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My discussion is "Introduce your self" 67 years old and finally seem to have found the secret to weight loss. Don't give up.

Hi Carol. Weight loss is an ongoing process. Some weeks are better than others. I have lost 40 pounds in 6 months. I'm not special I have just figured out how I need to do it. I started logging what I eat everyday and sharing it with hope it will help others. Check it out if you would like.

Dinner tonight was different. My wife wanted Waffle House. I had hash browns with ham, onions and cheese with ketchup. Small order complete comes to a little over 400 calories. Also, prior to dinner we went to a baby shower and I ate a Chili's Southwest Egg Roll for an additional 270 calories. The total put me about 100…

I buy the small party bags of chips and don't include them very often. They are like a little treat for me. One bag and when its empty its over. LOL. Also make sure to include vitamins in you daily planning.

Also to answer one of the above comments. Yes it is calorie deficit, but I have learned that I can survive on a lot less food then I was eating. I just had to figured out what my needs were. This also has led me to the reality that I can keep it off once I hit my goal weight.

All of us on this site are concerned with 1 of 2 things. 1 Health 2 Looks. Myself it was health. I had accepted the fact that I was born this way and that made it easy for me to go about my life. The truth was I was a slim child. I managed to get to almost 270 pounds. That's a lot on a 5'8" man. My knees ached and back…

I went on a long trip in an RV and meal time was not guaranteed. I found it necessary to put something quick in the microwave for breakfast, lunches were light due to driving a lot of days this left my chance for a good meal only at night. Arriving home 6 weeks later and weighing myself for the first time in months I found…

There are plateaus you hit during weight loss. In my younger years I lost quite a bit of weight but did not maintain it. I was taught that on a normal diet your body will lose at first then you hit a weight that you cannot seem to drop below. This might happen several times during you overall weight loss cycle. Then one…