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I find when I'm hungry I get my hands busy and chew or suck on a piece of ice. It really helps! I am the same way about the eating, I stress get emotional or bored, so I started subbing out the food for ice or zero calorie gum it helps. Pick up a hobby that will help with it as well. I cross stitch to help.

I've been there! I made the decision awhile ago, and it's my grandmother who puts me down even though I am losing weight, it's not fast enough, or I'm not doing it right according to her. She depressed me so much that I fell off my track and now I'm trying to pick myself up again and surrounding myself by only people who…

Thanks!! I'm pretty non movement type of person because it hurts to walk for any length of time and found more and more weight comes off the less it hurtw!!

I know! It sucks so much but I was told to take some pill to help with water retention but I can't remember what it was. Oh well, I will just keep going forward. Winter is when I stop with the water retention but summer it is there.

1800 calories a day? Wow, I'm 282 and I only get 1600 a day because I have so much to loose. It could be also that you are working out to much? I know that sounds weird but it is possible. I do hope you get off the stuck spot and able to move downwards towards your goal. Good luck! Feel free to add me if you ever need…

There is a bunch of exercises you can do while sitting! I have nerve damage in one leg so running is out for me and I don't have alot of money so I can't afford a gym. I do leg lifts, curls, a little walking every day, and clean...I'm a bit of a neat freak so alot of my burn of calories is just me hardcore cleaning!

This time is different because I have for the first time ever LOADS of support. Not only at home now with my husband and family but here. Thanks to all of you it has helped. I know I haven't lost much yet but I had to get a new swimsuit this year and was able to get one a size 20 instead of the size 24 which is where I…

I'm so with you! I found some great ways to exercise, get stuff done, and have fun! I think as long as we are having fun it helps to drop the weight faster than just watching what we eat. Feel free to add me if you don't get a friend request from me. I started at 288 and my motivation is a swim suit from when I was 16 and…

This site opens as soon as my internet browser opens! I LOVE MFP. Thanks to this place I finally am getting around to getting this weight off!!

Yep, I'm here to help

I have horrible low self-esteem. Thanks to the people here and my family support I have risen above that. Here's something I did that helps and I still do it to this day. I look in the mirror and pick one thing about myself (somedays its far harder to do than others) and say I love this about me. I am pretty because of…

Snacking will be the hardest for me, but I am trying to switch it up with stuff that is low to no calorie and perhaps my hobbies will help. I just started Cross stitching, painting model figs for my husband and brother (They play Warhammer 40k.) and my favorite hobby though is coloring in coloring books. Hoping to use that…

I'm 288 and working towards weighing 175. I'm in that range you hope to have friends with!

Thank you all so much! I can feel so much love and support from this group!! I am so glad I joined! I will post monthly pictures though, I found doing my normal housework is considered a workout by my doctor and he suggested if I am determined to go to my local gym 2 to 3 times a week and either walk on their treadmill or…

Thank ou for the advice. I plan on buying lots of veggies and fruit to help with my snacking. I'm a house-wife because of my leg I can't work. So I find myself snacking on whatever happens to be around. So I'm hoping if I find veggies in my fridge I will eat it over having a piece of candy. I have the goal of getting the…

You're right. If we want it to happen we have to make it happen. The support here is great but its when we are at home that it will be hard! I just texted my husband and he is going to get me a gym membership this friday and help me work out

It will be tough I have 113 to lose to get healthy. Mini goals are great way to help you feel like you are meeting them when you pass that weight. I understand about the injury, I have nerve death in most of my body due to an accident a few years ago. There is some days where I cannot get out of bed, but I found a few…

Thank you all for the support! I am going to be talking to my husband when he gets home.I know he said he wanted to lose weight so perhaps he could help me. I will be going through the success stories to help boost my motivation. My apartment complex has a pool that will be opening in like a week and a couple of my friends…

I am with you. I am just starting on my weight loss journey and looking for someone to talk to when things seem grey to boost me up and I in turn do the same.