MsGaladrial

I too, saw a dietician and she had my doctor prescribe Metformin (she thought I was insulin resistant) but. that didn't help, so I quit taking it. Weight training is supposed to help amp up metabolism if you do it consistently. I'm assuming your thyroid function and A1c are normal? If everything is within normal limits,…

Congratulations on your strength and bravery! It is really hard to feel good about participating in..well...life, when really overweight. I have 140# to lose and right now it seems a daunting task. However, I've taken the advice of so many lovely people on MFP and set small realistic goals. I'm also trying to change that…

Love tea, especially the Stash varieties, (send for their catalog, it's awesome!), I drink Earl :drinker: Grey or Irish Breakfast in the AM and then lots of herbal teas, cold and hot rest of the day. Tazo's Wild Sweet Orange is especially good, very flavorful. There has a lot written about the antioxidant effect of black…

I SO feel your pain! I am night owl, up often until 2:30 or 3 and find myself grazing off and on from about 10 until around 1. What I've started to do is make a huge jug of a really tasty herbal tea (Tazo sweet wild orange is good) and also have some veggies and hummus close by. Satisfies that weird craving for the "food…

Wow, congrats on your success, can I be you when I grow up? (or grow smaller) Thanks for your encouraging words, I know I can get the weight off if I am patient with myself, a trait I've not mastered in 60 years. Guess it's never too late, right!? have a most lovely day and again, thanks for your response. :happy:

Thanks! You have a very reasonable way to look at this whole process. Starting out by focusing on my food choices and diary and incorporating exercises gradually sounds like a doable plan. Here's to us and a successful and grateful day! :smile:

Thank you for your response! I agree with everything you've said and I know it is the way to go. One (of many) of my failings is being very impatient with myself, I want to be a size 8 by November....this year! My rational mind is constantly in a battle with my instancy mind! And I am a Jedi master at procrastination.…

Thank you so much! and congrats an your success so far. A lot of people have suggested a fitness buddy, but I have been pretty isolated, (marital circumstances..longgggg story) and don't really have anyone to ask. also, I am really embarrassed about my appearance, cheerleader turns Hindenburg, so going for a walk in public…

LOL, I'm not laughing at your post, per say, it's awful that you ended up in ICU, but..I am an ICU nurse! Cardiac, surgical, trauma and neuro. Fortunately, I think that there are many more discomforts (and indignities) that you've forgotten. I haven't had a health scare, amazing actually, in general I am really healthy; BP…

Awesome that you are an adopted pet mommy! I have a Chihuahua, Lola, but of course (darn it) she has a doggy door and being so little, her endurance is nil. I find I am the master procrastinator, really have elevated it to an art form! I AM going to make myself either walk the treadmill today for 20 to 30 or talk a walk…