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I wasn't doing anything for exercise at first. Just concentrating on my eating. Then when I dropped about 20 pounds I started walking a little bit. Slowly and not very far at all. But eventually that turned into a half hour walk every day. Now I'm down to about 220 and I started riding a bike. I don't do it every day, but…

I'm not Pagan, but I'm all those other things, and I welcome new friends...so feel free to add me! :D

*raises hand* Present!! :D I've got about 80 more pounds to lose, so you guys will be seeing me for quite a while yet. LOL! Used to do lots of RPs back when there were MUSHes. Grew up on a steady diet of Star Trek. And I'm a BtVS obsessive. I welcome new friends, so feel free to add me! :D

Awesome!!! I have PCOS too and have also had the problem of hovering in the 200s. I hope to break that this time!

You can't go wrong with The Cure's "Disintegration" album. Everything on there is sob-worthy and has gotten me through lots of need-to-cry days! :D

I'm not fond of breakfast, so sometimes I'll take a shake instead. But using them as a regular meal replacement like they suggest always just made me MORE hungry...so I never actually lost much weight doing them. For me, at least, they were not a kick-start to anything other than disappointment because they made me really…

I can see why you wanted it---that dress is gorgeous! And so are you!! Congrats on your weight loss!! :D

This is only my personal experience, so maybe it won't be the same for you, but.... the first change I did to my diet was significantly cut down on my consumption of fast food. If I really really wanted it, I'd get it. But I consciously tried to eliminate it. It took me 3 weeks to successfully stop eating fast food…

So, so amazing!!! Congrats on all your hard work!!!! :D

What a great post! Congrats to you on all your hard work! You look fabulous!! I'm trying to have that mindset this time around, too. So far I'm down 35 pounds (I started MFP after I had already lost 20 pounds), which is more than I've ever lost before. And, I'm finding that by changing my mindset, it actually feels EASIER…

So awesome!!! Congrats on your hard work!

Yay, hominy!! Aside from posole, I don't actually have any recipes particular to hominy, to be honest. Instead, I just put it in everything I love! If I make something in the crock pot, in goes a can of hominy! Burritos or enchiladas? Add hominy! Not feeling creative? Heat up hominy with some coarse-ground black pepper on…

Yum! Thanks for sharing this! I bought some gorgeous black beans from Rancho Gordo that I've been wanting to feature in something, but couldn't decide what. I think I've decided on this!! :D Also, love seeing more vegan recipes around! So, yay!

This is so awesome! What wonderful news, and congratulations on your hard work!! You look great!

I'm in the same boat!! I'll send you a friend request! :)

I agree with Michelle. Roast it! It comes out tasting very nutty, especially if you let it caramelize a bit from the oil. It's my favorite way to eat it. I've also had it as a salad, thinly slicing the florets from the side so that they look like sheets of cauliflower. You use a vinaigrette with it, and serve it with diced…

The only thing that ever seemed to help me was going vegan. When I stick to that, I seem to lose weight AND feel good (i.e., have energy, don't feel so depressed, etc.) at the same time. But when I go back to a more omnivorous diet I seem to have a harder time with everything. (It also saved me money, which was nice!!) I…

This is so inspiring! Congrats on all of your hard work! I hope that this will be me someday! :)

Awesome!! I was so shocked too when I saw what I was consuming! I had been in the hospital recently and the doctors told me to do a 'food diary' for 2 weeks... a friend suggested I just plug stuff into MFP and WOW!! Boy, did that open my eyes! Now I'm more aware of food portions and the effect of eating too many of them!…