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This morning I weighed my self at 209.2 Lbs or 14St 13Lbs
Back in June I was 239.2Lbs or 17St 1Lbs
I am just a bit pleased I don't think I have weighed 14St anything since about the year 2000!
Happy days 
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Hmmm ...
Step 1. Take up violin
Step 2. Lose weight
Step 3. Book Tour for best-selling "The Violin Diet" book? 
Good for you, Sam! I bet you feel better, too!
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Thanks HC, I reckon I feel about 10 years younger to be honest lol
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Congratulations Samuel. 
I've lost 30 pounds in the past 8 months and it's due to changing my diet. I cut out milk and deserts. In fact the only dairy I can't quit is cheese.
I eat as much as I want and as often but mostly raw foods. Not fanatical about eating raw food but fanatical about not eating deserts. Fortunately I have never really had a sweet tooth.
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Congratulations to you too FM, I also do not suffer from a sweet tooth, but cheese and crisps and cracker and bread and pretty much everything else which is unhealthy are my weaknesses.
My main problem is I love food and my job and daily life provide no exercise.
I have been keeping my self to 1500 calories a day, it's not easy some times especially when I am feeling low because eating always makes me feel better. But I'm doing it for my little girl and there is no stronger motivation than that!
I was a smoker for ten years as well until recently. But I have found it surprisingly easy to quit that as well now that I have her perceptions to worry about.
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Don't cut down on food, replace it instead 🙂
Glad you have your daughter as motivation and you are real lucky that you were able to quite smoking. 
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Hi Sam,HC,FM! can we have an update please?
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LOL Suresh,
Personally I still weight the same now. I kept those 30 pounds off. Used to weight around 180 for the longest time but now I just don't eat deserts except for fruits. Don't eat dairy except for the occasional cheese which I find is very hard to give up. I eat a lot and often..... Nuts, greens, fruits, berries, and I feel great most of the time, except for now with this darn cold 
We don't see Samuel as often now a days.......
How about you Suresh?
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It's not deserts that are bad, it's what you put in them! You can make very healthy low calories deserts that will add to your daily portions of fruits/milk/even veggies! (orange and carrot cupcakes nom nom).
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I also found that my kiddos were a good motivation for me to get healthy. In the past year and half I've lost almost 40 pounds and gone from a size 12 to a size 2. I did it by eating healthy (which was pathetically hard for me to do!). I always made my 2 and 3 year old eat healthy and as soon as my oldest was able to start questioning why I was eating different things than she was (and by different, I mean garbage) it was a huge wake up call for me. I also started running, lost a lot of weight that way and when I plateaued from running I incorporated kettlebells which are fun and helped me tone up a bit. I seemed to plateau again, so now I am on week two of some crazy ass work out program called Insanity...... Let's just say, it's appropriately named!!! Every part of me hurts!! I couldn't even hold my violin up to practice after putting my ankle biters to bed last night because my arms are so sore!!! I'm excited because I violin book that I ordered is supposed to come today but I'm not sure that I'll be able to lift my arms to practice!! LOL!
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Samuel L Boogie said
This morning I weighed my self at 209.2 Lbs or 14St 13LbsBack in June I was 239.2Lbs or 17St 1Lbs
I am just a bit pleased I don't think I have weighed 14St anything since about the year 2000!
Happy days
Congratulations by the way!!! That is a huge accomplishment and you deserve to be proud of yourself!!!!! Yeah!!!!!!
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I oscillate between 140 and 150 pounds.
And FM! tell me what is your special menu on 17th of this month?
If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it ..(William Shakespeare in Twelfth Night)
Wow! So interesting! I never thought about what i eat 
I don't even know how much do i weight
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Since we are talking AWESOME accomplishments...I have been smoke-free for 2 months now!
Yea, for me! And congrats Samuel. I need to lose about 40 lbs and I'll be very Happy. I was at 195lbs, then remarried and now I have gained 40 lbs in 2 years. Not good. But first step, get rid of the cigs, next step get rid of the weight.
'nuff said
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Awesome on the not smoking. I smoked for 30 years and finally quit. haven't had a cigarette for over 3 years now.
Oooo! Yep! Quit smoking is great! Congrats with that, Gkeese!I'm thinking about this too. But i'm such nervous person. So if i quit smoking, i guess, i'll blow up
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If you DO smoke and then finally quit, just think how much money you'll have to spend on violin stuff.
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I applaud anyone who quits smoking.
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Congratulations gkeese and Kevin on not smoking... That is quite an accomplishment.
Naska, you can do it. Smoking kills 🙁
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