Nichols - You are beautiful! If I'm honest, I'm a little jealous. I have no business being jealous because my scale just shows me how hard I'm working. That makes your before and during pictures an inspiration to me so thanks for sharing.
Novangel - good luck with the low carbs! The first few days are always the hardest.
Goodyfay - I hear you on the binge. With all the Christmas leftovers and now all these parties for New Years and kids head back off to college, my eating is way off course. Sometimes when I'm in one of those eating moods (for me it's pretty much always a craving for salty bread like pretzels or Goldfish) I'll take some melatonin so I'll fall asleep quickly instead of eating.
Coolmom - hope you fought the craving and won!
Diana - welcome back to the grind!
Kellijpa - I'm right there with you - too near my post holiday high.
Flower - I have a couple of suggestions for your inflammation. I like Ancient Minerals Magnesium Lotion (not the oil, which can be irritating/itchy if you're not used to it). Here's an amazon link. http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Minera...gnesium+lotion I'm posting the link so you can see the picture. Our local health food store carries it for a lot cheaper. Epsom salts are a type of magnesium (but not as well absorbed as the lotion I showed you) and will alleviate inflammation. Another thing to try is those Salon Pas patches. They work great. Sometimes the smell makes me nauseous though.
I'm still just treading water. Will be starting serious weight loss attempts beginning Monday. Thinking about doing that couch to 5k program, but on my elliptical in my basement instead of outside because it's finally getting cold here in SE PA.