Jedil

I give up.

Okay, so that was not quite right. Here is me after I lost some weight; This is the picture I took today.

SW: 384 TW: 210 CW: 284 Average Calories per day: 1,500-1750 (I also exercise @3,000 calories per week) Start date: January 11, 2012

Age: 51 Height: 6'5" SW: 384 CW: 284 GW: 210

During the work week I eat the same thing for breakfast, lunch, and snacks. I do change it up for dinners but always have some items that are mainstays to my dinner, such as a nice salad with home made dressing to control the calories and sodium, and vegetable chicken soup. With the soup I do not add a lot of spices when I…

WTG! You look great!

Goal weight is 210. Currently at 284.

Thanks MFP buddy!

Your dedication for the past three years has really paid off! Congratulations on achieving a major goal that I hope someday to achieve (and will achieve!).

100 pounds 2999.2

I do this, but maybe not once a week (once a week is fine though). The key for me is to have reasonable portions of the things I am craving, not go crazy. I also make myself eat VERY slowly and drink plenty of water before my cheat meal. This way I satisfy my cravings without falling back to my old binging self. Food is…

That I would make it. I started this journey needing to lose 174 pounds. I have lost 94 pounds so far in 16 months. I cannot see the finish line yet and I'm tired. I keep going one day at a time, one exercise at a time. I have a plan and I am sticking to it, but I am wanting to see and be the "me" that has finished this…

You can add me if you like. I had a total of 170 pounds to lose and I have lost 90 pounds of it so far with 80 more to go. I am in it for the long haul and would be happy to be an encouraging MFP friend and be encouraged by you as well.

My first walk when I started 16 months ago was 10 minutes and I could hardly make it back home. I am now walking 5 miles regularly and actually started jogging and am preparing for a half marathon in October! :bigsmile:

I'm 50. Please feel free to add me.

I prefer outside because I get a longer work out. :smile: The thing about running or walking outside is that however far away from your starting part you go, you have to make it all the way back to your car or house! :cry: On a treadmill, you can just stop at the first sign of getting tired. :yawn: I also like seeing the…

It's as if I wrote this but didn't have to! LOL

I have lost 99 pounds and have 75 pounds more to go.:bigsmile:

Thank you for the video! It was inspiring to see your transformation both inside and out!

St. Louis, Missouri (or is it misery with our 11 inches of snow yesterday....yuck!).

I would advise you to change your paradigm from "I have to lose weight" to "I am making a life style change." You need to get to a place where you embrace the fact that you are changing your life by changing how and what you eat and that exercise is part of your every day life. Exercise is not a grind, it is a fact of life…

Cheese equals sodium equals water retention. I thought I was doing myself a huge favor by eating no fat sliced cheese on my sandwiches and did not pay attention to the sodium content in them. Well, I was consuming @6,000 mg of sodium because of this. I would also say that alcohol (not that you are using any) is another…