try this:

http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/fitness/story.jhtml?storyid=/ templatedata/fitness/story/data/1135801867578.xml

Wow that link is awesome! I love to see before and after results they really motivate me.

I am glad to hear you guys like Austin, I too, love my city! I landed here after my parents came to visit an uncle and we decided to never go back! Before we were living in the Dallas/Ft Wort area and Austin is defenitely an improvement. Everyone is very eclectic and open minded. If any one ever visits let me know.

Roundrock is a "suburb" of Austin It's actually it's own little city but they pretty much run together so it seems the same except for price the further out you go form downtown is definitely cheaper. But all in all it's not too bad a one bedroom apt starts @ around $700 and can go into the thousands for a loft or condo so you be the judge.

Any-who I am fixing to head home , where I am too busy to check e-mail so I will see y'all later. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Hey all, I just wanted to check in, I don't get to get on here a lot with graduate school and all--it keeps me very busy!!!! This is a funny post---I am actually looking to move to Houston over the summer but I was thinking if Austin might be better for me?? Not sure yet--still up in the air--I'm currently going to grad school in Seattle but I am originally from West Texas area---Amarillo, Texas panhandle area--fun stuff---didn't think I would ever be moving back to Texas but looks like it might be the best bet right now--Seattle is just too expensive! I weigh in on this Monday and take my measurements--I'm a little nervous--I have a personal trainer and we only do my measurements once a month--so it's kind of a scary thing! You hope that out of  whole month that the numbers will be good! but who knows--I avoid the scale at home and just do this once a month thing--I will report in how that goes----anyone doing anything fun for the weekend? It's spring break for me but I'm just relaxing and resting (r&r)

Zia - I had the same problem (PCOS) about two years ago.  It is definitely related to eating & weight. I'm at the same weight when I had the PCOS, but when I cleaned up my diet my cycles began again and I've been regular since. 

I must say my health has improved when I consciously gave up on foods that contained the following ingredients:

• bleached enriched flour
• hydrogenated oils
• high fructose corn syrup

I try to limit nitrates/nitrites as well by cutting back on the amount of processed meats I eat.  What I found interesting was when I was diagnosed, I was a habitual Subway sandwiches eater, and the ingredient content of that food is just as bad as the major fast food joints. When I quit Subway (and other fast food spots) my health was much better.

I'm still way too heavy, but this is the beginning of a LONG journey :-)

i think she just looks athletic. looking at that picture, if i'd never seen one of her overweight, i would've thought she'd been an athlete like her whole life.

Welcome to all of the new poster!  This has become my "home" for this weight loss journey.  I hope you'll get comfortable and call this place your own too.

Just a little update.  I have a weekly weigh-in on Saturday, and I am so very close to losing 30 lbs. since Jan. 2nd!  That's an awesome birthday present if I don't say so myself!

Thanks to everyone who has sent encouraging, heart-felt words my way.  It's been tough lately, but at least the healthy living hasn't been impacted too much.  I continue to look for the positives, and draw from my faith in God and awesome family and friends (new on-line buddies included).  Here's to another day!

I am making terrible choices on St. Pat's!  And I'm excited, and I refuse to feel guilty about it!  After I go drop my appellate brief off in the morning, I'm going to go to O'Connell's with my law school friends and have green eggs and ham.  Then I am drinking green beer until I puke green puke! 

Then I'm going to spend Spring Break cleaning out my apartment and getting everything in order.  I'll probably outline some of my courses, too.  Hope everyone is having a great weekend! 

feddiechick---we were basically neighbors! Where are you located now?

hi. i'm stevi. i'm new to this, but i'm glad i found your post. it makes me feel awesome to know that there's other girls out there my size who want to be healthy. i'm 5'4 & about 235 lbs. I want to lose about 75 instead of the 130 the site recommended. that would just be way too much. i like the fact that the girls my size on this site aren't really wanting to get super skinny, it makes me feel like i'm not alone in my battle for a normal weight. hopefully i can become friends with some of you & make some sort of support system. i don't really have much of that in my personal life. i would love to have some buddies though.

So since we have a ton of people from Texas, it seems.  I was curious as to which states/countries are represented here?  I'm originally from Michigan (The U.P.), went to college in Minnesota, and currently live in California.

Ok, so my first post from today was beating around the bush a little bit.  I should just come right out and say it, because everyone deserves to be celebrated a little, right?  So... today is my birthday.  To celebrate, I went to this awesome Indian restaurant in Santa Barbara with my son and husband and ate to SATISFY!  The drive along the coast was nice too.  After that I indulged a bit more and had my most favorite treat, milk tea with boba (Some call it "bubble tea.") with my friend.  Then I promptly put my son to bed, hopped on the treadmill for my Couch to 5k (Week 2, Day 2) and on to the elliptical for 60 minutes.  Now I am truly pooped!  I think I spent my first day of being 27 quite well!!!

*welcomes stevi (sickgirl_79) to the group*  What a sweet looking companion you have there!  And yes, you're not alone.  I don't think even one of us here aspires to be "bony-looking" in any way!  I'm sure you'll find a ton of buds right here!

I'm currently living in Seattle, WA

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HAPPPY BIRTHDAY MLADDY!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi all, Im 21...22 on march 29th. I weigh 210. I want to get down to 130 or so. Most important is my health, but I would love, love to get back down to the single digits in my jeans. I would love to be able to have my tummy out and feel good, not chubby.

I was 190 before I got pregnant in about 2 yrs ago. After my daughter in August of 06 I was at 257. Ive slowly yo-yo'd my weight down. Ive plateaued at about 204-210 without any exercise at all, just calorie restriction. Im hungry and tired all the time though, so im gonna add moderate exercise. I bought an elliptical ((WHICH I LOVE 600 cal burnt in 34 min.))  I gurantee my body has been in starvation mode for a long time...Im really nervous about allowing myself to eat more calories but if I can keep up the exercise it should be no issue.