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Do you have any before pictures you could compare yourself to? A co-worker of mine lost a lot of weight, but kept wearing her "big" clothes. She REALLY looked like she needed new clothes. But, she still wasn't comfortable in smaller sizes yet.

Yep, I've got the someday pile! Haven't fit into them yet, but I am hopeful. Good job girl!!

Today didn't go so great. I had a 10 hour round trip drive and we stopped at one of my favorite restaurants. I'm really going to have to push hard next week to make up for today!!

I never really thought about including the kids in working out until this summer when my husband started taking bike rides with our son. Now, we go almost everyday. The kids love it (and it gets them off the video games). We're up to about 7 miles a day. I know it's not much to those who ride all the time, but we're just…

When my kids were real young I would work out in the mornings. Now that they are old enough to keep up we try to include them in exercise too. I want them to form good habits when they're young!

Today I said no to checking to see if the new cupcake place Gigi's was opened yet.

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So, today went really good! I stayed under my calorie goals and rode 6.82 miles on the bike. Getting pretty close to my 7 mile goal!

I get tired of just water so I add lemon to it or sometimes I use the crystal light flavor packets. Wyler's makes good sugar free flavor packets too!

Kids when they come in from playing outside...they always smell like a wet dog!

Give him a chance. He may surprise you and be proud just in the fact that you put yourself out there and are trying. My husband is way better at riding bikes than me. I am always the one lagging behind. (When we first started it I couldn't even ride the whole thing. I'd have to stop and walk periodically). But he wasn't…

I know what you mean. I eat apples with peanut butter all the time. And a lot of these weren't really weird to me. Although my husband would beg to differ! He wouldn't eat most of it.

This morning was oatmeal with a little brown sugar and cinnamon. Yum!

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This morning was raisin bran with ff milk. I also like to make oatmeal with half a chopped banana and a tsp. of brown sugar mixed in.

I personally think you look great!! Good job! I would start working on toning and maintenance. But, ultimately you have to do whatever makes you feel good. You're the one looking into the mirror everyday.

Huh! Guess ya learn something new everyday! :noway:

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Me Too!!:smile:

Great ideas...thanks!

I'd love to join this group!! I think it'll really help me to stop focusing on the big picture that is a little intimidating! Next weeks goals are listed in my signature.

I'll have to try that one! Thanks for sharing!!

I've given up sitting on my butt!! It was hard at first to find the motivation to get up and exercise...but, now that we've really made the change I find myself thinking of ways to get some more exercise in whenever I have down time. Today that motivation got me a clean house and some burned calories!!

Water with lemon!! I teach Cosmetology to high school students. Everyday I have a cup with ice water and lemon slices in it. My students are always so amazed with what I'm drinking. I've had several of them come up to me and say,"Mrs. Whitaker, what is that? Your drinks always look so good!" When I tell them it's just…

When I was in my 20's I actually did stop drinking soda's all together. That was the only thing I changed and I lost about 15 lbs. Since then I have definitely relapsed!! However, now that we have made a lifestyle change I try to stick to just one coke zero a day and the rest of the day I drink water with lemon. I have…

I tried Curves for a while and I just really didn't like it. I got out of it with a doctor's note as well. We now have a 24 hr fitness gym membership. But, honestly, we hardly ever use it. We are enjoying workouts that include our whole family such as riding bikes, playing tennis, volleyball etc. I think it's been a lot…

Both of my boys used their toddler beds from about age 2 till about 41/2 or 5. It's just safer when they're little cuz it's lower. After that they went into twin beds. If you don't want to spend the money on a toddler bed, you could always just put the mattress on the floor for now without the frame so that it's lower.

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That trainer is a complete jerk!! About 6 yrs. ago I lost 40 lbs without a personal trainer (or a gym membership)!! I did it by counting calories and daily exercise. As long as you're making an effort to get moving and eating healthy then you CAN do it without paying money you don't have for some jerk trainer!! Your friend…

On days that I work out I find that I don't really want to eat much. As long as you feel OK and still have plenty of energy I would worry about it..