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I've been listening to "Found My Fitness" by Dr. Rhonda Patrick. She interviews researchers on their health-related research, and I have learned so much!

Best of luck to you and your husband! I have to log what I eat too, or I lie to myself! :)

A banana!

I'm 99% vegan. When my weight bounces around (and it does!), it's for the same reasons that non-vegans gain and lose weight: eating too much. When I'm gaining weight, I'm eating too many sweets and fried things, and in general just eating too much of everything, "forgetting" about portion control, and indulging in way too…

I echo the above poster about focusing on weight loss, based on my experience. I tested pre-diabetic 18 months ago. I was overweight, but eating healthy (just too much!) and exercising regularly. I lost the weight (portion control!) and my latest blood work (this week!) is normal. Good luck!

You might want to have your thyroid checked. I was also struggling with depression and weight-loss plateau. Neither issue was brand new, but they had gotten worse, and I thought I was just being lazy. It turned out my thyroid was low. I've had it tested regularly over the years (due to depression, it's common to rule out…

Congratulations! You look great!

Fantastic progress! Congratulations! :)

Cathe Freidrichs' exercise DVDs are really intense and well-done. cathe.com is her website I believe. Most but not all of her workouts require some home equipment. Also, lots of free workouts at fitnessblender.com, with and without home equipment.

Way to go! Terrific accomplishment. :)

Wow wow wow! Thanks for sharing! Job well done!!! Thanks for the inspiration!

These are all great, and very similar to mine. :) My 5 best decisions: 1. I won't give up. A setback becomes ancient history if you get back on track and keep going. 2. I'm making lifestyle changes, I'm not on a diet. 3. I won't get too hungry (I eat lots of fruits and vegetables to stay under calorie limit without getting…

Way to go! Nothing can beat being healthy for your family. Enjoy fatherhood! Exercise and calorie tracking.... your secret is out of the bag!

Congratulations and thanks for sharing!

Congratulations! Way to go!

What a transformation! Congratulations to you!

Hurrah! Congratulations!

Wow! A great reminder that the scale doesn't tell the whole story! You have clearly lost many pounds of fat, and built lots of compact, awesome muscle!

My NSV today is very similar! Today I tried on my knee-high boots, and they zipped up and fit great! They have not fit in a couple years. As I've lost weight, I have periodically tried them on. At first they didn't zip up, then they zipped but with lots of that pulling and inching along, and a very noticeable calf "muffin…

Definitely noticeable and not a tiny loss! Remember 11 pounds of fat is 44 sticks of butter!

Congratulations! What an inspiring story! Thanks so much for sharing.

If you increase your calorie intake, but still maintain an overall calorie deficit, you should still lose weight, just more slowly. Also, I don't think that losing an average of 1 lb per week is slow progress at all!

Thanks! I use a FitBit and I didn't know about this at all! Just signed up.

MFP set my calorie goal around 1600 initially. It's a little lower now that I weigh less. I'm 5'9" and started out weighing 194 lbs. I'm around 166 lbs. now. It bounces around in the high 160s lately. For a month it bounced around in the low 170s. I've gotten much better at not reading too much into the meaning of my…

Thanks for the encouraging replies, everybody! It made my day!

Oh wow, congratulations! I love the photo shoot idea!

Hooray! Great job! You look terrific!

Congratulations! You look fantastic!

Way to go! Finding something you love to do makes all the difference, doesn't it? I love lifting too! :)

There is a very big difference! Way to go!