It was suggested to me by a friend to try this idea to shock
you into losing weight. Just spend one day with your shirt off.
That's right, just spend *one* day walking around looking at
the blubber you call your belly. See how it wobbles and jiggles

I am looking for some software that I can use to track my food and exercise
plan.  I have already tried Fitday (can't print the logs easily), WW (I
would like to track my calories, not points), and eDiets (too cumbersome and
isn't very good at customizations).

Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,63425,00.html
02:11 PM May. 11, 2004 PT
Research into the biology of fat is turning up some surprising new insights
about how obesity kills. The weight of the evidence: It's the toxic

Okay the wedding went off without a hitch. Everything was perfect, the food
, the decorations. my best friend was a beautiful bride. I was a bad girl
though. I ate all the wrong foods, but I didn't stress over it. I had a good
time and enjoyed myself. The same day as her wedding ...

Today I weighed in at 149 lbs. :-).  While it's only one pound less
than I was, breaking 150 seems like a big deal.  I have not weighed
under 150 since I was in my 20s (and I'm 56 now).  I'm very pleased
with myself :-).

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I bought a new pair of size 16 shorts today.. and forgive me for
sounding vain.. I look AWESOME in them, they are not even tight.. they
are totally comfortable
HA!

Would any British readers care to convert the English weight
measurements into pounds & ounces?
Steve
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How can it be? I had a binge for one day and tis is after over three
weeks with great eating . weight is/was at an all time low in years but
now I wake up to 4 'new' LBS? YUK, i feel lke crap now! This is so bad.I
was THREE weeks being so good and I can't believe my weight. I'm back ...

I was just having a look at http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk and came
across a free trial for an online food diary.
As part of the diary you can enter the food you normally eat and it will
tell you what the calories, fat content etc is for what you are having.

I went for a bicycle vacation in Europe. After three days of passing
thousands of cyclists and citizens it hit me - no one in this country
is fat. Why? They all ride bicycles! Well, I'm not fat, just a little
tummy and double chin, but I have to tell you after riding 5 hours a

It's spring time at the farmers' market and I am up to my eyeballs with
fresh produce!
Today, I picked up the most luscious, sweet, juicy strawberries. I also
bought apricots, shallots, baby greens, goat cheese and a whole striped

Is Brad influencing me?  Feel free to say yuck - I would have until
today.
I went to fix my lunch and knew I had to make something other than my
usual squash, apple, ff cottage cheese and almonds because I forgot to

What made you finally start losing weight?  At some point we have all made
the conscious decision to change our ways and lose weight, but what are the
different motivations or triggering factors?  Just curious.
For me it was my health.  I wanted to stop hurting in my feet, knees, ...

Group is getting kind of cross-post flamey, so thought I'd make an
on-topic post...
Today the scale said 200.5, bringing my daily average down to 202.0,
meaning 30lbs down, 20 to go...