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Thank you for sharing your progress :) You look great.

I usually wear mesh shorts or Umbros (soccer shorts), a t-shirt, and sports bra. I just ordered some long softball shorts and razorback workout tanks. I am looking forward to the shorts and tanks coming in because it has been quite a while since I bought new workout clothes. I suggest you work out in whatever you are most…

Keep up the good work. Thanks for sharing your inspirational story. :)

Thanks for sharing your inspirational story. You look great :)

Thanks for sharing your progress. You look great :)

My HRM chest band was reading wonky yesterday so I had to tighten it to get it to read properly :) I've been getting compliments and encouragement from coworkers.

This is an awesome post! Thanks for sharing :D This is a great motivational post.

Awesome job :) Amazing accomplishment. Thanks for sharing :)

I get creative at work. There is a conference room and I go in there and do this: We get a 15 minute break in the morning and afternoon. So, that might be my morning break. And I sometimes walk in the afternoon. Office jobs can be challenging. Years ago I had a blood clot from prolonged sitting and using birth control. My…

Check out salads in jars. I make them in advance and they are super easy and handy to have ready to grab on the go. :) There are tons of recipes out there.

I'm not at my goal weight and I get a lot of compliments and encouragement from people I know. Friends and coworkers ask first if I am losing weight, and then say that I look good and to keep it up. It feels good.

Amazing progress and an amazing share. Thank you for being an inspiration. ????

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You look amazing :) awesome job :)

The Life Fitness Integrity machine asks for age and weight before starting every workout, and previous posts state that it is still 25-30% overestimated. YMMV For ellipticals: http://caloriesburnedhq.com/calories-burned-on-elliptical/ When I plugged in my weight, workout minutes, and intensity into this link, the calories…

Ha! I don't even use a Polar heart rate monitor. I use a heart rate monitor that only reports my heart rate, which is what I assumed heart rate monitors were supposed to do. lol Okay, I'll still wear the chest band. My workouts are at level 25 on the elliptical machine, which means all of my workouts are on the highest…

My HRM itself does not report calories. I plug my average heart rate from the Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor into http://www.triathlontrainingblog.com/calculators/calories-burned-calculator-based-on-average-heart-rate/. That is how I arrive at the calories burned. I realize this is an estimate at best. So I should be…

Thank you for your inspiring post! You look great.

Drivers license pic on 10/14/11 @ 185........................................................................................... Current pic: 155 ..................................................

My initial reaction was, "If you are comfortable in it, go for it." I am sticking with my initial reaction. Trust your instincts.

Bumping this So many posts here instruct us to go to our HRM for calculating calories. When I use the numbers from my HRM, usually the calorie counter reports MORE calories burned than the LifeFitness Integrity Series Elliptical Cross-Trainer (CLSX). MFP counts fewer than the LifeFitness elliptical. I enter the MFP…

Let's see... where do I start? My dad was 43 when I buried him (heart attack). I was 22. My mom was 47 when I buried her (cancer). I had just turned 27. I am 38 now and plan to live past both of them. I have a lot to live for. I want to be fit and healthy. I was pretty thin when I buried each of them, but I was doing it…

Thanks for all of the motivational pics you guys :D

My own definition for me is when I am thin but not fit. There is giggle. Edited because I previously posted someone else's pictures where they defined themselves as "skinny-fat" in their own "before" picture. (They posted a before and after pic.)

Compliments :)

following. I have a set of dumbbells, but no bench at my house. Am interested in a weight lifting program as well.

Congratulations on your success :) Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.

100 calories per 5 minutes. Source: http://www.flaviliciousfitness.com/blog/2013/01/29/best-ab-exercise/ You will want to scroll down to the comments where people say that they don't believe one can burn 100 calories in 5 minutes. :ohwell:

Last night I woke up to a dream that stuck in my head. I have a very attractive ex and I have contemplated going back to her. I dreamed that she came to visit me, but she was an African American woman with short hair. She had the same personality, but she was physically different. I was not attracted to her. She came back…