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Hello from north central Wisconsin!

You can go online and do a search for ab lounge and get all the information, including directions for use, workout plans, etc. The biggest thing is to not do it fast. Let your body feel the resistance using smooth motion, not fast up and down movements. I am a walker, so use a treadmill when not walking outside and I also…

I believe that what your body doesn't need to sustain life is absorbed into the body and eliminated.

Leslie Sansone for me, too! So easy but a great workout!

COOKIES!!!!! Any kind of COOKIES!!!!!

Leslie Sansone, definately! She has so many walking DVD's that include strength training using the band and weights. I have 4 of her DVD's and alternate that with walking on my treadmill and walking outside. I also have Wii Fit that is alot of fun. We all need variety or it'll get boring.

Take a hot shower concentrating on the worst of the sore muscles. Then just before you're ready to get out turn the shower to cold. It's a shocker, I know, but it will help and you will get used to the cold shock. I put my back out badly before I started on my journey and this is what I did. It helped alot. Then when I…

Chips & dip.. was my favorite breakfast foods. I have also gone to green teas and have cut my diet soda down ALOT! I might drink 1-2 a day, whereas I used to drink abou 5-6..

I agree with hannydee. When I was on the losing end I would get really excited about my upcoming weigh-in once a week. This really kept me motivated. I looked so forward to my weigh days that I'd work all the harder throughout the week.

You have come so far both physically AND emotionally. Now go for that next step. You deserve to be happy and if the "next step" is the surgery, go for it! You have one heck of a cheering section here on MFP. You know "the force will be with you". I appreciate you sharing your life here. What an inspiration to everyone. You…

I drink alot of Crystal Light. I enter it into my menu to show the calories, but also include this in my fluids for the day. I count any teas and diet sodas in my fluids, too.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Enjoy your special day!! :flowerforyou:

Sometimes our bodies get so used to the same things that we need to fool it once in awhile. I have a splurge day every week. I eat whatever I want (usually pizza and garlic bread) and then the next day I am back to my normal eating. I think the zig zagging is ok, but like all things..in moderation.

I eat some back, but not all. I can't eat that much! I stick between 1300-1600 with exercise. I know I should eat more, but I workout in the evenings, most of the time, and cannot get much more in. For those that exercise earlier in the day (say mornings), it may be easier to adjust their calories and nutrients. On the…

I'd say sedentary (at work). Being active means, to me, getting your heart rate up. I have a desk job, too, but am up and down all day. My body is used to this activity, so it's not a challenge at all. Figure in your gym time where the real workout is happening.

WOW!! LOOK AT YOU!!! What a wonderful transformation, not only in how you look, but how much better you feel! Congratulations on your success!

Bacon. I could eat the whole pound!!!

From what I've seen and heard here on MFP, everyone starts out with a 1200 calorie limit. Depending on how much you currently weigh and your activity level, you may need a higher calorie limit. I changed mine when I started because I have been on maintenance for a few years and should be eating about 1600-1700 calories a…

It does make a difference in scales. I always weigh on the same day (7-14 days apart), on the same scale, on the same placement on the floor (never on carpet) and weigh the first thing in the morning on that day, after my body has been limbered up and weigh undressed. If you weigh at different times of the day that could…

I agree with bikerb422 about sharing your food diary... Diet and exercise have to go hand in hand. What works for one may not work for another, but it'll give you ideas if you look at other people's menus, too. It's sometimes hard to find that right balance for calories and nutrients, but it's a daily learning process. If…

I agree, you can make it pretty healthy at home, as you have control over all the ingredients. I use 1/2-1Tbsp of Annie Chun's Chinese Stir Fry Garlic Scallion sauce with cut up chicken breast and loads of different veggies and it's so good and filling. Most sauces are sodium loaded so look for the lower sodium sauces. I…

Good For You!! You're certainly headed in the right direction. It's never too late to make these lifestyle change. If your a young girl (as you picture looks like), you're helping yourself not only for now, but later in life, too :-) You've already seen results just from changing your eating habits. Imagine what adding…

I am basically a walker (of varying types: walking outside, treadmill and walking dvd's). My first year I walked most weeks, 7 days a week. I felt good walking and not so good when I missed a day. I lost weight consistantly and cannot remember having hit any plataues (sp?). For the past two years I walk regularly 5-6 days…

I have to agree with divens14. I eat candy once in awhile and afterwords I feel like crap. The sugars don't agree with me and I feel cranky and tired. Maybe that's part of what you have going on. I haven't looked at your diary, but am wondering if, being a candy eater normally you've cut back since joining MFP and now it's…

I think you have a very good idea! It's expensive to lose weight when we have to find something to fit after losing each size. I bought a lot of clothes at rummage sales and Goodwill when I was losing. I did splurge every now and then and hit Kohl's. Wish I had something to send you. What size are you in?

My food diary is open and has been from my beginning here on MFP. I came here on maintenance and hope that my menus will help people find ways to experiment with their own menus. I was on the old Slim Fast Optima program and did great. I found though, that because they gave recipes and menu suggestions I was not learning…

If I eat a light lunch I occassionally will have a shake or a protein bar for my snack. The order doesn't mean as much as the total outcome.

I drink Arizona Pomegranate Green Tea and Crystal Light Green Teas. Both fill me up to where I have to remind myself to eat sometimes because I'm not hungry. I drink 32 oz. in the morning again in the afternoon. Fortunately I'm self employed so potty breaks aren't an issue :-) I drink a lot less diet coke now, too (maybe 1…

I feel so bad for you and can relate to what you said. I was there..Was... Just 3 1/2 short years ago, 82# ago. Now i am one of the "guests" at the party that you talked about, (minus the heels :-) These were the things that reinforced my determination to stick with this journey to a better me; health attitude,…

Gleason, WI, but grew up in Milwaukee, WI.