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I've managed to lose weight despite not being able to work out. My back is bad enough it takes 5 minutes to get out of bed. I do my PT exercise and that's it. I think working out just helps to be able to eat more. In order for me to lose weight, I've had to be well under 1000 calories a day. It's working but I wish I could…
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What about Qnexa, the new phentermine/topamax combo drug? I've never taken phentermine but topamax is great. I took it for about 3 months for migraines, I lost 40 pounds and completely kicked my diet coke addiction. Topamax changes the taste of things and at least for me, made diet pop tastes terrible.
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Chipotle salad w/ chicken & veggies, no beans or rice, salsa as a dressing Sharky's has some heathy things like their Power Plates and healthy salads especially on their "naked menu" The Habit is a burger place but they have a killer grilled tuna sandwich, veggie burger and their salads are healthy if you watch the…
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My doc said loose skin is going to be an issue no matter how slowly you lose the weight, and age & genetics plays a big part. Having some excess skin is better than type 2 diabetes and all the other death consequences for obesity and there's always plastic surgery.
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I decided not to go through with the surgery because I've done so well on the VLCD, I'm just sticking with that. Something clicked and I finally started seriousing up about losing weight. I suppose after seeing the ultrasound of my gigantic fatty liver that was too large to safely do surgery, it got me to finally start…
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I'm on a medically supervised VLCD. It's a different situation than just a casual diet. I started mine in preparation for lap band surgery. My doc told me the surgery would be dangerous if I didn't go on a very careful diet for at least a month before so my fatty liver would reduce in size. Only after a few weeks on the…
