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Thanks so much for this. As a “Crazy Mermaid “ I need confirmation of my reality and you gave me that.

I should have clarified that when I put my data into MFP about 5+ years ago, it gave me the 1400 calories to lose 1 lb per week. Over that period of time I have lost about 10 lbs. I am 5’5, 63, with a CW of 160. Now suddenly 2 days ago MFP changed my calorie allowance to 1280 to lose 1 lb per week. Has anyone else had this…

I’ve learned so much about weight loss on this site. What works for me is starting the day by weighing myself and recording that in a weight loss journal. It’s a great way to see my progress from year to year. I just looked at the January 1 2023 entry and saw that I weighed 5 lbs more then. Weighing myself daily keeps my…

Metamucil is my secret superpower

lol I thought I had a $1 million idea

Everyone is different, but for me, stress (unconscious or conscious) drives my eating. Once my stress is more manageable, my desire for comfort eating lessens.

Welcome to the MFP family. The thing that made it click for me was solidifying in my mind the “why”. As in why is it important to lose the weight. For me that helped with sustainability. Good luck to you.

So overall you’ve lost 150 lbs! Very impressive! It’s hard for me to lose weight but even harder to maintain my weight loss . The trick for me was not doing anything short-term to lose it that I couldn’t sustain long term to keep it off. Best wishes for you.

Welcome Chris. I had trouble committing until I figured out why it was important to me to lose the weight. Do you know your reason?

For me personally, it takes at least a week or two to show up on the scale. Keep the faith.

Lots of good ideas here. I always start the day off with weighing myself in the morning every day of the year. That number keeps the impact of my decisions in the forefront. It’s such a pain in the neck to re-lose weight.

My retirement turned into volunteering for NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Although I have no tangible evidence in terms of production, we touch and impact people’s lives.

Anxiety and depression are medical conditions that may have environmental triggers. They’re like other illnesses in that sometimes environmental changes help control the brain chemistry problem that is causing the mental illness. Other times that’s not enough and medication is part of the solution. Unfortunately shame and…

I’ve found that Muscle Milk, with 50 g of protein for 300 calories, is a good solution for me.

I used to think that people who were overweight just weren’t trying hard enough to lose weight. In the world of mental illness, plenty of the medications that help with the symptoms of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, generalized anxiety disorder and psychosis have weight gain as a typical side effect. I now…

I too would rather have the data than not. Weighing daily normalizes the fluctuations for me. At the same time it keeps me accountable to myself. I go into a situation with the thought in the back of my mind that I don’t have to take off what I don’t gain. I make decisions based on whether something is worth it and…

It’s interesting that the phentermine (Duramine ) worked for you as well as it worked for me. It was a real eye opener when it took away my all-encompassing continual hunger. I realized that my weight problem was a brain chemistry problem that made me hungry all the time rather than a moral failure.

Congratulations! Great job!

For me, if I don’t allow myself to enjoy the special occasion foods, it makes it harder to stay on plan the rest of the time. Denial doesn’t work for me long-term

Great idea about the blood pressure monitoring. I co-facilitate a NAMI Connection support group for people with generalized anxiety disorder and other mental health issues. To help people understand what a full-blown anxiety episode is, I ask them to lay down, tighten every muscle in their body, including their jaws, and…

My mom had body dysmorphia, thinking she was overweight. Every morning she would step on the scale and if that number was bad(most of the time) we all had a bad day. She had me on a diet in 2nd grade because I thought I was fat. This dieting continued through high school. There was even a liquid diet (horrible stuff) that…

Love the chocolate pancakes idea!

I can speak to the power of the mind from my perspective of being in a psychotic state. If I touched the color pink, say on a printed rose on a bed sheet, it would actually burn my skin. No blisters were raised but the sensation was exactly the same as if I had touched a hot stove. Additionally one of the voices in my head…

I weigh in daily to keep my head in the game. Both recording my food intake and my weight keeps me aware of my goal.

Speaking from long term personal experience of me and my blood relatives nobody has had side effects from the statins. My mother in law, on the other hand, had a backache that she ascribed to the statins so she went off them, had a stroke and is now in a wheelchair at a nursing home. Pick your poison.

I’ve always had an obsession with chocolate. I can’t moderate it, even individually wrapped Lindt balls or Ghirardelli’s squares. Once I start I can’t stop. So I can’t have them in the house anymore.

I’m sorry to hear about the weight problem on Seroquel. Depends on the purpose of the medication. If you’re looking for a weight neutral antipsychotic substitute for Seroquel, I’m on Geodon and it’s working well for me. Risperidol is a well known weight gainer. I’m of course not a medical professional. Just speaking from…

I use a paper journal every morning, and it’s mostly about weight management. I weigh myself and record it, reflect how I did on my eating plan the day before, challenges I will face that day (eating out, no time for exercise, special occasions etc) and my plan to stay healthy. It’s not for everyone but it’s been keeping…

I second the suggestion to attend a NAMI Connection support group. It’s comforting to be around other people who have the same diagnosis. I was told about the group when I was released from a psychiatric hospital after 3 weeks of involuntary treatment and it really helped me.

Breaking Free From Emotional Eating has helped me