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?100? Sticks of BUTTER!
Since beginning this journey, I have been counting each pound as 4 sticks of butter... Why? Cuz that visual is absolutely disgusting:wink: ! Each week I would weigh in and hope that eventually I could say that I lost 100 sticks! This week not only did I hit the 100 mark but I made it to 106!!! Whoo Hoo!!! :drinker:
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Thought I'd share!
As we all know, NO ONE eats 1/2 cup of ice cream in a serving! Last night my eight year old told me "warm spring days are PERFECT ice cream days, mom". :smile: While dishing out some for him, I was overwhelmed with "WANT" for some too:blushing: . I looked at the calories (130 for 1/2 cup) and thought "I can make this work…
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Lowest weight! (no pics, sorry!)
I have been working on this journey for a solid (almost) 8 months. There have been ups and downs, followed by more ups and downs for the past 4 months of that. I was just plain STUCK:tongue: . Not being able to get out and walk/jog regularly due to winter in Maine and hating my (shudder!) stationary bike that sits in my…
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NSV? Yes, please!!!
Yesterday during my lunch break, I went to get myself a couple new shirts... My mom had told me that if I didn't 'break out of the black' she was going to go shopping for me:ohwell: ! Quite frankly I would love that but since I'm 32 years old, I'm probably too old to have my mommy shop for me! Ha ha I bought two, one green…
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My diary is closed.
:wink: Why? Because it is MY diary. It is MY choice to have it open or closed. I write MYself notes, I am 100% honest with MYself because if I am not, the only that hurts is ME. If I had people critiquing what I eat, I would NOT write it down and who is that helping? Whether i am dieting or not, I don't tell ANYONE what I…
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Irrational Fears???
My name is AmberBoobar and I am afraid of frogs:ohwell: . Not any type in particular, all of em! They can be big fat bullfrogs, or teeny tiny garden toads. On the other hand, I LOVE:heart: turtles... sea turtles, paints, snapping ones. ALL OF EM. So come on, spill it. What is your irrational, can't explain it, can't get…
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Clothes NSV!
Last night after work I went shopping for my weekend away. I wanted something cute and fitting to show off my progress:blushing: . My birthday goal was to be a NON-ELASTIC comfy size 14 pants, I DID IT:drinker: ! I got a great pair of black dress pants, with the slightest grey pinstriping down the legs (I need all of the…
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Friends and Lies...
I do not advocate looking for Dear Abby answers online. There is always far more to the story than can be written in a few paragraphs... But I just would like some opinions from people that don't know me, don't care if they offend me or champion me, and don't know the other ladies in question so there is no real bias.…
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Good for a laugh!
:heart: Received in a work email... LOL loved it! :heart: The other night I was invited out for a night with the girls. I told my husband that I would be home by midnight, "I promise!" Well, the hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easily. Around 3 am, a bit loaded, I headed for home. Just as I got in the…
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Not weight loss related...(for all to enjoy!)
I had to share this little story with someone! Ok, so I can be a bit wordy so it might not be so little of a story by the time I am done My son Cameron takes part in an after school program at the local Baptist Church called Awana. Every year there is an Olympic event that a select few of the Awana Club members take part…
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I was kicked out!!!
A few nights ago my best friend came over to my house for a hair cut party. My cousin does my hair and gives us AMAZING deals ($20 for a cut and color for instance!!!:love: ) and usually I invite a few people over so that she can make a little extra money and make a few extra ladies BEAUTIFUL:flowerforyou: . The last time…
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Water flavored or not...
Just checking for opinions... I have always been a firm believer in drinking PLAIN water in order to have it count towards my 64ozes. I find that in order to keep from growing bored with my water intake, I have been drinking more flavored water. No calories, sodium, or anything but still flavored... In true MY WAY fashion,…
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Love YOU and YOUR circumstances!!!
Someone will always be prettier. They will always be smarter. Their house will be bigger. They will drive a better car. Their children will do better in school. And their husband will fix more things around the house. So let it go, and love you and your circumstances. Think about it. The prettiest woman in the world can…
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Baby Carrots & Water
This might come off as a stupid question... but hey whatever:smile: Does anyone else have this issue? I love baby carrots. I am perfectly happy to snack away on a 1/2 bag of them at a time with a big jug of water. The problem is that even when I eat a lunch before (for instance a can of soup today) I feel almost as though…
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A first??? :)
:heart: First let me say that I LOVE this site. I love the support, friendships, banters, all of it! But each day I get on the forums and read about someone's affair, someone else's lack of home support, about people's unhappiness in general... GEESH PEOPLE! Is life really all that bad for people out there in the…
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To the new ones...and all :)
:flowerforyou: Just wanted to say that I am here for support, friendship, ideas, encouragement and etc. if you are looking to add some friends! I live in 'the woods of Maine'. I am 31 years old. I'm married with an 8 year old boy and an 18 year old stepson. I have lost weight in the past and after pregnancy found myself…
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POLAR DIPS
:huh: Anyone ever done one??? I'm thinking of signing up for one in February... can't be that bad right? You get in, dunk your head and get the HECK OUTTA THERE! is that all there is to it??? :huh:
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Snack Help.
I'm looking for some snack ideas that aren't only easy on the diet, but easy on the wallet as well. I am a cereal junkie... seriously. One of my favorite things to munch on is dry cereal. I eat it like chips or popcorn. What do YOU snack on? Please don't say popcorn... pretty much popcorned out. Any other ideas would be…
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Christmas Eve Eve NSV!!!!
I was feeling down about my weight but had not given up hope:blushing: ! This season is sooo hard for me (and many of us all). Last week I was up 3.5#. I didn't feel great about this week either... Stepped on the scale anyway in my usual garb of underwear only and couldn't believe my eyes:love: !!!! Down 4#!!! My mother…
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Help w/ food database...
Didn't know where to post this... I added a food and apparently didn't do it right and need to know how to fix it please. Robust Fresh mixed fruit cup there are two servings in a container for 76 cal each. I apparently entered it as 76 TOTAL. Just thought maybe a monitor would read this and be able to help me? Or someone…
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Dontcha love it when...
(warning, don't like emoticons? probably should not read :laugh: ) People feel they have the right to comment on your diet? Not the happy "good for you" comments but the OTHER kind:grumble: ... At a gathering, you choose to have that SECOND cookie and you hear "Are you SUPPOSED to be eating THAT?:noway: !" Or what about…
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A smoker, crabbing about smokers.
:explode: Just need to vent this out... So sorry to gripe. :explode: Ok so I am a smoker. Like it or not, I am. But I am a POLITE smoker. I don't smoke around people, almost ever, because you never know who doesn't like it, who might be allergic, etc. I don't SMELL like a smoker, or try really hard not to. I wash my hands…
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A 'must read' in re: to holidays
I :heart: this... Thanksgiving has come and gone, and Christmas and other holidays are on the way. One of the things that I kicked myself in the butt over and over for the last few days is how I behaved on Thanksgiving. I was one of the loudest who preached "It is only ONE day...no big deal" and then I allowed myself to…
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Yogurt...
I hope noone thinks that I am some kind of moron, but I have a question:ohwell: ... You know that 'stuff' on the top of the yogurt when you open it up? The watery-milky stuff? WHAT IS IT? Is it important for your health? I dump it down the sink and eat the yogurt. Looking at it kind of grosses me out, but if I am missing…
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Thanksgiving History Lesson :)
:smile: I'm working today and a customer just came in to ask some questions about her budget payments. This woman is FABULOUSLY SWEET:heart: . She stands all of 4 & 1/2 feet tall, always wears gray pencil skirts, a button up white shirt, and a knit beanie type hat and if I had to guess is somewhere in her late 70s. I'm not…
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Warning: Lots of emoticons!!!
:smile: Where to start?!?!?:smile: :bigsmile: I did it, I did it, I freaking did it:bigsmile: !!! Got on the scale this morning and broke a milestone! Not only did I lose 2# this week:heart: , but I broke out of the 180's for the first time in roughly 10 years:heart: , knocked out the 20# I was looking for:heart: , made it…
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Thoughts on this....
Background: :wink: I am 31 years old... when I was in high school I weighed somewhere around 250#, maybe not quite that but pretty darn close. After highschool I worked as a CNA and dropped some weight due to being on my feet all day and messed up eating schedules etc. I began my first weight loss journey at that point...…
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15 min!?
I live in the middle of a really big hill... I don't have the specifics of degree of incline or anything like that but it is quite litterally straight UP:smile: . From the bottom to my house is exactly a 1/2 mile. Over the last year when I have not had a lot of time to exercise I have 'walked the hill'... this has always…
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nsv without the sv :)
Didn't see the numbers on the scale that I wanted this morning:grumble: ... but I did put on a pair of jeans that had NEVER fit right even when they 'fit' before. Quite frankly I :angry: HATED:angry: them, and am not sure WHY I kept them:huh: . BUT after this morning, when they slid on without issue:bigsmile: , I can say…
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Serious question about calorie goals...
We all comment with YAYs and GOOD FOR YOUs when our friends' status shows that they were under their calorie goal... is that really a good thing? Personally, I write "YAY and GOOD JOB" because each person's goals and such are different and if you are under then you aren't over eating and generally that is a good thing. BUT…
