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daviss477 CW: 241 CGW:225 Edited because I want to push myself harder :)

Before I started losing weight, I was probably between 200-300g per day of carbs... I KNEW I needed to get it down. I personally am a "all or nothing" kind of person so I followed an Atkins type diet for a month. It got me looking at EVERYTHING and really understanding how I felt on a lot of carbs. I didn't go above 20g…

Pretty much everyone in my family has smoked at one time or another. I've seen how hard it is to quit. Wishing you all of the luck in the world!

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Rosie: PLEASE do the Overeaters group! And get some help from your doctor. WLS is a very serious thing, not to be messed with lightly. And if you seriously think you have a binging disorder, it could kill you. Please consider everything before you commit to WLS. Please.

OK I reread the op and have something else: WLS is NOT for people with binge eating disorders!!! You could burst your stomach open or make your GB move (one of the complications...). I'm no doctor but I'd suggest a psychiatrist before WLS

I'm really sorry to say this (and it has to be different from the UK to the US) but at a 29 BMI you're hardly overweight, if at all (I HATE the BMI scale). Here you have to have a BMI of 40 or be 100+lbs overweight or have serious complications because of weight to be considered for the surgery. Also, if you REALLY want to…

I've lost 30lbs and went from a 22 to a 14/16 :)

I completely understand... I am that way with chips. Well not so much chips as ruffles sour cream and cheddar chips. OH MY GOD I love them. So does my boyfriend which means that they will be around (I tried asking him to leave that stuff out of the house but I felt like a jerk). So I had a conversation with him and we…

This actually makes me sad... I have been trying so hard to change my mindset (I've always considered myself a realist, come to realize I'm kind of pessimistic...) and I WANT to think like this. I'm trying SO HARD to think like this but I'm not there yet. But, like one of them said, small changes every day make big…

The only one that I have that other people would consider weird is dogs. I am so afraid of dogs.

Personality... Neither really do anything for me...

I did it for about a month and a half and lost 20lbs. I really think I lost the weight because I was full all of the time. I know at least some of it was water weight but it's still gone. And for the people who say it's not healthy, neither is being at 50% body fat. I went down about three points on the BMI scale while…

So so so so many things... I have 6 cats in my life (4 were at my Mom's when I lived at home but they still count!) Udderone: Last kitten left in a litter of 6 males and we ran out of names. We called him "the other one" for a couple months and it evolved into Udderone because we have cows lol anyway, he has arthritis and…

I grew up on a farm. I was never crazy active but there were things that HAD to be done (feeding the cows, harvesting the hay, chopping wood) and I would help with those things. I was a pretty chubby kid but I was a STRONG chubby kid. Then puberty hit and I was fine- big because of my muscles and genetics but not a whole…

This summer was my first one too! Although I don't look nearly as good as you lol I just decided that at the water park that I go to that there are fatter people wearing less. It made me feel better haha

An easier one: mozzarella cheese. Just that :) put it in a round pan cook it over med/high heat till you think it is burned (it isn't!). It's almost done when you can stick a spatula under it all the way. put your toppings on and let them heat through at the end. Dip in your favorite low carb pizza sauce and you have super…

Again, I really want to wish you good luck. I had to go through the whole birth control thing when I went on Depo. There are so many options and it's really overwhelming. None of them are really good for you. I ended up doing Depo because I can't do any estrogen (MIGRAINES!!!) and it was hard. So anyway, good luck!

I started Depo a couple years ago and gained about 15lbs. I've been on it ever since. I have lost 33lbs in three months... Like everything else, it just depends on you and your body. I've heard that a lot of women have trouble losing weight on it but once I told myself "I'm going to lose weight" I did. Questions like this…

33lbs down in less than 4 months eating, like everyone says, whatever I want in moderation :)

While I understand this, I don't know if I agree. Being tall is how you were genetically meant to be. Your body WANTS to be a good weight for your body type so if you are fat, it's pretty much your fault. It was all of the hours sitting at work, all of the delicious meals that you ate way too much of, all of the "one more…

I've been wondering the same thing... Sorry I'm no help!

For a larger snack (or you can cut it in half and save some for later) make a pizza! When I was doing low carb, I ate this at least a few times per week. It is SO GOOD and I didn't miss the crust! http://genaw.com/lowcarb/cheese_crust_pizza.html This site is GREAT for anything low carb. Take a look around!

So easy! I love it! Thanks for sharing :)

I've lost 32lbs so far and the thing that surprises me the most is that MY CLOTHES STILL FIT!!! I only have a couple articles that I can't wear anymore and by now I thought I would have a whole new wardrobe On the good side, I'm shocked at how I'm living without the white foods that I used to eat! I never thought I could…

I NEED to count calories. I have never watched what I ate and it left me 100lbs overweight. Before I started counting calories I would eat till I was over stuffed just because it tasted good. I had no idea how much I actually needed to live or how much I had to eat to feel satisfied. Now, I am learning how to listen to my…

Like people have said, do research and see what is best for you. A family member is looking at doing WLS and I went to an info meeting ran by a surgeon. He went over the kinds of surgery. He told us about lap band and it has the most complications and they go by the "1/3,1/3,1/3" rule. 1/3 lose a lot of weight, 1/3 lose a…

I'm sorry, but I didn't want the chain of "it's not real," "it's not real," "it's not real" that I've seen before :)

Thanks for the responses guys :) I'm was really scared about that! I have lost 30lbs since April and have heard about people stalling their weight loss after even a week of low calories... I was hoping that wasn't true and it sounds like it isn't :)

So is that a fat joke or are you saying that larger people can't be in starvation mode?