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As for weighing yourself, if you can't deal with losing small amounts, your weight stalling, or the patience weight loss takes, it might be helpful to hold off having scales at home until you feel ready emotionally. I get weighed at the doctor's when I have an appointment, and rarely step on my own scales at home, because…

It's not so much the amount you want to lose, as how you want to lose it. Aiming for one pound a week loss might be easier than two, and you will have more calories to eat, which should stop severe hunger pangs. You're not supposed to have severe hunger pangs, and if you do, it probably means your body needs some food.…

Your skin and digestion probably won't improve in three days just by drinking water. Skin is a complex organ and your digestive system is even more complicated than that. It can take months of eating more optimally to see any benefits.

I keep an eye on my saturated fat, carb and sugar intake, and my portion sizes, and I have a scoop or two of ice cream pretty much every week. It usually fits into my calories. My food choices do matter to me, but what matters more is my attitude to food. if I'm telling myself I can't have what I want, I won't be able to…

I wouldn't call it motivation, rather my reasons for wanting to lose weight are medical. Motivation and willpower can be difficult concepts as they come and go. It's not like in the movies where the hero keeps relentlessly going. Sometimes you'll have to push yourself and sometimes you'll have to recognise when to take a…

I'm barely exercising (maybe 10-20 mins a day on average) and I'm losing weight steadily, have been since May/June.

Don't beat yourself up if you falter. It's normal, and probably won't make a jot of difference in a long term lifestyle change as long as you pick up where you temporarily left off. Log everything, even items you feel embarrassed or guilty about having eaten. Your diary is for you and you alone, to see where you can make…

Mushy peas

If you weigh dry, search entries for 'pasta dry/wholewheat pasta dry'.

That story is from 2003, and surgical techniques may have changed in the last 15 years. The guy talked about stomach stapling, but didn't specify whether the surgery was keyhole or whether his wife was opened up by survival incision, which used to be how stomach stapling operations worked. It might be very different now.…

I don't know if a good plastic surgeon would try to upsell or point out all these other things they think you need unless you had asked them to. Unfortunately for some surgeons, money trumps ethics, and they will happily slice up people with dysmorphia without recommending any therapy because they know they will have those…

Vinegar has some great applications. It's a fabric softener (put a tablespoon in the fabric softener drawer of the washing machine), It can kill fleas on dogs and cats (one part water to one part vinegar, dab on your pet's coat with a sponge, and rinse. Their fur comes out lovely and soft, too), It makes glass come up…

Cravings for me are largely psychological. I had a subconscious fear that if I didn't eat all the sugary, calorie dense foods right away I would never have access to them again. And then, because of my diabetes, I told myself I could never have any of those foods ever again. It wasn't until I gave myself permission to have…

You have a great attitude and that's half the battle with plateaus. The weight might start shift to again once you're off the cortisone.

If doing it your way is working for you, there may not be a reason to change to keto other than you being tempted by the tales of lightning fast weight loss, which might not be sustainable long term in your circumstances. Your friends have different circumstances and different reasons for how they're eating. They may be…

I shall be bringing Jim Beam. I'll be needing a stiff one. I'll have the drink after.

If there's any way you can get some respite care for your mum, even if it's just for a few days, please explore that. There may be some mental health support groups in your area where you can meet with other people who understand your struggles. I don't know what meds you're on, but if you think they're not being as…

Healthy ready meals. I wouldn't recommend them every day, but they come in handy and you can steam or stir fry extra veg to go with them.

People may look at other diaries; someone dragging them into a public conversation to slag off another person who said something they didn't like is another thing altogether. It was completely unnecessary. If you can't see that, then I suggest that's a personal issue within *yourself*. You've been passive aggressive and…

Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of their food shaming futon.

I think a lot of the backlash against 'clean' eating is due to the fact that it's increasingly become a way for people to assert moral superiority, as if the type of food one eats is an indicator of one's personal virtue. It's at worst a nasty form of food snobbery exercised by people who have the money and time to…

You could ask for your meat and fish to be grilled rather than fried, and you could ask for smaller portions, eat a starter as your main meal, or order from the kids' menu. I would suggest ordering extra boiled/steamed vegetables and filling up on them so you have less room for more calorie dense items. You could eat less…

You might be putting on muscle, which is denser than fat. Weight training 3x/week will do that. Your scales will only show weight, not your body composition. The after pictures in your first post differ quite a bit from your before pictures, and it's obvious you've put on muscle. Honestly, if you don't think there are any…

That's really good. Use this as your impetus. If your weight loss slows down, which it might, don't be discouraged or tempted to give up. Loss is loss, no matter how fast or slow it is, so keep plugging away and you'll eventually get where you want to be.

I sometimes have kedgeree, made with a grilled mackerel fillet, flaked, mixed with a small amount of rice (30-40g brown basmati) with a chopped up boiled egg. I add asparagus, maybe a grilled tomato, greens or cabbage. It's high in protein, low in carbs and you can get one of your 5 a day by adding a vegetable. Protein…

I would be wary of going to a seminar for hypnosis. It's not hypnotherapy, which is a private, one on one course of sessions with an actual therapist who has a clinical background, not just a razzle-dazzle roll call of celebrities. I would take the advice of @vingogly and find a licensed hypnotherapist instead of putting…

I think you need to get to a point where you can accept yourself as you are, knowing that it is only temporary and you will reach the weight you want to be. But what will you do with your feelings of self hatred and rejection once you reach your goal weight? Do you think those feelings will magically disappear after living…

Food insecurity is for the most part the results of capitalism. There's more than enough food to feed the planet, but since most of us don't have the means to grow or rear our own, we have to rely on the food producers, which are increasingly multinationals who set their own prices and will happily destroy or hoard food to…

Your spirituality won't help your health if you have a medical issue that needs sorting out. A quick blood test at the doctor's or a pharmacy that does BG testing will give you some insight about your blood glucose and may help you to formulate a way of eating that benefits you both physically and spiritually.

It may be a fear of change. People can become very attached to what they know, even to the point they'd rather die than change because change is scarier to them than the current situation they happen to be in. If being fat is a constant in your life, you might not know how to live any other way. Knowing that to have a…