I have now lost 49 lbs and am half way to my goal. :D

[dorktv]

Yes this is a shameless bid for love!

[miss_american_pie]

1. Congrats!

:woohoo:

[NewWaveChick1981]

2. You deserve it! Congratulations!

:hi: That is wonderful! I know how you feel. :D Keep up the good work! :applause:

[trof]

3. 40 lbs. here. 1500 cal. diet.

Since around the first of the year.
What's your method?

[dorktv]

4. anything under the daily requirement...I try to keep it under 1400 and

over 800 regardless. I rarely exercise though.

Congrats on you though! :hug: 40 lbs is not easy.

[trof]

8. It's the 3 miles of nordic walking every morning that allows me

to have the evening Scotches.
:toast:

[dorktv]

12. I have the occasionally odd snickers.

[auntAgonist]

45. trof, good job!

You're doing so well. :yourock:

aA

[Writer]

5. Congratulations! You must feel great!

:woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo:

[BarenakedLady]

6. Wonderful!

Good for you.

:yourock:

[ThomCat]

7. Congratulations!

Keep it up! :toast:

[soleft]

9. So what are you going to do with your new bod?

Buy new clothes?

Try a new sport?

Go dancing?

[dorktv]

11. Donate it to charity of course!

Yeah I have to get new clothes soon. :(

[Conan_The_Barbarian]

13. No! use it for evil!

[soleft]

14. Why the frown?

When I finally bought some pants that were two sizes smaller than the ones I was wearing I felt great!

[dorktv]

20. I hate shopping...although I may like it in the future.

what a difference having money makes.

[crispini]

10. Congrats!

Good job! :bounce:

[u4ic]

15. Congratulations!!!

Give yourself a bit pat on the back, and keep up the great work! :toast:

[Connonym]

16. Awesome!

I know how hard you must have worked for this. I'm proud of your commitmentto your health.

[Mr. McD]

17. Congratulations! I am down 50 pounds myself with 10 to go

Actually I have reached my original goal but still have a bit of a gut.

[dorktv]

22. Congrats to you as well...

I still have the other half and I hope I can finish by June in time for swimsuit season.

[NMDemDist2]

18. good for you! you will look so svelte in your robes eh? PS when do you

take office?

[dorktv]

19. Jan 2nd. You can come to the swearing in ceremony I think.

[NMDemDist2]

21. i would dear, but I live in NM now

:hug:

but good on you and congrats on your first step in a long life of public service! :bounce:

[dorktv]

24. Thank you...I meet the staff next Thursday...I am nervous over it.

[NMDemDist2]

25. don't say much, watch a lot. find the person who "really" does all the work

and runs the office then make them you ally

you'll do fine!

[dorktv]

28. I plan on being nice and just learning for the first month anyway.

[Rowdyboy]

23. Congratulations! You're obviously doing something right!

I'm down 40 since last January, mostly from the treadmill and reasonable dieting. It feels good to have a decent body. Another 15-20 lbs and I'm 16 years old again (well, at least weight-wise)

[bigwillq]

26. Good for you!

Congrats! :toast: :bounce: :hi:

[YDogg]

27. That's marvelous!

Congratulations! :hi:

[NC_Nurse]

29. Good for you!

That's most excellent. :toast:

[Mrs. Venation]

30. That Totally Rocks!

Since Bertha was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes this summer and her doctor said, "lose weight or die" she's been trying really diligently to get her weight, and blood sugar, under control. I thought maybe the best thing I could do to support her is to follow largely the same diet.

I had gotten up to a high of 225 pounds. That's on a 5'-7.5" small-boned frame. Since I started following Bertha's low-carb, low calorie diet I've lost 40 pounds. Another 35 and I'll reach my goal weight.

Bertha is doing well with her program, and I am so proud of her. Weight loss is an all consuming struggle when one lives to eat instead of eats to live.

:yourock:

[dorktv]

31. She and YOU rock! Being supported is so needed...my best

friend could care less about my weight loss but others care. It helps so much.

[Okiojira]

32. Hell yeah!!!!

Speaking as someone who could probably stand to shed about 40 lbs. himself, my heartiest congratulations!

[flvegan]

33. Let reality STRIKE!!!!!!!

What is your goal?

And thus I spake unto the Lord, make me a divine path for the righteous to not lose weight nor become a fit example of the life You held before us.

I kid.

[dorktv]

34. 150 Lbs

[SPKrazy]

35. 40 lbs Here- But Congrats ! That's Great

Exercise, eating less

about an hour of hard cardio, then strength training

no desserts

no fried foods

lots of water

:applause:

I plan to lose another 40 at least

edited to add to the subject congrats

[Generic Brad]

36. Every time someone loses a pound, I seem to find it

Could my weight gain be attributed to your weight loss?

[kedrys]

37. Whoa.

I bow to the master. I need to carve off about 100 lbs myself. You'll be my inspiration for the next year. :loveya:

[dorktv]

39. Well the best advice I can give is start with a simple

diet like the Cabbage soup diet and then go with eating lots of healthy things like veggies.

Keep the calories between 800-1400 and you should lose some weight every week. Forgive yourself for the off days and just keep plugging.

[auntAgonist]

38. way to go!!

That's awesome. I bet you're feeling a lot more energetic too!

:hi:

:toast:

aA

[Pushed To The Left]

40. Congratulations, dorktv!

:bounce: :toast:

I am in the process of losing some weight myself. I dropped about 70 pounds back in 2003 and kept it off for a while. However, the last couple of years were pretty busy, stressful, and sometimes painful, and I ended up "falling off the wagon" and regained about 45 pounds. The way I lost the weight before, and the way I plan on doing it again, was just to eat in moderation and exercise. I never stopped exercising, but my eating habits got really bad this year, possibly worse than when I was at my heaviest! However, I decided to start eating in moderation again this week and increasing my cardio exercise and I have already dropped about 5 pounds. Now that I'm done with school, the election is over, and I'm out of what turned out to be a very bad relationship, I am under a lot less stress. I plan on keeping it off this time!

[dorktv]

44. Stress makes it worse or so I am told.

I saw the guy I have a crush on today so that relieved some of my stress. :D

[Rowdyboy]

41. Kick for a job well done!

:thumbsup:

:kick:

[applegrove]

42. That's not easy. Way to go!

[bertha katzenengel]

43. You. Are. My. Hero.

:hug: :yourock:

Keep it up, Baby!!

[dorktv]

46. Thank you...it was all thanks to the wonderful efforts of not eating a

lot of calories!

[Robeson]

47. That is awesome! MAJOR congrats!....

....:toast: :bounce: :bounce: :yourock: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: