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Height 5'6 Highest Weight: 380, but sure I was over that around 2004 Weight goal 220 Jan goal be under 320 ( I have 3 birthdays this month including my 40th so not a huge goal set) -1/01: 323 1/08: 1/15: 1/22: 1/29 Goal for 2017: Get back to 270 Improve walking & flexibility

Hi, like most have gained some back & am trying to get back to my good habits. I recently moved back home to help with my Dad being put on hospice. Food is my emotional vice, same old story bad childhood turned to food for comfort & to make myself less noticeable. Honestly the most luck I had losing weight was when I…

Thanks, congrats on the 11 days. :)

Logging your food even on horrible days is something that helped me in the past I'm honest with myself that I use food as my drug of choice. I'm in a very isolated place literally I can't even get a land line much less internet. Since moving here this fall I notice my old habits of the tv food binges. Hopefully we will all…

Well it is the weekend again. How are things going elize?

How is it going this weekend for you? Like you I'm trying to find alternative ways to distract myself rather than food. Hope it is going well.

Hi used MFP a lot a few years ago & it really helped. I have spent the last year dealing with health issues that I still am trying to figure out but one of the main problems was nausea which has caused me to change my eating habits & my weight is creeping back up. I really want to connect with other people too & recalled…

I'm only on 500 once a day & have lost over 20lbs. I tried it years ago with no results except being sick all the time. I think the weight loss has more to do with I was very careful from day one not to eat any simple carbs because I wanted to avoid the side effects. I have had two back to back cycles since starting it…

I go on pintrest and read only the health/weightloss section. It is like flipping through a weightloss magazine whenever I need a little motivation. I have a awful picture of myself as my desktop background so I have to look at it. I'm actually letting people know I'm trying to lose weight this time, I usually keep it…

I'm the same boat, I'm actually taking a break from packing since I'm the one moving out. In my head I know ending it is the right thing, but taking your life apart is miserable regardless. I seem to have come out of the mad as hell stage & now seem to be crying all the time which is not what I want to be doing. I'm trying…

I have back issues so for me the thing I look forward to the most is a reduction in my pain. I want to be able to actually enjoy buying clothes rather than dread it. Not wondering if I can fit or will a chair hold me.

Ouch! I don't know anything to do to help them once they are there. You could try putting a preventative type bandage on before you walk if you keep getting them in the same place. Thicker socks? Is it possible you need differnt shoes. I know I have had shoes that I thought were fine until I started taking long walks in…

I agree with some of them. The ones about drinking water and cutting out the artifical sweetners are things that haver really cut back on my cravings. The only thing I drink with calories is almond milk. If I want fruit juice I cut the fruit up and put in water. I have been making myself measure my food and I was way off…

Your right about the sodium when eating out. The first few months of this year when I was so over whelmed with stuff we were eating out way too much. My husband will be called Domino's before I know it if I ask him what he wants for supper. I think that was what helped me put 40lbs on so fast. Not to mention what it does…

I try to keep any things that are unhealthy or that triggers me out. It is not so much trigger foods as trigger feelings with me. That feeling of worthlessness I don't care if it is candy or apples I just get that ''eat don't think'' voice going. I also have noticed when it has been a really bad day I catch myself saying…

I just started on it a month ago. I can live with the extra hair growth but the last few months the amount of hair coming out of head is too much. My doctor put me on the metformin and the spirolactone. I'm counting calories and need to do better on the carbs I am sure. I just hope some of it helps. So far the Met has not…

I honestly don't know how I am doing since I do not have a scale at home that will work right. I will find out when I go back to the doctor in Aug I guess. I'm eating within my calories everyday & moving more so I should be down some. Today I'm just trying not to fall into the trap of an emotional binge. Sunday is my…

I have back issues & I have been to PT in the last few months where they gave me exercises to try and help the weightloss while not harming my back. I have been trying to get on a schedule of doing them every night. I'm also just trying to be more active doing things in the yard. I need to start walking my dog again since…

Thanks for the suggestions. I started breaking up how I log my food like 12am-10am breakfast 10am-6pm lunch & 6pm-12am Dinner. It just helps me to look back and see at what times I tend to not make such good choices. I'm finding doing it this way helps me not load so many of my calories at one point in the day, usually the…

Thanks for the reply it made perfect sense. One of the things that mess me up has been breaking that mindset of eating because I'm up and bored or just tired with this freaky schedule. Thanks again .

I agree this is going to be a long journey & I want to make connections with people that have a long term goal ahead of them also.

Hi my name is Karen, I'm 35 and a housewife. I don't have kids but am the full time caregiver to my mother-in-law who has end stage Alzheimer's. Taking care of her I'm home ALL the time which is not good. I'm around 340 right now. I have lost in the past but just can't seem to break that 300lb for some reason. I'm hoping…