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Drink water, watch the sodium/salt intake and keep going. You will see it come off. Make sure you are counting EVERYTHING that goes into your mouth.

Wow! I congratulate you on facing up to what you are doing to your health and your body. Most people only keep thinking that they need to lose the weight and never try to gain anything back. Good job! Slowly gain back to the healthy zone and then concentrate on maintaining. Trust me when I say that it is easier to maintain…

Sorry, my computer is messing up and you would think that you could delete a post but I don't see where I can do that at.

Wow! I congratulate you on facing up to what you are doing to your health and your body. Most people only keep thinking that they need to lose the weight and never try to gain anything back. Good job! Slowly gain back to the healthy zone and then concentrate on maintaining. Trust me when I say that it is easier to maintain…

I know this is a touchy subject and I'm not a supporter of diet pills however, I know where you are coming from. It gets really old doing what you are supposed to be doing and seeing no results. I did the HCG program for 1 month and loved it! Still love it and have been done since the 18th of September. Another…

HA HA!!! Way tooooooo BIG!!! Good job!

Awesome bmaybmay! Thanks for the tips and advice. Congrats on your weight loss! That is amazing!!! I am sooooo happy for you. Keep up the good work and tell fivefatcats hello for me.

Ewwww! On both! :bigsmile:

frabjak: About your 5 pounds. The HCG only works on unneeded cottage cheese fat. The hormone does not work on the 2 types of good fat that your body has and needs. So, in my opinion, it would probably work on your 5 pounds if indeed you have 5 pounds more of the bad fat to lose. After you lose all the bad fat, the hormone…

I was about as skeptical as someone can get when I first heard about this diet. And I have tried many over the years, and finally came to the realization about 5 years ago that the only way to lose weight is to eat less and move more. And, while I had lost weight doing this, I couldn't seem to keep it off, even with the…

Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!!!! Is your husband home yet??? I remember I did this too when my husband went remote or on one of his many TDYs. Its always a nice surprise for them. Does he know that you have been working out or is that a surprise too? Congrats on all the hard work!

Wall pushups - Stand away from a wall, place you hands flat on the wall, feet shoulder width apart. Using arms to lean you forward, go till you touch your nose to the wall. Do this 20 times each for 3 sets. There are two different places you can target. If you lean forward and your elbows go out away from the wall is one…

weaklink: we are on the same schedule. I have loaded for 2 days. Yuck! and today I begin my adventure. I can't wait for my clothes to get loose. :) I hope I have problems getting the 500 calories in as well. I'm so afraid that I'm going to be starving and screw up. But, I have read and read and read and it is so important…

So what is the proper way to load up? I am female, 43, weigh 189 pounds and want to get to 150. How much and what should I load up on? Is there a safe place to buy the drops online?

Does anyone know what the loading up on food does for you besides making you feel even fatter and giving you that much more to lose when you do get started?

Yep! They gave you the right advice in my opinion. Enjoy a few hundred more calories and go hiking for an hour 1 day, then the next go rollerblading etc.... Give your body something to figure out for a while.

You are right. You shouldn't weigh more than 1x per week, however, I am a weighaholic. I weigh every morning and have for about 21 years and cannot break the habit for more than a few days. I like to keep an eye on those ugly numbers :)

My name is Sandi, and I am 43 yrs old. I would love to hop into spring with a fit bod. I am 5' 6 1/4" tall and weigh 178. I would love to weigh 170 by the end of April and 165 by the end of May. That would be very cool. Thanks for the thread!

Awesome testimony! I would and I am sure a lot of the readers would like to continue to read about your journey. You are motivating us right along with you so, keep up the posting. Photog

JPriceGA: Congrats on so many things. Sticking with the plan, losing that much weight in 5 weeks, success in travel and thank you for motivating us following your journey. 1600 calories seems to agree with you. I wouldn't fix something that isn't broke. :) Photog

Just saying hello JPriceGA and have a good 'Flat Belly' day! You are doing so good! Keep up the good work!!!!

Jan: Above you mentioned garlic. Do you really use garlic or did you mean ginger? I love your blog! It has been interesting to read your new adventure. Stick with it you are doing great!

Thanks! I will check out the garlyic. And add fiber.

My daughter was here for Christmas and she uses a pressure cooker a lot so I borrowed one from a friend. She puts in chicken breasts, a large onion, garlic cloves, salt and pepper and enough water to cover the chicken and after it builds up pressure cooks it for 30 minutes. Then, she makes smashed potatoes and with the…

Definitely you burn calories while you sleep. No doubt about that. For me, I balance in my mind how active I have been all day. If I have been really active and know that I have built up the metabolism throughout the day to burn really well when I go to sleep, then I'm not too concerned about eating only the calories I…

Thanks everyone and congrats and doing so well yourself! We're all going to be a lot healthier for our efforts!

Sounds fun Bossy! Go burn 200-300 calories before you go and then enjoy yourself! :drinker:

Well I think you should be very proud of yourself for wanting to do this. I, personally am not sure what drives people to run. I HATE it! I've been running on/off for 4 years now and can only run 1 1/2 miles and at the end of that I am dying. I hate it and I hate every step. I cannot fathom anyone actually enjoying…

Thanks everyone! I went and looked up the nutrition info and I think I am having the Asian Chicken Salad. I love the meditteranean veggie sandwich but it came in pretty high. I love food! :sad: