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I forgot exactly where I learned this so sorry to whomever I'm not giving credit to but, for meats and fish a good measure is to approximate the size and thickness of your hand (minus fingers and thumb) is approx. 6 ounces. Hope this helps :)

Thank you for sharing your story :). I'm one week into my journey and found it a motivating read! I am so proud of you and all the challenges you have overcome to get off so much weight within a year. Thanks for being an inspiration. I hope to share in your success a year from now.

Wow I totally had not heard that before, about you body taking 2 years to get used to the new size. Thanks for sharing that, I must keep that in mind so I don't ease up too soon after reaching my goal. Do you ever really get to ease up?

Ah my thyroid and I rarely see eye to eye... some years my meds have to be elevated twice to get my levels right and other times I can go two years without having to raise my med levels and when I have to raise them and have been working hard to drop a few pounds sometimes I feel like it was wasted effort for a bit, like…

Well I guess there is no time like the present to figure out where you want to land and the best path to get you there. If you've been dealing with this for a decade then I suppose a few more nights won't break you :wink: . Start checking around on rent for apartments close to school, maybe you could afford a studio or…

Sometimes really crappy stuff happens to us, and we get an opportunity to grow from it. I understand that you love both your parents and you've tried to nicely speak to them about the fighting and being caught in the middle and it didn't work out very well. It seems like because of this you're hesitant or maybe even…

Hello “emotional eater”, I feel your pain. I can say the same thing about myself and to be completely honest, I am also a food addict. There just wasn’t anything in my life that food didn’t comfort me through, make more manageable or completely distract me from until now. Health issues are forcing me to be a better steward…

Hello there neighbor :happy: . I see this post is inactive but if you're still fighting the good fight I'd love to connect so we can keep each other motivated. I just started this week so I'm trying to setup some good connections to help with motivation.