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I'm in. Just took the batteries out of the scale.

I have the same problem with my family. We have alot of BBQ's and there is never anything healthy. I started bringing my own steamed veggies to eat instead of the potato salad and other unhealthy sides and asking for my food with sauce. I do the same thing when we get together for a regular dinner. After a while my Mom…

I spend most of my day sitting on a stability ball. It forces me to balance all day long and by the end of the day my abs are sore.

Ive been feeling really discouraged lately as my weight loss has stopped. In order to keep from going crazy I hide the scale and deceided to focus on how much healthier I feel and not how much I weigh.So this morning I looked in the mirror and saw something I lost 6 years ago and thought would never come back. My…

Yes, I have tried it and let me tell you, the real challenge was trying not to bite my co workers I was soooo hungry. Only lasted 4 days and I lost nothing. Best of luck to you!

This is from a Jillian Michaels newsletter I get a few times a week. Hope it helps. Welcome to Losing It with Jillian Michaels, the newsletter designed to help you shed pounds, increase energy, and finally get fit for life! Soda Quota Diet soda will not make you gain weight. It just won't. People always think that diet…

Thank you so much. I guess food was not the appropriate reward and that was what my body was trying to tell me. My clothes have been falling off of me so I think a new outfit is in order. Thanks for the advise. Best of luck to everyone:bigsmile:

I am have lost a total of 35 pounds and thought I derseved a treat so i took myself out for mexican food last week. I have always been a sucker for anything smothered in sauce so I was very exited but shortly after eating I felt very sick and stayed sick all day. I thought mybe something was wrong with food but the same…

Welcome! I'm from arizona too. What part of the state are you?

What helps me is not depriving myself. I have the same problem exept I get weak when I go to work. If there is something there that looks good I eat it. If I eat it when I first start to crave it I eat a lot less. I always make sure I fit it into the amount of calories and sugar allowed for the day then I feel alot better.…

I have the same problem and this is what works for me. If I want to eat something bad for me I check the calories and if I really want it I increase my workout to cover the extra calories. For about 3 weeks I was exahusted from all the extra exercise. After doing that for a while bad foods didnt look good anymore. Its not…

I used to be one of those people who didnt get it. I would eat what i wanted when I wanted and if anyone would comment I would say " Im gonna die fat and happy, not skinny and hungry like you". I kept that up unt ill I stepped on the sclaie one day and found myself at 249lbs. Now that I changed the way I live and eat I…

What I do when it comes to eating out is go to the companies web site. Most major restaurants have nutritional info on line. I check before I go so I know what I can and cant eat then adjust my workout for the day to accommodate the extra calories. Hope that helps.

I Love Tae Bo. There are several differant tapes and when I was doing it on a regular basis it did wonders for my abs. I cant wait for my asthma to get better so I can pull out the Tae Bo DVDs.

Thank you Thank you Thank you. I was on a serious health kick when I did the shopping about 2 weeks ago and came home with tons of ground turkey and since then have had no idea what to do with it. Turkey burgers for all!!!

For the first 3 weeks it was the only exerise I did and I did lose about 11 pounds doing it. After the first 11 pounds it was like I hit a brick wall so I increased my workout by 20% and added ankle weights last week. I just got on the scale this morning and found I lost 3 more pounds last week. Walking has been good…

I found myself in the middle of a plateau recently and found this articele. It really helped me. Hope it can help someone else too :) By Dr. Ian Smith, MD Almost everyone over the course of a diet hits a plateau, a point where they can’t seem to lose weight any more despite their previous success. This is what I call the…

I know exactly how you feel. I have 2 small children and a full time job and it can be very hard not to give in to temptation. Keep with it. What I find helps me is if I am craving something I eat it. I eat just one serving then I increase my workout so I can burn off those extra calories. After doing that a few times I…

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Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. I went to the store at lunch and found crystal light on sale. Its Ok, at least for a while. This is a great site, dont know if i could do it without all the positive things I get from this site. Thanks again.

I used to drink at least one and sometimes two whole 2 liters of Pepsi a day. It was very common for me to go several days with no water at all. Now that Im tring to change my bad ways and lose some weight I have only had water and quite frankly Im sick of it. If I never see another glass of water again that would be fine…

Hello, Im pretty new here too. Just wanted to let you know I think the site will calculate your calories based on how long you walked and at what pace. It does for me. Good Luck :)

Thank you all very much for the kind words. I will start eating smaller more frequent portions keep going untill i reach my 50lb goal. thanks again!

I am pretty new to healthy eating and exercise. I have been doing really well in the two weeks since I deceided 250lbs was not acceptable for a 5'5" woman. I started off losing 10 lbs with no proble but the past 2 days all I have wanted to do is eat and I dont mean healthy eating. I have put back on a pound and Im affraid…