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@Cole: I did really well! Stuck to points, ate well and made low fat banana strawberry bread which I portioned and froze. Plus I got to enjoy my skinny cow

Now I am about to meet another mummy for lunch and a walk

I would like to join! I want to lose 20 lbs. but 30 lbs. would be even better! Last week I quit my 1-3 Diet Cokes per day habit! This week I started an 8-week weight loss/healthier living challenge with some friends. It includes points for exercising, no soda/sweets, drinking water, food journaling, etc. I am following Weight Watchers to help me journal my food & better control what I am eating. I am cheering for all of us to reach our goals!

@zippylef: Hurray for your loss! That sounds like a great, steady decrease!
@kentuckygirl: I am in the same boat, I need to lose 25 pounds but 30 would be great! Can you tell me more about your healthier living challenge? It sounds like fun! I have made a good old fashioned star chart for myself in the past and that sounds like a similar approach.
@beachbee: I haven't had a lo yet but I totally hear you on the stress eating thing! The last two years really have been stressful and I put on quite a bit of weight. It is disheartening to finally be coming out on the other side and to have yet another hurdle to deal with. I am a stress eater too and then you add on that I wound up needing to travel frequently and it was a recipe for disaster!
@AprilFool: Way to go on sticking to your points! I did ww in college and I loved making sure I had room for fun treats like skinny cows, it was basically my driving force on the program (which come to think of it was probably not the point... )
@Mrs. Jacks: Hurray for 3.5 pounds! It stinks that alcohol is affecting you so strongly. Do you think it might shift once you find a good rhythm with eating and exercise? (You might have one already but for me it seemed like something that could help )
@plantains: I hope your pizza and wings were yummy! What kinds of changes are you hoping to make? For me cutting back on the constant parade of sweets is at the top of my list!
@mrsjazz: It sounds like you were on a roll yesterday! How did you like the barley? Did you find a good recipe? I bought some and thought I could treat it like pasta and make a pasta salad type of dish and it was not very good but I would like to give it another shot.
@BlueWolverine: How did your weigh in go?
@pui: Have you had a chance to take your bike out for a spin? I have been thinking about getting one but I am not sure if I would use it enough to justify the cost.
@blackbird: It looks like you are off to a great start, I love that you picked a non-weight loss goal too!
@looch: You are off to a great start too! I love the feeling of clothes starting to feel loose! That is one of the things I am looking forward to most!
@BeachMama: How is is going today? Perhaps I am not the best judge of such things but I don't really see a handful of chocolate chips as a fail The way I see it is if I don't leave myself wiggle room for the occasional indulgence I am up a creek and this will never work! I hope you have a great day today though!
@grizz: I am hoping to lose about the same amount as you, your plan seems like a solid one.
@Crumbs: I think your plan for starting out with a few smaller goals is a good one and it is the approach I am taking right now. I keep having false starts where I am all in for about 36 hours and then fizzle out. I figure if I keep adding good habits as I go it might make it easier to sustain. How is it going for you today?
@HLK208: Thanks for pointing out that thread, I will check it out. It looks like you are off to a great start and have found a nice groove.
@sslm: You are another one who is on a roll! I am looking to lose about the same amount as you, are you doing ww online or the meetings?

I really hope I didn't miss anyone! I had a weird copy and paste thing going on since we have two pages! I recently came across this blog http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/ which is written by a woman who had an amazing weight loss journey and right now is helping her mom lose weight and they are chronicling the whole thing. She focuses a lot on food and has some great recipes and meal ideas. Has anyone else found a good resource? I am someone who researches everything to death so I love reading anything I can get my hands on!

Today I made a big blender full of smoothie to start the day with and I am going to go to yoga at 11:30. I have a bunch of errands to do today and I would like to make a batch of muffins or quick bread to keep on hand for a reasonable snack when I am craving simple carbs. Any suggestions?

Soo today was the first day since having baby #2 (13 months ago) that I thought I looked like my old self again. Just a little bit. Not entirely but I'm already starting to feel better about my image - the hard work is paying off! Down 7 pounds, 25 more to go!

Ok, I am jumping in here a little late because I need to get serious about dropping weight. I've been excusing myself of getting serious about it...finishing grad school, moving cross-country, company in town, weddings, travel, etc. But those excuses end now! I think I'll do infinitely better with a support system in place, so here I am.

I was successful at losing ~20lbs last summer via MyFitnessPal and daily exercise (Jillian Michaels DVDs and long bike rides). Unfortunately, during the course of the school year I gained most of it back. So I'm starting back at step 1.

I'm going to start tracking my food via MFP (It was like a game for me last summer, which is why I was so good at it). I also finally got my bike fixed (had a horrible accident last summer that left it-and me- non-functional). And I guess I'll dig those JM DVDs out of the moving boxes in the garage.

As soon as I get home (currently visiting friends in CO) I'll take measurements, as that has been a better indicator for me in the past.

That's it, wish me luck!

My update today is that I've now lost 4 lbs. Also, a few of you are now friends on my fitness pal. I will be perfectly honest and say that I was not going to work out tonight since I'm pretty tired, but when I saw that each one of you on MFP did, I got my butt up and went to swim... And that, my friends, is the power of peer pressure, thank you very much!

Anyone else who wants to link up with me on MFP, user name is Zoliepup.

@Crumbs: Nope! Only how much you lost and you can restrict them from seeing your food diary if you want too. I actually made mine visible to friends because I want to hold myself accountable.

@Crumbs: @Mrs. Jacks: Nice work!

I lost .8 at weigh in. This week has been a little average so far but still have time to get a good loss.

@HLK208: Weekends are sooo tough! I try to have a few treats but try to keep them reasonable, home made cake or breakfast out. I might make a BLT instead of going out for one. Certainly is tricky though.

I'm stagnant the last couple of days and that makes me sad because I've been under on calories and over on exercise. C'mon, body... Get with the program!

I'm in! I'm training for a 5k right now, and DH and I go on run/walk every other day averaging about 2.5 miles. I've been really watching when I eat lately, so far I'm down about 4 lbs!

Ideally I was to be 140. So I'll post it here....but I'm at 195 right now. So I have 55 lbs that I need to lose!

@mrs. jacks, I think as long as you're getting net caloric intake of 1200, you should be fine then! I know the body can go into starvation mode sometimes if you eat, say, 1300 calories and then burn off 500 and end up with net 800. I always kind of wonder about that, though....(eating "back" calories, etc, and what the best tactic is)

I was so sad the day i found out I wasn't really working as hard as MFP led me to believe i was, lol. MFP was counting my spin class as like 700 calories or something crazy burned...heart rate monitor said i was only hitting 450. Lame.

They do make heart rate monitors that can go underwater :). Christmas gift maybe!

@zippylef, nice job! 10 lb is still awesome! And you can totally tell!

When i was pregnant, i had a Polar monitor that used to beep if I went above a certain heart rate. Very helpful!

@mrs. jacks, ahhhh there's so much out there now on why eating more fats are good for you and why low fat diets are a reason why america is so overweight. i, personally, function better on a high protein and higher (healthy) fat diet!

Just checking in on folks. I know how some of you are doing thanks to MFP (and I'm really impressed with you all!), but how is everyone else doing?

Oh holy cow, I am so jumping in! Now nearly 2 months post-partum, I'm ready to stop deleting pictures DH takes of me off his phone! (I gained 27 pounds and near as I can tell, I'm within 10 pounds of my pre-pregnancy weight. But I was another 21 pounds of what I should be. So 31 pounds it is!) I'm desperate to fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes before I start work in September. I do not have the money for a new work wardrobe!

As soon as I get my phone back, I'm going to download MFP. DH and I are going to work out an exercise schedule. Since one or the other of us has to take care of the LO while we exercise, it's extra motivation to actually get something done. Thankfully, we have access to a gym/aerobics classes that we don't have to pay for (if there is one good thing about the military...)

For diet, I'm going modified Paleo. I'm still working like crazy at breastfeeding and I don't want to hurt my supply. But the year I gave up flour for Lent, I felt pretty great. So the energy couldn't hurt!

I'm going to start by making a good food choice for dinner tonight!

I'm spamming this thread.

Is there a way to modify the calories per day on MFP?

I'm Dingo131 !! (I couldn't think of a name and my dog is laying down next to me. We call him dingo (not his name) all the time and it was all I could think of, heh.)

@HLK208: Heh, that's wild. I put it under "snacks".

@HLK, i always check peoples' food! Sometimes it's just to comment on it but sometimes just because it's there

@espion, i eat a modified paleo (this weekend notwithstanding)! I do paleo plus greek yogurt and some cheese. Lots of meal ideas on my board

My weight hasn't changed at all in the last 2 weeks (i'm putting muscle back on!) but i lost 1.5" on my waist! In two weeks! Woot!

@Mrs. Jacks: it's really annoying and only available via website! :T add by email!