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The other people at the pool came to work out, not to gawk at you. People who think they are miraculously slimmer in street clothes are wrong. You are the size you are and people see that regardless of what you are wearing. Jump into the swimwear, strut yourself over to the water proudly knowing that in a relatively short…

Sometimes just due to life and running I find myself quite short at the end of the day. If I've just (finally) eaten and am not hungry I just call it a day and go to bed. If it's earlier or I still want a little nosh... well then at the very bottom of my freezer is a delicious cheesecake I bought last Feb. I dig that puppy…

My gym is an annex to the local hospital. When I first joined I was a bit appalled by the "thickness" of some of the bodies in there. I have now learned that the vast majority of the heavier (and OLDER) people are not fitness instructors but RN's (cardio rehab), and office workers. However, I was 350 lbs when I joined and…

That 30 calorie almond milk is awesome for shakes and smoothies. Feel free to check my diary, I started at close to your weight (unfortunately so NOT your height), but have been pretty steadily losing about 10 lbs a month for the past 14 months and I eat normal everyday people food and believe in MANY treats so I don't go…

I live near Raleigh where women who run alone are later referred to as "the victim" , "the rape victim", "the robbery victim", "the bloody corpse", or "the deceased". I would suggest not doing it around here. In your state I would say probably ok, but to be on the safe side, I'd up the life insurance and carry a weapon.

If you are a fit and healthy person at your desired weight, eat the calories back. However, if you are trying to lose weight and you feel full and satisfied with what you consumed today then don't eat them back. Estimating calorie burn is a tricky tricky deal.

You are welcome to add my M&M snarfing self, or simply view my boring ole diary. I'm right in there every day.

If you're really that height and weight, working out and living on 700 calories or less a day, you need much more help than the people here can give you. I'm not being ugly, but you need to seek professional help before your health is permanently ruined. Much luck to you

My Dr. forbids me to eat the calories burned because almost everything overestimates them. If your goal is to lose and you're not absolutely dragging butt for days then don't eat them back. My new HRM shows I burn approximately 1/3 of what MFP said I burnt. Eating back those calories would be devastating to the whole…

Don't diet. No no no! Eat what you want within your calorie guide and do it forever. Most people regain if they diet, change habits instead.

I have been told to consume sugarless candies for thirst because of water restriction for kidney failure. I have found that your mouth can't do too much more damage when you've got one of those 5 calorie Hall's vitamin C drops in there. Keep your mouth busy with those, or even a large lollipop.

You have 2 young kids and wifey is home all day with them and still doesn't cook? I would have a few words about that. But seriously, your base will have a Health and Wellness clinic. Get a referral and get her in there. Then teach her to turn the oven on and shove some chicken in there.

Welcome to bacon. Mmmm bacon

I was so fat I could barely walk, used a cane and scooter. Went to hydro therapy for my knee. Joined a gym with a pool. In 13 months I have dumped 130 lbs and I'm ooooooooooold. Working out in water gives you 12x the resistance of working on land. Swimming keeps all the pressure off your joints. If you need a new gym, find…

When I was eating the wrong foods, I was always ravenous and could not feel full unless I ate myself sick. Gained a few zillion lbs, got diabetes. When I started watching it and eating relatively healthy (hey a girl still loves a treat) I found I was actually full on much less. I have extreme difficultly eating my allotted…

I did hate exercise, everything hurt except swimming. After aqua therapy I joined a gym with a pool and swam and did water aerobics until I was down over 100 lbs in a year. And then......had some surgery, got MRSA and had to stay out of the water. The dreaded exercise bug had done bit me, and so I had to find something…

Frogg towel, clean bra and chonies, suction goggles, spray vaseline lotion, pitt juice, shampoo, conditioner, vitamin C spray, soap, scrubby, chapstick thing, tunes, headphones, eyeglass case filled with power bar (squish-proof), heart rate monitor and wrist band, bag for wet swim suit, pool shoes, flippers, water bottle,…

Metformin can be very helpful for weight loss because it is known to cause severe bouts of constant diarrhea. It is a drug for diabetes and is very harmful to your kidneys. Take it if you must for control of diabetes (or "insulin resistance"), but get your weight under control through diet and exercise and get rid of that…

I started Aqua Zumba at 330 lbs. Because I felt so big oafish and clumsy, I started secretly doing land mammal zumba with You Tube videos in the privacy of my own home. Also I selected a playlist that does not have a lot of jumping because of bad knees and ankles. Everybody is awkward and clumsy at first, just keep going…

I'm not the least bit jealous. I was morbidly obese a year ago, when I joined here. I'm now just fat but buying my clothes in the regular stores. It simply took watching what I eat and doing some exercise. Those that do the surgery do weeks of liquid diets and vomiting. Plus, I hate to say this, when they finish their…

If that is your face in the photo you don't have to worry that no one will want you. Welcome to MFP, and while you feel like you love that arseclown that just dumped you, ask why? Do you really want such a shallow loser in your life. Read the success stories here, come join us, be one of us. Get your life together, and in…

I just KNOW that Gisele Bundchen stole the legs I was meant to be born with!! Curses!

Proud to be a member of this club! In general weighed measured and opted for much healthier overall choices. That being said, I "treated" myself well and often with chocolate, candy, chips, and those sugary protein bars, as long as it fit within my calorie goals. I still have about 100 lbs to lose, and things have slowed…

Sorry if this is a duplicate message, I didn't read all the responses, seems to me there is a lot of hate. Peanut butter on romaine? Not sure how kid friendly that is. Lately I've been making "fake" tortilla from rounds of jicama cut on a mandoin

I too have/had a mountain to climb and it was so hard in the beginning. Yes the scale went down, but slowly slowly. But now it's a year later, plus a couple of weeks. I believe at my year mark I was down 123 lbs. I am still overweight, but I am not morbidly obese. I now shop at regular stores, and most recently not in the…

http://www.bobsredmill.com/recipes.php?recipe=1516 here is a recipe for hemp burgers. I haven't tried it, but it does have pretty good reviews

I don't log the sugarless candies I suck on since I am on fluid restriction. I don't log my water so I don't see how much I am over my fluid restriction. And I don't log if I have a bite of something somebody else is eating or a food sample.

My goto is an egg beater nuked with salsa added Takes 1 minute. Lately I've been on a cleanse and it has protein shakes. I am lazy and not too efficient in the morning. I have a cheap knockoff bullet blender. I mix my milk, nuts, seeds and spices at night, screw the lid on give it a whirl and rest it overnight in the…

My gym has a strict no tobacco on campus policy, which it pretty well enforces. That being said, there was this tiny tiny girl in one of my swim classes who always carried this HUGE bag with her instead of using a locker. I noticed before classes she hugged that puppy like it was a child just found. One day I noticed the…

I just recently had a surgery that kept me from working out. This far into the weight loss, that was depressing. Then I got an infection that kept me from doing any exercise, because all my energy and calories had to be devoted to the healing. That made me horribly depressed, but I basically just decided that I WILL get…