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Good luck! It is a long journey, for sure, but as the saying goes, you have to start somewhere. One step at a time!

I am on metformin due to type 2 diabetes, so I can't answer to the PCOS part, but as for the side effects, yes I have suffered from diarrhea. My doctor at the time insisted on increasing the amount of metformin dramatically after only a week or so because my blood glucose was not coming down fast enough for her. What I…

Congratulations! Trying on new clothes is fun. I have gone from having to make my own clothes, to wearing 6x, then to 4X, and now I can shop in "regular" size stores for 3X to 24W. Still very large, I know, but hey, at least now I have a choice in clothes (including a bright pink denim jacket - LOL!)

LOL! Beatnik beat me to it - I was going to say (and still will) Way to go - you turned that frown :sick: upside down! :bigsmile:

No, I didn't resent my mom for doing that, but I think it contributed to my problem. A friend's mom had a right idea though - if she filled her kids' plates and they couldn't eat it all, that was fine because she didn't necessarily know how hungry they were. But if they filled their plates, and as grandma used to say, had…

I think it depends on which one you buy. But be aware, it will count steps while driving (it counts the bouncing around when you go over bumps) but it does have an "activity" monitor that you can press when you get into the car, then when you get out, then you can log it as "automobile" and it will wipe out any…

SW: 350 CW: 230.8 GW: 226 LTGW: 130 My weigh in is Mondays 3/2/14 - 230.8 10/2/14 - 237 (+6.2) 17/2/14 - 229.2 (-7.8) 24/2/14 Whew, turned it around. I think partly the gain was due to my lymphedema. My right leg was a lot more swollen than usual, but today it looks like it has gone down quite a bit, I knew it wasn't just…

SW: 300 ( on MFP. I had lost 50 lbs before this) GW: 130 LW: 237 TW:229.2 Change: -7.8 I just lost what I gained over the last couple of weeks. Actually I don't think it was all due to bad eating. My right leg was more swollen than usual, and it occurred to me that perhaps it was the lymphedema acting up, at least in part.…

I do feel for all of you with the cold and the snow! We had our share and now we are getting near 0C or just above freezing temps, it's almost balmy out there! Lastchance, just want to make sure you know I was really cheering for all of you who can do those squats and stuff! I realized when I reread it that it may not have…

SW: 350 CW: 230.8 GW: 226 LTGW: 130 My weigh in is Mondays 3/2/14 - 230.8 10/2/14 - 237 (+6.2) 17/2/14 24/2/14 Aargh! Going in the wrong direction! But I know what's causing it, LOL! Well, besides eating far too much, I reckon at least part of it must be water because I know I haven't eaten over 20,000 cals over for the…

SW: 300 ( on MFP. I had lost 50 lbs before this) GW: 130 LW: 230.8 TW:237 Change: +7 Yikes. Yes, I know what's causing it! I am not happy to see that I am not the only one, but it is reassuring to know that I am not the only one who runs into a wall at times. Besides eating far too much, the amount of gain is telling me…

SW: 350 CW: 230.8 GW: 226 LTGW: 130 My weigh in is Mondays 3/2/14 - 230.8 10/2/14 17/2/14 24/2/14 I had a bad couple of weeks at the end of January, so am kind of doing a Groundhog Day - same starting weight for the month, same goal! Let's hope it doesn't repeat itself all over again - LOL! I had a bad cold at the end of…

SW: 300 ( on MFP. I had lost 50 lbs before this) GW: 130 LW: 228.2 (actually 2 weeks ago) TW: 230.8 Change: +2.6 Good grief... I keep forgetting that the new post won't be under My Topics! I missed last week entirely! Hope everyone is doing okay. As you can see - I was not! I had a bad cold and I think a bad attitude, and…

SW: 350 CW: 232.6. GW: 226 LTGW: 130 Weigh ins: Mondays 12/30/13=232.6 1/6/14= 230 1/13/14= 229 1/20/14= 228.2 1/31/14= 231 A bit late, sorry! But I was sick last Monday and didn't weigh until Friday, and ugh...! Gained nearly four pounds back because I was eating really badly. Weighed again today and was down .2 (that's…

I am really bad at looking at My Topics! Thanks for the well wishes. I just had a really bad cold. Seems to be going away now. I found some Nyquil at the corner store, and it really helped especially at night with keeping my nose from dripping and from getting a sinus headache like I had on Monday. I haven't weighed yet…

SW: 350 CW: 232.6. GW: 226 LTGW: 130 Weigh ins: Mondays 12/30/13=232.6 1/6/14= 230 1/13/14= 229 1/20/14= 228.2 1/27/14= My weigh in will be tomorrow - I have been sick for a week (just a horrid cold) and have not been able to go to the gym, which is where I weigh in. I have a scale at home, but the batteries are dead! My…

Definitely see a new doctor first. I have osteoarthritis in my right knee. I started at a gym doing the treadmill and recumbent bike. Since I have lost a lot of weight (actually 50 lbs more than my ticker shows as I had lost some before I started on MFP) that has helped tremendously but I had to start slow and work my way…

Aargh! now I have caught some bug and am sick again. Not really desperately badly, but I just keep thinking it's going to get worse. And unfortunately, I have fallen way off the ... no, let's rephrase that - I have jumped ONTO the food wagon and am snarfing my way through everything... sigh... On Friday I was down a pound…

I did weigh on the 21st but I don't think this post was started yet! So I'll repost it here: SW: 300 ( on MFP. I had lost 50 lbs before this) GW: 130 LW: 229 TW: 228.2 Change: -.8 Better than I thought! I thought for sure I would have been up 2 lbs as mid-week I WAS up 2! This week wasn't going in the right direction…

Thanks, wired! I am in Alberta. We HAD lots of crazy cold, but now are getting lovely warm weather. The piles of snow are diminishing, but not disappearing as they normally would because this year we got 3x the normal amount of snow in December. Except tomorrow is supposed to snow, of course that is because I have to drive…

SW: 350 CW: 232.6. GW: 226 LTGW: 130 Weigh ins: Mondays 12/30/13=232.6 1/6/14= 230 1/13/14= 229 1/20/14= 228.2 1/27/14= Well, not bad considering on Friday I was back up to 231! I weigh on Weds. and Fri. too, just to check that things are going in the right direction and so I can hopefully turn things around before the…

I was in this in November, when I got sidelined by an infection and wound up in hospital for two weeks! It was crazy. I was so sick, I don't think I really realized how bad I was until I got home and read up on sepsis! And I got a secondary infection (c. dif.) while I was in there, which is what kept me in hospital for…

Hello again. I forgot I had joined this group! I was posting up until the end of November, when I got an infection that landed me in hospital for two weeks! I had a UTI that I didn't know about. I know, how can you not know?! But apparently when you have diabetes, sometimes you don't feel all the symptoms. I felt a couple…

I have one friend who keeps telling me I am "wasting away to nothing!" I love her dearly, and I know she means well, but really, I weigh 229 lbs, still have about 100 to go, and am not likely to waste away for a very long time. I also feel it's an insult to those who truly are wasting away, from starvation or illness or…

Not really until a month ago when I landed in the hospital for 12 days with a major infection. I am over it now, and I DID lose 10 lbs in about 4 weeks because of it, so at least something good came out of it. So what's the setback you say? It's REALLY darned hard to have that happen just before the holidays, and to not be…

OW: 350 MFP SW: 300 LW: 243.6 TW: 242.8 Short term goal: 240 by Nov. 27 Avg Daily Steps: 4789 - see, this is where I usually am! My goal is 5100/day Total Distance: 12.38 Total Calories Burned: 15,257 As I thought on Monday, it WAS water retention - whew! Glad I realized that then, I wasn't in too much angst over it. Not…

Way to go Katjohn!! That's terrific.

SW: 350 CW: 246.6 GW: 239.6 LTGW: 130 Week 1: 11/04/13 = 245 - down 1.6! Week 2: 11/13/13 = 243.6 - down 1.4 for a total of -3 Week 3: 11/20/13 = 242.8 - down .8 for a total of -3.8 Week 4: 11/25/13 = . Week 5: 11/30/14 = Glad there's five weeks or I might not make my goal! I weighed on Monday and was up 4 lbs. I knew it…

That is great success, as you are maintaining. Maybe see what your mom has to say - LOL! She lit the fire before, maybe she can do it again!

Aaargh!! Similar thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago but it was a filling that came out. I thought I had cracked another tooth from the pain I was having! The dentist fixed it, but I still can't chew well there. She said it would take a while for it not to hurt so much, but I am thinking there is more wrong than…