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When I was at my largest I would look around a room many times and be able to say to myself, "I am not the fattest person in here, look at that guy." Eventually that person was no longer in the room. Took me years to realize how fat I was. I use to have this roll of fat around my back that is now gone. I have looked at old…

When I first started using the Elliptical I was at my heaviest. I started tracking how long i could go on it at the least resistance. In the beginning i could only do about 15 minutes. Today I put in sometimes over two hours on it. I use it when my knees start getting sore from jogging and during bad weather. I also have…

Couple beers some crushed garlic, injected with tony Chachere butter and jalapeno marinade......put in a big crockpot friday morning take out about noon saturday.

I joined about the end of April. This is the first time I have been successful with a lifestyle change like this ever. I plan to use MFP to track weight calories and excercise even while maintaining.

I am 37 years old from West Virginia, and would ultimately like to loose about 42 more pounds this year and get down to an even 200. I started using MFP at the end of April beginning of May 2011. During warmer weather I like to get out and walk and jog. During the cold weather months I have been hitting the elliptical…

372 this past April.

After knee re-construction and the decision to get off my duff for some reason my knees started bothering me......lol I tried a knee brace, but in the end I found what the above poster said to be most helpful. The patella strap.

Eat breakfast.....I eat four eggs every morning at least depending on what my schedule will be.

Dont' drink, don't use tobacco, don't eat crappy foods anymore. I drink a lot of Diet Mtn Dew. Guy has to have a vice. ;)

In the beginning I was sick of how I had let myself get to where I was. For awhile I burned more calories a day than I consumed. Many on here will say that isn't healthy, but I jump started myself. Now I am starting to eat my daily calories and get in plenty of excercise. I feel better than I have ever.

Family use to tell me it is ok, you are just big boned. Currently I am the size i was in tenth grade of high school, 22 years ago......lol

Pizza they serve in schools isn't a typical Pizza Hut or Papa John's pizza by any stretch of the imagination. I have worked in the school system for awhile and have watched the de-evolution of the pizza they serve in school. Luckily we have a great salad bar and usually on pizza day the cooks put out whole grain bread and…

I use an elliptical a lot. Usually at least an hour every evening since cold weather and daylight savings time. I alternate between cardio and just seeing how far I can go in an hour. And then i use a resistance program on the elliptical and see how far i can go on that program. I keep upping the ante a little bit and have…

I have held onto an old suit. I put it on last night and was amazed. I still need to lose. But at times I still feel self-conscious like i felt when i was at my biggest. My mom had me try on a shirt the other day and she said I hadn't been that size since I was in 9th grade of high school, over twenty years ago.....lol I…

I hadn't lost a pound since 10/07. I had actually went up a couple during that time. My elliptical machine did die which didn't help any, but i still stuck to my eating habits. I finally had a breakthrough this morning. I had plateaued hard. I just kept plugging along until i broke on through.

I started about the end of April. Went hardcore all summer. That pic was the end of september.

I at first thought it would take forever to loose fifty pounds, so that was what i initially planned to loose. Then I switched my goal to 75 pounds. At 100 pounds i felt i could take it to the next level and get to a weight I had not seen in well over 20 years. My weight loss has slowed but I am going to get there. For me…

basalmic vinegar.......that is all i eat on mine at times with a splash of olive oil....

This Getting better though

I have messed up my knees a bit and have been on an elliptical for the past couple months. One thing i have noticed with my HRM is that MFP is close for me when i push out an average workout. If i really up the intensity of the elliptical i burn a lot more calories than what mfp says. If i slack off and am tired i am…

8 ounces grilled venison on 80 calorie hamburger buns topped with tabasco and spicy mustard.

I am freezing for the last couple months. My insulation is going away

I was at a crossroads in my life when i stumbled onto the app. I started cutting calories big time. I upped my excercise as much as possible and really pushed myself. I went and saw my doctor regularly. I have been at 1200 calories for awhile. Some days i will reach upwards of 1500. When i started i was at 372 pounds and…

I am happy in the water.

Like others have said get out and walk. Walking is one of the best prescriptions for your back. Try to walk on a flat surface, try to find a rubberized track if possible.

LSU fans are........

I like deer heart and liver. I eat hot sauce on everything. Balut I would like to try if it was someone that knew how to prepare it.

If you can find it DreamFields pasta only nets five grams of carbs per serving. Some way they have developed it, supposed to be good for diabetics.

I canned over fifty quarts of tomato juice this year. Canned about fifty pints of salsa. Canned fifteen pints of spaghetti sauce Froze fifteen dozen ears of corn that i removed from the cob Beans did horrible this year but i still have about 80 quarts from the year before 30 quarts of pickles For you meat eaters out there…

Eggs don't cause high cholesterol. When I was at my top weight i was eating a lot of eggs and when the blood work came back i was basically dead except my cholesterol was fine. I still eat a lot of eggs but i have started eating more egg whites to get real full in the morning. I have discoverd egg whites in a carton. They…