Diane, Fit to the Finish

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• Commented on Losing Weight With the Grapefruit Diet
  I would just encourage you to think about the future after your diet. I know you only want supportive comments, but I did want to encourage you to remember that you want to maintain your loss for the rest of...
• Commented on First Day of the Rest of My Life
  I wish you all the best in your journey to lose the 20 pounds you desire. It's good you are working on it now. Good luck!...
• Commented on Does the Smart Choices Program Lack Credibility?
  This is where personal responsibility comes in because we are the only ones who can make the decisions for our own family. When I was losing my 150 pounds, I learned to be an avid label reader. I still am,...
• Commented on Now You Can Exercise Your Face Too
  If it worked it could be a huge seller. Imagine being able to look younger by working out your face! That would be amazing!...
• Commented on Fed Up With My Inability to Lose Weight!
  You probably already know what people are going to tell you! PCOS is a real condition, but it's not a lifelong sentence to weight problems. It's not as easy to lose weight, but it certainly is possible, even with your...
• Commented on Lendale White's Weight-Loss Secret - Stop Drinking Tequila
  This is actually a very good point, and one that a frequent commenter here, Jody Fit at 51, posted in her blog yesterday. Whatever your thoughts on alcohol in general, the fact remains that alcohol contains calories that can cause...
• Commented on 5 of the Worst Sandwiches in America
  My goodness. Every time I see these numbers I'm surprised. I don't know why, but I am! For me, it's all about planning and research. These days, with the internet so accessible, it's easy to find out what's in your...
• Commented on Women: Who You Hang Out With Influences What You Eat
  This is interesting to me. I used to do this in my dating days, but once I got married my husband and I were bad influences on each other. It was one eating fest after another! Once I lost all...
• Commented on How to Unlock the Power of Your Subconscious Mind
  Self talk can be really powerful, either in a negative or positive way. When I was severly overweight, the way I talked to myself didn't help me at all. It wasn't until I started believing that I was worth the...
• Commented on The Grapefruit Diet Works for Me
  I know you don't want negative comments, so I won't give you one! But I just wanted to say that I tried this diet years ago, and did lose some weight. Unfortunately, I also gained it back very quickly once...
• Posted 5 Steps to Overcome a Junk Eating Lifestyle to Share
  When I weighed 305 pounds, my diet did not contain a lot of healthy foods. I didn't get to be obese by eating too many fruits and vegetables! Rather, I got to be fat by eating way too many sweets,...
• Commented on Smart Kids Start the Day With a Good Breakfast
  With seven children at home, I make sure they all get a good healthy breakfast. Most of the time it's cereal or oatmeal, although I do make the occasional hot breakfast!...
• Commented on How Do I Go From Weight Loss to Weight Maintenance?
  For me, as a weight loss (150 lbs) maintainer for 12 years, the things I did were: - made the shift in my thinking from diet to lifestyle change - kept up with the exercise - continued to make good...
• Commented on New Low-Calorie Chocolate Bar Being Developed
  I wonder if it will have the same consistency as the 3 Musketeers Bars do? I always thought of those bars as "whipped chocolate." Should be interesting! I think I'd still rather have one piece of really good chocolate though....
• Commented on How to Maintain Your Weight After Dieting
  I lost 150 pounds and have kept it off 12 years. That's through 4 pregnancies too! I think for me, during the 14 months it took to lose the weight, I really didn't think of my plan as a temporary...
• Commented on Cancer Risk: Do Hotdogs Need Warning Labels?
  No warning needed - you just have to read the label and realize they aren't the best choice! The problem is people don't want to know what's in it - because they like the taste too much! Very similiar to...
• Commented on Is Child Obesity Child Abuse?
  I think the whole debate is so sad, that we would think about charging parents with abuse/neglect because of weight. Wow. Like the article said, half of the parents in the U.S. would be in trouble. I feel sorry for...
• Commented on How to Lose Weight and Keep It Off
  I have lost 150 pounds and kept it off 12 years. It's not quite as easy as you make it sound, because making those changes you recommend are harder for some people than for others. Every person is different in...
• Commented on Weight Loss: It's a Mind Game!
  Weight loss is complex. It is about attitude and mindset, but it's also about controlling your food intake and making healthy choices. The guy who falls in love with you should love you no matter what you weigh. You deserve...
• Commented on U.S. Government Looking to Regulate All Food Sold in Schools
  The federal government needs to let the indivudal school systems regulate their own food offerings. Parents of individual counties need to lobby their school board members. This is no more the federal government's job than it is for them to...
• Commented on Monkeys Stay Slimmer and Younger on Low-Calorie Diets
  This does make sense to me in a lot of ways, after all the healthier the foods we eat, the healthier we are in general. When I was obese, I feasted on junk and looked like junk. When I lost...
• Commented on Can You Lose Weight During the Credit Crunch?
  You can eat healthy, lost weight and save money. I did. When I was obese (300 lbs) I spent a lot of money on highly processed foods, and on junk. Why is it we can spend $3.00 on a bag...
• Commented on Mississippi: Fattest State in America
  This was an interesting study, and quite sobering. We don't need a study to show us this, all you have to do is look around while you are running errands. The government hasn't successfully helped reduce the obesity epidemic. I...
• Commented on "Phantom Fat" May Linger After Weight Loss
  It's true. I lost 150 pounds and have kept it off for 12 years. Sometimes I'm still surprised when I need a size small shirt. I hold it up and think, that won't fit - but then it does! Body...
• Commented on Blast Ketchup and Mustard on Your Hotdog
  This is just silliness. It reminds me of the green ketchup, and the purple ketchup. Anything to get people to keep pouring sugar on their food rather than eating the real stuff!...
• Commented on 10 Tips for Losing Weight
  Actually, it is 3500 calories of food for one pound, not 500. Maybe you intended to say if you wanted to lose 1 pound a week, then by cutting your calories by 500 each day, that would equal one pound...
• Commented on I'm Sick of Not Being "tinytasha"
  Gaining weight on a reasonably healthy diet is possible, but generally not the most common way. When I went from a regular size to morbidly obese, it took me 3 years. I ate healthy food, but I ate a lot...
• Commented on Boil Carrots Whole for More Nutrients
  When I was morbidly obese I didn't care if the carrots were cooked or raw, all I cared about was what was for dessert. Now I buy the organic full size carrots and cut them myself. I know it's a...
• Favorited How to Break the Drive-Thru Habit on Share
• Commented on HALT! Your Emotional Eating Habits
  Great post! Anyone who says that emotional eating isn't real has never struggled with their weight. As I was in process of losing my weight (150 lbs) I had to frequently combat the urge to eat when I wasn't hungry....