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For fudge sake did you actually censor the gosh darn word "crappy"? Shoot. That's some super hardcore censorship from heck right there I tell ya. Golly!

Your first step should not be worrying about your weight but finding a better and more supportive partner. No one should ever put up with a partner that is embarrassed of being seen with them.

3 years ago I started my diet and did great for a couple months. Then I went to a Purdue football game and went bar hopping before hand, then tailgating. At Purdue we open bars at 6am. The game was a night game. By 11pm when the game was over and I survived the day and crashed at my hotel room...I had consumed just under…

Hoosier here!

Awesome, uplifting and inspiring replies from everyone. I thank you all for your input! Not to brag, but to reveal some about me: I can cook. Cooking is actually pretty much my only talent in life. I used to cook all the time, making healthy meal after healthy meal....until work got crazy. I mentioned that my fiance can't…

You guys all rock. Thanks for the support and info. And I realize now I made it sound like I am blaming my fiance. I'm not. I blame myself for eating the meals I do when I'm with her. That's what I meant. I'm jealous of how she can eat and so I emulate it only to find myself where I am now. I'm "broken" in that I no longer…

What is the 5:2 diet? I've never heard of that and it sounds interesting....

Over 10,000 for sure. I went to a college football game and said the hell with the rules that day. The party started at about 8am with a hearty breakfast followed by loads of booze (alcohol is high in calories) then snack stuff all day at the tailgate and a continuation of the booze and then snack stuff once we got into…

I haven't had a drop of any carbonated beverage since the first week of March. I have not lost a single pound. I think that by giving that up I just substituted in other crap to balance it out. Also, I don't really feel any better than I did before. Maybe it was pointless to do so.

I started yesterday and was dying just from the Fit Test. I'm very sore today, in places I forgot even existed, so I know it's gonna work since it's affecting me already. My only qualm with it is: how do I enter it under exercise on this site so that I can get an accurate calorie count? I put it in as "circuit training -…

It was over the course of time, not all at once, but my reward has been an entirely new wardrobe. I don't own a single article of clothing from when I was fat. Not even underwear, those are all new too. I look like a whole new person!

I originally lost 74 pounds and some people, even family members, didn't notice. Well, they either didn't notice or didn't say anything. Some people commented as soon as I lost like 4lbs, but I think that was because they knew I was dieting and wanted to keep my confidence up. Now, ever since I got lazy and put about 20lbs…

30+ replies in like a minute, man I love this site. Thanks everyone, definitely some good ideas here. Can't believe I didn't think of some of them myself. Duh!

A month or so ago I was having a lot of intestinal issues (something that's been going on my entire life). My doctor put me on hardcore probiotics because he said there was too much "bad" bacteria in my stomach, but he also said it was because my body was trying to process way too many carbs. Because of this he cut me down…

Do borrow a quote from the hardly seen, underrated teen movie "Angus" - "I don't sweat. I rain." I've had a problem my entire life where I get "over heated" easily and just drip sweat. I absolutely cannot control it. It can be 35 degrees outside and I'll be in a light jacket and still be hot with sweaty armpits and…

Thanks to everyone for the replies. I had a feeling I wasn't being honest with myself, which is stupid on my part because all it is really hurting is me. I've gotten off the wagon and thought, when making the bad decisions, "Oh, it won't be that bad...." and I know it actually is. I'm gonna work on getting back on track.…

Ok, did that. Be warned, the cheat days are absolutely not pretty! But, that's why they are cheat days!

Thank you! I'll rock with "Circuit Training General" for now!

I weigh myself every morning, usually at the same time. I used to do once a week but decided to try out every day just to see how much my weight fluctuates. Turns out, quite a bit. For example, just this week, I weighed 227 on Saturday, 229 on Sunday, 228 on Monday (yesterday) and 227 again this morning. I'm guessing the…

Yeah, because the bag is a serving. One bag is equal to 1 cup cooked and is only 250 calories.

6'3'', 6'4'', depends on the day really. I was 288 when I started, with a goal of 220. I'm at 228 now and have since changed my goal to 188 because I know that I absolutely will not be happy or "thin" once I hit my original goal. I plan on celebrating the day the scale tells me 220, but then getting right back to work to…

As you can see by my ticker, I've now lost 58lbs. I've been stuck at that weight for a few weeks now but that is irrelevant. Anyway, I'm the librarian at a high school and have student helpers each class period. A couple weeks ago we had a "slow" period and were all sitting around chit-chatting and getting caught up on…

I feel dumb but I see this term all the time and don't know what it means: What does NSV stand for?

It's a weak term to use because it really all boils down to self control but my cause of so much gain over the years was due to "stress eating". Often times, due to my work schedule, I literally couldn't stop to eat until 9 or 10pm. And then, having no energy to cook, I would hit a drive thru somewhere. I'd be starving at…

Beat me to the punch!

Oh, I did. And then I made sure to eat the cupcake in front of her. In 2 bites. Making "mmmm....ohhhhhmigawd...." noises the entire time. :)

I'm a high school librarian. We have a teacher who makes amazingly good cupcakes, and always shares them with staff. She sent one my way on Friday and my Student Assistant (I have one every class period) begged me to give her my cupcake. Knowing how good they are, and having had a very light breakfast, I wasn't about to…