You are very welcome.
Last night my daughter and I sat down and ate a bowl of cherries together. She looked at me and said "most people would be eating a bowl of chips." Then she said "loosing 30 pounds was the hardest thing I ever did in my life." Then we agreed: To lose the weight all you have to do is change WHAT you eat not how much you eat. Today I had a lunch fit for a king and it was a beautiful salad complete with blackberries and walnuts and a variety of every vegetable I could find and put through my food processor. Throw out all your junk food and then fill up your fridge with leafy greens and salads. Check out Dr. Wahls on you tube. She's got it down. Here's what I did and I am not fat anymore. Copy paste and search this link and listen to every u tube you can on this lady.
All you have to do is break your addiction to junk food. If you are fighting cancer, you have to. No, if's and's or buts. Just do it.

http://youtu.be/ICMhLLjXwRQ

Hi there.
I'm such a big fan of this inspiring Ted Talk by Matt Cutts, " 30 day challenge." Here is the link to copy paste into your browser.
http://on.ted.com/Cutts
And the movie by Joe Cross called "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead", if you google both of these you will find them on-line.
I couldn't loose weight on 1200 calories either. I had to change MFP to 1000 calories a day in order to loose my weight.
How was the Arimidex for you?

Thanks for the comment. This group is wonderful because it makes me want to become more pro-active about my health. I can see why they say that people who belong to groups, such as this one, live longer. It's because it's hard to fall into the same old destructive patterns when you have others, like yourself, that communicate good ideas to keep us healthy. Those were very good comments and I appreciate you posting them!
I am considering going back on one of the cancer therapies again because I actually stopped taking the meds, as my drug reactions and symptoms were so severe and disabling; my quality of life on the drugs was poor. I see my Oncologist this month. So,.... I actually quit taking the drugs- and so far,(lately) I have had no metastases or reoccurrence even though I've had breast cancer twice already in a decade. I would guess that my survival has been due largely from diet, as you suggested.
You are so right, that losing weight and keeping it off is very difficult. I find that dieting gets easy after the first two days. Once you "get on a roll", it's very empowering to take control. Two days of hell and then you are on it! And then it becomes an obsession to achieve the goal after you see the first possitive results. I find that I try and try and try and nothing works until I actually force myself to eat like a bird for one day and then it's like I wake up from the procrastination. Then comes the success.
It's the same with me- I can lose weight so quickly on the low carb diet and like you suggested, the meat diet seemed to be dangerous as that's exactly when my breast cancer came back. (After I went on a high meat diet). You may be on to something here because my Oncologist told me that same meat thing over a decade ago. He said, "eat red meat, but only once a year when you go to a summer BBQ with friends. The rest of the time, stay away from it." I believe that if you have to eat red meat, if you eat natural game that is "grass fed" and "no hormones" it's actually not bad, but the stuff we get in the styrofoam containers is questionable, in my mind. So, thank you for that comment. I am cautious too and I eat a diet of 4 things only. Fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes. I do eat small amounts of fish and chicken and a bit of cheese. Milk products do contain hormones too, as do meats. And if you live on the west coast, there are also levels of radiation to contend with, from Japan- and these show up more in Strawberries and milk products. Also, our wheat products are genetically modified but I think Europe doesn't do that yet so if you buy European bread it's not GM. It's all too much!!!! If anyone has any comments about this, I'd like your imput.

Your goals are great. My oncologist said that if I wanted to live, I needed to stay as slim as possible. I go to Curves all the time for exercise and all I eat is vegetables, really. And I have survived so far when statistically I should have been long gone. So, what you are saying totally has worked for me.
I do avoid sugar and don't eat much fruit as compared to vegetables, so you are right there too.
When you talked about alcohol, we should all be aware that alcohol is the one thing that they do link to breast cancer with and that's very sad because I think we all deserve a drink after going through all of this! hahaha! But I don't drink either, which is great for my friends- as I am always the designated driver.
My beliefs about breast cancer and nutrition are key in my survival. I am a walking example of survival due to diet and exercise because that's all I've done. I am not on the drugs. Apparently a low fat diet, high vegetable diet is best, according to my Oncologist Nutritionist.
About Resveratol and Omega 3, I'll look those up and I welcome comments about those from others.
Keep making comments and keep living.
xo
(I am not a health professional, so anyone following my advice, be aware of that). I am just an ordinary "Joe" (and a survivor) with a lot of thoughts and questions in my head.