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LOL, oh yes they are. In fact they are better the longer they have been in there and I keep telling myself to ignore them. :)

As one who is managing their gout with allopurinol I can tell you it isn't fun. As another stated, it typically starts in the feet, most notably, the joint where your LEFT big toe connects to your foot and when it does, it is excrutiating. When I have flareups, I can't even walk. I have had it in both feet and one knee and…

I used to belong to Gold's Gym when they put up a brand new onein the area and worked out a deal with work for memberships through payroll deduction. I got into a good routine and kind of enjoyed it but mostly for the things that didn't really help, like the hottubs and lazy pool. It was great for the weight training…

I weigh myself daily when I work. When I started I had to use the scales in shipping that will weigh thousands of pounds accurately and can be zeroed out. I just continue to do it the same now for consistency. So for me, I weigh myself 5 days a week, 6 if I am lucky and we are working overtime, 7 if I am really lucky and…

And yet, with the right type of popcorn, such a large amount. :)

This is exactly it for me. It took me from 1985 when I graduated from high school at 6'0" and 185 pounds to 2015 when I peaked at 387. While it doesn't have to take that long to get it off, it is unrealistic for me to think I will be 185 in a year. Just as unrealistic as it was when I thought I would pick up an electric…

When I started, my home scale wouldn't go high enough so I weigh myself on the shipping scale at work that will read up to 2500 pounds. I am down to where my scale at home will read but I just keep it to weighing any day I am at work. So that would be 5 days a week minimum, 6 if I am lucky, 7 if I am REALLY lucky :). I…

That was my thought. USDA lists bacon as 1 slice pan-fried (8g) as 43 calories. A few month ago I woke up on Saturday and was eating pork rinds for breakfast while watching "Bacon Paradise" on TV so then I had to have some bacon so I cooked up a 12 ounce pack of bacon so I had to log all of it. The ENTIRE 12 ounce package…

I did the same thing but I don't beat myself up about it. It doesn't have to completely de-rail your journey but it will slow it down. Examples: On Thursday 2 weeks ago I was at 302 and was set to break 300 before the week was out.... but while I did OK when we actually had the breast cancer bake sale at work the day…

Bear with me, this will be long, it is how I am. I too have been heavy to obese most of my life. Most allof my family has been the same way. When I graduated from high school in 1985, I was 6', 185 pounds and felt I could stand to lose 10 or 15 pounds. Little by little I went to 200, then 225, then 250 until I reached my…

I have been using the Pure Protein bars for about a year and they work out well. They have that feeling of a real candy bar but not exactly the taste. The flavors are good though. While I haven't tried the Pure Protein Fruit & Nut variety, the sugar content is much greater on them. I get the Costco pack that contains 1 box…

You could tone up sure, and I think you would feel pretty good about the changes when you see them. Is it necessary to make you look good physically? For you..... not in my book. You look pretty good to me. I just ran you through the BMI calculator at the National Institute of Health and they list BMI as: Underweight =…

I have gone way over that and not died LOL. Last week I made it down to 302 on Thursday. But we had a bake sale at work and I couldn't resist a caramel bar (it was SO worth it) and to celebrate the end of some training we had pizza and I ate more than the couple pieces I should have.... So it was no shock that on Friday I…

I used to feel the same way about having 1 piece of pizza or the notion that a pint of ice cream was 4 servings. :)

Not all people who go to bariatric clinics end up going the surgical route. Most of us who do go to them though, are there because we are morbidly obese even if we aren't 600+ pounds. As a result, we typically have other issues like pre-diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, etc. and for most of us, a low carb,…

This reminds me of my wife when she is making things for us (she is not working on weight loss or counting calories). When she is telling me what she made so I can log it (sometimes as a recipe or simply ingredients) I will often hear things like "There is some tomato, onion, carrots but they don't really count to any real…

We have tried the Vegetti (pencil sharpener type) on zucchini and weren't crazy about it. Not enough body to the zoodle. Using cauliflower riced as a substitute for rice or mashed in substitute of potatoes has worked well though. We have recently found a spaghetti at Costco (Explore Asian) that is made just from edamame…

I know what you mean. For me, part of my mindset of losing weight is from watching "My 600 pound Life" because I watch those people and think, if THEY can lose weight and I am HALF of what they weigh..... I got no excuses!" I have heard this from some women as well. My wife said that when she was younger, and much thinner,…

I weigh myself at work every morning that I work (typically 5 days, sometimes 6) before I do anything. I weigh myself, write it down to log later and then have breakfast. For some, I can see where it would be an OCD thing. People who would freak out and over analyze it "OMG, I gained 1 pound since yesterday, what did I do…

I agree with the others and how easy it is for you to lose the weight through diet alone will be a matter of where you are at now. When I started at 387 it was easy to lose weight by diet alone as I started simply eating reasonable portions and not eating constantly during the day with no regard to whatit would do. When…

That is actually pretty accurate. They have them in the rooms at the bariatric center I go too so they can illustrate how much 5 pounds of fat actually looks like. Personally I like the vision of other weight lost items. For instance, today during out lunchtime walk, I found out that one of the women I walk with is 79…

It CAN be no contract but it depends on the plan you sign up for when you join. For instance, the PF Black Membership is $20 a month but requires a 1-2 year contract. Also, you do have to go to the gym where you signed up at to sign a form cancelling your membership whether you have a contract plan or not.

Using a scale is indeed an eye opener and as time goes on, it really does help you get to simply eyeball things better. It isn't about being obsessive so much as it is learning to recognize how much is how much. I weigh most things I can at home just to be accurate. I am going to have some popcorn? One serving on the bag…

After seeing a new doctor and being in the 360 pound range, he had given me a referral to the hospital's bariatric center. I never went because for me that meant a lap-band or sleeve or bypass or whatever and I wasn't interested in that. The next year at my physical when I was at 387 and looking to get serious about my…

This is the way I am trying to approach my "lifestyle change" (they keep telling me not to think of it as a 'diet'). I have been pretty good lately, especially now that I have been doing pretty good getting out and doing daily walks but I had to accept that what works best for me is to be as good as I can during the week…

Buying clothes that fit you, even as you lose weight, helps motivate you as well by letting you see your progress better. I was at 387 when I started and wearing 5x shirts with size 52 jeans. Around 335 my mom was visiting from out of state and wanted to go shopping and buy me some new jeans and by then I was able to get…

A lot of it does indeed depend on your membership type. When they put in the new on by us, we signed up before they opened via the website for the No $ down, $10/month no commitment plan. We went in on the first day they were supposed to be open but they weren't ready and we somehow lost our motivation and never actually…

At 6' tall and 387 pounds, I peaked at a BMI of over 52. I ate what I wanted and as much as I wanted. Went to the doc when I determined it was time to get serious and found out I was pre-diabetic (no shock), insulin resistant (shock) and met all 5 criteria for metabolic syndrome. What worked for me was starting with…