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Thanks Tara, 6 months ago I was doing everything right, but as the scale has slipped, so have my healthy habits. It's just so hard when the cards are stacked against ya!

I agree with everything you said, slow and steady wins the race, I know...it's just hard to keep racing sometimes! :(

Thanks Nancy - congrats on your loss - that's huge!!! It's so hard not to give up sometimes though!

your story is definitely inspiring, I'm at the point that if I get pregnant, I'm terrified of G.Diabetes, heart trouble, or complications with the pregnancy due to obesity. It's all so terrifying! :(

Thanks for the encouragement! I was at the point where I'd made permanent changes, drinking a lot of water, exercising, fruit and veggies, cut eating out down from 5-7 times/wk to 1-2 max (which I still have maintained) and when I DO go out, I choose wisely, but the surgery messed everything up. I just gotta get back in…

The no potatoes/rice etc wouldn't be sustainable for me, I need to cut my carbs/starches as opposed to change to brown rice, sweet potatoes etc (I'm Irish, sweet potatoes are against my 'religion' lol!) If I cut it out altogether, I'd never keep it up! I definitely eat every few hours - I allow myself occasional treats but…

Wow congrats!!! I am aiming for 160, so I have a LOT to do, but I can't get off this upward spiral and bring my numbers down again. It sucks so bad! 7 years though, WTG to stick at it!

I had them checked a couple times and nothing ever came of it, they were 'normal'. I dunno *sigh* yup I was/am checking measurements too...nothings budging in the right direction these days!

I tried that before, I started with cutting off at 8pm for a few weeks, then moved it to 7.30pm, then 7, then 6.30 - since we stay up pretty late, 6.30 was as early as I went methinks...it definitely helped and meant I woke up hungry enough to have breakfast (since I was never a breakfast person this helped a lot!). Weight…

Added! My gallbladder issue came on pretty fast and showed no sign of decreasing so I'd no choice but to take it out fast. What's your fat goal per day? maybe my fat intake is too high for my lack of gall bladder...

I'm trying, so hard, but the fire only burns for so long. Hitting a brick wall for so long doesn't help morale much!

I couldn't agree more that it's a one-day-at-a-time battle, it's just hard some days...today's one of those days...as was yesterday! I really do want to lose it, I'm not sure what's standing in my way just now - I'm committed and have a seriously supportive husband who loves me just as I am, but that's not enough, I don't…

Thanks! It's just hard when you try so hard and nothing comes of it you know? I've done the hard work and it's just not coming off - it gets disheartening!

I prefer to use them at lunch if I can but since Col can't work from home any more I tend to use them for dinner!

No it's not a bad thing :) Protein is something that keeps you fuller for longer so the more you can cram in to a day the better! I was told by my doc to try for at least 90g/day so don't worry about it! :)

Wow! Getting lots of new friends - thanks guys!! :)

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