SarahBJane

Thanks Kimberely!! You are a pretty as well!

Sorry, I guess I'm not sexy. I can live with that :)!

Ok, now that was better, thanks! Although, I don't know who "Doctor Who" is, sorry :(.

Thanks Amanda, you are pretty. Appreciate the compliment :)).

I guess my name is good, lol. Thanks for the laugh!

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Phentermine can be very dangerous. My doctor wouldn't prescribe it me bc he said it could cause me to have a stroke and he wasn't going to do it. I see people at my work who weigh what I weigh take it and they are 8 inches smaller than me so I wonder how their doctors prescribed it to them. Good luck to you though if it…

@WaterBunnie, love the name by the way. I am just trying to get to a healthy weight by doing what I love. It just seems that swimming is making it harder to achieve my goals. The scale doesn't show much of a loss so I get discouraged. I just want to be thin and healthy again. I am not at a healthy weight at all but would…

The gym I go to does have aqua aerobics but the hours I work does not permit me to take them. I like swimming laps anyway. If swimming laps could be my job, I would be in heaven bc it never gets old. I could swim for hours, it's like therapy. It's just funny to me the way I like to swim, people would think I should be thin…

I have not been measuring myself and I have to say, scales can make me completely insane. I am trying to count calories and exercise. I feel my arms are getting more sculpted and my clothes fit differently but not much loss on the scale. Do you think swimming like I do and watching calories, etc will make the scale down…

It definitely burns a ton of calories. I am just wondering if because I am heavier that my hormones or whatever are playing a role into why I am more hungry. People always say, "do what you love", and for me, that is swimming. I know I need to increase my protein, I am just not that big a meat eater. I would rather get my…

I absolutely agree. I have done a little research on core body temperature and how the cooling effects of water makes you burn more calories trying to stabilize it. I do think that plays into why we are more hungry after we swim. It just sucks bc I am trying to lose quite a bit of weight and I know swimming is a great…

Well, I am so thankful for all of the responses. I am happy to find I am not alone here on the hunger thing. I will start eating some more protein and water before my swims and see if that helps. I love swimming so I can't give it up. With the comment on breathing, I only get out of breath when I try to get in my last 6 or…

Also, I do think MFP overestimates calories burned. With that being said, I have been putting in light/moderate on swimming when I do swim to get a more accurate read on calories burned. Do you all think that is a fair estimate? I weigh more so if I swim for 2 hours or so, it will say I have burned like 1500 calories doing…

@GGDaddy, when I swim I am never negative bc I am so hungry. Even when I swim, I try to stay around 2,000 calories but more if I swim 2 miles in a day. I swim in the morning usually and it seems to make me hungry all day long. If I swim after dinner, which is my biggest meal, I am usually not hungry afterwards. I can only…

Thanks ladies! I will say that I have started to eat a little something about 20 minutes before I swim so that I am not ravenous when I leave the pool and it has helped a little. I just notice when I swim, I eat about 400 calories more that day, over my goal. It's still a deficit bc of how much I burn and my goal is…

Just wanted to say thank you for everyone's suggestions. I appreciate it!!

I am new here as well and would love more friends:smile:

Thanks for the list, that helps a lot. I am trying to find things that will fill me up, yogurt doesn't seem to do anything for me but fruit and veggies do. I have heard hummus is really good for you but is high in calories. I don't mind it being kind of high as long as it is filling, like peanut butter.

Hello :). I have been a binge eater for five years, where I managed to gain 100 pounds. I am new here, (about a week) and I have not binged in that time. Pretty happy about that. Binge eating is totally a mental thing and it is hard to stop. I think we just have to be tired of where we are and willing to do whatever it…

Well I am here for you too :))! I have about 100 to lose and it is depressing to just say it out loud but I am no longer in denial. We all need support, so whatever you need, you just let us know! There will be days I know that I will feel like giving up but I am going to get on this chat for support.

Right there with you. This is my first day as well and have a lot to lose. I like the support aspect of this and I think it will really help. I did Weight Watchers last year and lost about 20 pounds but to be honest, this is very similar and cheaper!! I am here for you and I am glad to see there are so many of you all out…