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I've good some bad news/good news for you here. Of course, your results may vary and you most certainly should follow your doctor's advice over that of internet strangers. First the bad news. I was diagnosed with diabetes back in 2017. I was put on the low carb diet and yes I had to stick to it. It was hard but not…

I'm not that old (mid 40s) but the need to impress people isn't as strong anymore. I wish I could tell my teen-age self that people will come and go. Some will like you some will not. In the long run, be who you are because in the long run you have to live with you are. I hope that makes some sense.

I think I ate crackers the first meal after my gallbladder was removed. After that, I went back to my normal diet and had no problems. You might want to stay away from fatty and spicy foods but honestly I was eating pizza the next day. Good luck with your procedure! You will probably feel much better Tuesday.

I have dealt with depression for 30 or more years. In 2017, it got so bad that I was very seriously contemplating suicide. So much so that I told myself that for one year I would do whatever my psychiatrist recommended and if nothing worked I would be done. For several months we tried different medicines but all of them…

So, I'm going to take the opposite point of view. I don't know anyone's situation other than mine. However, after 18 years of marriage, I have learned the candies and treats that my wife enjoys. For years, I have picked these up for her whenever I find them. It's a way to show her that I think about her when I'm out and…

I started obese and decided it would be funny if I could say "I am half the man I used to be" so I set my goal weight at 177 (yes, I was 354 when I started). After a while I decided that was too low and I would just be happy if I got into the overweight category, which for me is 224. My doctor agreed with that weight by…

So, I guess I'll take the opposite opinion of everyone else. Let me tell you a story. Several years ago (almost 20 if you want the details), I was working my first "real" job. There was a cute lady that worked there and we talked from time to time. Nothing major, not even flirty, but just normal "how was your weekend",…

This is what I thought the thread would turn into. I was going to see if my CT contrast counted (130 cals) or if the 3 Sprites I drank as part of my liquid diet before my colonoscopy counted (since you have to drink your calories on a liquid diet). Then I remembered that Coke Zero has trace calories and I figured I drink…

If I may add a couple other things to what I said earlier (sorry, I was heading to bed when I wrote that last night and I do not think well in the evenings). One thing that has very much helped me is that I have designated eating times and do not allow myself to go into the kitchen except at those times. Those times, in…

After you finish eating do you feel full later? I'm pretty much like you. I never feel full. Sometimes an hour or two after I eat I start to feel full but that really just means I need to go use the bathroom. Otherwise, I can always eat something. I have to make myself stop eating or I will eat everything in sight. Since I…

I recall once that I went out to eat with my family (wife, brother and his wife, sister and her boyfriend, niece, nephews, and our Mom). We went to a steak place and I ordered a steak, salad (with ranch dressing), and some broccoli. My brother looked at me and said "you can't lose weight on a see food diet, that's too…

Last April I started fighting with suicidal depression (I've fought with depression my whole life but it turned suicidal last year). My doctor changed my medicine and things got much worse. I never had anxiety until I was on depression medicine but the anxiety was so bad that I couldn't drive five miles down the road to…

My wife and I eat out 5 to 6 nights a week. Neither of us likes to cook and frankly neither of us is very good at cooking :smiley: We do eat at the chains quite often and for those I just download their nutrition information and find something in my calorie range. We also eat at several local places and for those I have to…

To help kick the Pepsi habit, you might look into caffeinated water (Water Joe, Kick, etc.). I quit Mt. Dew a little over seven months ago thanks to Water Joe and have never had caffeine withdraw (probably because water joe has the same caffeine as a Mt. Dew).

I've never posted in the forums before but your question struck a cord in me. I asked pretty much the same question six months ago when I was diagnosed with Diabetes. I talked with a Diabetes Educator who basically said I needed to lose weight (I was 354 at the time) and to do so I needed to make small changes to my diet,…