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I've been buying myself new pants at about every 10lbs lost. I just can't help it. When I started MFP in April I was a size 18! I went last weekend and bought a size 13 JUNIORS! I used to buy bigger stretchy pants, but now I am buying super tight skinny jeans. I LOVE it. I am so close to losing 30lbs, I can't wait. I only…

I see a big difference! Remeber how they always say that black is slimming? I think that bowling shirt was slimming lol. You look great!

I eat back some of my exercise calories, but not all the time. I have been losing weight so much faster than I ever even imgained!

I eat a lot of the same things because I am super broke, especially at the end of the month!

I went to something called "Food Truck Fest" this past Saturday, that should say enough! I did try some really good and new foods like lobster balls and a korean short rib taco.

thanks for the tips. I also take my kids with me, so I have to always have one eye on them even though they wear floatation things.

lol, I tried it once and realized it was not for me either! I'm not too big on dancing and I just cannot get into it.

Well, I am a little bit older than you but I've lost a total of 20lbs in the past 2 months. My fitness pal only shows that I've lost 18, but that is because I started losing weight before I found MFP. All I really do is stay around 1300 cals, and ride my bike a few times a week. I started out at about 218 lbs, today I am…

This caught my eye because my daughter is named Morgan, but I have no idea what you are even talking about! ;)

Maybe look for other brands of croutons. I buy a store brand at my local grocery store, Stater Bros, and 6 croutons is only 30 calories. Six seems like enough for a salad, right?

Ok, well I failed at posting photos!

Looks like the general opinion here is "yay almond milk!" lol. I gave my 3 year old a cup of it a few days ago and she said it was weird milk and only took one drink. So I tried again last night and she drank it with no problem, then she told me it was "seed milk" lol. I told her it was more like "nut milk" and then my 5…

I have the same problem. I just discovered that if I look online for nutrition information and then decided what I am going to order before I get to the resturant that this works quite well for me.

Maybe you should try to use up your calories with healthier choices. I see things like beer, cheeseburgers, pizza, tater tots, and cake on your diary. You do not necessarily have to deprive yourself of these things, but you could choose one splurge just once a week as a treat.

Thank you everyone ,for the input! I am very grateful for this site and the advice that you guys have given me. I am always going to keep myself open to advice and criticism because I want to make this work for me so badly!

Another struggle for me is that I cannot afford to buy many extras like protein shakes or coffees. I have to buy things that the entire family eats, unfortunately :(

Thank you for the advice, I will look at some other diary's to see what I am doing wrong. I'm just to the point where I get full so easily and if I eat more I feel sluggish. Today's meals were not typical of me since I did not want to eat too much before hiking.

I noticed too that MFP seems to over estimate calories burned, so I end up taking a few minutes off my exercise to take that into consideration. For instance my hike today was really 2 hours and 35 minutes, but I adjusted it to 2:15 to compensate for that.

Congrats! I got an engagement ring in February and I had to have it made bigger. My fiancee got it sized not once but twice for me since then because it was too small. Now it is rolling around on my finger and I have to ask him to make it smaller :)

Ahahaha when I was young and dumb I decided I'd surely never have kids and got a tattoo on my stomach over the belly button. It started out about 2 1/2 inches big. Then whattya know, I end up having a couple kids, the tattoo grew with each kid and now is about 5 1/2 inches big! That's what I get though, at least I can…

What I am really impressed with is just how good I feel. I am only about 10 days into my new lifestyle, but I feel so good. My over estimation of my weight kind of messed me up because as of now I am not sure if or how much I have lost in weight. But I do feel phenomenal. I am gaining confidence, not avoiding mirrors and…

Well...I survived my birthday, and even had nearly 400 calories left over! I ended choosing a restaurant that I knew had calories listed on their menu. So I went to Carrows and had a delicious Charleston Chicken Salad. OMG! It was delicious. And I had a bowl of melon with it. It was a delicious dinner and the salad was…

Thank you everyone for your thoughts! I am going to eat healthy today, but I will go out and enjoy my birthday dinner and have a small piece of cake. I like the suggestions of planning ahead, so I am going to look up the nutrition info for meals at some of the resturants that I am considering going to tonight. I'll try to…

Thank you everyone. I really appreciate the kind words and support.

Yes, of course it is red and white! lol. I have been a smoker for about 13 years and that bike made me just want to quit, and I did with minimal problems, go figure.