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Oh I totally agree with your reply. There are times when I'm craving a food and I allow myself to have it and then I just get grossed out by eating all that fat and calories. Also, eating at a buffet is not a horribly bad thing to do as long as you do it in moderation. Eating 20 plates (which I'm sure you were totally…

Kudos to you for signing up for a 1/2 marathon. I have signed up to tackle a full marathon in January 2010. My training starts in August. I've ran and 1/2 marathon and next to the birth of my son I would have to rank this up to one of the best accomplishments of my life. Hard work, dedication and a mentality of "you can do…

I bought some resistance bands at Target. I think I paid 15 bucks for them. Love them and my arms are definitely starting to see results. I believe there are 10 exercises along with the bands.

GREAT JOB!!

sparkpeople.com has a good counter for recipe. You enter the food that you use to make a recipe and it calculates the calories per serving. Also, when eating something that is not homemade make sure you are checking your labels for serving size information. For instance I just looked at a graham cracker this morning and it…

Olive Garden Breadsticks Chicken Alfredo Cheesecake (any type) Oh no now I'm hungry!!!

You know your losing weight when all your jeans you can take on and off without unbuttoning or unzipping them. It's time to buy a belt because I have 10 more lbs to go til a shopping spree. You know your losing weight when while running at 5:00 a.m. you have to keep pulling up your running pants and hope and pray that…

Well thank you all for the advice. I've been hearing great things about the P90X. A friend of mine is using it and she loves it. Am I that dedicated though??? LOL

Good for you! Secretary's Day was when my co-workers made fun of me for eating healthy.

WAY TO GO!!

good socks. Nothing worse than wet socks and friction!

Thank you all!

So far since April 1 I have lost 10.4 lbs. This website has truly helped me with realizing how much I was eating on a regular basis. I don't think most people realize (or care)about the amount of calories they are consuming. I know I didn't really pay attention to it before. I have realized that this is a not really a…

Your post just made me laugh outloud. I used to have "boobs" on my back aka back fat. UGH! Its finally disappearing and I'm so excited. Great job to you for getting rid of the extra appendages!! LOL

Sounds Yummy! I'm having burgers this weekend. I think I'll try this.

1. Lose 18 lbs by 10/1/09 - have lost 8.6 so far since April 1 2. Run a 5K in 30 minutes 3. Train for a marathon (looking for a fall marathon) 4. Maintain my healthy lifestyle 5. Get my 9 year old son involved in running with me.

I'm not one to want to be spoiled either but I say let him. I have been in bad relationships and expected bad behavior. When you find someone that is good to you this is what they are supposed to do. A coach bag is a very expensive purchase but obviously this man cares about you alot. Honey, be happy that you have a great…

Amazing!! You are proof that diet and exercise do work. and there is no "magic" pill! Congrats on your weight loss!!

Dave I like the way you think!!!

Thanks everyone!

Last week we had an early Secretary's Day luncheon at my office. We all went to TGI Fridays. Do you know how hard it was to be good. Well of course you all do!! I chose wisely even though the appetizer plates full of the things I love to eat were sitting in front of me. BTW I didn't eat any of them. Yeah me! But it's funny…

I followed a program on a website called marathonrookie. It worked for me.

Would love to join this group! I'm running a 1/2 marathon this Saturday in Springfield, IL. This is taper week for me. 3 miles on Monday and 4 miles last night. Great job to all of you that are running. Keep up the good work.

Sounds yummy!

Well I found something on the internet a few months back (whether its right or not I'm not sure). It says that 30 minutes Tae-Bo Basic burns 389 calories. I think that sounds about right.

Glad to see some people from Illinois. I'm from the Springfield area!!

If you like soup, the Campbell's Soup at Hands are great and low calorie. I think the highest one has 130 calories which is practically nothing. Fills you up. Pair it with some veggies, crackers, or other low cal foods and you have a very low cal lunch. Plus its cheap!!

Awesome! You will be running races in no time!

Bright Lights, Big *kitten* and Bitter is the New Black are also good books by her.

Ok so I just finished reading Such a Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster. For all of us dieters this is the funniest book I have ever read. She tells of her struggles, her excuses and her success. I have never laughed out loud to a book and this book made me laugh out loud throughout the whole thing. For all who have read it, you…