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Those studies just annoy me... I'm sick of people telling me I'll never make it. It's my life and my choices and I'll make it if I want to. I don't know what those studies are trying to prove anyway? Do they want to make people so hopeless that they'll just continue to over-consume food that they don't need?

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I used to like flowy tops, but now that I've lost a lot of weight, I find myself liking fitted stuff more. Flowy stuff just feels 'wrong' now. I prefer structured jackets to hoodies, and skinny leg jeans, rather than boot cut. It's not a matter of wanting to wear 'tight' stuff because I think I'm hot or whatever, I just…

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I let tracking and meal planning become my new obsession. For me it got better after a few weeks. For so long I was so used to just having that large back of chips next to me while I was on the computer, or hitting the drive thru after work. After work I would never, ever return home without something junk food in my bag…

I would say if it's just plain coffee on ice with a cream and 2 spenda, then just count it like a hot coffee with the same.

So don't do that. I don't mean to be blunt, but it really is that simple. You have to be disciplined. If you are getting hungrier, look through your food lots and make sure you're getting enough fiber and protein. And try not to be consistently too far under your calorie allowance.

I have had it recommended to me in the past and even went on the waiting list to have it performed, but in preparation I changed my eating habits on my own and the weight started coming off consistently without any surgery. I made myself inactive on the waiting list because I was going to wait this thing out and see how…

I'm on the pill right now and I retain water like crazy until my placebo week where I pee about 3-4 lbs of water during the week. It's pretty consistent so I don't think it's messing up my weight tracking over time the trend is still downward.

Nowadays, people have gotten so thin-skinned that any form of criticism at all, constructive or not, is seen as 'bullying'.

It depends on how you log it. If you weigh raw then log it as raw chicken breast, if you weigh it cooked, find an entry that says 'cooked'.

I love Fat Families and the host's straight-talking style. It's too bad there was only 2 seasons. Some of the food that the people he was helping was just disgusting... like half a stick of butter and pack of cream cheese inside a jacket potato. I also love secret eaters and supersize v superskinny. I keep waiting for new…

In late 2013 I started to get mobility issues with one of my knees, and this prompted me to make the decision to lose this weight. I was super-obese and now I'm just regular obese. I still have far to go but I no longer have pains in my knees.

I bought a few of them to take with me on vacation. Like $4 each doe, holy heck are they expensive. I got the lemon bar, chocolate brownie, and chocolate peanut butter ones. Hopefully they taste OK. I had the raspberry one before and didn't like it so much.

That moment when you can climb up the stairs without holding on the handrail. Amazing.

How about fried rice... Start with a teaspoon or two of oil, add some minced garlic or garlic paste, and then saute a cup of coleslaw mix. I like coleslaw mix because it has cabbage and carrot all in itty bitty pieces so I'm not getting big yuchy chunks of vegetable. Once that's soft, add a cup of cooked brown rice, and…

I still have about 100lb to lose. I have been using and logging on MFP for about a year and a half. Have lost 126 lbs to date. Feel free to add me.

Are you using MFP to calculate a suitable caloric intake for the day and following it? That might mean putting an extra snack in here and there if your meals are very small.

I know, right? If I want to let my kid smoke, that should be my decision as a parent, not the government's! Soda has no redeeming qualities at all except it tastes good. Same as ciggarettes, nothing good, only bad comes out of smoking. If we restrict smoking, why is it such a leap to restrict soda? Explain the difference.

What type of diet has your doctor put you on? Do you have any flexibility in what you can choose to eat? You don't have to be hungry if you choose the right kinds of food. If you want advice, please give us some more info about what you are eating :)

How long have you been keeping to 1200 calories? Are you logging absolutely everything? You must be patient, to shift 2 stone will probably take you several months, depending your activity level.

At my start I had probably 225-250 to lose, and I'm halfway there. Although our situations are no longer the same, I started out same as you, maybe I can help and be support for you. If I can give any advice from my year and a half's journey so far, try to concentrate on habits. For example... I used to get breakfast at…

I don't think I could intuitively eat at a deficit. For me that requires planning and structure.

I had gastric bypass recommended to me by my GP, and I even got so far as to putting my name down on the waiting list for the surgery. My Dr. recommended to me to not try to lose weight while I was waiting for it, but concentrate on not gaining any more. I said 'f- that.' Well... not to her face. At the time I was facing a…