AuntMeredith

Poor men. They have been raised by a society that produces magazines like "Us" and "People" that go around buying paparazzi sneak photos of celebrities in relaxed moments and drawing red circles and arrows to call attention to the fact that Carmen Diaz' stomach isn't totally flat when she is relaxed and thinking she is off…

Thanks, Deborah!

testing my ticker

Goal 1: reduce diastolic BP to 80 or less (done :happy: ) Goal 2: break 200 lb (:noway:)

We are all slowly killing ourselves just by living! :laugh: :laugh:

Yes, I understand that people are trying to help. Yes, I understand that the doc (who is skinny) thinks she is tryng to help. What you guys are not getting is that I am not an "inactive" person who never moves. I am not a person who has screwed up my metabolism by taking all kinds of diet pills. I took phentermine ONE TIME…

Had to find new doctor when I moved from one state to another. Did not go for diet meds. Only brought that up when doc insisted I lose weight, because the last time I tried to lose weight and had the help of the meds TO START, it worked and I started losing and then was able to keep losing WITHOUT the meds. Yes, I am angry.

Don't have a family. Have a parrot, who will outlive me under any circumstances, and he has so many "godparents" that he won't miss me at all!

You guys are just not getting it. I DO NOT LIKE TO WALK JUST TO WALK, if it means taking time from things I DO like to do, which of course it does, because to walk enough to make a difference in burning calories means an hour I can't spend reading my scriptures or another good book. I know that exercise does not have to be…

The point is that the phentermine (the only time I was ever allowed to have it in the past) was the thing that got me STARTED. I maintained on my own after the weight started coming off. I did not take it over the long term.

OK, guys, I really appreciate the support! But, to answer some of the concerns: It was my DOCTOR who told me to eat no more than 1000 calories per day. From a lifetime of knowing my body very well (and my genetics), I know that I am just NOT ever going to be a sylph. It ain't in the genes. I have become quite comfortable…