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Congratulations! Thank you so much for sharing your story it is truly inspiring!

Coming from the opposite end of the spectrum, (I am not exceeding 2,500 calories each day and starving!) enjoy yourself. Have the butter, & jelly on your toast, and put cream and extra sugar in your coffee at breakfast. Have a bottle of soda with your lunch! Have cheesecake for dessert! Have a snack before bed! If I was in…

I wear a size 16 shoe, I'm sort of attached to it.

Yes, the various methods will vary depending on the app. Some will be as simple as modifying the log file, or lying the device on the desk and tapping it with a finger repeatedly.

I'm sure it was a great class, but since calorie was first defined in 1824. And nutritional values of foods not measured until the mid 20th century, it is factually impossible to prove. 100 years from now we will be able to compare the nutritional values of a particular food in 1980, 1990, 2000..... but right now there is…

The word your looking for is secular. Don't blame me whenever two atheists are hypocrites. Personally, I think every devote atheist should be mad as hell that the state recognizes marriages officiate by a priest Catholic or druid.

Of course & always a religious institution.

That's another good myth. Completely devoid of any factual basis, and more ridiculous today than when published in "diet for a small planet" in the sixties. The facts are that with modern farming methods, more and higher quality food is produced today on less land than at anytime in history. Man's diet has never been more…

If marriage isn't a religious institution then why are so many marriages performed by clergy? Marriage is a sacrament of the Roman Catholic church, which was established approximately 1300 years before our country. You certainly understand the real tangible benefits our government bestows on marriage. And it is un-American…

If we all agreed about everything it would get pretty boring. If people on both sides were looking for common ground instead trying to force others to do it their way, politics wouldn't get so ugly. Take gay marriage, one side opposes it on religious grounds, one side supports it because of the rights & privileges it…

My all time favorite, "organic food is healthier and more nutritious"! Seriously, people an apple is an apple same calories, same nutrients. Not using fertilizer and pesticides did not reduce it's calories or give it more vitamins and minerals.

I think you should be quite satisfied with your results. Let's put a little perspective on this Army Rangers Physical Fitness requirements are a 2 mile run in 15 minutes (these guys are supposed to be in peak physical condition). On your first run you did 2 miles in 25 minutes. I'd say congratulate yourself! A 2 mile run…

Many of the foods mentioned I've tried and even enjoyed! My parents moved around a lot when I was young. I love the guinea pig from the roadside vendors in Peru. When we moved back to the states I discovered the only food I really hate, oatmeal! I guess it's all how your raised.

What snack's can you snack on all day long and keep under 550 calories? Let's take for example 30 calories in a pickle spear. If you have one pickle spear every half hour in 8 hours you have consumed 480 calories with a lot of daylight left. I'm also real curious about your protein smoothie, I'll bet it alone has 500 or…

Let's look at your digestive system for a minute. Your teeth and saliva are designed to break down whole foods. Your stomach (the organ which tells you that you are hungry) produces acids which further break down whole foods. I've got nothing against juice, I love a glass of orange juice in the morning. However, your…

I buy the Starkist Ready-Made Tuna Salad Lunch To-Go kit's they cost less than $2 a piece require no refrigeration and are 200 calories.

I can offer two suggestions that help me deal with the hunger. The first is try and not have any snacks, etc. handy to be able to reach for. The second is stay busy, many times if I can find something to occupy my full attention for 10 or 15 minutes the "I'm starving sensation" will lessen or even disappear.

Believe it or not your body is a very meticulous and accurate bookkeeper. Every calorie you eat, and every calorie that is burned through exercise are carefully recorded. It is your choice to keep an accurate, factual record of your caloric intake in the form of a log. But your body like it or not is keeping track, and any…

I started a month ago at about 390lbs (I say about because when I started I had difficulty finding a scale with high enough capacity). It isn't easy but it is working. When I get frustrated and/or hungry it might be the same thing, I find inspiration from all of you. I know that everyone here is facing the same challenges…

I've got a 48" waist to along with my 380# rear.