hillygrace

I agree with the comments so far. I'm eating a lot of fiber and protein, but I also just bought a big 32 oz reusable water bottle that I fill with watered down green tea and I have two bottles a day. It keeps me from eating too much during the day, and keeps me feeling full until 6-7 AM the next morning. Best body hack…

I'm definitely going to scope out Old Navy some more, they seem to be less itty-bitty oriented than others. Also, I WANT to learn to sew. I sewed my own pajama pants when I was like 9, but that was with a lot of help. Eventually, I do want that to be a staple in my housewife skill set.

Ha, not many people like my sarcasm. I like to think of it as one of my shining contributions of this world. :) No plans to stop hanging tough, just trying to make it slightly easier on my heart. Being a non-existant size is pure absurdity.

Your "before" picture looks like me now. About the same weight too. Thanks for inspiring me and showing it's possible!

I'm extremely fascinated by the part-time sales rep world, and I'm thinking about trying to get into it. Once I have the money to invest, I think I really will try, but I've never heard of Arbonne. I'm pretty wary of trying to sell products these days, since many people don't have the money for expensive beauty/health or…

Can't wait til that's me standing in the mirror, thinking "Huh. It worked!"

Ditto what glenna said. Remember that 1 pound of fat is 3,500 calories (if I remember correctly), so if you're eating back all the calories you burn, of course you're not moving forward :) The first tool I used on MFP is the Basal Metabolic Rate tool. Doing absolutely nothing, I should burn about 1600 calories. If I were…