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Pictures from my sister's wedding where I was about twice the size of any one of my siblings (one of the pictures is in my profile here). Also, the desire to be healthy in order to conceive and then be a role model for any children I may have.

Maybe try by focusing on one change at a time and master that one before you add another. Also, make sure that you aren't too strict and allow yourself some treats and rest days so that you don't feel deprived or burn out. Good luck!

Yesterday I discovered a way to satisfy my craving for speculoos (aka cookie butter or biscoff spread) other than eating it by the spoonful. I spread a thin to moderate layer of it between two of Crisp-n-Light wasa crackers and at it like a sandwich. This would obviously work for nutella or any other sweet spread too...and…

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Here are some things that have helped me: 1. Sometimes I keep candy in inconvenient places--the bottom of the chest freezer in the basement or up on a high shelf behind a lot of stuff. And I'll often wrap multiple rubber bands around a bag of candy. Anything that will make me slow down and really put in a LOT of effort to…

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Whether you log it or not, your body knows what happened. But if you don't log it and at some point go back and try to figure out why you're not losing, you might keep running into an invisible wall.

Yes, it's not the same for everyone... I feel sick if I *don't* eat before my morning workout.

Thanks! My crockpot is new and I generally end up cooking things more than necessary, so I'll just keep it on low the whole time for sure. :)

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I try to really make progress with one habit before attempting to tackle another. I try to replace/transform habits instead of trying to just stop them. Also, making small and realistic action goals has been helpful for me.

I'm not counting, but I am logging what I eat. I try to focus on my body's cues--eat when hungry, stop when satisfied. And I try to really enjoy everything I eat. No more eating just because I have calories (or WW points) left, and definitely no eating X, Y, or Z just because I think I "should." When I have a week where I…

Maybe a response like, "Ooh, thanks for letting me know. Sounds like a great idea if I get stuck."

Yep. Therapy--started for other issues--has helped amazingly. But I feel like I wasted years (and, obviously, so much money) with a bunch of previous therapists, sometimes because they weren't able to guide me to what we needed to talk about and sometimes because I was not willing to do the work necessary to discover and…

Try focusing on health rather than weight or measurements. Make short-term "action goals" that are reasonable to your life, maybe like "Eat 5 servings of veggies today," "Walk at least 10,000 steps today," or "Drink a glass of water before each non-water drink today."

I'm 4'11.... my highest weight (that I know of) was 197 and I'm now around 128. I have pictures in my profile. Feel free to add me--I'm still working on losing the last bit and not counting calories now, but still logging food in the notes section of diary.

I don't know who Dr. Gould is, but I've found (through therapy for what I thought were unrelated issues) that this was the case for me.

I kind of did this too. I lost over 70 pounds but as soon as I reached "normal" on the BMI chart (which is the max that Weight Watchers wanted me to weigh), I gained 10 or 15 pounds right back, even though I was just a few pounds away from my goal. In therapy, I discovered that I was scared because my weight had been tied…

My current favorite quick breakfasts: 1) Put some peanut butter and raisins on a Joseph's 60-cal flax oat pita, add a banana, roll it all up and eat it. (Obviously you can vary this--different nut/seed butter, add honey, craisins, nuts, whatever) 2) peanut butter and jelly spread over one homemade whole grain waffle Or you…

On weekdays: 5:00 Breakfast - 12:00 Lunch - 4:15 Snack - 7:30 Dinner - 8:30 Snack I'd like to stop being in the routine of having a "snack" (aka dessert) after dinner because I'm never hungry then and sometimes end up feeling stuffed and uncomfortable, but I'm not there yet.

I've been working hard to figure this stuff out. I guess it's different for everyone but am interested to see responses.

My husband is 6'3 and his goal is to get back down to 250.

Go through your local grocery store's flyers and plan meals according to what's on sale or cheap. Use websites like allrecipes.com and epicurious.com to figure out new ways to combine basic ingredients. Also, when meat is on sale, buy a lot and freeze it.

This! And I disagree with the people who say don't worry about holding on. It's a better workout (and more natural for your body) to walk/run without holding onto a bar.

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Well, does your son want to go the gym? If you force him to go, this could have a really long-lasting negative impact on his self-esteem and/or his relationship with you. There are a million other ways for him to get exercise that might feel more natural for a child.

We freeze a lot of food. In fact, we often make double or triple batches so that we can freeze it for when we don't want to cook.