This month has been a month of firsts:
1) I am now able to walk for 50 minutes at a time without stopping or being
winded (equate this to walking from my office around Window on the
Waterfront and back - 2.5mi). I now do this on a daily basis Monday through

I'm in the RAF & I'm on a parachute course this coming Monday. The weight
limit to do the course is 96.4kg. I went into Boots yesterday to weigh
myself & it came up as 99kg. I had just ate a lasagne & baked potatoe and
drank 2 pints of water, so I'm hoping that added a bit.

    Hey everyone, I was wondering if you all wouldn't mind giving a bit
of advice.   I'm a 40 year old woman, and am losing weight now.  I
started at 258, and am now at 237.  In addition to eating better and
doing cardio I've been lifting for going on three months now, and seeing

Goes along the lines of the discussions that we had recently.
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Wall Street Journal today:
Obesity Is Growing

I've been at me renewed WOL for three weeks and have had fair success.  In
that time I have lost 6 lbs, which is right on track for healthy weight
loss.
A couple years ago I joined a gym and was diligent about going to 2-5

I bought some Splenda today. The first thing you notice is that it's
incredibly light weight. Does not contain sugar but maltodextrin. I was
surprised how sweet it tasted. The taste reminds me of cotton candy.
However I quickly worked out that by weight it has the same number or

Folks:
I think that home ownership is going to be good for my health.  
Over the weekend, I sent several hours in the hot sun power
raking my lawn and preping it for the summer.  As a consequence,

Hi Gang,
It has been a long time since I have been here since it has been a difficult
year for me. My dad got brain cancer and died after a 3 month ordeal which
left me with no energy to deal with my weight. I am currently 20 lbs. over

This has been the first week on my new path and I am sore from exercising. I
have been tracking everything I eat on Fitday and I am surprised at the
actual calories that I have eaten. There are a lot of hidden calories in
every little spoon full. I have already dropped 2 pounds ...

I started out my WOL/WOE back in September 2004 at 146lbs. My lowest
weight was around December, around 133lbs. Now I'm back at 145lbs. I
binged today because I felt like crap: I ate 6 muffins, a loaf of
bread, picked at some Chinese food, had to tablespoons of peanut

Obesity In Middle Age Raises Risk Of Dementia Later On
29 Apr 2005  
Obesity in middle age increases the risk of dementia in later life, finds a
study published online by the BMJ today.

Had a totally lazy day at home, then went out to dinner w/ DH to
celebrate my 57th birthday.  We went to a new fancy restaurant that we
hadn't tried before.  We liked it a lot, and it's a nice sort of place
for those watching their calories, since it offers small tasting-size