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"Oh, I could never give up X food or eat like you do. I like/love to eat." Well, I like to eat also, but I also like not being fat, so if that means I need to cut back on the crap, then that's what I'm going to do.

:flowerforyou: Wow, what a terrific job you've done. Congratulations!

Happy and confident for FacingForty

I hit puberty with a thud at age 11, which was grade six. I was horribly self conscious of my developing and changing body, and I was teased about it too. As I got older, the only physical activities I wanted to participate in were those I could do solo: bicycling, jogging, shooting baskets. I also wasn't raised in a…

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Bacon, the most perfect food ever.

Chaos, mayhem, drama...it would be fun to watch.

Thrift stores are great. I have lots of hardly used things from local thrift stores. Probably the best thing I have ever thrifted is a moss green suede Eddie Bauer jacket with no signs of wear, soft as butter, for $19.99. I have better luck at Value Village than Goodwill, but hey, thrift stores are terrific.

Not me, but my two favorites are BariatricFoodie and TheWorldAccordingtoEggFace.

Yes, I need the accountability to keep the weight off. It's too easy for me to think that I am eating proper portions when in reality I am eating far too much.

No, I'm here in the Pacific Northwest. But add me if you wish. It's always nice to have more friends:flowerforyou:

I like Celestial Seasonings fruit blends, Tazo's Wild Sweet Orange (like sunshine in a cup), Bigelow Vanilla Chai, and Harney makes some wonderful caffeinated and noncaffeinated teas. Stash has a nice decaf vanilla chai. Maybe a shorter answer would have been what teas I don't drink...

High cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, insulin resistance, hiatal hernia, joint pain, and super morbidly obese at age 38.

Hello and welcome! Bravo for taking the first step by deciding to take back control and start on the road to healthy. You can do it. Add me if you wish.

I didn't see your pic til now, but if you were born in the year in your handle, then you are 35.:laugh: ETA: this is for Shawn

Early 20s.

Keep up the great work!

I will be 40 at the end of July, and I would like to be more fit then than I am now. Funny how a milestone birthday can inspire us to get a move on.

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A fawn pug named Lola.

Leo-Year of the Ox

Can I get it in writing, MFP? It's not my favorite feature since I find it wildly inaccurate, but it's easy enough to ignore.

If you plan a treat into your day, you might feel less deprived. The more deprived you feel, the more likely you are to fall off the wagon. How about a couple of pieces of dark chocolate a couple of times a week, or something like that? I find I also feel deprived if I dramatically cut my fat intake, so I make sure I get…

I gave up everything else. They will have to pry the coffee from my cold, dead fingers.

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Excellent opening gambit! Add me if you wish.

^ Yep, exactly.

This thread also reminds me of the old Bobby Bare song, "Numbers": I was sittin' in Friday's suckin' on a glass of wine When in walked a chick who almost struck me blind Had wet blue eyes and her legs were long and fine On a scale of one to ten, I'd give her a nine. Now on my scale there ain't no ten's, you know Nine is…

I'd talk to the mom first, then if nothing came of it, call the cops. What a crap situation for you and your wife.

Entertaining reading, for certain.