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I've found older women always assume if you have dropped a lot of weight - I am just shy of 150 lbs - that it can only be because you are sick...

I weighed 343 lbs once upon a time, I am down to 196 as of last week. My original goal was just to get under 200 lb, but once I got there I am looking to get close to 180 if I can. So basically I am at the other end of the journey you are starting. My advice to you is simple. This is a long process. You have to be willing…

The problem with relying on exercise over diet is that when someone gets sick or injured or just too busy and stops exercising for an extended time they will not adjust their eating and they will start piling on the weight.

I'm the same age as you and I am down 142lbs. My original goal was to lose 144lbs, but I plan another 10-15lbs on top now I am this close. You can do it. Just understand and accept it is a lifelong thing, there will be weeks you are perfect and still don't lose weight, or even gain a pound. There will be days when you eat…

You won't be saying that when the zombie apocalypse happens...

My original goal was 144lbs and as of Yesterday I have lost 142lbs. That said I probably want to lose another 15 on top of that now. When I started at 343 I just wanted a weight that started with a 1, now I want to actual weigh what would be pretty much perfect for my height and build. The important thing is to understand…

I'd keep the dark chocolate and exchange the muffin every day of the week. Whole wheat or not.

There aren't rules because 'clean living' is a catch all term and means different things to different people. I describe myself as a non obsessive Vegan. That means I eat Vegan, but if a granola bar has a milk byproduct as the 17th listed ingredient I am not going to panic about it. My main advice if you want to lose…

Just losing pounds, then a calorie is a calorie. Caring about your long term health then you need to understand what your body needs to function correctly and eat that, not just what your inner toddler is screaming for.

The other day when discussing weight I realized I had lost my wife. I can't imagine carrying her around all day.

I had lost 140 lbs, then for no reason I gained 2 lbs, I worked extra hard and, nope, didn't lose any of it back the next week. It happens, you just be honest with yourself, have you cheated, did you not add those couple of cookies or go very low on the guess on how much rice you had, or whatever. If you did, then go back…

Paging SirMixaLot, you are needed in the General Diet and Weight Loss Forum.

Every time I have ripe bananas I just mash them up with some traditional oatmeal in a glass baking dish, sprinkle on some raisins or place on some almonds or slices of strawberries, add some fresh cinnamon and stick it in the oven until it smells good. Take out, let cool and cut off a nice large piece.

When I started my weight loss journey my BMI was 46.5 at 343 lbs. Today I am at a BMI of 27.5 at 203 lbs. And yes BMI is a lousy tool, but it is still nice to drop it nearly 20 points. Anyway, I have lost 140 lbs and am looking for maybe another 20 more and did it by being stubborn and refusing to let myself be defeated.…

I started at 343 last Friday I weighed in at 203, so 140 lbs so far. My diet has changed and developed over the time I have been on the diet, but I am now a 'non obsessive' vegan, by that I mean there was feta on my barbecued tempeh sandwich the other day and I didn't scrape it off or anything, but I wouldn't have made it…

It's easy to say it doesn't matter and if you find someone attractive why should that change if you lose weight. But in reality if you are not talking about 10 lbs over weight, but 100 plus, then yes if one partner loses it all and the other doesn't it is going to change the very dynamics of the relationship. Doesn't mean…

The whole digestive system is a lot more than a bag that gets full, which seems to be the logic many people use to justify the various surgeries. Messing with such a fundamental system should only be done if the alternative is a very high possibility of death. I've lost 140 lbs of my original 144 lb goal. I plan to…

It tracks sugar in broccoli and romaine lettuce as well. I can easily go over just from fruits and vegetables.

This is a simple exercise that strengthens the muscles underneath that big old pouch. I remember reading it on some men's health or similar website years ago. I only do it for the 90 seconds I microwave my food each day at work, I can hold it for about that period after some practice. I mean to do it more but I always…

I hit 140 lbs lost on my weigh in on Friday. I am a 39 year old guy so obviously my situation is very different to you, but one thing that is universal, you are going to face obstacles in your path, unique things that seem to make it impossible to eat right, or find time to exercise. Every single one of these can be…

When people think of you as fatter than them they find it very hard if that situation changes, especially when they are overweight. It is part pure jealousy, part that they see it as leaving their club and joining those other people, the ones you were both supposed to hate. Losing weight exposes some very weird inner…

One aside, I hate it when they throw overweight in with morbidly obese to creat some shocking percentage for a news story. A 200 lb 6 foot tall man could be overweight or he could just as easily be in superb physical condition, but for the sake of the story he is overweight.

First always read the nutrition label, know what a serving size is, now how many calories it is, and sugar and saturated fat and salt and anything else you tend to pay attention to. Don't do this when you are hungry, but at a time you know you're willpower is good. Education is your friend. If you know that say a serving…

I used to eat far too much, stuff myself, and then shortly after go to bed. I would always feel queasy and a little off the next day when I woke. So I wouldn't eat breakfast and would wait until well into the day to eat, when I had finished digesting and felt really hungry and so would start the circle. Now I eat at more…

I was 18 once I think. Feel free to add me, I've lost 139 lbs, so I am probably do something right...

Not a lady but my wedding ring went from so tight I never could have taken it off to falling off my finger if I'm not paying attention. I am waiting till I am at goal to have it resized.

After pictures are "cute as a button" and as that was the first phrase to come into my mind I must be getting old.

You are 19, with good luck you are going to have another 80 years on the planet and you only get one set of knees, so ease up on the impact workouts and alternate with some gentler exercises on some days.

Great job, I remember how great it felt to get under 300. I am now on the verge of getting under 200, so I get to experience it again. Keep it up, all you need is patience and keep doing what you are doing.

139 lbs here, about another 20 to go. No pics yet, it is on my to do list, but I have been a very busy boy.