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I took a whole bottle of miralax before a colonoscopy and it was pretty bad. I can't imagine wanting to do that. If you are having constipation issues you can try miralax by the dose on the package or metamucil or benefiber. Good luck.

If you go to message boards and my topics you can find this thread and go back to post to it.

I post quotes of the day and they keep me motivated. Here are the recent ones I have posted. Just food for thought instead of food in your mouth!! Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow. Doug Firebaugh The future depends on what we do with the present Gandhi The only journey is the journey…

I understand how you feel. I was so addicted to red meat. I can't just have a bite of a quarter pounder without consuming it all. And pizza? How can you just take one bite? (or in my case eat just one piece?) There are foods that I NEVER eat anymore. I no longer eat candybars, candy or cake and I only eat red meat maybe…

Ok I'm in. I was 162.8 last week and my "official" weigh in is tomorrow morning. How about we start then?

Did you mean August? I am with you to lose 5 lbs by the end of August.

My maintenance calories now are 2,174, but I eat 1,674. At my goal weight (in 13.6 lbs!) I will maintain at 2,056. That is 382 more calories per day I will eat when I am maintaining. I think I may switch to a 250 calorie per day deficit from a 500 calorie a day deficit once I get down to just 5 more lbs to lose so the…

I did it after a 5 week plateau and it helped me get back on track. I have now lost 1 lb per week for the last 7 weeks since I started zig zagging. I think I will always zig zag even after I am maintaining because it leaves me more room for cheat days, but I make up for them when I eat less other days. Its all about…

I was obese when I got pregnant both times and my OB said I should only gain 15lbs both times. The first time I gained 35lbs and the second I gained 45 lbs. Both times I lost the weight without much effort because I breastfed which burns about 700 calories per day. Maybe you should plan on breastfeeding as a way to lose…

I only weigh on Thursday mornings and maybe if I have overeaten a day I will get on to try to motivate me to get right back on track. I only log on Thursdays though. SO it doesn't matter that this morning I showed 161.8 which is a 1lb loss. All that counts is what I weight on Thursday morning.

Your BMR is how many calories you burn on an average day. This is based on your height, weight and activity level. It is just an estimate which is why caloire calulators are different. MFP calculates my BMR as 1890, but after following the MFP guidlines I actually found my BMR is 2140. MFP calculated my calories at 1640 to…

Its because you can't go below 1200 without going into starvation mode so it won't let your calories be below that. To actually measure if you are losing 1/2 lb at 1460 then you can subtract 250 calories for each 1/2 lb per week. Keep in mind that most people will go into starvation mode under 1200 calories and will…

I was overweight starting in about the 5th grade and I wasn't the only one. I know there were others, but I don't know how many. I hit 100lbs when I was 10 years old (90th percentile.) I was over 200lbs my freshman year in high school which was off the charts. I would say maybe 20% of the students were overweight then.

I understand how you feel. MFP tells me to eat 1,640 for 1/2 lb/wk loss, but Livestrong told me 1,850. Well I stuck to MFP and I am losing 1 lb/wk not 1/2 lb. I think there are several variables. One, I have my activity set to sedentary, but I have 2 children under 2 so I am pretty active at home. I think I burn 2,140 per…

Well I use the meal bars everyday as my snacks and I use the shakes maybe once a week. It helps carry me over until lunch and dinner. I don't do the diet as it says on the 321 plan, but I love the bars and shakes. They help keep me on track instead of going to the vending machine or eating something too fattening.

I have had that go both ways. When I saw the dreaded "fatso" picture of myself on facebook I didn't realize how big I looked. Then people were commenting on how great I looked in my "fatso" picture. Well that made me feel even worse. So now that I have lost 55lbs I still don't quite see myself how others do. I know in my…

I went from 218 to 163 and I have some excess skin on my lower abdomen, but it isn't as bad as you may think. Even with the skin I still look way better than I did before. My weight loss has been over 6 months, but I have had 2 babies and was 253 at my highest so I am sure alot of the excess skin is from that. Mine just…

I had this when I was pregnant and I used neutrogena grapefruit bodywash. It worked for me. http://www.target.com/Neutrogena-Oil-Free-Acne-Body-Grapefruit/dp/B002HQKVJK

I had a memorial day party and a July 4th party. I made healthy alternatives, but still had the chips and dip in case people wanted them. We all know how hard it is to go to someone's house and not know what is healthy to eat. You can't really ask for an ingredient list for everything so you know what you should eat. I…

I bought the Taylor 7506 from walmart for $23 and free shipping. I love it. It weighs in lbs or kgs and goes to the tenth of a pound. I only weigh once a week unless I have a really bad day going over on calories and then I will weigh the next morning. Maybe just commit to only logging your weight once a week.…

My motivation was similar. I saw a pic that was on facebook and everyone commented on how good I looked and I looked TERRIBLE. (Its in my profile here on mfp) and I thought if they think I look good I must usually look worse than that. I was horrified. Plus my baby was 5 months and I was still in my maternity clothes.

I toast a wheat, lite, high fiber english muffin every morning and I scramble one egg in a small bowl and microwave for 35 sec. I add sliced turkey and 1/2 slice of sargento reduced fat pepperjack cheese. 245 caloris and the pepperjack adds lots of flavor. I don't even add salt or pepper due to the salt in the meat and the…

I read motivation quotes I have and I also look at old pictures of me. Not ones when I was skinny, but the one I saw on facebook when I realized I was 253 lbs and looked like CRAP! That reminds me where I was and keeps me motivated to stay on track to not go back there.

You think the pregnant pee is gross? Try taking Premarin. It is an estrogen hormone used for women after a hysterectomy among other things. It is actually made from PREgnant MARes urINe. Now that is gross. Not only are the horses abused to get the urine, but if you cut a pill in half they smell like pee. I bet your doctor…

You are gonna make me cry! That is so sweet he wants to help you and is willing to be by your side through your journey. The love of a child can make anything possible! Stay strong!

I had a thyroid disorder diagnosed in 2008 and was on fertility drugs, but that didn't change my weight. It was my bad eating habits. I was also on depo-provera from 2001 thru 2007 and I gained about 15 lbs over that time, but again it was my bad eating habits. I am on depo now and have been since December and I have lost…

I just ordered my new Taylor Model 7506 Glass Electronic from Walmart for $23 and free shipping. It is digital and recommended by some people on here. It got great reviews and it is reasonably priced. My old one was bad too. It was a dial on ethat if I moved on the scale the weight would change. I only weigh myself once a…

Chelseagirlfl - My date was with my husband, but any time out without kids is a date. (And he's hot of course!) We went out for a very nice dinner and I saved 1000 calories for it. I had filet minon, crab bisque and lobster and even took a couple bites of chocolate cake and still was under for the day! Its nice to go out…

I was an apple shape too and I wore v-necks to accetuate my breasts, empire waists to make it look like I had a waist and wide leg pants to balance my skinny legs.

My 2 yr old is 27lbs and my 1 year old is 19lbs so I lost both of them plus what one of them weighed at birth! (7 more lbs). When I carry one on each hip its hard to believe I used to carry all that weight.