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Hey St. Louis! You'll likely understand this - I tried Ted Drewes for the first time last week. Husband brought home two quarts. We're weighing it out into 1/2 cup servings when we eat it. Four months ago, that would have lasted maybe 4 days. To me, stuff like that definitely qualifies as a lifestyle change. LOL! I do get…

Thanks. I would never usually ask a doctor a question outside of the office - I'm a lawyer, hate it when people do that to me...BUT, since you offered: You previously said, "I as a doctor seriously think that a doctor who prescribes a lot of blood work (somebody mentionned vitamines and such) is at risk of overdiagnosis.…

But it IS a lifestyle change. Going from sitting in front of the TV and eating Dairy Queen 3x a week to taking evening walks and cooking healthy food and actually paying attention to your diet (noun, not verb) while avoiding 1300 calorie desserts you freaking LOVE - takes a considerable change in your actual lifestyle -…

Ha! I actually told my doctor I couldn't lose any weight because I'd had my dress altered already and I couldn't afford to do it again! How's that for fat lady rationalization. :D Then I gained 15-20 lbs and couldn't breathe in the damn thing. :p

Actually, I'm thinking other people have used snowflake. Maybe it just caught my eye, because it's the thing that annoys me. I agree...to disagree. ;)

I'm more worried about my face. I have friends who lost quite a bit and where they previously had firm faces, they now have lines and sagginess. We're talking 100 lbs...not 50, but still. I hate the thought of having wrinkles because my fat is no longer filling them out.

Okay...questions: Journey - What other word do you think is appropriate? Tone/toned - What other word would you used for a person wanting to not be saggy-baggy? I suppose there's "firm" but why is that somehow less annoying than "tone"? You guys find a lot to be annoyed about. The only one mentioned so far was not an…

I will say this for my doctor. The one thing she's done that pleased me was ASK me if I wanted to up to dosage of Metformin and when I said I'd rather wait and see what happens as I lose weight, her response was, "Okay, we'll leave it where it is for now." So while she was quick to prescribe...she didn't push when I balked…

See...this is why I get so concerned about what I'm doing. I have people saying, "Carbs are terrible. Diabetic's diets are complicated. Don't do this, don't do that." I have people saying, "Oh my wonderful keto diet with 20 grams of carbs a day! I've lost 20 lbs in the time you've lost 5! I'm never hungry and I feel…

I can't imagine not being respectful and giving a funeral and family all due privacy in Arlington. People can be so rude.

Wow, I've gotten many, many more replies than I expected. I'll do my best to respond to them, but if I miss you, please don't think that I didn't read and appreciate your response. I truly do appreciate the input. @lynn_glenmont I'm sorry if I came across upset. Type has a way to just not grasp the inflection you intend. I…

Sorry to hear about your Father in law.

It took me two lunch hours to read this whole thread and I made it fine...until this. Broke my heart. @katanaavion I am so very sorry for your loss. My own son is an adult now, but I can't even fathom the pain of losing a child. @LittleHearseDriver - God bless you. What a kind person you are to even make such an offer to a…

I agree. @earlnabby it's great to hear that. My husband's father was diagnosed 3 years ago and has managed with Metformin and diet just fine. Boy...to be able to get rid of the drugs would be great. Probably not likely that I'd lose all of mine, even at perfect weight, given my family cardio history...but even a couple…

Thank you, I'll consider that. I appreciate the information as well. I'll try getting a meter of my own and try at later times of the day. My readings are throwing off my husband's average anyway. Well if no one TELLS me what to do, I don't know...now do I? That's the issue. I already have a Rx and really, I'd rather NOT…

My husband quite likes his doctor who is much more holistic in her approach, for lack of a better term. When he started seeing her she did copious blood tests, including vitamins and such, prescribed him (I believe vitamin D) supplements and he actually has noticed a difference how he feels, energy levels, etc. Of course,…

Is there a real benefit to seeing an endocrinologist vs. a "regular" doctor early on? I'll have to look that up. Thanks!

Thanks for responding. Primary Care physician, not specialist. I'd need a referral to see an endocrinologist and I frankly don't think my doctor cares enough to bother. She isn't bad, she's just...cold. I don't expect my primary care doctor to be my buddy...but I'd think they'd care about a little thing like your overall…

Loathe as I am to agree with anything about that post...I am finding 1 gallon per 50 lbs to be the figure quoted numerous times. http://www.embalmers.com/applied.html So a 600 lb person would need 12 gallons according to that. But I would not be surprised to have someone say that it tops out at some point.

It might surprise you to learn that poor people die too. In fact, the vast majority leave nothing behind but bills, without enough money to cover them. The "hole" is exactly the same size for any adult (discounting the rare 1,000 lb person) and the funeral homes don't carry them. The pallbearers do. The funeral homes have…

First, good for you doing it NOW. I'm old enough to be your mom...53...and 5'10", 298.5 as of this morning. I started at 305 a couple months ago. I'm losing slowly but steadily at 1900 calories! I'm quite sedentary, but am getting in some walking and elliptical and I do the gym twice a week. All my schedule allows. I also…

I don't think anyone's mentioned green beans! Really, the most basic of veggies. Tinned, with onion and either ham or bacon chopped up in them, simmered for a while on the stovetop, the standard of old-time veggies to eat with anything. In fact, if you cook boiled new potatoes with ham chunks and green beans and some…

It's been years ago, but my boss quit a 3-pack a day habit on patches. This was before they were OTC and you could always tell when his doctor lowered the dose because he was a BEAR for like 3 days. I personally had my last cigarette the week before Thanksgiving 2016. Admittedly, I'd also quit between February and…

I have noticed that, on my Charge 2, though my husband's stride is clearly longer than mine, he routinely gets more steps when we walk together. A mile for me will be 2200 steps and for him 2600, for instance. We've never manually set the stride length, but walk outside and their GPS feature should take care of that as…

I only get an hour for lunch. Between changing, walking, then getting cooled down enough to get dressed again and eating something, 1/2 hour is what I've got.

My mother once told me that when she was young some doctors gave tape worms in a capsule. You swallowed it, lost weight over time, then they treated the tape worm. I'm not desperate enough to infect myself with a parasite - yet.

Thank you everyone. I know that on March 5 I was at 305 and now I'm 293.5. So...10 1/2 weeks...which I suppose is really just over 1 lb a week. I KNOW I should be happy about it, but it just seems SO SLOW. This is my second go-around. About 10 years ago, I lost 100 lbs. I gained back about 85 - yes, idiot - so I'm doing it…

Thanks everyone. My Fitbit does have my correct height and weight. I have never calculated my HR zones, I just went by what Fitbit said. My resting HR right now is showing as 49. It is quite low. I also have an arrhythmia (pvc) that sometimes makes it read even lower than normal. It's not a danger - it goes away with…

Well the reason I ask is the Fitbit shows substantially higher calorie burn at cardio/peak levels. For instance 8 calories / min at fat burn, 12 calories / minute at cardio, etc. I thought maybe I'm not burning as many calories as I'm getting credit for? But I suppose, since I only get the calorie adjustment from the…

I hate exercise. Really, I really hate exercise. But most mornings - I do skip some - I still drag my butt out of bed an hour early, do some stretches, get on the elliptical and do 20 minutes before work. Virtually every day at lunch I lock my office door and change my clothes and take a walk - 1 to 2 miles depending on…