I really love working on MyFitnessPal. It's such a joy to see people reach their goals with help from MFP and the community, and it feels great to have played even the smallest part in someone's success. Thank you all for making the site such a plea...

Oh, how wonderful it must be to be in your early twenties. Maybe it was my own low-self-esteem. . .but I'm pretty sure you were judging me during the breathing exercise at the beginning of the class. Now, I used to weigh a deuce and a quarter and I...

As I read back over the entries I've made - I cry....I am so proud of what I've done this year....yep - one year today! I never thought I'd do it but now, it's easy - it's life! When I started Sept 1, 2008....I used my cancer as a crutch for why I ...

There's so much information/misinformation about losing weight. Here are the things nobody told me, that I wish I'd known when I started losing. 1. Throw away your scale. No, seriously. Throw it away. For me (and I think for many people...

I can lie in my head about the weight, what I think I look like but PICTURES TELL THE TRUTH.I almost didn't put up a picture with my profile. Then I thought about putting one of those cute "head only" shots. Then I did the unthinkable... I ...

My European guest arrives, tall, sleek, thin, beautiful 30 year old woman. I'm early 50, short, not sleek and about as average looking as it gets. I am a bit jealous. Okay, I'm more than a bit jealous. I feel dumpy standing next to her. Okay, I am d...

OK, rant ahead: I see so many posts that are essentially variations of "I am a failure." "I cannot control myself." "I am an awful person." "I cheated/ate a forbidden food/sinned against nature and deserve to be ...

Today we added a new feature to the site: the ability to share your food and exercise diaries with other people. By default, your food and exercise diaries are private and only viewable by you. But if you wish, you can change the privacy settings on...

OK, so a lot of folks PM me for "my story". . .and I haven't told it in great detail here. . .so here's a more in depth version. About five years ago, I got sick. I had what I eventually discovered was scarlet fever, but my lack of health ...

Okay, so here it is, out on the table! At 204 pounds and only 5'2", I am overweight and have had trouble dealing with it - out of guilt, out of what I was told in the past, out of shame. I haven't been back to my hometown in several years beca...

From time to time, I find a new mantra. . .or thing I keep repeating to myself over and over. (in my inside voice. . .so that the men in the white coats don't come for me.) My new one is a fill-in-the-blank, finish-the-sentence sort of mantra. It s...

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I am down to 225 now...yay...I have lost 74 pounds now and only have 63 more to go! I like that the numbers are changing for me. The further away from 300 I get...the closer I get to 200, the better I feel about this whole weight loss thing. I mea...

I know we are supposed to join this site and want to lose weight all for the sake of our health. Well, I'm going to admit to being shallow and tell you all that I'm not here for my health! I'm here to lose weight so I can look good!! I want to wear c...

Now, this isn't meant to insult/demean/make anyone feel uncomfortable or judged. But. . . .there are some dillemmas/questions/complaints that we oldsters see come up again and again. Here are the answers that always come into my head . . . I g...

I had a wonderful childhood, and I had a miserable childhood. Or maybe it was just a normal childhood. I had two loving parents, a close extended family, room to roam outside, lots of good friends, a great church family and an easy time at school. I ...

I've been doing this weight loss thing for about 2 years now. Since I started, I've lost over 60 pounds. Sometimes that seems like such a small number UNTIL you put it in perspective!Last night I went to the store to get cat food. I usually buy the l...

I believe that God wants me to be healthy, wise and prosperous. For the remainder of the year and beyond I will fulfill God's desire for me be all of these things. I will be a good steward over my body, my mind and spirit, and my posessions and finan...

Oh my gosh. I stepped on the scale this morning and almost fell off it. I actually lost weight - in just 1 week! That is unprecedented for me, it normally takes at least 3 - 4 weeks for it to move even half a pound. But today I went from 213.4 to 212...

So here it is... my first post on my first blog about my health & wellness. *Looks around nervously* Okay, no pressure here... *crickets chirp melodically in the background in the key of C*Hrm... well I suppose I should start off with a little pe...