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MSR Lightning Ascent snowshoes!

Yes, the bulk of it is filler, of course.

https://www.livestrong.com/article/308071-how-many-calories-are-in-1-cup-of-splenda-brand-sugar-for-baking/ I use 1/4 c in my porridge every morning, and I use up to 3/4 c per day sweetening plain Greek yogurt. It is important to log these calories. Splenda isn't the only example of food labeled as set zero-calorie when it…

Before and after. Clearly, the biggest difference is the beard.

PW 390 CW 232 Just hit goal weight this week. The photo with my old jeans I just took a couple days ago.

There's 1/4c of Splenda.

1/2 removed in 2010, and the rest is probably shot by now from Hashimoto's. Just hit goal weight on Monday -- 158 lbs total loss. You're welcome to add me.

I was diagnosed eight years ago after having half my thyroid removed. Stay on your levothyroxine and it's irrelevant. I just hit goal yesterday -- total loss, 158 lbs. I just follow the MFP recommendations for nutrients.

Just hit goal today. Here's a 150-155 lb difference.

You're welcome to add me. I have a small group of "FCF's" -- Fat Camp Friends -- including my wife and daughter here on MFP. I started at 390 and it looks like I might hit my goal tomorrow of 232 (I might move that goal lower). To God be the glory.

I have both and wish I had neither.

Man is in the forest. (And those pockets are stuffed. It ain't my belly any more!)

The smartest MD I know says that, in the vast majority of cases, statins are prescribed based upon an outdated theory. He says it makes the doctor feel good to point to a number he has changed (your cholesterol), but it does nothing to decrease your chance of heart attack, nothing to prevent nor improve coronary artery…

Raisins. A pound of 'em.

You're welcome to add me. I have Hashimoto's (with half my thyroid removed eight years ago), psoriasis vulgaris, and psoriatic arthritis, all autoimmune diseases, as well as diabetes mellitus. I'm down to 241 lbs from 390 lbs and still losing.

Dialing in my new sight!

152 pounds ago, I wore a rash-guard T-shirt in here. In my head, I'm still there . . .

Wal-mart Equate protein shakes are as good or better than chicken breasts for calories per gram of protein -- 30g protein for 160 calories -- and they have a fair amount of vitamins and minerals. They are my go-to for road trips.

Keep up the good work! PW 390 SW 375 CW 239 GW 232 (6' 2" tall) My goal weight is a little fuzzy now that I'm close. At first I set it to 225 just based on what felt right in the past, but I recently revised it after getting my body fat estimated by the skinfold method. When I hit 232, I might get my body fat estimated…

I add a big pinch of MSG powder to my steel-cut oats every morning. And cinnamon and raisins and sucralose and salt. But the MSG has me addicted to my healthy bowl of porridge at home -- restaurants can't compete.

To prove the doctor wrong who rejected me as sure to fail when I went to Mayo Clinic for bariatric surgery. 160 lbs down from my peak weight, so far.

I follow the MFP guidelines religiously and have lost 129 pounds here. My biggest meal of the day is a big bowl of steel-cut oats with raisins in the morning -- high carb! I did the Atkins diet many times, starting around 1980. I peed deep purple on ketostix, lost weight every time, then put it all back on and then some.…

I had to give up hunting due to my morbid obesity -- but now that I've lost 155 lbs, I'm looking forward to hunting this fall! I just finished assembling and camo-painting a ladder-stand, and I'm ready to practice with my old Bear compound bow. Between whitetail deer and ringneck pheasant, there's plenty of hunting to do…

Okay, I didn't log my birthday last February. But I still didn't just eat whatever I would have eaten a lifetime ago.

Cheating day? Sounds like a diet to me. I'm going for lifestyle. After dieting off and on for 50 years, my PW was 390 lbs (I'm 6' 2"). It was killing me. I started at 375 lbs 214 days ago. I weigh 259 lbs today, and I've retained LBM by weightlifting and walking. No cheating days. Cheating is just practice for the day you…

My dermatologist says that rate of weight loss has nothing to do with the amount of loose skin you'll get.

Marinate in lemon juice, Mediterranean garlic paste, MSG, and salt. Grill with smoker chips on the fire. Roll your eyes when the foodgasm hits.

I'm on day 206, starting at 375 and currently at 261. I do a little lifting, but walking is my main calorie burn -- one hour a day, 5 days/wk, on a treadmill, reading a book. My pulse never gets above 120, and is usually 100-110 (or lower, lately). My resting heart rate is crazy low now, too -- in the 40's. So yeah,…