Danilynn1975 Member

I was told that by this forum 18 months ago. Berated and took a lot of backlash. Not one person suggested it could be medical. Being told you aren't a special snowflake and to suck it up buttercup and try harder like I and numerous other people daily on these boards are told may very well have let me get here. Scared to…

I posted that because it is important. not everything is because someone is negligent in their tracking. Not everyone is perfect. It is a valid thought. Most thyroid patients are women, and millions go undiagnosed because they just don't know. No on tells people to check their throat for swelling. But breast health is…

so you my new doctor? really don't recall seeing you in the exam room or when I got an ultrasound on my throat. Please tell me how you became an expert on what my medical health is. I'd love to know how an enlarged diffuse thyroid 2 times it's normal size with a 2.1 cm growth is normal and to be disregarded. enlighten me.…

Are you cold? are you losing hair, fingernail changes? Are you so tired you could sleep as an Olympic event? are your eyelashes falling out, weird bloating? do you have a lump in your throat? and most importantly, have you hit some wall where no matter how hard you log, weigh and measure, work out through pain, tired, and…

Are you cold? are you losing hair, fingernail changes? Are you so tired you could sleep as an Olympic event? are your eyelashes falling out, weird bloating? do you have a lump in your throat? and most importantly, have you hit some wall where no matter how hard you log, weigh and measure, work out through pain, tired, and…

US Navy veteran.

peanut butter banana oatmeal is awesome.

So let me get this straight: The most you seem to have ever weighed is about 115 pounds? So what you are losing, is for most of us reading the op's post, VANITY pounds. Ok I can see how knitting or sewing for you would be just sheer stupidity. I get it calories in calories out are important. But what YOU with your vanity…

I have friends that seemed to like me better heavier. Now that we are similar or slightly smaller they seem to always be "busy", like busy continuously since the first 20 pounds dropped off. The smaller I got the more busy they became. I have since made new friends that don't have to be the smallest in the group and are…

I'm not really sure how to respond to this eloquently, so here's to not botching this badly. No one "deserves to be obese" and losing and maintaining weight are NOT punishment or to atone for some imagined evil you may have committed with the peanut butter jar. Your Boss would not sabotage his company or their reputation…

I have found weight loss slows, for me anyway. I started off losing about 6 a week on the same amount of calories. I lost the bulk of what I had to lose in roughly 6 months. Then another 6 to lose the rest slowly. It took me a year to lose what I had to lose. I had good days, I had bad days. I still have good days and bad…

I understand cutting back on some of that, but really that sets most normal folks up for one heck of a binge at the end. A good approach to this new diet thing is don't cut out anything you aren't willing to give up forever. Because at some point you will reach goal weight and have to live in the world surrounded by all…

thanks now I feel like a mutant. my results: Results Sorry your body is not in the 4 shapes we calculate. 38 bust size inches centimeters 29 waist size inches centimeters 38 hip size inches centimeters body measure Most common female body shapes The following are the four most common female body shapes: Apple (triangle…

The ones who contacted me are hanging tough. And I have to say I am thrilled they all believe in eating. Have yet to see a diary that is open be in an area of scary not enough food. They are talkative, and I like them. A few are just as quirky as me so it's going well. They actually are inspiring me. A side result of them…

ever taken a test in school you hadn't studied for? Then miraculously found one question you could give an answer too? That's what going to the doctor is like, a whole lot of questions with no clue what they mean, then getting one like "when was the first day of your last period". It was the only question in that exam I…

If you are familiar with mechanic logs and how they track the well being of a set of equipment. That is how I track this stuff. weight. If period hits a dot next to the weight for the days it runs. If feeling fine a triangle next to the weight. If not fine, an X next to the weight. followed by brief description of why not…

I don't think people with OCD are freaks. Let's clear that up. I just found it strange that a doctor that in theory needs data to do a job found my notebook out of the normal. I am seeing a new doctor for another opinion in a few weeks. I started keeping the logbook as an experiment. It sort of evolved from a weight thing…

remember that really long plateau you might have experienced? one that maybe lasted 4 months or so? Or was that only me that had those? Anyway if you had that, and then had to reconfigure what you were doing or not doing. That was unintentional maintenance. Do that again and you have got the hang of it. All of that to say…

An update to this post: Since I made this thread nearly a year ago. I have been in maintenance. That's really cool. In this year since I have buried a very special member of my family. She lost her battle to cancer on July 21, 2013. She was my mother-in-law and she was a second mom to me. I was blessed to be loved by my…

My experience with weight watchers was interesting to say the least. I found a cookbook by them with their program spelled out in it. It wasn't a points system, it was closer to a diabetic exchange system than anything else. I followed that book and only that book to the letter. I have to say it was successful for the…

thanks for the crack alert, I mean food addiction. will most definitely give those a try. Morningstar farm also has a buffalo chicken burger. tastes similar to a spicy chicken patty from a fast food place. pretty good for 180 calories each patty.

Morningstar farms has hot dogs. 50 or 60 cals each and damn good.

My story: 2 years ago exactly today, the day before my 37th birthday then, in a hotel room in Atlanta on a business trip and saw myself under those harsh bathroom lights and thought "ugh, I'm fat". And I was fat. I weighed 209 pounds at 5 foot 7 inches tall. I did not like what I saw staring back at me. I barely recognized…

somewhere around day 280 I doubted my sanity still existed. sitting here at day 500 something I wonder about a lot of the things I went through and did. It wasn't that the food was hard or the I want this was hard, a lot of it was dealing with real life while balancing the other. I have found though that for me, I can do…

What I have to offer: I've been maintaining for almost a year. Next month makes a year. I've lost 53 pounds using MFP. I'm not a food Nazi. I will not chastise the Nutella you may eat, nor the birthday cake. I understand Chinese buffet outings too. No judging on your food. You might have me ask where the veggies and coffee…

eggs milk full fat sugar added flavored chocolate creamer regular whole wheat bread regular white hamburger buns turkey smoked sausage bacon.....from a pig not a turkey. lunch meat Morningstar farm veggie and veggie chicken burgers frozen broccoli, spinach, okra, squash ( these alternate in my lunches to be microwaved or…

53-55 pounds lost depending on the day. started out size 12. now anywhere from a 4 to a 6. rarely a size 8, but have some of those too.

complacency. losing focus stop following the path that got you where you wanted to be

I'm about to be flamed, I can feel it coming. How I knew I had hit maintenance was I stopped losing weight at all. When I say stopped I mean at that point I weighed everything out on scales, cut out any and all pleasures in life from my coffee ( which made me just an absolute bear to be around in the morning) to bread of…

I treat water and waste water for a living. I am useful. I can purify drinking water myself at home if the need ever arises.