bluefish49 Member

Told me I couldn't sit on her furniture because I was too fat. I had to go out and purchase a folding chair when we went to visit her (two day drive). She also chose to visit with her friend at the country club rather than meet her new granddaughter for the first time. 30 minutes away after driving two days we got phone…

Michael from Texas.

Going to the drunk and disorderly fest?

College Station

Cut back Sugars.

When I cut the daily banana, I saw a definite and sustained increase in the slope of weekly weight loss on the graph.

I've been reading these, and thinking "child's play". Many of these confessions used to be every day occurrences for me. How about a weekly visit to Golden Corral, 2 or 3 full plates of food, followed by 1.5 plates of desserts. I set new records for the definition of "ALL you can eat". I did, however, use Sweet & Low in my…

As I was losing, I constantly was asked how much I had lost. Constantly asked. I got very irritated that people who never had a reason to speak to me before now felt the need to know a number. I came up with an answer that politely and obliquely told them it was non of their business. The conversation would go like this:…

WTG! Been there, done that, no longer "got the T-shirt" because I shrunk out of it and donated it! CONGRATS!

Ham roll-up. Take a rectangular slice of ham, lightly spread (soft) fat free cream cheese directly on the ham, roll up around a dill pickle spear. Cut to any desired length or leave whole.

You have to do what works for you. That being said, I would NEVER have surgery done - I used to work in the medical field , and I've seen things go wrong more than once. Doctors wouldn't be putting on seminars if it wasn't a money-maker for them. It can be done without surgery - its just gonna take time, persistence, and…

Take the number of calories that MFP suggests for you, and think of it as a debit card. You have that many calories to "spend" every day. When you run out, you have to wait until the next day, when your card gets recharged with a fresh number of calories. Then figure out ways to "budget" so that you spend within your…

Following the MFP suggested calorie goal and staying under 45 grams of sugar a day.

For me, watching sugars is a major key. Bananas have 14g of sugar. Once I stopped eating bananas and worked to keep my sugars below 45, there was a visible slope increase on the weight loss graph.

This, for me, has been one of the mid-level keys of the number you see below. (Major keys were calories and sugars)

I don't think starvation mode is a myth, but with your numbers, I don't believe thats the issue. Also, I eat pizza all the time. 2 slices of Papa Johns Veggie is 540 calories. Plan for it earlier in the day, so there is enough calories at dinnertime to eat 2 slices.

HUH? Dude, you came on here basically telling everyone how it should be done. A better approach might have been - "Here's what I do. You may be able to adapt some of this to fit your plan. As of this post I have 197 contradictions to your quote above. I exercise, yes. But I eat at a deficit and DON'T eat back my exercise…

Wow. 8 pages of replies in only 4 hours. Uh.....in a bad place? Lets compare before and after pictures. MFP just dropped my calorie goal to 1310. The ticker doesn't tell the story, but it DOES confirm it.

I gotta say, my attitude towards what other people think has been the BEST (for me, not so much for them) improvement I've seen with my weight loss. My response to something like that right now would be: "I just lost 200 pounds without surgical assistance, just diet and exercise. What's your excuse?"

Almost never eat my exercise calories back. AVERAGE weight loss 2 pounds per week.

Sugars! I hit a plateau last November. A trainer at the gym instructed me on sugars. I now keep my daily sugars below 45g, and my daily cals below the MFP suggestion. I do NOT eat back my exercise calories. There will be a whole bunch of people on here who will tell me I'm full of BS. Let 'em. My AVERAGE weekly weight loss…

The free food comes with enforcers. Armed soldiers of fortune accompany the free food. The first one grabs your hand, forces it forward to grab the most calorie-filled sugary donut. He clamps your fingers around the donut, while two others use leverage on your elbow to move that donut towards your mouth. A fourth pries…

I was in a bit of a different situation - both my (now ex) wife and I were both big. After the divorce, I realized I was "Going along to get along", meaning when she would cook it, I would eat it so I wouldn't hurt her feelings. Yes, NOBODY forced me to put that food in my mouth but me. But the implied guilt of "I cooked…

Special K Cereal for breakfast w/skim milk. Don't have to buy a gallon. Some of the dollar stores have a quart. Add pickles as a side to your PBJ sandwiches, and treat yourself to one serving of something like Sunchips. Panera Bread - all you can drink coffee, and an everything bagel without cream cheese for a little over…

John Candy actually played the part of ME in "The Great Outdoors".

Walk it! I still walk my 5K's. I finish in under an hour. Others will be doing the same thing.

Welcome to the REAL reality show - You, losing weight, and being able to show off! I wont get into all the shoulds/shouldn'ts. You gotta find what works for you. If you send me a private message with your email, I'll send you a copy of the plan I am following, and a before and after picture. The number on my ticker below…

I did one earlier this year. Definitely more of a fun event, but it is an excuse to get some exercise and introduce friends to a 5K. I personally walked around the color stations. The idea of being covered in sweat and colored flour just didn't appeal to me. Thats where my current profile pic was taken.

I can't resist saying: Ex Lax in the PM for a BM in the AM! :laugh: Seriously though, try a tablespoon of mineral oil.

Egg-zactly! If it is working for you, keep it up! So many people have told me my method is wrong. Many try to instruct me on the "right" way to lose weight. My standard reply is: When what I am doing stops working, I'll check into it."