kmm7309 Member

My starting size was 24 or 26.

Thanks everyone! I just wanted to be honest with ya'll. And my roommate is out May 18th, so that'll be a huge plus!!

I added chicken to this recipe and forgot about it... the calories are actually about 300 per serving!! Whoops! (I wasn't impressed with it by the way, but it is a good thing to add for protein)

1. Do eat: Spinach 2: Don't eat: That 1400 calorie grilled cheeseburger at Friendly's.

This is an excellent idea. I never considered doing that to prove to myself that the scale is not the best way to measure. To the OP, 3500= 1 lb, so 3lbs=10500. Did you eat 10,500 calories at dinner? If you did, you should not be worried about losing weight, and should instead become a professional competitive eater :wink:

Light sour cream, Skim cottage cheese, and most reduced fat dairies. I can deal with Breyer's sugar free ice creams, but otherwise, I need the full fat and full flavor ice creams.

Lastly, nobody tells you how awful it feels when your body gets more efficient. I mean, how you mentally feel. When I first started, I could do a half-effort workout for 30 minutes, burn an easy 300 calories, and feel accomplished. Now it takes almost an hour of true effort to burn 300 calories... and I'm still fat!! I…

Also, I get sick of weighing myself. I am always weighing myself, obsessively. Every morning I weigh myself. I know I don't have to weigh myself this often, but honestly, I am so afraid that I'll wake up after eating a cupcake and be 269 again. I haven't seen that number in a year now but I'm always so afraid of it. I even…

THIS! My abnormal psych teacher told me that I have "disordered eating" patterns. She said it's not healthy to be afraid of gaining a pound, or eating too many calories, or looking up restaurant foods and basing my social life around the places I can eat at. She said I shouldn't know exactly how many calories and carbs are…

There's no such thing as a "happy ending" in life. If you want something bad enough, it doesn't just "work out" in your favor, you have to work on it, give it everything, and sometimes it still doesn't happen for you. Also, you cannot pray away a vasectomy, so to my 16-year-old self I would say that you're not old enough…

It is included. If it's not adding up (like Monster Ultra Zero boasts only 2 carbs and no calories), it's because companies are allowed to have a certain percentage of "error", and they take full advantage of that. Also, if there are less than a certain amount of calories per serving, they can legally claim something as…

I have a roommate who is just ridiculous with her eating. She is pushing 300 pounds (maybe more) and swears that she is the hottest little number on the block. I'm jealous of her confidence, but she is not all that. What I had to do is offer to do all the shopping and cooking, and she splits the food cost. She still brings…

Were you just as discouraged that you gained it slowly too? I bet you never gained more than 1.5 pounds a week consistently, because that's about 75 pounds a year! You gained it slowly, and you'll lose it slowly, but it will come off like it came on. I've been doing this a year and only have lost 65 pounds. Most days I…

This one made me giggle. I died today because I went 50 calories under 1200 and now I'm in starvation mode and my body will start eating my muscles and keeping my fat and that's exactly what I didn't want.

It must be in the water because I'm struggling with it too. The doctor put me on Wellbutrin. It's been 3 months, but no change. Mostly I think the meds are taking the edge off but my situation keeps deteriorating. I wish I knew what to tell you. There aren't many resources available for people who don't have any money…

You are the parent and you are in control. If you are uncomfortable, you need to put your foot down. I have a 14 year old, and he thinks he's grown. It's a constant challenge to keep him in check. At the end of the day, he does not have the right to have a girlfriend without your permission. You can help remove the…

No. But I have to admit that I have a superficial reason: excess skin. I know that I will have some when I am done here, but I know at least 5 people who have had the surgery but cannot afford the skin removal surgery and they look beautiful until they lift up their shirts, or wear shorts. I can do just fine dieting, and I…

Statistically speaking, we are looked down upon. Discrimination against overweight people - particularly women - is as common as racial discrimination, according to a study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University. http://www.news-medical.net/news/2008/03/31/36791.aspx

I'm coming up on a year of successful lifestyle changes (more commonly known as dieting). I work at Domino's Pizza. I have unlimited access to free pizzas that I can make and eat as I wish, along with stuffed cheesebread, lava cakes that ooze warm chocolate sauce, etc. Every day I go to work and have to make an effort to…

Believe it or not, there's a lot of psychology behind overeating. Stress eating, eating disorders, socialized eating, psychology of advertising, environmental learning, etc. Your brain is wired to derive pleasure in the easiest way possible. The link between having a delicious restaurant meal with friends and having a…

7.25 an hour when I'm in the store, $4 an hour when I'm clocked out of the store on a run I deliver pizzas, and tips are my livelihood!! I think my customers are unaware of that. :( The biggest reason I keep the job is because it's flexible with school, quick cash, easy, and I don't have to work weekends because my boss…

By May 11th (graduating from college... my first time graduating anything ever!) my goal is to lose about 26 pounds and be about 180. When I was sixteen I weighed 189, so I would be skinnier than my "high school" weight. But honestly, I've been taking my measurements for years, and my inches are smaller than they were the…

Honestly I've lost 62 so far, but I still have 63 to go. I didn't do the math until I started replying to this thread.

I'm an overthinker. I combat it by taking a heavy course load at school. I work 30-40 hours a week and take 17 credits in college. That's how I combat it; if I'm thinking about spanish or anthropology, I'm not dwelling on my own problems :) You don't have to go to college to do this though-- before I was a college student…

What made me start losing weight was pretty straight-forward. The doctor told me she wouldn't give me medication to treat fertility until I lost 50 pounds (for my health). Now I've lost over 60 pounds and I still want to lose 50 more before I conceive now. It's amazing how good I feel!

I am 23 years old. I'm 5'3" and I'm 207lbs. I started at 269lbs, but my goal weight is also 145. You are more than welcome to add me if you are interested :) I've been married 7 years and I go to college.

Borderlands is my game :) I want to try Borderlands 2. I also love Test Drive Unlimited 2. I just love driving the islands mostly lol

What I wouldn't do for love: Illegal drugs... bank robbery... grand theft larceny... murder... eat fish sticks...

I have to work 4pm-9pm. Apparently pizzas don't deliver themselves on Black Friday like I thought ;)

190 calories over... I should have exercised today to cover it. I'm thinking it's going to be okay though because I was moving most of the day and didn't log any burn but it was beyond my normal activity level by a bunch.