Sharon_C Member

Amen, Grandpa!

I have two daughters (one the same age as you). If you were my daughter you and I would be finding a therapist ASAP. I would be sitting in that waiting room with you and we would work on this together to get you healthy. Like another poster said, I wish I could hug you right now. The fact that you are closing yourself off…

Ice Mountain only. I buy it by the cases because its convenient for everyone in my family. If it makes you feel better we recycle.

What an amazing transformation!

I binged on Monday and it took me until today to finally level out the surplus. For me it has to be "erased" by the end of the week, not necessarily the next day. But it DOES have to be gone :smile:

LOL! :heart:

Don't push him. That will just lead to resentment. He has to want this and until then you just have to keep doing what you do for yourself and no one else.

This is what keeps me coming back to the forums. The endless entertainment value and it's FREE! :drinker:

I'm active (hit 265 days of logging today) and I'm into lifting heavy (well, heavy for me, but I'm getting there). You can add me if you want. I try to get to everyone's posts every day.

LOL! Agreed.

This!

Awww. That's just mean. There are all kinds of miracles everywhere--big and small. You just have to open your eyes to them. OP- I'm glad someone found your keys and turned them in and it was really nice of CVS to track you down and email you. It's a bonus that you burned extra calories. It was a good day, indeed.

[/quote] THIS!

Holy COW! That is an amazing transformation!

When I first started MFP my goal was to be skinny but that has changed over the last two years. Now I want to be fit and healthy. I don't know if skinny will make me happy but I do know that when I don't eat right I feel awful. I want to feel better about myself and not feel yucky like I did when I ate bad all the time. To…

Are you going to plan a rest day for exercising? You really shouldn't work out 7 days a week. You need to give your body a rest so it can repair itself. Remember that you didn't gain 17 pounds/month and you won't lose it that fast either. It's better to do it the healthy way. Depriving yourself of food and exercising until…

You say you temporarily give up. How often do you stick with the weight loss before you give up? Days? Weeks? Months? If you weigh your food, eat less calories than you burn then you will lose weight. So maybe you're eating more calories than you think if you're not weighing your food. Or maybe you're not burning as many…

This is very concerning. Eating less calories than you burn is the point, yes. Eating at such a huge deficit is not the point at all. With this mindset you will lose the weight but its not sustainable and you haven't learned a healthy relationship with food. Eat at a slight deficit (-20% TDEE) and you will still lose…

Yup. I'm there a few times a week. You can input your order on their website and it will calculate the calories for you. It's not that bad for me, calorie wise, as long as I keep that as my big meal for the day. I've managed to maintain for nearly a year now and still eat there several times a week. Here's the page that…

ME TOO!

This.

For me it was because I was intimidated. I had no idea what to do and usually the "big guys" hog all of the equipment. It wasn't until I started reading the threads on MFP and seeing the great results a lot of women were getting from weight lifting that I researched it more and decided to try it out. I'm so glad I did…

I rarely talk to my husband about my weight loss. It's my journey. My problem. My issue to deal with. I don't do it for him or anyone else but me. Plus, I don't think my husband would even know how to make a burger and fries.

I lost weight by eating what I always ate, just in smaller portions. Gradually I moved over to better-for-me foods. For me, not depriving myself of my favorite foods is what led to success this time--that and not severely restricting my calories.

WOW! What an amazing achievement! I like your approach to weight loss. It mirrors mine.

My grandma did this all her life. She was very serious about maintaining her weight. Every day she would weigh herself. If she was up a pound or two she would watch what she ate. If she was down, she didn't worry about it. She weighed around 140 her entire life--right up until the day she died. The key is being vigilant.…

Yay! Isn't that amazing how it works? Good for you! You are well on your way.

Eat less. Move more. That's all you have to do. You don't have to spend massive amounts of money on gimmicks or cleanses. You don't have to enroll in an expensive gym. Count your calories. Weigh your food. Move more by walking the dogs, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, parking your car farther from the door.…

I love it when my husband says things like that to me. It makes it all worth while, doesn't it? :heart:

I wish I had bookmarked the thread but there was someone on another topic like this who did a cleanse and had GI issues AFTER the cleanse because he added food back too fast. If your BF is having GI issues before the cleanse then I don't think the cleanse is going to work. I think a doctor is the best answer here. Also, I…