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Everyone hits a plateau. I've been on one for 6 months. You just have to keep doing what you're doing. It's not all about the scale either. Muscle weighs more - so if you're strength training then you won't see the number go down all the time. I know it's hard - trust me. I have to keep telling myself that. I'm trying to…

This. I had been stuck at a plateau for over 6 months at 1200 cals/day. I upped it to closer to 1400 and broke through my plateau. I would prolly be at my goal weight by now if I'd stop sabotaging myself on the weekends.

Welcome to MFP! You can do anything you set your mind to!

I'm in! If I loose 10 I'll be practically at my goal weight. Which would be amazing before I see my family for the holidays. Add me!

Another medical claim person here! Happy Spring Day No joke. First name Happy. Poor kid.

Thanks for everyone's responses. I've been eating pretty much normally. I had my 22nd birthday during recovery on Thursday, and had margaritas and did just fine! Yay! I talked to my family as I knew that my diet was not the issue. I don't eat much fast food and I don't do high fat foods and never really have. I've always…

Thanks everyone for your response! I returned to school and work today (which apparently means I'm crazy according to everyone I've seen) but survived. I'm exhausted but I'm a full time student and couldn't really just take a few weeks off, 2 days has put me behind enough! (plus October has been awful to me and my hubby,…

bump. Trainer just told me I neeed to up protein and lower carb.

I work at a dermatologist office. Excessive tanning causes skin cancer. Tanning in a tanning booth is MUCH WORSE FOR YOU THEN NATURAL SUN TANNING! Always wear some sunscreen, I promise you will still get color, but less likely to get skin cancer. Do yourself a favor and don't tan at a tanning booth. Do spray tan if you…

Welcome! Congrats on your weight loss! That's a good chunk to loose, especially on your own! Feel free to add me. (I'm 21 too!)

http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/nutrition/artificial-sweeteners

She's saying the sugar being non-natural and man made. Sucrose/glucose are natural products not made by man

The artificial sweetners in sodas are being linked to lots of diseases and other issues. Some call it worse for you than regular sodas because of the sweetners. If you can, I wouldn't drink it. I don't drink sodas very often but when I do, it's a full blown regular soda.…

My face. I have my mom's neck. I'm not super overweight (actually considered healthy) but my face is fat, especially when I smile in pics. It really hit me when I had to go to the DMV to get a new drivers license picture and he handed me my temp one. I cried in the car b/c I didn't know it looked that bad. Now every…

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Proud Ausinite! Feel free to add to me! Lived here all my life!

I'm Bridgette and live in Austin Tx! Welcome to TX, I'm sure you'll love it! Feel free to add me.

Great job again this week ladies! I again didn't get to weigh in this week since I didn't get to go to Tara's b/c my sister was in town, so I apologize for that. I'm going to go buy my own scale this week so I can weigh in at my own house! This week's challenges are going to be tough! I'm gonna be working full time this…

So the episode for this week is up. Great job everyone on killing it with the mountain climbers! :-) I didn't get to weigh in this week so I appologize for that and for my weight staying the same. :-( The whole grain challenge will be difficult to track and keep eachother accountable I think. However, I just went through…

Sounds good to me! It'll be a tough week for sure!!

I think we should leave it at 60 mintues of exercise per day. And here's why: Most peope on here are trying to loose weight or stay healthy and already work out 30 minutes a day, so it wouldn't be a challenge for them like it should be. This is about motivation. If we challenge people to do 60 minutes a day and they don't…

I always go over sugar especially when I eat fruit. Simple sugar like what is in fruit is not bad (or as bad) for you like the complex sugars in say chocolates/candy etc.I don't even worry about the sugar unless its something bad I wanna eat. Its all about moderation and the type of sugar that you eat. Fruit sugar is ok, I…

I like Heather's summary of what our challenge should be for next week. -Work out/Exercise @ least 60 min each day -Plank Circut as suggested by apple84 -Water determined by the website -@ least 2 servings of veggies/fruit each meal -this one will be hard for me (at b-fast anyways!) Any other takers/suggestions/opinions?

Well ladies, it's our turn to think of a challenge! Any ideas?? Tara and I are thinking of certain # of minutes of workout everyday challenge (say 60 minutes of workout everyday) because everyone can complete a certain number of minutes of workout everyday rather than basing it off of calories per day to make it more fair.…

Met: me 14 yo him 15 yo Dated: me 16 yo him 17 yo Moved in together: me 17 yo him 18 yo (I had a bad life at home (whole other story), so moved in with him when i was legally able to: 17 in TX) Engaged: me 18 yo him 19 yo (while I was a senior in hs) Married: me 21 yo him 22 yo and happily married for 3 months! :-) So…

So I talked to the hubby today and he said we'd give up eating out this week. :-) it is going to be really tough bc we don't feel like cooking after a long day. But we can do it! Good thing too bc I need some chocolate right now. :-) Lol No eating out for us this week! All home cooked meals! I'm excited!

I'll be doing group aerobic class for 60 min 3 times this week. I would normally do 4 but I have a stupid evening test thats going to cut into my bootcamp time with Tara. I think my red light food is going to be chocolate/sweets. I might try to do eating out period, but we didn't get to go grocery shopping today, so we…

Hey everyone! Thanks for letting me join the group! My weight is 138 and hope to get to my goal by summer. Excited to get going!

Hahah! I know exactly what your saying. I have a coworker who looks like she rubbed her cat all over her scrubs and jacket before she comes to work and even AFTER the MANAGER said something she still doesn't clean it off so if she sits in your chair you better look twice before sitting down again! Haha! Plus, I'm not sure…

I specifically asked my trainer this and he said that the sugar in fruits are simple sugars and thus easier for our body to digest then the sugars in processed foods/snacks. He said it is fine to eat as much fruit as we want as long as we are somewhat active because our body processes much faster/easier. Good Luck! I love…