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You guys just blow me away. I'm about 5' 8.5", but the other day I had to look UP into my husband's eyes, so I may have shrunk a bit! LOL I've a long way to go to reach my goal weight and I'm about halfway along my journey. My goal weight is 71kg or 156.5lb and this morning I weighed in at 108.7kg or 240.4lb. Could someone…

I used to allow myself one sweet thing a day, then extended it to two - one for morning tea and the other either in the afternoon or evening. I would choose a few sweets OR a piece of cake, sometimes cut in two and split over the day OR a biscuit. This worked a treat. I have been struggling a bit lately but then I haven't…

I'm 5' 8.5" and have a big frame. At the size I am now people would expect me to weigh about 210lb or so I guess. But in actual fact I weigh 237lb. I've told people what I used to weigh and their eyes just about pop out of their sockets LOL. When I was in my 20's a few of my workmates and myself tried to lose weight. I was…

WOW, lots of people speaking with their hearts. That's what I love about this place - like-minded people striving for similar goals. When I was in my late 20's I was in the process of losing 3 stone for the second time. I'd lost that much in my early 20's, put it on plus and was losing it again. I was coming out of the…

Leap off the scales and tell my husband and grab a big, big hug!! Then I'll probably do a bit of a jig in the kitchen and when I'm finally breathing again I'll send msgs to my kids. Honestly everything else pales in comparison. I probably won't change anything too much until I've calmed down and had time to think. Mind you…

You know the weird thing is that I live in Christchurch, NZ and you guys will most likely be in the States or the British Isles and we all have a similar experience - that is sooooo super weird. Whenever I think about having Subway I remember the smell - I can smell it in the finished roll as well as the bowl of salad, so…

There are some easy answers here and depression is not an easy illness. When someone is diagnosed with diabetes if they are told they need insulin injections then they need insulin injections and they teach themselves how to administer them. They wouldn't even consider not taking the prescribed medication. Depression is…

Hiya, If u enjoy it ur half-way there. After all, if something feels like a chore you will eventually try to avoid it no matter how good it is for you. I've done water aerobics in the past and really enjoyed them. At that time my right leg was very weak due to a damaged nerve. Blimin nerve got caught in one of the…

I try to prevent this happening by having 1/2 piece cake in the morning and the other half in the late afternoon (or one portion of lollies twice) and I don't tend to get cravings (mine are for sweet foods). Dr Phil said recently that if you remove a habit you need to replace it with a new one otherwise the old habit will…

Keep it going, u will get there. Do it for the right reason, though. I'm 55 and I'm doing this for ME. AND this is the only time i've managed to get this far. People are funny, they ask me what got me on this course and I reply I'm doing this for ME and they look a bit bewildered. Yes I have health issues but they never…

Well I'm one of the fortunate ones. I am just a few pounds from being half-way to my goal, but I usually manage something each week, even if it's only 0.1 kg for a week. Sweet tooth. I used to think I had a sweet tooth so would have one or two sweet items per day (one in the am and one in the evening) whether it be a small…

Thank you to the kind person who got your photos working. All I can say is WOWWWW!!! You look terrific. :flowerforyou:

See I know I have a wicked sweet tooth - I always have. But I don't have the strength or willpower to fight it so I've finally accepted it. I make sure I have one or two sweet items per day every day - if I'm doing okay I cut a small piece of cake in half and have one half for morning tea and the other in the evening.…

I've done a search on the internet: Mehmet C Oz MD (doctor of medicine), FACS (Fellow, American College of Surgeons) Dr Oz has been a professor at the Department of Surgery since 2001 and is currently the vice chairman of surgery at Columbia University, He directs the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine…

My period stopped when I was about 24yrs but unfortunately I can't remember for how long - perhaps a few months. Yes it definitely came back and I have a feeling it was light and only a couple of days initially but it definitely became normal. Then I had my two children when I was 27 then 28. I went through menopause in my…

AND ME. I totally and absolutely agree with this. At age 55 I only realised this over the past year. It has made a huge difference to my weight. GOOD LUCK.

Hi, I'm 5ft 8 1/2 in tall with a large frame and I'm heading for 156lb. I let MFP calculate my calorie intake and presently it is 1620 based on a weight of 242lb. I try to do a minimum of 30min exercise 3x per week and I have my activity set on sedentary so ANY activity I do has an affect on my weight. I joined MFP 27…

Hiya David Congratulations on your remarkable loss thus far. I'm concerned that you feel nauseous and sick sometimes as well as full all of the time - I wonder if this is your body's way of telling you to cut back on the amount you are eating. Perhaps concentrate on eating the 1350 calories per day ONLY and anything you…

I am commenting on numbers only. You are aiming to consume 1200 calories per day with exercise cals on top of that. I would strongly suggest that you do not eat the exercise cals and instead only eat your daily quota of 1200 calories. This will give in the vicinity of a 1 lb loss per week dependent on how many calories you…

Hi, I'm 55 and live in one of the safer suburbs of earthquake ravaged Christchurch. I have 2 adult children, one of whom has severe anxiety and depression. He is 27 with the symptoms steadily getting worse since about the age of 14. I know what it's like to walk on eggshells, to say the wrong thing and hear about it, to be…

Hi :flowerforyou: (I hope you like flowers - a special flower for a special you) There are some gr8 pieces of advice given already AND you've only just posted your comments - it just goes to show how much others care. We all think you are a pretty amazing person and you're definitely worth us all taking the time to stop a…

I'm surprised at how judgmental a good number of you are....... For sure there are those of us who can do the weekly housework in the blink of an eye because of our age, our fitness, our family situation or our health. And why would you bother noting this as exercise because in general it isn't; you didn't break a sweat,…

Of course it's worth it - you're worth it aren't you? Over all these years of yo-yo dieting I've finally realised that it is best to want to do this for me, fullstop, Not for my high bloodpressure, not for my arthritic knee or back - I am doing this for me. Another thing to be aware of is to soften the wording - I had…

Hi, I didn't realise there was a Kiwi tab LOL I'm from the Shakey City, yup Christchurch, and I love this site. It has helped me immensely. Feel free to add me - I'm only too willing to give my support.

I was having an "out of sorts" day the other day and was thinking of having a piece of biscuit however I decided not to. Then something happened (I can't remember what) and next thing I'm chewing on 100 calories of biscuit. And as I was chewing I remember thinking "but I didn't want that biscuit"! LOL And one of my better…

I've had some good bouts of depression over the years and I've learned a lot about my mind and body. Probably the main thing I do now is to listen to my body. At the moment I am quite exhausted most of the time with very little motivation and over the weekend I became quite emotional and further drained myself of energy.…

Height 1.73 metres 5ft 8 1/2" Heaviest 145.1 kg 320 lb Lightest 71 kg 157 lb Now 112.3 kg 248 lb Goal 71 kg 157 lb

I'm on the other side of the world (NZ) and I don't recognise a lot of the brands mentioned, however we do have chocolate (of course we do lol) and it is beautiful and creamy. I was sooo proud of myself a couple of months ago, a block of my favourite chocolate lasted me 5 days I think it was! This is virtually unheard of -…

That's easy. Freeze the lot and take out one for you and perhaps two each for your family per day, about the same time every day. My son and I share the baking and we freeze everything. Then after tea I go out to the freezer (it's in the garage) and take out the required number (one for me, two for hubby and three to four…

Hiya Sarah. I have been a yo-yo dieter for years putting on more weight than I ever lost. I'm now 55 and THIS IS IT, I'm not doing this again lol!! I'm the lightest I've been since the mid to late 90's and whilst it feels really good it seems sooooo strange. I have one MVP friend and she is fantastic. I give her honest…