[fooman]

I have been trying to drop about 15 pounds and get in shape. Why is it that I am sympathetic to this?

[Dr. Scarpetta]

I have been trying to drop about 15 pounds and get in shape. Why is it that I am sympathetic to this?

I've been trying to lose 10 pounds and can't seem to do it. I would love to see the calories on menus where I live, especially when one cookie is 440 calories...

[latina4dubya]

i recently dropped 12 pounds... i started checking into the calories in the food at my favorite chain restaurants... much to my dismay, this one salad that i love to eat at Chili's has over 1,000 calories! i'm not going nuts about the food i'm eating... i love food and continue to enjoy it... i just ensure that i take in less calories than i was before and burn more throughout the day... if i take more calories than i should, i do extra on the treadmill... i began parking my car farther out... i walk a little faster, dance around the house a little more... my kids just got a trampoline and i've bouncing on that every morning... it's fun, but harder than it looks...

the key is to take in less, burn more... dropping the 12 pounds was somewhat difficult, i think because i didn't have much to lose... i went from 132 to 120 at 5'5"... i didn't even drop a whole dress size, but i do look much better in my same ol' clothes...

[Eric Blair 2084]