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Total Scale Victory
As of today, I have lost 106 pounds. I still have about 150 pounds to go, but I am very pleased with my progress so far. I really need to get my pics uploaded to photobucket so I can post some before and after pics.
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Unsolicited advice
A little background: I was walking this morning as usual when a man going the other way stops me and ask if I am walking to lose weight. I of course told him yes. He asked how long I had been doing that and how much I had lost. So I told him I had been doing this for 3 months and had lost 91 pounds. He said, oh about 20…
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Challenging myself
I've been contemplating a goal for next year. On Labor day, which falls on or near my birthday every year, there is a Festival of Races. They hold a 5K, 10K, and a triathalon which includes a 5K run, 19K bike ride, and a 4K kayak on our lake. I already am walking more than 5K everyday at a steady 3.5 mph sometimes 4 mph,…
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NSV
Last May on Mother's day, May 13, my wife and I went to a baseball game and I could not fit in the seats properly. I was forced to angle in and sit on one "cheek" at a time. Last night, my wife and I took her father to the same baseball field for his birthday. I was leary of facing the seating arrangements again, but when…
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Small NSV
I purchased a shirt at Walmart yesterday that fits. Yes, it was thier largest size (4x), but it is the first time in years I have not had to mail order shirts. Weights been coming off good lately so I'm hoping I can do all my shopping in real stores soon.
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Looking for strategies for staying focused on a daily basis
One of the biggest problems when you have 100+ pounds to lose is keeping focused. I seemed to do this quite easily when I was younger, but struggle with it now. I know you have to break it down into smaller goals to focus on, but when you are looking at a couple years of losing weight before your in a decent weight range I…
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Back for the new year
I have not been on in a long time (several months since I've logged in on a regular basis). For the most part, I have maintained my weight loss (staying within 1-2 pounds of lowest weight) but unable to lose anymore, but this last couple weeks during the holidays I have went completely off the rails. I really need to get…
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NSV
This might not mean much to members that are not extremely overweight, but I had a happy surprise today. For the longest time while driving, I had the steering wheel jammed into my gut. As I have been losing (I lost almost 40lbs before joining mfp), it was getting less and less tight against my gut. Today I looked down and…
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New to MFP
I am in the process of trying to get back into shape. I have been in shape during two different periods in my life. I've been as high as 460 and as low as 205 (as in my profile pic). I am planning for the third and last time of being in shape. I have already lost 37 pounds, but have stalled recently. I found out about this…
