Ridley2011 Member

Congratulations! My highest weight is about where you started and I'm 5 pounds away from overweight (and am the same height based on your weight when you crossed over in to overweight). I will be very happy when I to this next milestone.

Can you change the time of day that you take your meds?

I'm not a former yet either, but one message I read on the maintenance board has stuck with me. The poster still had a significant amount of weight to lose, but talked about figuring out her maintenance calories for her goal weight and just starting to eat at that amount now. And forever. I haven't yet moved to that model,…

Awesome -- such a good feeling to see a 1 as the first number on the scale!

Sunflower. Good luck with surgery. I have my last recon surgery next week (I had bilateral diep vs implants but still feel I can relate!). Shadow - are you tracking? If not, I would try to get back to doing that. I think seeing what you are eating can kickstart you in to being more mindful.

Congratulations! That is my next big milestone. Enjoy!

One more thought. For some people healthy does equate to thin. As a breast cancer survivor, my goal of being at a normal BMI is because fat cells produce estrogen and my cancer was sensitive to estrogen. There are some studies suggesting that a lower BMI supports longer survival times. Otherwise I'm healthy - on no drugs…

Thanks all -- great advice.

Congrats! Can you find someone to walk with after dark -- I try to get out a couple of nights a week with two different friends -- its a great time to catch up with them, and I get my exercise in as well.