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My favorite thing about your story is you talk about your accomplishments, obstacles and changes you've made along the way. I love that you understand this is about much more than just a number. Kudos!

The person that mentioned maintenance is correct. I do the weekly view and thus my calorie goals is all over the place all week long but at the end of the week, it balances out. I lose just fine. Your body doesn't go by the clock. It doesn't say, "hey, it's midnight, it's a new logging day." Your weight loss will not be…

I bought them. I give myself a maximum of 2 per day when I want some. I don't need to eat the whole box but I don't deprive myself of the frozen sweet samoas either.

Check with your doctor. There are other reasons for hair issues. Another common one, for example, is vitamin D deficiency.

He didn't decide to do this. You did. Temptation is all around. He doesn't have to get it. You have to learn to work within the world. That includes with the people you love. It's tough, but not undoable. If you really want this, you'll do what it takes for YOU to succeed. I have 3 kids in my house. There is crap in my…

Yes I am. If the Butt Lift one has subtitles, I'm going to guess Insanity does too but I don't know that for sure.

I only have two exercise videos so I am not much help. I have one by Julian Michaels and the Brazilian Butt Lift (Beach Body Product). Both have captions/subtitles. Often the ones online don't have it but if you get the DVD version, it sometimes has it. It IS frustrating! I pretty much never try to do a download. I have to…

Eat at Chuy's! Play Laser Tag at Austin Park and Pizza.

18-19% based on calipers at the gym (about a month ago). I'm good with it.

The first step is to stop telling yourself what you can and can't do and start telling yourself what you WILL do. Don't make it optional. Don't make it dependent on how you feel or your level of motivation. Motivation waxes and wanes. Commitment is what carries you through.

I tell my kids that their body is still growing so the calories bit is not something they need to worry about. At their age the focus is on nutrition to help their body develop well. They need to focus on getting in some good food and not just their beloved junky food. When we get older, our bodies stop growing and we need…

I'm 37 and I've went ice skating (horrible at it) and roller blading (slightly better at it) multiple times last year. You could always hug the rails until you get comfortable. It wouldn't hurt to put some on and try it out. If it doesn't pan out, it is just a few dollars and you could always work your way up to it later…

I once lost a purse and although I didn't really have much money in it ($2), it was a pain to have to redo all my ID's, etc. plus I had a sentimental item in the purse. I tried to retrace my steps but I couldn't figure out exactly where I had left it. Over a year later, I get a call from my dad, who lived in another state.…

To be fair and to answer your question--an hour would be hard. The exception to that is if I'm out enjoying water sports, hiking, etc.

You are on a social media/personal life site. I think it qualifies. Now if you were doing spreadsheets, drafting an office memo or checking work email, etc. I would buy into that more. I smell a redo. ;)

1/3/13 Corn Peas Spinach (a little) 1/4/13 I'm going to the grocery store today!

Wouldn't getting on a computer to send this message an hour into it be roughly the same thing?

Oops, I forgot... I did have a full serving of two items: apple and green beans.

You did better than me today! I had a little bit of each of the following (not enough to make a full serving of any one thing): pickles olives jalapeño spinach I need to go GROCERY SHOPPING!

People also over rely on motivation. Motivation waxes and wanes. Commitment is far more important.

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I think another problem is people tend to take an all or nothing program and bite off more than they can chew and sustain. It is good to have definable goals. It is better to have progressively definable goals. Your goals should change over time as you evaluate what you are doing, your strengths and weaknesses, and as you…

This site is only as good as the person that applies it. Do that and you'll be right on track.

I find it interesting how many posts on here correlate it with age and in the same post hint about a change of activity level. Age has an effect, but I think many of us stop playing as hard when we get older. Our jobs change, etc. When I met my husband, he was a bagger at a grocery store. Later he re-enlisted in the…

I'm sad because no one took my bait.

I'm in Japan too. Happy New Years! (Soon)

Hey, it happens. I had the opposite happen. I was doing beautiful and maintaining for several years and then I moved abroad and went on permanent vacation mode. Whoohoo! Yep. You guessed it. I gained some poundage. After about a year, I decided it was time to lose it. That's what I spent the last year doing. Next time I…

Speaking of crowded gyms, today something odd happened. There were 4 benches in a formation like this: I I I I Then a staff member asked me to please get up so he could move the bench. Then it looked like: I I x I I (The x marks an empty spot. I just couldn't get the keys to line up correctly.) Keep in mind the dude next…

You will feel a lot less frustrated if you look at progress over time instead of exact due dates. Even if you plateau, it's still progress over time. It's much more productive to look at your accomplishments. It's okay to reflect and see what you can do about it. That's a given. Obsessing about an exact time frame is not…

12/20 Not so good today. Grape Tomatoes Apple