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I've heard of this, and that seems to be a fairly close estimate of how many calories you should eat to lose weight.

I get free workout music podcasts from itunes and put them on my IPOD for working out...so I never know what's going to come up next...they are so cool...some are intervals and have the beats per minute laid right out for you...one of the ones that I really like is motiontraxx.com

I've heard this as well.

Thanks so much everyone for your sweet words of encouragement and support...today was better...although I had a mini-binge at work due to boredom...I went to the gym and (hopefully) undid all of that damage...tomorrow should be good because I will be busy...I will let you all know. Thanks again for this thread...I love…

Hey guys...I am struggling big time...I am fine all day but in the evenings I binge...big time...Eric has been so supportive and encouraging, but when he's at work in the evenings and I'm just sitting around thinking about things I eat...and then I'm embarrassed to tell him that I did so poorly with my food choices...he is…

Totally agreed...I ended up having to call off work for three days because I was taking a potassium supplement that caused chest pains, rapid heart rate, and other symptoms similar to a heart attack...I had to have an EKG and an oxygen test...definitely not fun...

Hey guys! Just have some exciting news...when Eric and I first posted, we didn't really have titles for each other, so I called him "My Eric" and he called me "My Laura"...well we are officially a couple now...woohoo! Working on weight loss together is awesome and he's so great...and I know we're going to reach our…

Hey everybody, and thanks so much for the warm welcome! What has worked for me so far is sticking to my calories, a lot of prayer, support from my coworkers and family, and a lot of walking and other exercise that I can do...I lived on walking around my neighborhood and Leslie Sansone DVDs for the first several months of…

Okay I eat my words...Kristin is unrecognizable...she just might have Jerry beaten...she looks HOT!

Wait I missed it...where do I go to sign up for the summer Pound for Pound challenge?

I second this...I totally am crushing on a boy younger than my little brother lol... but Max doesn't seem to have dropped any significant weight...I hope they do a weigh in so we can see if he's actually been doing the program with Mike and Ron... I haven't seen Tara yet, but I feel like Mike and Ron are going to take both…

Okay I have been wanting to join this group forever but haven't because I am at 265 and just under 300 pounds...however, when I started I was 340 and still very much so feel like I am still in the over 300 club...can I join? I don't feel like I belong anywhere else...the black team threads have started to feel…

The last time I was there I got the California Turkey Burger with sweet potato fries...SO yummy and relatively healthy because it's ground turkey rather than beef, and sweet potato fries, though they are fried, are better than regular fries...

Yeah, I'm out...not particularly losing right now so won't be doing any more team things...good luck guys!

I live in Shippensburg.

Thanks Sam...I can't believe I was ever that big...my face looked like a balloon about to burst! Some days I still feel so huge and hopeless but looking at that before picture makes me realize how far I've come...I swear I've lost all 75 pounds from my cheeks!

Before Current

Starting weight 04/13/09: 270 90 day goal: 240 04/20/09: 04/27/09: 266.5 05/04/09: 05/11/09: 05/18/09: 05/25/09: 06/01/09: 06/08/09: 06/15/09: 06/22/09: 06/29/09: 07/06/09: Final weigh in 07/12/09: Total loss to date: 3.5

Hey guys, does anyone know why the person who started this thread deactivated her account? I hope she's still sticking with her diet and exercise plans...

This morning I was at 271...so it's coming down but not anywhere near where it needs to be...I don't tend to be a chronic scale jumper, but this week I am checking every morning...might help me to understand my body's fluctuations and help me to understand how certain foods affect my body as far as water retention, etc.

Very discouraged today. I have been "off track" for quite awhile now, not really gaining weight but not losing either. I embarked on this 90 day challenge as a way to kick start my weight loss back up. This past week has been good. Exercising, eating within my calories, drinking tons of water. Yes, I went over my calories…

Today was a big disappointment...overate way too much and didn't exercise at all because I was running all day...I feel bloated and disgusting and am wondering if I will show a loss at all for this Monday or if I will be retaining water from the poor food choices I made today...time will tell I suppose...I am way too…

Okay I ended up doing a lot of little workouts today, and I feel great. My calories are on target for the day and I might even have enough left to have some of that Ben and Jerry's I mentioned in my previous post! How is everyone else doing?

hummus, Special K crackers, fresh fruits and veggies, Greek yogurt (honey flavored is my favorite), Fiber One bars and cereal, skim milk, herbal teas, sweet potatoes, frozen vegetables, healthy salad dressings, low fat deli meats and extra fiber bread or wraps (I found some wraps that are only 50 calories and they aren't…

Today is my day off (though I was off sick the past two days with chest pains) and my heart rate seems to have decreased a bit and the chest pains are gone, so I am hoping to get in a small workout today. Probably just a 30 minute Leslie Sansone DVD, but that's more than I've done the past two days so I'll be proud of…

Today is going well so far, although I had blood drawn this morning and got a little lightheaded so they gave me graham crackers and ginger ale. After I got over the lightheadedness, I looked at the calories and was not very happy with the unplanned calories...oh well...better than passing out right?

Okay I am back from surgery and ready to get losing again, but I'm really not sure what I could give up for this week. Oooh I know...maybe I'll give up the EXCUSES that keep me from exercising. How's that sound?

I have one and never use it...I tried it for making salsa, and it never seemed to fully mix everything together...so the pieces at the bottom were liquified, and the ingredients toward the top were still whole.

He's a 6 foot tall man though, so he's going to be allotted more calories than a woman would.

There is a video on YouTube of a morbidly obese man who did yoga as his only exercise and got to his goal weight. He started out using a cane to walk around because of pain in his legs, but he no longer uses it and is a very fit and trim man now. I have trouble doing all the yoga and pilates poses, but I definitely believe…