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Thanks reree. I've been having a hard time hitting the calories because I'm just not hungry with the heat. Trying to still get my protein in for fuel though. I only wish I could lose 36 lbs in 2.5 months. What are you doing to get that loss?

I completely forgot about the water retention with sore muscles. I'll up the water and wait it out. I wish I had measured before I started the running, but I haven't measured in a few weeks. I'll measure today and go from there. Thanks!!

Wow! You look great. I only hope I can have such a success story 9 months from now!

I have actually received an e-mail using "WTF" in the body. Real professional!! Oh and bad grammar and misspellings by people getting paid triple what I do. You have a MBA and can't write a gramatically correct sentence??

Yes the skin is pure fat. I don't think it affects the protein level to remove it. I've been told that cooking it with the skin on it prevents it from being dried out but the only time I have chicken with fat on it is those store rotisserie chickens. I do feed it to my cats. Not all of it of course, but it's a little treat…

My cousin is a certified dietician that recomended this site to me. She was who warned me not to go under 1200 calories a day for long term weight loss. She had me adjust the carb numbers slightly on here (bring them down), otherwise she told me to stick to it. I'm also is the morbidly obese category (5'5" cw 239). We all…

Wow!! You look like a different person! I'm sure you feel that way too. My goal is minimally 100 lbs also, so it's very motivating to see your progress. How long did this take you?

To put it bluntly, people suck. I stopped with my 10 year olds baseball team to get ice cream after a game the other day and some kids that drove by actually yelled out "mooo" out their window. My son asked me what they said and I said I didn't know. He figured it out eventually but I still felt like crap. OK kids that…

I don't necesarily rest the day before weigh in as I have the same thought of you as "the last chance workout". I just tend to exercise every other day mostly but I've only been averaging 2lbs a week since Mid-May. What you're doing is working so just keep at it! I wish I was as succesful as you've been!

^ We're supposed to be SUPPORTING each other on here!

From experience it could be: 1) We're women-depending on TOM, this causes weight fluctuations for most of us (darn hormones) 2) 6 days of working out may be too much. You're muscles are probably swollen and need time to recover. 3) When I've seen myself gaining or plateauing, even though it's frustrating, just keep…

Check the recipe section here and do a search for egg muffins and Biggest Loser oatmeal pancakes. I am not a morning person either. My brain just does not function for at least the 1st hour. I have made both of these recipes and just grabbed them from the fridge to eat for breakfast. They're both good warmed up or cold. I…

^ This!!! My roomate got the shot and immediately started extreme mood swings. I lived with her for 2 years before this and she was the most level headed person I knew. I decided to try it years later thinking maybe it had been improved, but no such luck. I had extreme mood swings and debilitating headaches. I went off it…

Way to go!! May I ask what you did to your knee? I tore my ACL in two about 7 yrs ago and am afraid to run and have my knee give out. Debated running with my brace but that gets so hot. Did these Kanga's remove some of the impact from running?

The trainer at the gym told me to let them rest in between workouts, only to do the ab specific exercises a couple times a week. She said that it was best to alternate upper/lower body workouts. This has worked for me so far. I remember when I first started her ab workouts, there was no way I could do them again the next…

36 here. I WILL be hot before I leave the 30's!!:love:

Goldschlager. Those little sparkly bits are just shards to tear apart your stomach. I can't even smell the artificial cinamon smell without getting nauseous. I think my stomach is scarred!

Wow!! You look amazing! Great work!

If you can fit it in on occasion, fine. Personally the standard MFP does not track sodium and I started tracking it. It is amazing how often you can have calories left over yet the sodium is over the amt. This definately happens to me on my fast food days.

I can only speak for myself, so YES!!!! I'm fuller and feel better over all. This is coming from someone who hardly ever drank water. I have a cup with a straw on my desk all day (yes, crazy but the straw helps).

Wow. You look amazing!!! And I know everyone says this but you look so much younger. You've been through a lot but have prevailed. Great job!

I have issues doing this somedays too. One of my favorite ways to up my intake is having apple slices dipped in peanut butter. So yummy and I feel like I'm cheating because it feeds my sweet tooth. Skim milk helps too.

Everyone's different of course, but I do feel better exercising when it's my TOM. It helps with the exhaustion, cramps & mood. I do have to sometimes skip the 1st day though becuase of the sick feeling that you're talking about. If you don't get to the gym today, do it tomorrow and watch what you eat today. Also watch your…

Oh and hard liquor ads are still on TV. Captain Morgan has a lot of them. My love of the Captain did not come from his commercials though

I don't blame the marketers for people's indiscretions. Cigarette ads were all over the place when I was growing up but I don't smoke and never did. It's all part of this culture that no one wants to admit that they are responsible for their own behavior. I may watch one of these commercials (for me it's the Sonic…

You look wonderful! I weigh about the same as you now but you carry it soooo much better! I with I looked that good. How tall are you?

The straw has helped me immensely. That being said, when I 1st started MFP 2 months ago I had the same aversion to water that I wanted to overcome. I would feel quezzy that first week but still made myself drink it. 2 months later the water is 2nd nature. I'm predominently drinking just water. Once you get through that 1st…

You already have the right idea in mind, start over today. What you did yesterday is called living. We cannot continue on our journey if we do not continue to live. You just have to make sure that you realize that yesterday was just a blip, not to be continued. You can do it!!

I do this a 2-3 times a month. I also have weeks due to my schedule where I to to the gym less because of my kids schedules. I think my bodies guessing all of the time what I am doing. It's working so far...

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