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Any bike riding success stories
I ride my stationary bike quite often in my battle of the bulge. But this thread is about outside bike riding. I have a bike and used to ride it regularly with the family. I haven't rode my bike outside in some years, and I'm going to start TODAY to ride at least 30 minutes per day. That made me wonder if anyone has any…
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Do you feel Lighter? Looks like you're losing weight!
I Love my boyfriend {{{my hubby of 30+ years }}}}. He told me just a while ago...Those pants look nice on you. Do you feel lighter? Looks like you're losing weight! :bigsmile: :love: :flowerforyou: :love: :bigsmile: I told him..."no, I don't feel lighter". He said you're looking good, your face looks slimmer too. Are you…
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Eating MORE to weigh less success stories...pls.
I'm going to humble myself for the next 90 days and eat more ( A LOT more than I'm accustomed to:blushing: ). I'm doing this program (5:2 fasting--I'm doing this for Spiritual reasons FIRST priority and weight loss secondly) and when I calculated how much I should be eating...it says on my non-fast days (Everyday EXCEPT…
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Feels GOOD to sweat...10,000 steps
Me and an Mfp friend are doing a 90 day challenge to do 10,000 steps per day. I was bumming around all day and though I wouldn't do it--I didn't feel like it. Then I began thinking about how my "not feeling like it" more often than not has kept me fat, flabby and lazy as all get out. I POWER walked my tail to the lake to…
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WOOT...one day at a time success stories
I'm so in Love with The Lord....honey, let me tell you: Today is my fasting day and my handsome boyfriend (my hubby of 30+ years) is BBQing and as I type, the family is chowing down on the most fabulous smelling BBQ in the history of BBQ--I won't go into details of exactly what, because I don't want to tempt anyone to…
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Really?That sounds high--how much RU eating on nonFast days?
I posted this on my weekly weight-in personal thread and need/want some help (your thoughts) on this... Do I REALLY need to be eating 2122 on my non-fast days? How much are you guys eating on your non-fast days? My BMI is 32.4 that's obese, but lower than I was thinking. :indifferent: This blasted weight-loss thing is…
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I'm up 2 pounds this week, yet I'm counting it an NSV!
I'm up 2 pounds this week. I don't like it, not one bit. But ya know what? I may have lost the battle last week, but this war is FAR from over--as a matter of fact, I'm in the heat of this blasted battle. I've been well within my cals and eating and drinking pretty darn good (if I may say so myself). Yet, something "aint"…
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Revelations...pls. add some of yours
I'm reading "The Book of Revelations" currently and that got me inspired to post this. How strange, weird and even odd are the deep things I'm learning from this Book, how co-incidental that my weight loss adventure/journey is equally strange, weird and odd and DEEP--really kinda scary and at the exact same time super…
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Fighting words to help us WIN this daily battle of the bulge
I posted these wonderful words of wisdom I found on someone's blog yesterday and wanted to post them here for you and also for me too...words to help me/us FIGHT and WIN in this mental and bodily daily battle of the ugly and unhealthy bulge we're in and also to help us win in life in general as well... Smile every chance…
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Do you eat the watermelon seeds?
For lunch, I had a bowl of watermelon chunks and for the first time in my life...I felt "led" to eat the watermelon seeds. Now I've been eating watermelon for many, many, MANY years and have ALWAYS spit the seeds out. Today I didn't and after I ate them I looked them up to see if they were good for me (Duh...I know:ohwell:…
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Laugh yourself skinny? Anyone have Laughter NSV?
I getting ready to turn in for the evening and got a weird thought???? I've always read and believe The Word, that says a merry heart is like a good medicine, then I thinking about laughing as "strength training of all things. I LOVE to laugh, and when I laugh, I can sometimes feel it in my abs. Has anyone had any…
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1% Spandex Jeans & others tales of JOY in this battle...
Wow, a lot in this battle of the bulge is hard, a bummer, rough and sheer unadulterated struggle....BUT there are some really GOOD things in this battle as well--super good things, like 1% Spandex Jeans for instance:drinker: Yesterday, I pulled out a pair of jeans that I haven't been able to get anywhere into in YEARS. I…
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Death...what do you think about it--or do you?
Wow! I'm in shock. One of my older neighbors just dropped in to tell me about another older neighbor who moved from the neighborhood and few years ago, to let me know she'd be coming in town soon and to see if I wanted to join them for lunch. That's nice, but what she told me next is why I started this thread. She then…
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3+ months on Mfp--What changes RU seeing in/around you?
What changes are you seeing and feeling in and around you after 3+ months of being on Mfp? What comments are people making about you/your changes? If you are not seeing/feeling changes after being here 3 months...what do you think is wrong/what do you need to change?
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From Flab to Fab: clothing/style changes NSV's & pics pls!
One of the tremendous adventures in our getting slimmer & trimmer is (or can be) our "transforming", not only our body sizes downward, but perhaps changing our dress styles/our look too. Some of us, as we are/have been bigger/fat tend to dress frumpy, bummy and blah--and as we lose weight, perhaps some of us have changed…
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I Look at it this way....EVERYDAY is Mother's Day--Hmmmph!
Just a non-scale victory on so-called "Mother's Day". I say EVERYDAY is Mother's Day--around here anyway...I don't want to observe one day per year for my children and husband to recognize me being a Mother...but EVERYDAY is Mother's Day around here---365/24X7! For others who choose to observe this one day--terrific--good…
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I'm rocking my size 14's today---WOOT!
Yeah...it's vanity sizing--but it's still my 14's I haven't been able to get into in over a year---WOOOOTTTTTT!!!! Yes! 14 today...working on a size 7 by the end of the year!
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Any "The Meditation Diet Method" Success stories?
The Meditation Diet Method By Leo Babauta So how do you do it? It’s not very difficult — you can do some or all of the items here: Create space. Too often eating is mult-itasked with reading or working or driving or watching. Create some space for the eating meditation — clear away everything else, and just do one thing.…
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Any "Stepping out of y/our comfort zone" Success Stories?
I'll start...I'm not so much of an super early riser, never have been. This morning, I awoke SUPER early and ya know what? Unlike what/how I've ALWAYS dreaded getting up early ON PURPOSE, being up before the sun, it was totally fabulous. I got a LOT of positive and healthy stuff done by waking up early, dare I say....I…
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Bitterness is really ugly & so"WAS" I-success stories pls!
Bitterness is so ugly...it's so destructive to everyone, y/ourselves mainly and included. Bitterness and denial is also soooo BLINDING, so easy to see in others, but not so much in y/ourselves! I'm starting this topic, because I believe hearing about how you have chosen to finally WAKE-UP and forsake being a bitter…
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Any Maintaining Wt. Loss 2+ yrs NSVs-if not, what happened?
We all know someone, all too well, many who have lost the weight and regain it all back within a year or so--perhaps we have experienced this ourselves. Please share your weight loss success stories where you have rid yourself of the excess flab & fat from off of your mind and have actually KEPT it off for 2 years or…
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Any Family success stories?
Any family success stories? How is your family helping you win your battle of the bulge? Maybe you're the one who is slim and trim and you are the one helping your family get healthy and in shape. Whether it's you in need of the help or you that are helping your family, please do share any family success stories.
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Any Body Fat% decrease Success Stories?
I'm so thrilled to see has my scale weight is slowly but surely decreasing week by week, so is my body fat percentages. My body fat percentages is crazy unhealthily large. This week it's down another whole percentage and I've got a long way to go. I go by my weight/body fat/water scale. This doesn't have to be based on…
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Planning for high-cals/junk food eating success stories
One of my beloved, sweet and beautiful family members just let me know that they are sending me/us a gift--and that I should be on the look-out for late this week or early next week. Great news, right? Ummmmmmm, well yes, kinda sorta and at the same time not necessarily--but I'm going to turn it into GREAT news. After…
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Wow, Girl...U R looking BIGGER than last time I saw you!
Yep, that what a old friend of mine said to me when I went for my 2+ mile walk around the lake this evening...I haven't seen her in a couple of years...she said, girl your chin area is looking much bigger than the last time I saw you! :noway: :indifferent: :embarassed: :noway: You know what I told her? I told her, yep...my…
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No longer feeling sorry 4yourself/blaming others NSVs
For me, far more than half of this battle of the bulge involves my attitude. Once I determined to judge myself, rather than others it's amazing how easier this battle of the bulge is. It's also quite astounding how when I focus on losing physical pounds and inches first, instead of first changing the way I look at…
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What RU Thankful/grateful 4 2day in this battle of the bulge
I am soooooooooooo GRATEFUL and THANKFUL that my body feels GREAT this morning, after a tremendous night of some serious fay crying and moving this body of mine in bowling. I just KNEW that my back, knees, hips and arms would be super sore after going bowling ( which I haven't done in over a year now) last night. I feel…
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Any Homemakers/SAHM Success Stories?
Any homemaker/stay at home mom success stories? Pls. do share!
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Ugly Face (Free Face Lift)
I've been purposely keeping my tummy tucked in thru out the day AND making "UGLY FACES" thru-out the day (to help get rid of my fat under my chin and to make the shape of my face cuter...and it's working! To make my "ugly face" or double chin reducer as I call it, I simply stretch my lower teeth over my upper teeth and…
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"I hope you don't take this the wrong way...
"...I hope you won't take this the wrong way or count this as flattery or anything...but that dress makes you look so slim" That's what my oldest son (12 years old) just said to me--about some new pj's I recently got :heart: :smooched: :heart: I LOVE my children and my family...they make me feel so, special! :bigsmile:…
