Lately I've been having a hard boiled egg, and some lowfat cottage cheese with half a sliced peach in it. I also use the other half of the peach as a snack later. Weight Watchers yogurt (my favorite out there) with some Kashi Go Lean cereal and a few almonds & hazelnuts is another favorite of mine.

Hello!

We have almost the same starting weight and height is the same and some of the same motivating factors, so I wanted to stop by and wish you luck. You seem to have gotten off to a good start...

Weight loss is a strange thing, it brings about a lot of emotions because its so personal to everyone. But you have the willpower to achieve whatever results you wish, you are a bright, hard working individual and deserve the best life has to offer!

Don't focus on your "failures" focus on your successes and realize you are allowed to not be perfect! Nothing will disappear forever, food is just fuel, you may temporarily need to cut back to achieve your goals but those things you love will still be around. I wish you all the luck and will be here cheering you on and tracking OUR progress!!!

Lets go girl!!!

The pictures of me in the dress are the most recent photo's in a flirty little number I loved as soon as I put it on...in an XL...so happy....and the shots of me in the jeans and jacket were me at my heaviest...

Hi Darlin' looking good!!! Really good!!

So its been a few days since I wrote on here. I've had a crazy busy couple of days, and so have not had time to do much aside from sleep. If I don't work tonight I am going to try and go to the gym.

CUTE pictures! I can really see a difference in your face. Your hard work is really paying off

I went to breakfast with my roommate today and overdid it a bit, but I have been drinking lots of water and for snacks I have been having yoghurt and nutrigrain bars....I've discovered I love the activia yoghurts..particularly the pear flavor....I might start taking Activia for snacks when I'm at school. Yummy...I'm going to get some stuff done around the house and then go to the gym...feeling good today.

Love the pic!!! Can really see the difference. Keep up the good work!!


Matt

Hi Hon, haven't seen you in a few of days! Good to have you back!

I had an awesome work out tonight...so happy that I made sure I went....I just came home and I had a stuffed pepper waiting for me....green pepper, brown rice, and tomato sauce....and water to drink. Tonight at the gym I did 30 minutes of cardio on the tread climber, 389 calories total. I also did three reps of stairs- backward leg raises, two stairs at a time, and side backward leg raises. I am feeling pretty good right now, and am about to walk to meet my roommate at the subway as she's feeling nervous...yay...

Current measurements:
Across the bust: 47 inches
Under the bust: 42 inches
Around the tummy: 46.5 inches
Hips: 50.25 inches
Right and Left Thighs: 28.5 inches.
Right arm: 16 inches
Left arm: 15.5 inches.

Nice work out! I've always hated stair climbers of all kinds, they kick my ass. There fore you have my absolute respect for being able to do anything at all with them!

So far today I feel like I'm doing pretty well...

Two slices of wholewheat toast with low fat margarine and a bowl of Kellogs red cereal and water.

One Activia Yoghurt for snack.

1/2 a portion of roasted butternut squash and peppers.

1/2 a bag of Quakers rice cakes, bbq flavor.

Now its deciding on what to have for dinner...I have this horrible craving for macaroni and cheese right now...I don't know why exactly. I'm just craving it like crazy. I'm trying to be good though.

So its been a couple of days since I updated. It's been my usual state of harriedness....working, school, exams....I'm finally home and am about to start studying for yet another exam, but before that I thought I'd write a quick update....I went to the dentist on Thursday, and got a few teeth removed purely because they were beyond repair and causing me to have non stop headaches, which had me popping way too much ibuprofen, so I decide to take action and needless to say its been a lot of soft foods- cottage cheese (light), yoghurts (Activia's still) but yeah....I am feeling very insecure at the moment, purely because I feel like if I smile, then people will see my awful teeth and realize that I am missing teeth....I hate that they're in such bad shape, and I hate the fact that my ex when he used to beat me, used to always go for my cheeks. I also hate that I didn't have money to get this work done sooner. It makes me not want to date, smile or anything until I get the complete dental work done and that could be done over two years. I just wish I could feel better about how my teeth looked. I had three ladies tell me that I have a really pretty face and smile today, but its hard. Anyway....haven't had much time to exercise...I'm going to go down to the Beaches with my roommate in a couple of hours, and walk along the boardwalk, and am thinking of getting a bicycle and riding it to work instead of ttc'ing it all the time. Anyway.....gotta go study...

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