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Thank you all for your insightful advice. I appreciate you taking the time. I had a call from a health coach today and we'll talk again in four weeks. I think the accountability, along with your good advice, will help a lot. Thanks again!

I tried calorie counting and I lost weight. But when I cut carbs (at the time not keto but just moderately low-carb), I got pregnant(!!) within a couple of months which I wasn't supposed to be able to do without medical intervention. (This was a welcome surprise as my husband and I were considering adoption.) So,…

I've never suffered from this issue but I feel for you. It must be a cross to bear to want to be able to eat other foods but to have a visceral reaction to the ones you don't care for. I've read about a condition called "Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder" (ARFID) where "consumption of certain foods is limited based…

Great job! Wonderful story.

I'm working on making a change. Your story was so inspiring!!

Wow! So amazing :)

Hi, I'm Kellee. I'm a few pounds into losing the 65 that needs to go. Going low-carb because it seems to be a mood-booster for me. Anyone on here, feel free to add :smile:

Why not weigh yourself everyday and plot it on a chart? Daily you will go either up or down but the trend line should be sloping downward overall. Keep your eyes pointed toward the horizon rather than on the day. It's about what we do *most* of the time, not what we do only now and then. Make change gradual and as painless…

There are days when you have special occasions and then there are days when you just blow it. So I don't worry about calories per day so much as I worry about hitting my AVERAGE daily goal. For example, if I go over by 400 one day, I might cut back 100 cals for the next four days. And sometimes I won't and I willingly…

I just make it with chicken broth instead of water and add a little chopped parsley and a very light drizzle of extra virgin olive oil when it's done. Delicious and quick.

I'd like to remember your post when I get down on myself about eating too much on occasion. I don't need to "finish" my weight loss that fast. It's good to take time to enjoy myself now instead of waiting until I've gotten to goal and then going totally nuts.

The best thing I took out of Weight Watchers meetings was the idea of "positive self talk." Have you ever heard the phrase, "Fake it 'til you make it"? It's very important to say to yourself what you want to become. If it's going through your head all the time, you will eventually begin to believe it. Encourage yourself.…

I had loose skin before I got pregnant with my twins. Now, I'm just wrecked, LOL. But I've learned to live with it. I'm never going to be a bikini model. But, in my clothes, I look a heck of a lot better being thin rather than fat. And, of course, I feel much better in my daily living. (In other words, loose skin and all,…

It makes me sad to hear that happened to you. My grandmother used to say, "Beauty is only skin deep but ugly goes clear to the bone." Those girls who said that to you are ugly on the inside. It's sad that, in this day and age, people still have a good time acting like bullies and preying on others' sensitivities. You keep…

I was eating about 55% of my calories from carbs and wasn't losing weight. When I found out I was insulin resistant, I cut my carbs drastically at first and lost quickly eating the same number of calories as I did before. I've upped my carbs to about 30 to 40% of my overall calories (depending on the day) because I've…

I have PCOS and slightly elevated blood sugar (but not high enough to qualify as diabetic). My testosterone levels were in the high end of normal and I couldn't seem to lose weight no matter what I did so my endocrinologist put me on Metformin. Because of the higher blood sugar levels, I adopted a low carb diet. I don't…

I'm currently starting Week 8 of C25k but I had real trouble "running" the full ONE MINUTE segments the first week. Seriously. Although I'm certainly no expert on running, I've been able to do this program successfully *this time* because of the following: 1. Don't try to run hard during the "running" segments. In fact, I…

1. Log everything you eat (even when you don't eat as planned). 2. Don't worry so much about daily totals as long as your weekly average is on target. 3. Plan your menu for the week and shop for the ingredients. (Sounds obvious but if I don't do it, it's my downfall.) 4. I log everything I plan to eat first thing in the…

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I've given up drinks with calories (for the most part), and most carbs (except for legumes, occasional sweet potatoes or yams, and the very, very rare indulgence). I do this to control my blood sugar and prevent full-blown Type II diabetes after having gestational diabetes when I was pregnant with my twins. Amazingly, I…

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I like to eat. I really, really do. I love it! When I started dating my husband, I had lost almost 80 pounds and I looked HOT. I lost the 80 pounds by tracking my food intake and not eating as much as I would have liked to (or by not eating some of the things I would have liked to). But he likes to eat as much as I like to…

Are you kidding me? Vegetables help make you skinny and I barely eat enough of those.

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Hang in there. It takes time. I started with 50 pounds to lose, too. I've been working hard at this since early January. There have been what seems like weeks where the scale doesn't move and then I'll suddenly see a huge drop. Stick with it when it seems that it's just dragging. It's been slightly less than 3…

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(I haven't read all the replies so I apologize if someone has already mentioned this.) I would recommend--if your body lets you and your baby cooperates--breastfeed, breastfeed, breastfeed!! Not only is it great for your baby, but it really helps you burn extra calories. That said, try not to cut too many calories in the…

Feel free to add me. I had my twins five months ago and I'm working on getting in shape for them.