lthur714 Member

You poor thing....I have had my share of those. I will pass along some info that may help. My daughter used to get them ALL the time. She spent hours and hours online trying to cure herself. She came across something from a naturopathic doctor that said that "D-Mannose" (you get it from the health food store) keeps the…

So if I don't want to use a scale for everything like most everybody here does and I want to use the "baking spoons that are marked 1/4, 1/2, 1 tsp, etc., is the correct way to measure LEVELED OFF or to where it is whatever that particular spoon will hold? It's just not convenient to measure every single thing.

Wow....sounds like you are really motivated! Usually it's really hard to just go "cold turkey" on wheat and sugar but good for you! May I ask why you are eating that icky instant oatmeal? Get the real thing, cook it and you will see there is a big difference. Real oatmeal still has all the good stuff in it while the…

Thanks -- great idea.

Thanks!

Amazing! See....you DID do it and you can do it MORE!

If you're just thinking about it, that's great. In reality, that's going to be unrealistic. How about just cutting 50% of your carbs and sugar? That will make a huge difference and should be easier for you. Don't deny yourself, just be reasonable about it.

I hear that!

If you're a man, then you've got it over all us ladies. God designed it so that it's harder for us to lose weight cause he thinks we gotta keep from starving just in case we have a baby. Yea, us...sigh...

I don't think that is true. My metabolism was faster when I was younger. Now that I'm 67, it takes me 4 hours to metabolize a little Benadryl tablet (I know when it starts cause it begins to make me sleepy). Years ago, I'd get sleepy at 30 min and I weighed 80 pounds less.

Also, once that burger is down you're going to be hungry again cause you ate the bun and the carbs and the calorie count of that burger is probably going to be more than half of what you can have in a whole day? So.....what do you think now? I heard on TV recently that if you eat 80% food-that-your=body-knows-what-it-is…

I know, but what do you do? I heard that stomach fat is the last to go. Grrrrr

Well, I didn't need to lose a 100 pounds. More like 60. It wasn't so fast in the beginning either.

I've been to the doctor. He says my thyroid levels are fine.

Thanks for your help.

Just had my thyroid tested. Doctor says all my levels are great.

Thanks for the advice. There are some great hills in my neighborhood and I'm going to tackle them. That should build some thigh muscles! You mentioned a "TDEE". Can you explain what that means?

No, I am not eating more than I think as I am so careful. I have no thyroid and am on meds for that but that didn't stop me losing before.

I've heard that before from my daughter and I know you both are right, but it's hard at 67 to get more muscle. There are things I probably shouldn't do (like abdominal stuff mostly, due to several smallish hernias from an intestinal surgery). Ironically, that's where I need to lose the most weight (me and my apple shape).…

5'2", 179 and I would like to lose about 35-40 more pounds.

Thank you for your post. Maybe I will reset it to about 1400 and see what happens. My stepdaughter is on Weight Watchers and she doesn't even count fruits and vegetables at all! If I didn't count those, I would almost be at 0 intake. Ha!

I am using the scale for everything that goes in my mouth except when I'm out. I even err on the side of overestimating if there is any doubt.

I'm 5'2" and now at 179 (from 205).

It does not matter how many times you come back. The good thing is that you DID! I have found your mind and your thinking have to be in just the "right place" in order to have the right motivation. Best of luck with your journey!

Okay....this is a hard one for me, but I'm going to put it out there. It took me 39 years to learn that my husband really does love me at any weight. From the day we married, I gained about 10 pounds every couple of years. I think somehow I was sabotaging myself all these years to prove it to myself that I was worthy of…

I've had problems all my life as well. Never really bothered me until I started seeing photographs and then I knew that was now not I wanted to be. I'm down 25 now. Still hanging in there. One day at a time. Every day is a new day so don't beat yourself up if you go over your limit cause a new day is coming.

It took me a long time to realize the same thing you realized. It's hard work at first, counting calories and all, but you do need to know what you are putting in your body. And, if it is not nourishing, why are we doing it? Life isn't all about ruining what we're blessed with but to take good care of it and give it what…