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Do whatever you have to to get out as fast as you can. Learn to love yourself as you are right now. If you don't know how, find someone to model it for you. Don't ever take the bate. It's always a trap. Find people who care about you. They are out there. There's no shame in facing the damage. Don't avoid it. Get the help…

Bump. I'm turning 44 next month. I've lost 87 pounds since March, but I have a total of 181 to lose. I've found that if I keep my intake around 1600, I keep losing. Sometimes I eat as much as 2000, but never under 1200. My body doesn't like it. I do weight training periodically and try to get in at least 20 to 30 minutes…

For me, it is very much a mental process. I've been obese most of my life and had my fair share of bad stuff to deal with. I ate to keep my anger down. I ate to stuff my fear. I ate to hide myself and how I really felt about most everything. I know how to lose weight. I get the process. The work is working with myself, my…

I haven't talked about this, but I started at 361 in March of this year. I'm not at the weight you are, but I know how it feels to be trapped by my body. I know what it feels like to wonder if there is any use for me to be here. I'm 43. I'll be 44 in a month. In March, I wondered if it was all too late. Please know it is…

Had a sucky childhood. Ate to not feel. Hard to disconnect from that when it starts that early. But I'm changing it now.

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I hadn't seen this thread before. It came up in my mini-feed on my main page. This is pretty cool. I know you guys don't know me yet, but I'll be around.

I have a total of 180 pounds to lose. I've lost 70 so far. Everyone here is right. You have help yourself, but if you have questions or need another MFP friend, add me.

Thanks guys, Today, I started dropping the increased weight. The other element in all this is with getting older, my female considerations are becoming a little unpredictable. I do weigh and measure all my food, but as you can see, I don't always eat the best. Sugar and salt are difficult for me to stay under. Also, upping…

Hi, I'm Lenore. I'm 43, and I started taking weightloss seriously in March when I topped out at 361. MFP has been the lynch pin in my ability to keep up this weight loss. I have lost 69 pounds so far and have a very long way to go. I found out in my 20s that weight training is very good for me, like magic bullet good. My…

When I reach my goal weight, I'm going to buy a black cat suit with a leather bustier and buckles everywhere. I'm going to buy thigh high black leather boots and black leather elbow length gloves. Then my husband will call me Mistress Lenore and all will bow down before me and tremble....or I'll just vacuum the living…

Thanks man, I think that's just what I needed. I've been obsessed with so many negatives. I am really stasrting to feel my age and how much damage I've done to my body over the years, but every negative I come up against, I find I'm blowing the typical stats out of the water. The only thing I have not picked back up is…

I'm a singer first and then a pretty bad actress, but my comedic timing is dead on. I'm good with character roles. I'd love to get a shot at Mame one day or the wife in Fiddler or the old lady in A Little Night Music. I love funny parts.

Yes, I feel it too. I know if I were a pretty young thing, gigging would be easier and finding a band would be easier. I won't even touch theater (I'm talking local amateur theater) until I lose another 50 pounds. I don't aspire to national fame or anything. I do believe there is a place for me here, locally. I'll find it.

I'm getting excited about my prospects. I've lost 61 pounds. I can move better. I'm never going to be a dancer again, but that option was taken out with a bad car accident and a busted ankle. However, when I lose 50 more pounds, I'm going to start auditioning for local theater stuff. I'm old enough now that I can take on…

That is amazing!! You have done so well. Thank you for sharing. Thanks for being so supportive and this great example of continuing to reach for our goals. By the way, your picture is great. You can see how happy you are.

You sound really panicked and frustrated. I get it. You've worked hard to get here and you don't want to mess it up. The others talking here are right. Eyeballing your food is not helping you at all. I was never an advocate of weighing and measuring. I thought it was too restrictive. Then one day I wanted to see what a cup…

Nerves are not necessarily a bad thing so long as it doesn't prevent you from performing. A little anxiety actually heightens your senses and awareness and can give you a little boost that sharpens your performance. I tend to be nervous until I make a mistake. No one really knows their mistakes unless it goes wildly wrong…

No one has really noticed my loss. I can't see a change either, but I'm in this body every day. I have soooo much weight to lose. My clothes are looser, but at my size, I was wearing them loose anyway. I think if I were shorter and my weight were more concentrated to one area, it might be more noticeable. It's nice when…

MartySG, You've given me something to chew on. I hate auditioning. I feel like they are judging me as a person rather than determining if I'm right for the part. I LOVE musical theater. I haven't auditioned in years for anything because it's so painful, but I've been hurting all this time because performance is my life…

I've started by refusing to call this my diet. This is my way of life. If I call it a diet, it sort of denotes that it will end at some point. My food may have to change, but this is my way of life now. What I do: Stay within my calorie goal. Exercise 3 or more times a week (soon I'll be adding weights back in once we move…

Thanks for the support guys. Soldier4242 I do enjoy the applaus. I didn't mean to sound like I wish everyone would just set and emote at me. Thank you for that good list of unconventionals. It made me think. Really, I won't know what will happen until I do something. I'm a ways off from that, but I keep taking the next…

I hope it's ok for me to join this. I am seriously obese. I have never been thin, but I've been performance presentable before. I got my college degree in vocal performance from a pretty good school, but I've done little with it due to weight and health issues. I miss performing. I miss connecting with an audience. I'm 43…

I agree. Polar is the way to go, and the cals burned festure on thr FT4 is well worth the money.

I'll try and friend request if I can figure it out. I'm new too and have more than 100 to lose. Lenore