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I like Ensure, it was recommended by my dietician/nutritionist and she gives me coupons. When the coupons run out I use the generic "top care" store brand and they are almost as good flavor wise, and the same nutrition wise

Yeah, I'm the same, I set my goal at 280 because any lower than that and I'd start to look sick or something. When I was in the best shape of my life I was 19 years old and 320 lbs. I worked as a sorter at UPS and was one of the best on my shift as far and strength, speed and endurance. You don't even want to know how far…

I had to completely overhaul my diet due to GI issues, I don't try to eat "replacements" or "substitutes of the foods I used to eat, no vegetarian replica ground beef for me, no soy or tofu burgers. I just find ways to work with the foods I can eat. Garlic, onions, peppers and spices can do a lot to keep food interesting.…

I remember a study done several years ago where they had volunteers live in apartments for several weeks, or a few months. They had no exposure to the outside world (no windows, no live TV no internet) and no clocks. They had entertainment materials (books, movies, that sort of stuff I assume) I don't remember all the…

I've had trouble sleeping for years, I think it is partly due to the medication I am on. The odd thing is it makes me sleepy. If I try to nap after taking it during the dayI'll sleep about 2 hours, if I fight it I can stay awake but then I get into that stage where you are tired, but cannot sleep because the second you lay…

How tall are you? I'm 6'5" and at my heaviest I was 380lbs give or take a couple, but at that size a couple pounds doesn't matter. I ended up in the hospital and nearly died. Since then I have yo-yo'd because of the heath issues, I lost over 80 pounds in about 4 months, but it was because I was so sick I would spend days…

cut it open and eat with a spoon is my favorite. It goes great with eggs, or use it instead of mayo on a burger, chicken or turkey sandwich or instead of mayo in chicken salad (shredded chicken, cilantro, maybe some onion and some lime juice) spread it on some flat bread. Condensed milk and avocado smoothies, you can also…

The other day I went to the gym around my normal time, it's a small gym and usually no one is there so I like it. I get there and their are two over weight women that were there together (they left together) one is on the treadmill running a sweating, the other, easily over 300 pounds has parked herself on one of the two…

I used to soak all my clothes when I worked at UPS, jean shorts and tshirt both soaked through, stopped working there gained 60 pounds, after a few years now I'm working out again (couldn't due to health issues) and this is the end of the first week of doing an hour of cardio vs 45 minutes and I'm soaking shirts again and…

Dark chocolate almond milk (this is the key, it makes everything awesome) banana peanut butter spinach I haven't made in a while because I killed my blender. I actually drank part of the gasket that came loose and got mixed into the smoothie, but it was so delicious I had no idea. I never measured I just made it until it…

All of the sort of "tech" stuff I got, like, BMR, TDEE, and bumping. NSV was the one that made me make this thread, I can't think of others that I saw and got stumped on but reading a list first would be nice Thanks!

I drink strong IPAs, they are around 250-300 calories but are also between 9-11.5% alcohol I can't drink too many do to health reasons and meds so 3 is usually my upper limit, but 3 at 11.5% is like drinking a 6 pack of bud (a little bit more actually) and they taste better to me anyway. I know IPAs aren't for everyone but…

Yeah, I have very little faith in doctors unless it is an obvious physical trauma of some kind. I do have one doctor that I love, he is the best doctor I've ever had but without insurance or a job I can't see him as much as I would like since he isn't in the networks for low income financial assistance through the county…

Thanks for the support guys, and sorry to those who sent friend requests, I only have friends I know personally. That may change in the future depending on how active I am on these boards or not And yeah it was very frustrating, mainly because I was showing no symptoms for so long, only during a flare, and then it was…

Keep a journal, it doesn't have to be complicated, just what exercise you did and maybe how it felt (easy, hard, couldn't finish, etc...) There is a function on this site to keep track, but I still keep a paper journal then transfer over to the site. Then every time you go look at what you did last time and if it seemed…

I am 6'5" and on new years day I weighed in at 350 on the dot, my scale at home tops out at 330 so I have to use the one at the gym. I am usually the biggest guy in the room, either by height or weight. At my worst I was 380, but lost over 80 lbs in 3 months due to health issues, I've gained a lot of that back, now I'm…

I find it kills my motivation to exercise and I make poor food choices when I smoke. Once I smoked going to the gym was out of the question because I didn't want to "waste" the buzz by busting my *kitten*. I quit, but primarily for monetary reasons

I've listened to the Song of Ice and Fire series twice (game of thrones) they are very long and interesting and most chapters were just the right length for my workout, now I'm onto the Hitchhikers Guide series for a little bit of lighter, funnier subject matter, Lord of the rings is next, or the dark tower series, I…

I do this, except I use my android

I have it, it used to be really bad, to the point I would avoid talking to people I didn't know. The sad part is once I got past that I am actually a pretty awesome dude to hang out with and have no problems talking and making friends. That first step is huge though. I started taking Klonipin for and unrelated health…

How about this, BLT salad images are fairly straight forward cover upside down cup cake or muffin pans with foil weave bacon over upside down cups and bake add lettuce (or I like spinach instead) and some cherry tomatoes croutons and dressing optional

I have a very restricted diet due to health reasons, I eat chicken every day, usually twice a day. I boil it, small pot with 3 breasts or so, 3-4 cloves of garlic and 1-2 onions, salt and pepper to taste or preference. Then I shred it. I usually make large batches so I can portion it out as I need it instead of constantly…

I forget the actual name, but it's doctor talk for tie you face down to the bed and shove a garden hose into your pancreas through your mouth while you are awake. I had to have stents put into the ducts of my pancreas and liver, and then have them removed 2 months later because I had stones that made their way up into both

This, I had emergency gall bladder removal last year. The surgery itself wasn't bad at all and the couple days in the hospital on pain meds sucked but wasn't too bad. The ERCP is the worst thing I've ever experienced in my entire life. I am very resistant to the "twilight" sedation meds and pain meds they use, but I…

I'm 6'5" and I was just over 350 before thanksgiving, I've got a gym membership and I use the stationary bike. I broke my knee years ago and have minor trouble from time to time because of my weight. I felt self conscious about it, I didn't want the "workout people" to see this fat guy doing low intensity on the bike. So I…