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Don't be me. Or at least try not to be. I lost my mom 2 years ago. This, after her being hospitalized for 2 months (total roller coaster ride) and one month in skilled nursing. She was doing good. Not great, but good. When she was discharged from skilled nursing, she wasn't quite ready to go home (on her own) so I offered…

I would log every day, but I don't cook for myself every day. Weekends are spent with my fiancee and he does a lot of the cooking. There's no reasonable way that I can attempt to log when he cooks. The "last" time...when I was so successful...I was single and making ALL of my own meals.

Yep, but that was when I was 1000% disciplined.

Crap. Well that would explain part of my problem then!

Yes, but it had nothing to do with my stressful situations. I've been PM for nearly 10 years now thanks to a couple of different ovarian cysts that got me there earlier than most!

I probably should have added that when I *do* log I do use a food scale, I log all solids & liquids, and use valid entries (most often I scan barcodes).

Actually, you can rent a casket. It's more expensive than you would think though.

*fans self* You are very handsome!

I wish! I took that at work. :)

Excellent job, congrats!

You should be able to find them in a regular grocery store.

Yep, yep, and yep. I would rather spend $50-$60 more on shoes to support my local running store - they do much much for the running community and if they were gone it would be a tragedy.

I have (it didn't work out), I have people on my FL that met here and are dating, and I know of a few couples that got married after meeting here.

You've made an amazing transformation - great going!

Unless you have a specific medical condition, you don't need to "stay away" from any particular food. Nor do you have to stop eating or limit food at any particular time of day.

Holy...WOW! As others have said, you look so different. Love the purple Keds in the last pic! Congrats on your achievement!

Just do it. Really, you just have to do it even if you don't want to.

Would walk 10/10. ;)

Pretty much this. And next week it'll be "this" bod or "that" bod and people will forget about dad bod and get their panties up in a bunch all over again. Rinse and repeat.

I don't miss my ex, but I still long for my Y and Z.

You don't have to exercise to lose weight. Does it help to burn calories and build muscle? Yep. But it's not essential for weight loss. What you'll need to do first is to determine a reasonable calorie deficit for yourself. I would suggest starting here:…

The only thing you can do is hang up, walk away, etc. when she starts up. I wouldn't bother explaining yourself or trying to reason with your mom because she won't hear it anyway. You just need to remove yourself from those conversations when they come up.

I've not heard that soy can restrict weight loss with those of us with hypothyroidism, but I have heard it can interfere with meds. I've also read articles like this one that imply that it does not. To be on the safe side I do limit soy, your mileage may vary though.

Stay the night, there's room enough here for two...

How awesome! Congrats!

And this is why you shouldn't pass judgement on someone just because they're obese (let alone post their pic on social media)- you don't know anything about them, or if they've already lost a good bit of weight as this lady has. Good on her for her response and her losses to date!

Nope. That's why you should take progress pictures, so you CAN see!

Hi, and welcome!