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Just need to vent...
So I don't have a wedding ring yet. I've been married for almost a year, and I still don't have a wedding ring. We decided to wait to get my ring because I couldn't find one I really liked, but then we found one last November. So we ordered it in my size, and they sent it off to be made. (Yeah, it was supposed to be a…
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What I'm doing today...
So my mother and father in law just bought a new house. I'm helping them to gut and decorate it. The majority of my day today will be painting, wallpapering, laying new hardwood floor, and replacing cabinets. I checked a calorie burn calculator for two hours of painting (it will be more like 5 (or more)hours of work today,…
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It's (back) on!!!
So I decided I was going to have a really great fat-laden, calorie-filled Mother's Day weekend, since it was my first. So I tried really really hard to cheat hardcore. And I couldn't bring myself to eat as much as I wanted to. I kept telling myself to just let go and eat whatever the heck I wanted, but my brain wouldn't…
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What do you do about clothes?
Okay, so now that I'm losing pretty normally (I've lost 16 pounds since I've started. Woo-hoo!), I am wondering how I am going to buy clothes to fit me all the way down to my goal weight. My husband and mom bought me a whole wardrobe in my goal weight size, and I (thankfully) hoarded my favorite pair of pre-preggo jeans,…
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Frozen pears?
So I bought 6 pears a couple weeks ago because they were a GREAT price, and then we didn't eat them right away so I cored, sliced, and froze them. Now that they're frozen, what do I do with them? I was thinking about throwing a couple slices in a blender with some peanut butter, yogurt and ice and blending it, but I'm just…
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Birth control affect weight gain???
So another thread sparked this idea in my head, which hadn't really occurred to me before. Does birth control contribute to weight gain, or is it all in my head? In the month after having my son, I lost all my baby weight plus 20 pounds. I went to the doctor, got on the pill, and subsequently gained 50 pounds in about 6…
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Question about wedding dress
So here's a little backstory to my question: My husband and I were married in a quickie courthouse wedding, to make sure we were married before I gave birth. (Our son was a little bit of a surprise!!!) We always said we were going to have an actual WEDDING wedding once things settled down a little. Okay, so I found my…
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What's the NICEST thing anyone has ever said about your weig
Okay, so GTO's post made me really sad and angry at the mean people in the world, so let's celebrate the nice people in the world too that make all the hard work worth it. (No offense, GTO :smile: ) I saw my mom for the first time last weekend since starting MFP, and she commented on how nice I look and said she was proud…
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MVM
So I made a Virtual Model (yes, I gave in) and I want to put it in my pictures, but I CAN'T!!! How did you guys do it? BTW: There's no way I'm putting the one of me now, only the goal weight. :bigsmile:
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Funniest baby-involved workout story...
So I was doing my bellydance DVD today (at the ungodly hour of 5 am) and my son was crawling around on the floor around me. I heard him squealing and grunting and making odd noises so I looked over at him and he was sitting up on his knees shaking his little hips like me, just smiling away! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: It was…
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Pre-Preggo Pants
So today I thought, What the heck, I'll get out my pre-pregnancy jeans just to see if maybe I'll fit into them, thinking the whole time, "No way, it won't work, I'll just check and see. It'll be really great motivation when they don't." They FIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…
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Made a decision...
I know there's a challenge going on right now for this, but I just found it, and I decided it was a really good idea. I am not going to weigh OR measure myself for a month. My husband bought a scale for our house, after I gave mine to his mom (um, hello? there's a reason I did that!!!) so I have been obsessively weighing…
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What counts as exercise?
I haven't been logging exercise on the days I don't do any organized exercise (take a walk, do a DVD, take a class, etc.), but on those days, I end up REALLY hungry and usually go over my calories. I spend a good part of every day cooking, cleaning, carrying my (22 lb.) son around and walking up and down the stairs. Does…
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Advice?
Okay, here's what's making me want to get into the car, drive to Dairy Queen, and eat EVERYTHING on the menu... My husband is in a band that is in the process of signing a record deal. Which is AWESOME, don't get me wrong. He just called me on his lunch break to say..."So I guess after we finish recording, we are going to…
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Blech...
I'm just feeling really icky and even though I'm really sticking to my diet, I feel like I'm gaining weight. I've been conducting an experiment to show my husband how much weight fluctuates during the week, weighing myself every day (he bought a scale for the house :grumble: ), and it's really not doing me any good. I've…
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Need a little help...
So I've been doing really well. I've lost 13 pounds in my first two weeks (don't know what that was all about, but I always lose really quickly in the beginning), and now I find myself going on ridiculously long walks and exercising a LOT just so I can have the foods I crave. Yesterday I went on a total of 2 hours of walks…
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Is calorie count accurate for exercise log?
I've been having kind of a hard time believing that my daily walk pushing my son's stroller only burns 200 calories. We walk for an hour and I push myself pretty hard. I was logging it as Walking at a moderate pace and it said that I burned a lot more than when I log it as pushing a stroller. Has anyone else had a question…
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Carbs and Protein and Fat, oh my!
So at the end of EVERY day, I always go over my protein by, like, 50 grams, and over my fat by like, 10. But I always have at LEAST 100 carbs left over. Is that a bad thing or a good thing? I'm not doing it on purpose or anything. I did lose 10 pounds last week, which seemed like a whole lot to lose right off the bat, but…
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I lost 10 pounds!!
Just this WEEK...Wow! I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped me when I needed it, etc. I really feel like I can achieve my goals with this program. Thank you all so much.
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PROGRESS!
Wow. In two days, I have lost 1.5 inches off my waist and 2 off of my hips!!! (I don't really go by weight, because it's really depressing, and besides, clothes aren't sized by weight, but by measurements) I guess doing it right really makes a difference! Woo-hoo!
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Bellydancing DVD
Whoa! It really kicked my butt! Has anyone else tried a bellydancing DVD? I couldn't even do it for more than 10 minutes! It was way more fun than walking around the block though. I really really recommend 'Bellydance Fitness for Weight Loss featuring Rania'. Especially the Cardio Shimmy. Check it out!…
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Motivational tool?
I have a really strange situation on my hands. My husband and my mother have gotten together and bought me a whole new wardrobe...In a size 12. I wear a size 22. They say that they want it to be a motivational tool and that it will inspire me to lose all the weight I want to. I agree with them, and have discussed such a…
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HELP!
I am starting to get really really frustrated. I have been trying to lose weight for...well, forever. I wasn't too unhappy with my weight when my husband and I got together (but I wasn't thrilled with it), and when I was pregnant...Well, you're supposed to gain weight, right? :wink: But now I feel like I'm trying to get my…
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New step towards new life
Hi! I had a baby 9 months ago, and gained a substantial amount of weight. This has just gotten much worse since I have decided to stay home with him. I am 23 years old and weigh 260 pounds. I feel like if I don't get my life together, I won't live long enough to see my son get older, and I won't have fun with him growing…
