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I use Splenda daily and log it as 1g carb/4 cals per pack. No big deal. I'd use a lot more of the real stuff.
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We eat dinner unusually late because of hubby's work schedule - 11:30 PM. That means I don't have to worry about being hungry between dinner and bed, but it presents me with extra challenges. If I am up at 7 AM, that's a 16 hour window to stretch out my calories. I typically don't have my first meal until the early…
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Same.
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I am 5'10" and much heavier at 188. The last 8 pounds I've lost have been noticed and commented on quite a bit. It took me 2 months to lose those 8 pounds. Those pounds have also led to measurable inches off.
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Losing weight made a big difference in my cellulite. Still there but not something I am super bothered about.
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Similar thinking here. Same with spelling.
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Fiber and protein. It really all depends, though. Greek yogurt is filling to me (protein) and hits my stomach like cement, but I'm hungry a couple of hours later. I'll add peanut butter or peanut butter powder to it, but it doesn't change much. A steak or some chicken (protein), on the other hand, is going to keep me full…
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Basically by the day, but if I want to use more for some reason or need to do the math after a spontaneous late night snack, I care about the weekly total.
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2200 is a comfortable amount of calories for me, but that's only my goal (deficit of 500) on my two most active days per week. :/ I struggle more now with just being straight up hangry than I did before. I still stick to a 500 calorie deficit on the other days of the week the majority of the time, but it feels like I'm…
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Comments like yours on this thread have really meant a lot to me. I'm glad that other people like me were able to get something out of this; it makes me feel really good. Beautiful profile pic, btw!
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I had a similar experience loosing weight at 19. I started a bit under 300 and got to 200 and just had a tummy pooch. I knew it wouldn't work out that way this time, and I wasn't happy about it, but it is what it is! I feel better about it now than I did before it started showing up, actually. I don't love it, but I am…
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I started at about 390. Have to guess a bit based on past known weights and doctor visits because I didn't have a scale at home at first. I would pursue surgery in the right circumstances. It's in the back of my mind. I would want to lose a little more and maintain for a bit, and then I would want to take my time looking…
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Hmmmmm..at the start, I should have had about 30 pounds of skin. At my current weight, I should have about 14 pounds of skin. That means I really weigh 16 pounds less than I think!!!!! Yes, yes, I am sure that's all kinds of inaccurate and erroneous, but I am going to choose to go with it anyway. :D
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I was notified that I was flagged and received a warning for my previous comment that is still visible in quotes. I apparently did not contribute enough to the topic. In that case, let me do so now. A lot of condescension and judgment towards a woman who was at a deadly weight (450 pounds). No one has met her. All people…
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Just quoting to tell you that you are super cute with your hair/leggings in that pic!
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My collarbones started showing early, too. Now I feel like Skeletor on top some days, but I still got one heck of a booty. Sucks that our body eats fat from where it wants to.
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I love this :)
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I wear a 36C now, and I started as a 54C. Big difference in cup volume. On a normal weight woman, my "before" breasts would have been quite large, but they were proportionally small for my body. Even though I am wearing a C cup now, it's also not filled in as it should be because I have lost volume at the top, and my…
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Every month or two or when I remember. :) When clothes seem to fit differently. When I magically feel smaller (but am not :D ).
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Grats!!!!!!!! I haven't commented in this thread before, but I had lurked through and was waiting for this update. :) Can you believe you're where you're at yet? It took me a little bit of time mentally for it to sink in that I was under 200.
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Always been a weekly weigher, but I have been weighing daily the last couple weeks because some crazy water weight stuff happened (went from 196 to 191 to 198 to 186 and now 187 in that timespan).
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5th or 6th grade, obese but no idea of pounds, probably didn't lose anything, but I remember counting calories for the first time. 8th grade, slimfast and calories, lost maybe 20-30 pounds, started perhaps in the lower 200's? at 5'10" and as a girl. gained it back. little bits here and there throughout highschool, probably…
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My husband, pretty young at 35, was just diagnosed 2 months ago. Basically, he's started eating in the same way that I have been to lose weight/get good nutrition. That plus metformin has his sugars stable and in non-diabetic levels before and after meals, and he's lost weight. We have his macros set up for 45% carbs…
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I have had a mirena since 2009. On my 2nd one. My doctor recommended the first one to me because I had lost some weight, was planning to lose more, and didn't want a lot of hormonal effects. I gained that weight back (125 lbs :s )because I stopped everything I was doing at the time (WW). I was burned out. I've lost 200…
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I admit that I don't have to worry about dating since I'm married, but I imagine the same way I did dating as a very large woman. People find different things attractive, and that's ok. The right person for you will love you as you are. I say that as someone who got married in a size 32 wedding dress. My husband's not a…
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This.
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I woke up, checked the thread, and was pleased and encouraged by the positive feedback. Thank you all who have commented so far!
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I'm 5'10" and somewhere in the 190's (fluctuating this week), and I know I wear a misses 12 in jeans/shorts at JCPenney, Charlotte Russe, and Gap. I can squeeze into 10's but no. I also have a pair of size 14 shorts from Beall's. All stuff tried on/bought recently. I started in women's size 32, and it took losing the first…
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I wear a misses 12 now. I can shop anywhere at the mall, but I still have this bizarre fear that I am going to get thrown out of stores by the size police or that people are looking at me thinking, "Yeah, right," when I pull a 12 or large off the rack. Not proud of this but confessing it anyway.
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I have MFP set for 1 pound per week and eat my entire Fitbit adjustment most of the time. Here's the last month's weekly weigh-ins: 196.2, 198.8, 197.6, 196, and 191.8 this morning. I have averaged 1.1 lbs per week. This pattern (which included a gain for no apparent reason) has been repeating itself for a few months. It's…