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You can feel bad and beg people to get you off your *kitten*, but you're the one who has to do it. You enjoyed pie. So what? You'll do it again. But tomorrow is another day. Start over. Forget yesterday. Make sure your pie-scarfing is a lot less frequent than your in-control days and you'll be ok. But no one on here is…

Your post immediately caught my eye because it is one of my biggest fears in this whole thing. It sounds like you are way healthier in the way you think of it than me and I have lots more to lose than you do so it will be a long time till someone notices. I'm not shy, but I just don't want to talk about it. The only way…

I keep a selection of 100 calorie treats that I have if they fit in my calories for the day. I don't consider them treats, just life. For Saturday night dinner I eat whatever I want -- it's usually a 1500 or so calorie meal. I count and log the calories and don't try to exercise it off. This usually puts me about 500…

Congrats! You look great! Keep up the good work. It's a huge difference.

Or if you're exercising a lot it could be your muscles retaining water to repair themselves. Hang in there and perhaps weigh every day for a few days -- it'll let you know how much day to day swings can be.

Do the symptoms only come on with exercise? Do they go away when you stop exercising or slow down? Sounds like you might need to see a cardiologist.

I love hearing these! For me it's these little things that keep me going! The blood pressure one is no little NSV, it's a honkin' big one! I love the towel one. I got told by two different people today that they love my hair. (It's the same it's been for 20 years and I've known these people forever!).

I've heard that happens! Haha! I long for no cancles but I think I had them even at 110 lbs.

That's terrific! :drinker:

Special K chips - they are very similar to potato chips but they're 110 calories for 30 chips. For me 15 chips does the trick! I'm sure they're loaded up with bad stuff but at least you don't get the calories.

There's no way a woman can lose 12.5 calories a month with diet alone. She can't come near that. It's a math problem. If you eat 800 calories less than you're expelling each day you will lose 6.86 pounds in a 30 day month. And eating at an 800 calorie deficit puts her eating 800-1000 calories a day depending on her TDEE -…

First of all you've got to stop thinking in terms of far off goals and big round numbers. You need to concentrate on today. Just today. If you can go to bed eating less calories than you spent, great. When you wake up tomorrow give it another try. Before you put anything in your mouth ask yourself if you really want it, if…

It depends on a lot of factors. That might be a bit ambitious if you are already near your ideal weight, but no matter what weight you are you should be able to lose almost 10 lbs. But it's entirely possible you will be able to lose 20 lbs. Just be smart and drink lots of water.

I was an overflowing 44J at 245 lbs. I can't tell you how much smaller my boobs are 18 lbs later. I had a fairly new, unstretched 42J put away (that wasn't entirely comfortable) that I now wear. I have to put it on a tighter hook and the cups are quite wrinkled and unfull. Without surgery I think gravity will be my worst…

You look great!:smile:

Wow. That's a huge difference! Congratulations! Keep up the good work, you're looking so much better!

Give them a long hard look and walk away, saying nothing. I opened this thread because I really fear when someone notices. Unlike you, I have over 100 lbs to lose, but I'm doing this for me. The only person who knows I'm doing this is my daughter. Like you, I think weight should have nothing to do with how I'm perceived.…

Look for the little things. At 10 lbs down I looked down and my watch was on the inside of my wrist so I started fastening it one hold tighter. Weird that my wrist would lose weight first. At 15 lbs my bra had big wrinkles. Today at 16 lbs I put on a belt that I regularly fastened in the middle hole and I had it cinched to…

Ate the grilled chicken at Cracker Barrel instead of the fried AND stayed under my calories after that wonderful meal that included a biscuit and apples.:smile:

I think the point is for us to control the food, not the food to control us. I eat indulgences a couple of times a week. Sat night I eat exactly what I want. Another time or two a week I eat a piece of cake, candy or a fast food burger. During the week I try not to go over my calories (or not much over). On Sat I log it,…

I didn't know what it said until I saw this. It says I weigh 58 lbs less than I do! Haha. Well, maybe this time next year I'll match my driver's license weight. Good grief.

Have you considered talking to someone. I already know I have emotional issues with food. People think I'm heavy because I have no control. Wrong. I have full control. I use my weight to keep people out. Only people who really love me love me fat. I haven't lost enough weight this time to get to the point where any of this…

I hate altitude - headache, cough, fast heartbeat, breathless. Is the med you take prescription? I'm guessing it is. I'm going to Utah in March. I can't wait but I dread the altitude. To make matters worse since my last trip out west I've found I have a heart electrical problem - superventricular tachycardia - and I'm a…

I would suggest that you take a camera with you and take pictures of yourself in different outfits, different styles, etc. I'm guessing that the mirror gives you a distorted view of yourself and you really need to step back and take a realistic view. Undoubtedly there will be things you hate how you look in and things you…

Atlanta! I've been skiing since I was 11 years old. I went to ski camp in Switzerland when I was a teen. Now I only get to the mountains once a year but I can't wait to ski Utah in March! At this weight I'm afraid I shift weight rather than proper form. I sure do love it though.

I always say if you can ski in North Carolina you can ski anywhere. We learn to use our edges to bite that ice! I, too, learned to ski at Beech and have skied all over the Western US and Switzerland. I live in Atlanta now and only get to ski once a year. This year it's Utah in March. Can't wait.

Thank Luck! Didn't mean to sound negative. I'm really not. So far so good. I know from having lost weight before I'm obsessed for 2 weeks and then I settle into a routine. I'm just amazed at how badly I was eating and had no idea that things like a Wendy's #1 combo was 800 calories. Eeek. My 50th birthday fell in the…

once a week.

How do you reset the MFP settings. I tend to prefer a bit more protein than carbs also.