VioletNightshade

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  • I can relate to that a lot, too. What I've done is made myself a little chart (I call it "My Special Snowflake Chart" because I use a snowflake sticker to track my progress) that shows how far I've come at a glance. Every time I lose a pound, the snowflake goes to the next little box, marching towards the ultimate goal.…
  • I also intend to be here for the long haul. I've lost 42 pounds so far (16 since I found MFP) and I don't intend on giving up any time soon.
  • After work, when I'm getting ready for bed, I decide what I'm going to have the next day and log it. Sometimes I end up changing it, but if I change it, I update my logs prior to eating to make sure I'm within my limits. I also make and pack my lunch and snacks for the next day. Cold stuff goes in a specific spot in the…
  • Me! I've a pretty intense phobia which gets triggered fairly regularly (phobia pretty much is anxiety, and when a passing suggestion that a spider could, theoretically, be on me can send me into a full blown anxiety attack with shaking, hyperventilation and feeling like I'm covered in little eight legged abominations until…
  • People say the same thing to me. My goal is 130 (I'm 5'6) and people tell me, when they find out I'm currently around 215, that 130 is WAY way too skinny and, as one person phrased it, "You're gonna look like Isabelle Caro in her No-Anorexia ads, dude. That's too skinny for you." If you don't know who Isabelle Caro was,…
  • I weigh whenever I think I may have lost a little bit. For the past few weeks, that's been every few days and sometimes every day.
  • I'm around 215 and 5'6 on the nose. Do I count? I'd like to get to 200 in about two to three months. Ultimate goal is around 130-150, and would like to get there a little after my birthday next year (which is in June). I could also use some accountability :)
  • Caution: You are about to enter... The Morbid Zone... Sure... The average adult weighs under ten pounds after cremation... cremation takes less than four months... Assuming the woman in question weighs more than 110 pounds, the weight difference would be normal. Congratulations!! You are now leaving The Morbid Zone! We…
  • Wow... It's the funniest things that motivate us sometimes... funny strange not funny "ha ha." I never would've thought of that as one of those every-day things that gets hindered because of our weight. I'm so sorry you went through that so many years ago, and I'm sorry the other woman went through it this week. Even if no…
  • I used to do that as well. I still do to an extent (but this time I have measures in place to help control the binges) Deep down, I think I'm afraid of what life's going to be like "thin," since I haven't been that way in so many years.
  • "If you're going to do this, do it for you." I'm used to doing things for other people and putting everyone else before myself, and putting myself last, supposing I make the list at all. This is the first thing I've ever done completely and solely for myself.
  • The physical sensation to me is kind of odd. It almost feels like a dull pull. It gets stronger as time wears on and it lets up after I've eaten a certain amount. I'm trying to get used to the feeling as I don't really eat any more to the point where that entirely goes away. It's unpleasant, but I consider being my former…
  • I don't, mostly because I don't need any more reasons to feel hellish and awful during shark week.
  • My personal motivation came from me. I woke up one day and started doing research on food, watched every documentary I could find (except for vegan propaganda ones. I can't watch animals being abused or killed) on food and the like. Then I devised a plan. I got tired of hating what I saw in the mirror and hating how I feel…
  • You have to keep in mind that a lot of models do crazy things in preparation for shows. Dangerous cleanses, wraps, living off of laxatives and water, eating nothing but apples for a couple of weeks etc etc etc. What you see on the runways isn't how they look every day. Now that that's out of the way, a lof of models do…
  • My grandmother read it and tried it for about... two days. It's very labour intensive and she said it was the worst food she's ever tried. I'm STILL trying to use up some of the bs they had her buy. I've found uses for some of it, but what I'm going to do with ground hemp seed, I have no idea.
  • About three inches past tailbone with the last about four inches in very, very faded black, which faded just about to my natural, but a bit more reddish. The rest is my natural colour, completely virgin with layers starting about seven inches above the ends. I also have whispy fringe which is either styled straight down…
  • I tend to try to get closer to people who have a trait I admire instead of pushing them away. I feel I have something I may be able to learn from them. On the other hand, I hate competition. Not in the "I'll destroy my competition because I must win" sort of way, but in the "I don't understand the concept of competition,…
  • One thing that helps me planning ahead is cooking ahead of time and packaging things up in portions in the fridge and freezer. It makes it very easy to say "well, I have lots of chili this week, so, chili for lunch tomorrow, dinner the next day and lunch the day after" and mix it up during other meals. It's lovely because…
  • This is going to sound strange, but start a garden. Pick things like squash and peppers if you live in an area that can handle them. There's something about having a hand in their coming to be that creates a bond with it. After that, make things like veggie chili. It doesn't taste like a bowl of vegetables, but it is. When…
  • I ate an ant out of curiosity when I was seven, but I don't think that counts. Other than that, no, I would not. Even before having given up all meat in its entirety, I would not have tried insects. I've squished so many, the idea of putting one in my mouth thoroughly grosses me out. And, no, I wouldn't recommend ants...
  • You might. I'm in the same boat with you. I was 260, down to 219, and it recently hit me that loose skin might be a very real thing for me on my torso. I'm considering trying getting some of those bandages they use for sprains, putting skin firming creme on, binding my torso, and just resigning myself to sleeping with that…
  • I love to cook, too. My tracker says 15 pounds lost, but I lost 30 before joining MFP, eating much the way I do now. What I'm doing is making this a fun new experience for myself and taking this opportunity to compile a recipe book that reflects my new lifestyle. To me, it's incredibly important that the food tastes good.…
  • Feel free to add me! I'm on pretty much every day and am working on getting rid of around 85+ pounds. :)
  • They most likely still think of you as being bigger, so it's an adjustment for them, too. While, yes, on one hand, their behaviour is crappy, on the other, they aren't experiencing your weight loss on the same level you are. They aren't there with you every day, at every meal, in your head making your decisions with you.…
  • Never tried WW, but I watched my aunts, mother and grandmother struggle with their weight all my life, and all of them have at one point joined and lost some and then gained all of it back with WW. After watching all of them, I decided it likely wasn't for me, especially since the whole point system seemed a bit gimmicky…
  • Current: 220 End of August goal: 210 Personal challenge: Stay within calorie goal every day this month with no binging and no 'secret snacking' that I don't log.
  • Fresh: avocado strawberries lettuce squash zucchini Refrigerated: pesto cut pineapple rice noodles cut onion eggwhites herb pizza dough Frozen: asparagus (grilled) broccoli brussels sprouts jasmine rice mixed grilled peppers and onions vegetable gyoza Dried / dry-packaged: mini bowtie pasta chile and onion tortillas cereal…
  • It took me a long time to get to 260. I know it's going to take me a long time to lose literally one half of my previous body weight. It's going to take a lot of work and a lot of time. It'll take effort, change, perseverance and an optimistic attitude. I know there will be set-backs (I had one this week, but I'm past it,…
  • I don't bother weighing during 'shark week' or the week after, because I'm known to binge during. I'm anemic and when it hits, I start eating everything in sight. The week of, it's pointless. I know I'm going to go over my limit. I just will. The week after, I'm fixing the damage done, and then I weigh the week after that,…
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