dljmurphy

Are you doing any sort of strength training?

It sounds like you and your partner are each taking on brave journeys. I commend you both for taking steps to better your health. I'd be happy to be a supportive buddy!

I'm not sure about how the sugar affects weigh ins, but I do go over in sugar as well and I don't think it has affected me. As far as eating back the exercise calories, I almost always do eat some of them back now, but for the first week or so I didn't. I just wanted to see how much I would lose without eating them back.…

You're off to a good start. I started jogging at a heavy weight as well. Make sure you have no underlying physical reasons not to jog. Have a physical and make sure your doctor says to go for it. Then you may want to google "couch to 5k". This is a great training program that got me in shape for my first 5k run. For…

Good luck on your journey! I agree that walking is a great place to start. Just try to get moving for 30-60 minutes a day. It doesn't all have to be at once! And keep challenging yourself to try new things. As far as food goes, it might sound boring but the standard 5 servings of veggies and fruits, switching out all…