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Starting weight 198 Start MFP weight 192.6 Start challenge weight(today) 182.8 Goal by Christmas 162 Ultimate goal 140 09/05 -181.2 10/03 -175.8 11/07 12/05 12/26

Please keep me on for October.....Thanks!

I think this happens way more than we think it does. I've heard it even has it's own name.... "Thinfidelity"

Try to find the Taste of Home Diet Comfort Food cookbooks. The food is exactly like I was cooking before just lightened up. You can't tell the difference in taste. Meat and potatoes kind of meals. They have helped me so very very much.

Used the banana bread recipe on skinnytaste.com but made it into muffins. One is about 140 calories. Keep them in the freezer, nuke them to defrost and warm up. Tastes like I just made them. One recipe lasts me 24 days(makes 2 dozen).

Go to your dr. Don't play around with that stuff. Cortisol is a hormone that is secreted when you're stressed and other times. It adds belly fat. It's from the adrenal gland. Don't take supplements that mess with your adrenals. I had a volleyball sized tumor removed, along with my kidney and part of my liver three years…

My first day using a fitbit I walked almost 11,000 steps. Didn't have a clue I could do that

Drank sweet tea for years. Starting drinking unsweet tea in restaurants and drive thru's. A straw was the biggest help. The most shocking thing to me was that after I quit it, sweet tea tasted disgusting. Not even remotely resembling what it tasted like before. So for me it's only unsweet or water. Well, coffee in the…

Way to go! You look wonderful. Kudos for choosing a bike over cake !

Dave Ramsey quote I use as diet motivation.... " Nothing ever changes if nothing ever changes"

Tyler Florence"s smothered pork chops are wonderful. My husbands all time favorite and he's picky. Don't know the calories but think they can be tweaked to make the numbers better. I think a bit of buttermilk is the biggest culprit and I know you can find it fat-free.

August 26, 2014 8:50 AM Starting weight 198 Start MFP weight 192.6 Start challenge weight(today) 182.8 Goal by Christmas 162 Ultimate goal 140 09/05 181.2 10/03 11/07 12/05 12/26 70669242

Wow is right! Sending hugs and prayers. You got this! You inspire me! Sending friend request too. Would love to follow along in you journey. I know it will be amazing.

Since you have a family to cook for I suggest that you check out skinnytaste.com for recipes. Also Taste of Home Diet Comfort Food cookbooks. You should find tons of recipes that your family probably already eats, just lightened up. I don't feel deprived at all and nothing seems like diet food. It's just food, good food.…

20 minutes of treadmill.

Had to buy a couple of new bras a few months ago. Very upsetting as I was large enough to begin with. Lately I've noticed the new bras were fitting wonky and kinda big in spots. Today I tried on an old bra and it fits perfectly. No spillage , no bumps, no bulges! I'm a happy camper.

I quit last year after 36 years of smoking. Never thought I'd be able to. Quit in steps . 1. Switched to Virginia Slims. They're longer so I only smoked half at a time. Got down to three a day. 2. Only smoked outside. Being winter helped. Told myself I could smoke all I wanted but only outside. 3. Put down cigarettes…

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I'm 55 also. I've lost sixteen pounds since starting but only about ten since starting MFP. I've got about 40 to go so we are alike in many ways. I don't have a bad knee but I do have a wonky thyroid and that makes losing a bit harder . Please feel free to add me as a friend and we can motivate each other.

I'd love to join too please!!!!

Fairly new also. Feel free to add me too.

Land o'lakes whipped butter is only 50 calories per Tbls and is real butter, the volume is just different.

Please feel free to add me. I've got about 40 to go and would love more friends.

You can do it! Remember, " Nothing ever changes if nothing ever changes." One day at a time and if you have a down day you get back up. You only fail when you quit.

You've received some wonderful advice already. I don't have that much to lose but would love to be friends to help, motivate, and encourage each other.

30 minutes on the treadmill.

I'm Tami, fifty-something who needs to lose about 40 more pounds. Have been using MFP for calorie counting for a month. Just this week found the community. Looking for friends, please feel free to add me.

Hubby being diagnosed with diabetes. He has no family history of the disease . Doctor told him it was totally related to being overweight. I on the other hand have so many family members with it. My numbers are edging closer towards it and I just dont want to have to live the way they have. So many of them eat what they…

Feel free to add me. I'm new here and only have a handful of friends. Looking for more also. New to MFP but not new to dieting.

Yay for you!!!!