Hambone23 Member

/bump for myself. :}

Amazing difference. You look fantastic.

I think I have so much farther to go. I'm sorta in this stupid five pounds rut -- lose five, gain five. It's driving me crazy. When I do get compliments, I'm still so self-conscious that I don't quite believe them. I think the comment I'd like to hear most would be from my boyfriend, and he'd say, "You look great. You've…

I broke my weekend oath just to see this. You look stunning, m'dear. What a change. If I've said it once, I've said it a dozen times: Come New Year's, you're gonna look back on this year and think, "Damn, I kicked /*kitten*/ this year."

A lower sodium alternative--and one that I like a bit more than plain olive oil and vinegar--is to mix a touch of Dijon mustard in with the olive oil and vinegar and make it into more of a French vinaigrette.

I'm sure someone has already said this, but tea (for many people) and coffee are diuretics, which means they flush the body of water. Thus, you need water-water to replenish your body. And to anyone who says differently, I could give countless examples of the times I've hit the head after drinking tea or coffee.

This is the time to be mature. So you say: I did lose 50 lbs., but you're still ugly. ;}

It's always good to quote characters with split personalities. Lends ya credibility, ayup.

You're my hero. The Asian place back home knew my name because I would come in almost every day for a bag of ragoons. :embarassed:

C.K. Louis' bit on "Stealing Scales for Drugs." Hey, you didn't say it had to be a song. :tongue:

Opt for liquor, like vodka, instead of beer or malt liquor. It has far less calories and gives you a better buzz anyhow. :wink: Also, you can often ask for a diet rum and coke or a diet Redbull as a chaser. And if you know you're going out, you can always try to plan your calories for the day accordingly by leaving some…

Blueberry Yum Yum -- Ludacris? :tongue:

Outta My Mind -- B.O.B. "I was doing fine, once upon a time, 'Til my brain left and it didn't say, 'Bye.'"

So wrong. Chicago does. ;}

You can't. Make it clear you want to eat healthier and that you'll do your own shopping and she can do her own shopping.

Sexy and I Know It -- LMFAO

I didn't think we were judging other people's responses. I thought we were stating whether we liked the books or not. :huh:

Enh. Get over it.

Easy, entertaining read. It's like going to see a big summer blockbuster film and expecting an actual plot and witty dialog. It's simply not that kind of book. The writing was ****e (and what was with the British slang in an American setting), but in all honesty, I liked Christian's character arc. Set aside the buzz about…

That's amazing. You look great and so much more confident in your pose. No hiding behind things when your picture is taken. :}

Or, if you get the reference, The Red Bull or Schmendrick the Magician.

For your unicorn? A virgin. :tongue:

Just get a big bottle of Miralax, a huge bottle of Gatorade to put it in, a bunch of fluids to drink, and move into your bathroom for the day. I had the squeakiest, cleanest colon after my colonoscopy that I'd ever seen--and they gave me pictures too. :p

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I'm 300 lbs. right now. I did balloon up to 360 lbs. because of a horrible drug reaction to Abilify. I'm bipolar, so that kind of weight gain--when I hadn't been eating any different--led to a huge depression for me, and thus, emotional eating, which knocked me up to 400 lbs. That said. How did I let myself get that heavy?…

I'm so jaded and wary of "supplements" as advertised on web sites. I looked at the ingredients, and I couldn't help but think you might as well drink a low carb Monster. (I could be wrong.) I'd talk to your doctor (GP or Pdoc) about your concerns. If it's a mental health issue, your doctor may consider boosting your meds a…

It's not just the depression and desire to cut that you should seek help for, hon. Your need to be perfect is a mental attitude that needs to be addressed because it underlies all these other mental problems that you're having. No one is perfect. You need someone to help you understand why you feel the need to be. You seem…

Here's something to think about: they're going to require you to lose a certain amount of weight normally /before/ they'll even let you get the surgery. So surgery isn't as quick a fix as you might think.

On a bad day (read here: a day I overspend), anywhere from $150-200 for 2 folks. Granted, that usually includes pricey items like veggies, meat, garbage bags, massive collections of toilet paper, detergent, etc., etc. Economy-wise, I usually shoot for around $60-70 for 2 adults. We don't buy a lot of fresh vegetables or…

Crustless cucumber sandwich with Laughing Cow cheese instead of the usual spread.