Ask someone who's lost 40 pounds anything

It may not be too impressive, but I may be able to help some people out

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  • cw106
    cw106 Posts: 952 Member
    how long did it take you?
    and
    how are you maintaing.?
    ta
  • SerendipitySkye
    SerendipitySkye Posts: 202 Member
    How long did it take you? Do you have more to lose? Are you maintaining easily? Did your journey teach you healthy habits that now can carry you through without having to worry about falling into weight gain again? Is it everything you dreamed it would be? lol I have lost 20 and have 30 left to go. I cannot wait to be where you are but am trying to go slow and healthy instead of quick. I want to learn healthy, livable habits along the way.
  • Neykoll
    Neykoll Posts: 6 Member
    Do you wear clothes you use to avoid/ do still 'feel' like you are fat even though your eyes can tell you otherwise?

    Oddly that is my biggest concern is being 'thin' to everyone else and still feeling like a whale.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    How many pounds will you gain at the Super Bowl Party?

    #beardown
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  • spinneyhex
    spinneyhex Posts: 54 Member
    Yes, how long until your brin catches up with your body and how did you move on to maintenance ?
    Well done and thankyou
  • stacyjh1979
    stacyjh1979 Posts: 188 Member
    Do you wear clothes you use to avoid/ do still 'feel' like you are fat even though your eyes can tell you otherwise?

    Oddly that is my biggest concern is being 'thin' to everyone else and still feeling like a whale.

    I can completely relate to this feeling. I previously went from 270lbs and a size 28 to 125lbs and a size 4/6 and I still looked in the mirror and felt fat. Other people were telling me I looked sick (especially on my top half) but I for the most part saw myself the same. The mind is a powerful force. Now in retrospect and after gaining a little less than half of the weight back and struggling to lose it again I can see how thin I was at that time but not then. It's hard for me to see myself accurately in comparison to others.
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  • VelveteenArabian
    VelveteenArabian Posts: 758 Member
    What are the winning powerball numbers?
  • LifeWithPie
    LifeWithPie Posts: 552 Member
    What came first...the chicken or the egg?
  • asdowe13
    asdowe13 Posts: 1,951 Member
    Are you going to answer any of these questions? or did you just win this round?
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    How many pounds will you gain at the Super Bowl Party?

    #beardown
    laughs chief!
  • hedean
    hedean Posts: 40 Member
    Did you start and stop several times or was it just like one day you decided to do it and did it?

    If you started over many times, how did you stick with it the final time?
  • violasmith85
    violasmith85 Posts: 274 Member
    What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? Also, will I win the Lottery on Saturday????

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  • B_Ann
    B_Ann Posts: 1 Member
    Hi,

    1. Did you count calories? Did you limit your carbs?

    2. Did you exercise while losing weight? If so what exercises helped you the most??
  • glickman1
    glickman1 Posts: 87 Member
    Sorry everyone, I got caught up with something

    Hi,

    1. Did you count calories? Did you limit your carbs?

    2. Did you exercise while losing weight? If so what exercises helped you the most??
    Yup, I obsessively counted calories every day
    I'm doing SL 5x5, it helps losing weight and gave me a decent amount of muscle

    @hedean
    One day I just decided to do it
  • glickman1
    glickman1 Posts: 87 Member
    How long did it take you? Do you have more to lose? Are you maintaining easily? Did your journey teach you healthy habits that now can carry you through without having to worry about falling into weight gain again? Is it everything you dreamed it would be? lol I have lost 20 and have 30 left to go. I cannot wait to be where you are but am trying to go slow and healthy instead of quick. I want to learn healthy, livable habits along the way.
    I have about 9 pounds to lose, from there on I'll judge my BF%

    @sw106
    It's taken me since March 23rd, so a little under 6 months
    I'm not maintaining just yet
  • TheSatinPumpkin
    TheSatinPumpkin Posts: 948 Member
    congrats on your progress.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    What came first...the chicken or the egg?
    if you believe in evolution its the egg. if you dont its still the egg cause god wanted some toast on the 6th day and obv you cant have toast without an egg to go with it so he created eggs. the chicken wasnt made until later that day around dinner time
  • DireWolfCurse
    DireWolfCurse Posts: 32 Member
    What came first...the chicken or the egg?
    if you believe in evolution its the egg. if you dont its still the egg cause god wanted some toast on the 6th day and obv you cant have toast without an egg to go with it so he created eggs. the chicken wasnt made until later that day around dinner time

    HAHAH! That's probably the coolest answer to that question ever. Thank you for making me laugh :)
  • opalsqueak007
    opalsqueak007 Posts: 433 Member
    Well done on that loss - fantastic. I would be well pleased if that was me :)
  • glickman1
    glickman1 Posts: 87 Member
    Well done on that loss - fantastic. I would be well pleased if that was me :)
    Hey, 6 months ago I was saying the same exact thing! Just be persistent and you'll have the same results I did
  • glickman1
    glickman1 Posts: 87 Member
    Bumping
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? Also, will I win the Lottery on Saturday????
    Damn. I wanted the winning lotto numbers.

    Congrats on your success, OP...and everyone who is losing! :)
  • baba_helly
    baba_helly Posts: 810 Member
    how many inches did you gain?
  • gbklvr
    gbklvr Posts: 84 Member
    Did you have set backs? How did you deal with it? How did you handle when the scale didn't budge?
  • Did you eat back your exercise calories? If so, what was your net calorie intake?
  • glickman1
    glickman1 Posts: 87 Member
    how many inches did you gain?
    I didn't measure my inches

    @michaeljackson
    I didn't count exercise calories, they're terribly inaccurate
  • glickman1
    glickman1 Posts: 87 Member
    Did you have set backs? How did you deal with it? How did you handle when the scale didn't budge?
    I had a setback in June for about 4 weeks, I continued eating the way I did and eventually the scale started dropping again
  • BigGuy47
    BigGuy47 Posts: 1,768 Member
    Paper or plastic ?