elisa123gal Member

Trust your instincts. That inner voice.. that hints to what is right for you. If that voice tells you.. "lose weight and try eating the right foods.. then recheck before going on a lifetime drug." I'd listen to that. Or if the voice tells you to take them..that they are needed right now.. do that.

You touch on an important point. Until a person can get control of cravings and what makes them eat too much, it is a constant struggle. All I know.. is the more you eat of something, the more you crave that food. So, it is making a switch to finding healthy foods that you like .. eating them a lot.. and toughing it out…

You've got some great feedback here. Bottom line.. if you fell off the wagon and ate a gigantic burger. You know what happened. You overdid it to the point where you lost all will power. So tweak what you're doing to where you don't have those insatiable cravings. Or make healthier option.. like a bunless burger on a bed…

I lost weight the fastest and consistent when I switched to a fresh whole foods diet. Meaning no frozen meals, box foods.. jarred food.. or condiments. Another aspect was no added salt. I bought salt free tomatoes and and sauce and so on. I ate a lot..but no sugar, salt, fats, or processed foods. it was clean..and worked…

I use clothes I can't fit into. I find the least most tight clothing item I want to wear again. I hang that on the wall or mirror .. and I try it on each week until it fits.. Then I hang the next least most tight nothing in its place. Eventually.. I get into the smallest most tight piece of clothing I want to wear again.…

You have to find what can work for you..so you don/t gain. I've done that.. but I've never lost weight while on vacation, I don't eat breakfast. Vacation breakfasts do me in... if I don't do that and workout in the gym or walk a lot. That works for me. Also.. not eating in the airport or binging on snacks on the plane or…

Am I the only one who moves the scale to another part of the floor after a bad reading? Sometimes it goes down.. and I figure.. there! now that's right!

calorie dense healthy foods.. like olive oil.. avocados... nut butters.

scale loss doesn't happen as fast when you're lifting weights and working out. The bottom line is you look fantastic and you're getting smaller. Do it your way.. no one is going to pick you up and weigh you when you enter room. But they will be thinking.. damn she looks good!

First, seems like you have a sense of humor about the entire thing. My husband said something to me along those lines long ago in my marriage. It was a guy being a guy, stupid comment. What did I do? well.. I lost the weight by decideding to put myself first. No longer did I cook all those meals for him that I overate.. I…

It Is depressing...I had achilles tendon problem for two or more years.. and then a knee problem. I'm finally all better. I tried everything and listened to everyone. What I did was ignore all the advice to exercise and do extreme stretches. I rested and used Advil to get the pain under control. I took the advice that knee…

I think this is the worst advice in the world. If you keep your "fat" clothes. you will go back to them. Starting to feel stuffed in ones clothes is the signal to get back to it. If you put on larger pants, you will keep gaining. Throw those fat clothes away as soon as you can.

You accomplished what most cannot. Be proud.. you look amazing

I am older.. and I think blaming age on weight gain is copout. you've simply been on this earth longer and you have more time to add on pounds from overeating. when I gain weight; it is because I ate my way to it.. my age has zero to do with it.

most likely your calories eaten are higher than you record. All it takes is being off by 100 or 200. So, either your tracking numbers are wrong.. or you're eating bites of food you are not recording and thinking don't matter. Bottom line ,, you're eating at your maintenance for your weight now. You need to cut a 100 or 200…

if you keep allowing yourself to do it.. you'll be overweight forever. You hold 100 percent of the power. Put a picture of yourself in your underwear as your home page on your phone and computer. Look at it three times a day .. including weekends. You simply have to break the habit of your routine and put yourself and…

I like how you phrased that.. " I feel fat". we all have those periods of time when we feel "yuck" about ourselves. It will pass.. it is just a blip. You've lost 13 pounds and that's great...you can keep going. Look at it this way; Some people are very overweight and never "feel fat". and that keeps them fat. I don't like…

start drinking a lot of water daily. Start a healthy eating plan..but don't do a starvation diet. Walk most everyday for 30 to 60 minutes. Do some pushups.. and exercises in your bedroom every morning or night. ..and give it time.. each day you'll look better.

I love your post.. you tell the truth about the weight loss shots. My husband is on Ozempic and it has changed him mentally about food. It is unreal. Like he is a different person when it comes to food. It was unexpected, we thought it would just curb appetite. Now he craves fish..salads.. doesn't want to eat Mexican food…

If old threads are so bad why doesn't MFP delete them after a set period of time. No need to call out people who want to add to a thread even though it is old. I read many old threads for advice and appreciate when anyone adds content.

I'm sure you love your daughter more than anything. I am also sure you don't want to be overweight and unhealthy. It is tough.. and even tougher for others. Some of us love food more than others and some of us tie happiness to eating comfort foods. You simply have to find your way.. what will work for you. Maybe finding…

google, low calorie healthy recipes.. snacks.. and simply the list of the lowest calorie foods. Get ideas from what you learn..and choose foods you know you'll like.. Start there.

Maybe change your focus from how fit you used to be, and start where you are right now. Get that old standard and expectation out of your head. I say this, because I do the same thing. I keep comparing myself now to where I was before COVID..and how fit and strong I was then... and I'm not now. It sets me back focusing on…

There's a good sleep doctor on YouTube.. I watched one of his videos.. he explained that most people wake at 3 a.m. which I always do. He says there is a drop in some ??? hormone or something or other that causes people to wake. The trick is to not get up but to do a breathing routine of 8 or so breaths. The particulars I…

It is interesting that many people tend to go back to the old eating ways that brought on the problem. If a low carb diet fixed the problem ..why stray from that strategy. And .. If eating bacon twice a day makes someone feel ill. Stop eating bacon. I guess the desire that we can fix ourselves and go back to old behaviors…

the above is very true. The more you eat of something, the more you will crave that food. So, it works for healthy food also. If you start eating crisp salads..with fresh vegetables and a great light dressing. You start wanting more.. and heavy fatty laden dressing salads taste gross after a while. Getting to that…

All I know.. is whenever I used to log my food.. my sodium number was in red and way off the charts. I never understood why and I basically ignored all the breakdown recommendations and simply tried to hit my calorie limit. I never ate processed and salt ridden foods.so didn't get why the alarming huge number. I always…

Bravo! You are amazing and an inspiration.

My husband gained weight in the same fashion after being put on BP meds. From my take.. it made him so lethargic that moving and accomplishing anything is almost impossible. You're damned if you take the meds..and damned if you don't. He couldn't even jwalk 20 minutes a day. going to work and surviving is all he has done.…

When I go to fancy hotels.. they infuse their water with cucumbers.. or limes and oranges. it adopts the fresh taste and is so much better than plain water and no additives. I hope this helps.