge for me and fall…

Updated my MFP goals for losing the last bit of weight before maintenance. Started replacing my exercise pants with smaller sizes. Shopped for good food and planned for meals and snacks. Planned lessons and taught five high school English classes. Went to church yesterday and sang when I wasn't feeling it at first. Spent…

I know for former EDs weighing can be a trigger but it's really hard to get the scale moving in a down direction if you're not even tracking your weight.

Dirty Belvedere Martini with Olives yum...nice and dry, not too high in calories, gives me a nice buzz.

Awesome, thanks everyone! I just redid my goals to lose .5 lbs a week and MFP bumped me up to 1400 calories a day. I weigh every week, so we'll see how it goes.

Thanks! I'm going to do that. It makes sense to me, I guess as you get closer to maintenance the idea is to transition gradually and not be so aggressive. I don't want to stall, but I want to stay fit and maintain my GW when I eventually do get there, with an allowance for a 5 lb fluctuation, if that makes sense.

I totally did that once...I hear you on missing the group energy...her other workouts are solid but the team in JMBR helps distract me from the pain. I'm still doing 2 workouts every other day, btw. I have 11 more lbs before goal weight.

Running outdoors does something for my spirit that running on a treadmill can never capture. I'll log miles on a treadmill just to get a burn if the weather makes an outdoor run impossible but I don't enjoy it nearly as much.

High school English teacher

A Jillian Michaels podcast

As a high school teacher, it is really disruptive when my students come late. To discourage lateness, I will not extend normal courtesies to the late person in order to set classroom policies and procedures. It's part of classroom management. You put yourself on your teacher's *kitten* list. If you want to redeem yourself,…

I'm still doing JMBR because I haven't found anything I like as much yet. I've done the other Jillian Michaels workouts but none were as entertaining and motivating as this one because of her eclectic, motivating group of people in the class. I'd try Piyo if I could get it for free but I actually enjoyed working with the…

There is nothing to be ashamed of....good for you for reaching out! The best doctors are sensitive to weight issues and will try to work with you to maintain a weight that you are comfortable with while addressing your anxiety. You might just need a weight neutral anti anxiety medication, which exist. Get second and third…

I make a banana blueberry smoothie without yogurt, but put in almond milk and vanilla whey protein from GNC and it tastes awesome, is filling, and gives sustained energy.

^^This seems right to me.

Good job everyone! Today I'm finishing up my daily workout with JMBR -- with the exception of weekends, and have been recently been focusing on 11 and 12. Tomorrow I go back to work and thus the gym in the evenings, so I'll probably only be doing JMBR 1-2x /week vs. daily now. I have to say, doing this program has really…

I hear you. After about 4 months of working hard and a 30 pound loss, I'm going back to work tomorrow after the summer off (I'm a teacher at a small school with lots of catty, yenta-type women AND men.) I started losing the weight before vacation but now I have a totally different body shape and size, thank God. On the one…

Awesome! I'm 5'2" too (well up to 5'5" in heels!) and get a lot of inspiration from you & others like you! Keep it up, you look great and your attitude is motivating!!

"Stand Back" by Stevie Nicks

Last week I did the Lady Antebellum "Need You Now" duet.

I have a bold coffee blend with almond milk - no sweetener.

These Dreams - Heart

I'm a 10 year English teacher and looking to start another career after this year.

^^This is how I get through my days intact! Especially at work. I wear my iPod in the teachers lounge where I work so I don't have to listen to people wax eloquent about any variety of topics. Congratulations on getting healthy!

Anthony Kiedis

Thanks everyone! I'm going to trust the process and keep at it. I really appreciate the feedback.

5'2" so not at all tall

PMS and salt give me false high readings. When this happens I reweigh myself after a long workout before drinking water and see if there's a change, then record the lower reading. If not, time usually helps and then the following week you should see a generally lower reading (provided you're really counting calories and…

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