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Somehow this made me feel a little better about myself since my belly is insanely squishy (and to the OP, I also find my fat gets even squishier before it reduces), that is a 'healthier' fat than having a hard fat belly like my dad.

My thighs are 28-29, and since I started jogging my calves have gotten EVEN BIGGER and are almost 18 inches now. When I was at my lowest, my thighs got down to 22-23 and my calves were still 15-16. That was almost 70lbs lower than now. My calves are just naturally huge.

I'm in! SW: (Starting weight) : 225.4 CW: (Current weight) : 216.4 (up one from yesterday) GW: (Goal weight for the month) 208 Weigh in Dates: 11/1 : 216.4 11/8 11/15 11/22 11/31 Total weight lost: I had my Thanksgiving in October (Canadian!), I write thankful lists everyday though. I am thankful that I have stuck with…

Day 1: I'm the exact height I would ever want to be!

My mom has Stage IV Inflammatory Breast Cancer, she beat the odds and is now 7 months past how long they thought she would live, but the cancer is growing again.

2001! We made a big deal about it being the "real" millennium. Drops of Jupiter was our prom song!

Yep, when I lost 112lbs in a year, I also lost a very good chunk of the hair on the top of my head. I never got my really thick curls back, but while still thin, it is much better than it was back when I lost the weight so fast.

I have come to the conclusion that I am not able to eat "normally" like "normal" people. I have lost significant (112lbs, then 69lbs) twice and regained (87lbs, 60lbs) TWICE. I lasted a year at my last "low" (still overweight) weight, then I had a stressful situation and depression hit, and BAM, back to eating how I…

Your pain sounds just like how my gallbladder attacks were before I got it removed. They didn't know it was my gallbladder because of where it was located. That being said, that nerve comes from all sorts of things in your stomach/pancreas area, and so the source can be hard to determine. Are you eating high fat foods? I…

I'm not quite as worried as you are, as I know at 150 I am a B cup, but I am a bit out of proportion, and I know at my goal weight I will definitely be an A cup.

This breaks my heart. Please, take it from me, you have to do everything you can to stop from regaining what you lost. I lost 112lbs, and regained 87lbs of it, and it was one of the most depressing things you can imagine to be back to a severely obese person after being "normal" weight and knowing how different life can…

No, it was Topiramate (Topamax) for off label use as a mood stabilizer (which we then found out I didn't need). It didn't just affect my taste though, I also ended up having "tip of the tongue" syndrome, when I often could not find the right word for things (Once, I couldn't remember the word for "door") and it made…

It is a source of pleasure, but for me, it is the same way some people treat drugs, alcohol, etc. I use it to medicate myself a lot. I agree, my self control and discipline are lacking. I have lost weight twice before, and the only way I seem to be able to do it is to eat the exact same foods everyday for long periods of…

Oh, I'm not saying I don't think healthy food tastes good, I have trouble with eating too much of that too!

This is what I do. I snack out of fear of being hungry. I need to not be scared of hunger!

I didn't think of implications that weren't actually food related. Haha. Well I agree that culture and family traditions can be very food based, but I don't really mean for everyone or permanently, I just find that the cravings for a particular taste really wreck my efforts at times, and it would be easier on me to just…

hahaha, I would be DOOMED if that were the case!

I think the question is more what wouldn't I eat!?! hahaha. Chips, Pizza, Lasagna, Cheese, Pasta, Mashed Potatotes, Pastries, Homemade Bread, Peanut Butter, Pie, Cake, Cookies, Chocolate, Burgers, Hot Dogs, Bacon, Eggs, Hashbrowns, Sausages... the list could go on forever. Basically, anything salty, sweet or fatty and I…

Ketchup and onions. I can eat almost everything else, and I can eat onions in salsa and if they are impossible to taste, but ketchup is just disgusting (Yes, I'm a freak)

From Halifax, now living in NB

I am so sorry. I haven't been aware of being pregnant before (it was suspected I miscarried once when I didn't realise I had been pregnant) and so I can't have any idea what you are going through, but I have several friends who have been through this and it is just awful. I think there is a support group called Faces of…

The first time I lost weight I started at 260lbs, and I didn't go down a size until I had lost 40lbs. When I was lower down, it would only take 10lbs or so to drop a size, and when you get really small, it is only 5lbs or so.

Count me in!

I have about 86-90lbs to lose! I want more friends! :D

Holy cow! That is a crazy amazing change. I don't often comment on success stories, but I couldn't help it. Also, even at your highest you are just stunningly gorgeous and have awesome style!

I am also on Week 8! I have been doing this since July though and have repeated weeks and had two times when I had to take a week (or two) off because of vacation and moving. I wanted to say that I run on a treadmill because my asthma hasn't yet allowed me to run outside as it is a lot more difficult, and I sometimes…

From Halifax, living in Northwest NB now! (Also spent a year in Nunavut). Feel free to add me.

I agree with the poster that said do you best to lose it healthily, then on the final day get a sauna wrap/hot yoga/anything that makes you sweat buckets and lose water weight. I know the boys I used to teach that would have to make weight for wrestling would basically be on a liquid diet for a few days before, then very…

... Well it is showing me an ad for HOTDOG stuffed crust pizza. I'm not sure what that means.. hahaha.

I haven't had a baby, but I have plenty of stretch marks as I got to 260lbs and I have a pretty big belly. When I lost weight the first time, they faded to white, got closer together as my belly shrank and less noticeable. They didn't get deeper, but they didn't totally go away either.