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LOL, well that would explain why my scales are all shiny and clean! Goodbye ich!

seriously! i realize everyone has their cross to bear, so to speak, but it's difficult to sympathize with folks that just can't seem to gain weight. just about any snack worth eating is practically 1200 calories. LOL

I'm getting closer and closer. Just three more pounds and I'll be fat! Not phat, mind you. Fat. But I can deal with fat. I just couldn't deal with Obese any longer. No doubt I'll be fat for a long time. It'll be quite a while before I can change that personal adjective. But right about now I'm just focused on getting nice…

thanks for the response! it's crazy, i tell ya! but we're heading in the right direction. the labels are disgusting, but i have to admit being labelled Obese actually made me do something about it. i salute your loss of 16 lbs, by the way. very cool. keep it up! personally, i think that whole BMI thing is sort of…

Thanks for the encouragement, elevatorguy! If you've already lost 25 lbs without exercising, you are obviously doing quite well already! I can't wait until I've lost 25 lbs. Man, that would be sweet! Keep up the good work, e-guy!

So much for resolutions. I committed to no after dinner snacks, and there I was last night eating Mike and Ike's at 9 pm. I'm utterly hopeless.

interesting idea! i love any approach to weight loss that involves substitutions. sure, maybe gum isn't as satisfying as a dessert, but you still get something sweet so you don't feel totally deprived i also agree with the author's opinion about how annoying gum smackers are. very!

LoL, Natty! Welcome to the group! :smile: By the way, on another thread you asked what NEAT stood for. Tameko2 explained it in this thread. The acronym was new to me, but I sort of knew the general principle. I really appreciate the way Tameko2 explained it, because now I try every day to make choices that burn more…

i max out on sugar every day, usually before lunch i have JIF peanut butter on whole wheat toast every morning. i recently switched to the reduced fat version and reduced to 1 Tbl instead of my usual 2+ Tbls. i also switched from whole milk lattes, to using 2% milk. after a few weeks of that, i switched to 1% milk. and…

That's so cool you were able to lose those 4 lbs! I love that upping the NEAT idea. I've tried quitting Pepsi cold turkey. Lasted a month. It didn't work. I'm not ruling out trying again, but it's not practical right now (even though I know you are right that it would produce immediate results). Thanks for the suggestion…

Thank you kindly, Michelle! Believe it or not, in real life I'm a teacher. :noway:

Excellent post! I hate any activity that you have to buy special clothes to do. And this is a perfect example. But then again, as you said, it's difficult to be comfortable while wearing regular clothes. So what can you do, right? Good luck with the Ultimate Challenge! For the record, Jillian Michaels creeps me out. If…

how did you kick the red can stuff? cold turkey? wean yourself off it slowly? right now my strategy is to not finish the can. sometimes i drink 2/3, sometimes as little as a half. i also discovered that by switching to root beer or other soft drinks on some days, it breaks Pepsi's hold on me a little bit.

this is definitely the right place for you. we're all feeling that frustration with glacially slow rates of progress. evolutionarily speaking, however, we are probably superior to those skinny B's. for most of mankind's history we have struggled to meet our caloric needs. when times got hard and calories were hard to come…

that attitude you describe is one of the reasons i started this group. i'm happy those folks are making such great progress and they are so pleased with themselves. it's just tough to listen to it when you have to struggle to make any appreciable progress at all. i'm super happy i started this group so people that feel the…

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Wow, it never occurred to me that something as small as 87 calories could add up to a nine pound loss over the course of a year. That's actually quite encouraging. Thanks for sharing that!

Very cool info, thanks for sharing! I will definitely be using this! :happy:

I totally agree with you, elevatorguy92! I wish a person could burn calories by complaining. I'd be as skinny as a Supermodel! :glasses:

My big 87 calories was from riding my bike 12 minutes. That's as long as I can manage at one time right now. I have half a mind to try riding twice a day next week. Since this is my first week, I'm still easing into a routine. I'm trying to be sensible and not burn out on exercise before I even get started. I know I need…

It can be so frustrating how rediculously long it can take to make progress! But it's better to have lost three than gained three! Far better! So, good for you! Now that you are also counting calories and increasing your healthy behavior by using the tools here at myfitnesspal, you will probably be more successful. Good…

LOL! funny typo, eh? Thanks for posting! Well, it's great that you have the previous experience of successfully losing weight and managing your diet to maintain a healthy bodyfat-ratio, I suppose that as much as we hate exercising, we hate being overweight, or the consequences of being overweight, even more. It's a small…

Thanks for chiming in, tjsrs! I hope you have found a form of exercise that is easy on your joints! Our ultimate goals are worthy, so we'll just have to put up with this exercise business. But we won't be liking it! :grumble: LoL! Good luck with your progress, friend! :smile:

Bravo, and good job! I'm a big time soda addict, too, so I know just how big of a deal that was. Even one little victory like that is HUGE in the long run. I hope in the future you will be able to draw on the good feeling you got from that little exercise of will power. I wish you much continued success!