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This! For some reason, I'm not in a mood to purge today. So I went for the flippant approach, but yes, families are the cruelest. So many sympathies for the verbal and emotional abuse others have endured, but you can rest assured, if it wasn't your weight, they'd find something else to call you names about it. Maybe that…

^ This & That ^ You CAN lose weight AND eat restaurant pizza. Calories in & Calories out, anyone who tells you different is trying to sell you something. And, it's easy as heck to log! If in doubt, really, just treat 1 large slice of pizza (1/8th of the pizza) with toppings as 300 calories and move on. Are you just making…

Just wondering, because ya know, logic says yes, but I've yet to read it anywhere on the forums. It might be there; I just haven't seen it personally. Doesn't the fact that someone who is very obese, like me, hi there! -- trying to lose 100+ pounds, is moving more weight than the average sized person, doing cardio is also…

I lost weight on bc, but I have hormone issues (PCOS / borderline hypothyroid). I started gaining weight again without birth control turning off my ovaries. However, a weekly calorie deficit and my weekly exercise goal is taking care of that. "The Pill" puts hormones in your body, so ya that can affect how your body wants…

Amazing! You look great!

Grats on losing the 130lbs and keeping it off! I'd go with the eat enough dinner so you're not sick with hunger tonight and then balance out your calories later in the week. Definitely go for filling choices though and add in more water.

I've seen this issue debated, some people think it's for real, some people think it's silly -- but for your consideration, here it is: Lose ~5 lbs more than your healthy goal weight because when you switch to maintenance your body will rebuild it's glycogen stores and you could gain ~5 lbs before you level off. “The…

This is why I watch the cooking channel. It's like porn for fat people. Oh yeah, some of them are about 'healthy options', but most of them are just about making delicious food! YUMZ IIFYM - If It Fits Your Macros is a nice way to eat some of what you want :) I use: IIFIYM - If It Fits In Your Mouth. It's a great way to…

Definitely log it! Slow walking, fast walking, aerobic walking, I log it all. I don't necessarily trust pedometers, especially arm or wrist band ones, they'll log steps when you're standing still because your arm moved. I trust my general speed/intensity estimate and the time of the activity, that's it. But, I do not eat…

That's wonderful! Great work!

^THIS That's what has you bloated right now. Sodium takes lots of water (or tea mmmm tea!) and a couple days to flush out. I had three high sodium days in a row this week, two days and lots of water later, I'm finally dropping some of the bloat. It's the biomass from the large meal and water weight more than the calories…

My mom's generation: Spock dying in the Wrath of Khan Literally, the ENTIRE theater was crying My childhood: Bambi's mom - every child was crying, every parent was looking at the screen in shock and dismay, shizz just got real and now their children are sobbing, and then there's a fire, and what the hell is going on, MOM?!…

I bring my breakfast and lunch to work every day. I bring things like raw almonds, string cheese, sourdough bread, nature valley protein bars, green apple slices, fiber one 90 calorie brownies or lemon bars, quaker oat bars, sandwiches, fig bars, seaweed peanuts (I love seaweed), energy squares, dried fruit, greek yogurt,…

I don't know if this is the intensity you're looking for but I like the Leslie Sansone - Walk at Home dvds, basic step youtube work outs, and Sunrise & Sunset Tai Chi with Ramel Rones. I go for work outs that are easy on the joints because I have a lot of weight and I'm not a youngin' anymore. Burpees et al. are NOT for…

yay!

I was in a horrible car crash in 1997. I was in a Chevy Suburban and walked away, severly beat up, but walking while the compact car that came across the double yellow because the driver passed out did not do as well. She was really hurt. After the doctor visit and x-rays showing that all the muscels along my spine had…

The saying 'slow and steady wins the race' is based on the morale of the story for Aesop's Fable the Tortoise and the Hare, which is the idea that the people who try to rush things screw up. Now, you're talking about how it's a myth for weight loss because people who lose weight often re-gain weight. But, I do not think…

THIS THIS THIS! This OP is also the BFF for the girl who posts pictures of herself, demanding that you tell her that her body type is HOURGLASS or that her waist is TINY! AND that's she's pretty! And she will spew the venom drama at anyone who does not praise her or who points out that her body type is genetic. (i.e., she…

Now I have to buy peanut butter from peanut butter & co, which I've never ever heard of before. THANKS GUYZ

I'm not reluctant to exercise. The title is a misnomer. Honestly, unless you've been verbally teased, bullied, or physically manhandled for being fat, you don't get to tell us we're wrong for wanting to avoid people and avoid unwanted attention. I work out at home. I don't have any inclination to pay money to have people…

Don't try to do anything weird imo, but avoid oily / greasy foods if you can. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. My sister was 7 mos pregnant and one night was CRAVING a triple pepperoni pizza. Her DH bought the pizza for dinner, and that night she woke up in agony. She was hospitalized and her gallbladder was removed. Then…

Wow on the 20"! All liquid diets are a temporary thing. As OdesAngel suggested, start counting the calories. Add up how many calories you've been drinking everyday (hopefully it's near your BMR) and try to eat that much each day. You may gain some 'food weight' and 'water weight' as in, there's going to be actual food…

Things you CAN control: sleep deprivation AND stress We can make time to sleep more. And sleeping more will reduce our stress reaction. I don't believe in Starvation Mode stopping you from losing weight I do believe in Stupid Mode damaging your health while you try to lose weight No, I'm not calling you stupid. I don't…

I drink unsweetened, vanilla almond / coconut milk because it tastes awesome, and it's not going to hit me up with phyto-estrogens or moo-estrogens! I have too much estrogen. Also, the shelf life is great. I cannot finish regular milk containers before they expire. I can finish a container of almond/coconut milk within two…

I say do what you need to do for you. But, geez, I still think it's a little better than the other side. My sister is the first one to snap something away with a sneer and howl of, 'YOU CAN"T HAVE THAT!" :grumble: Girl please, you don't know what I can or can't have or what I've already planned into my meals for the day.…

I love me some Coke Zero! YUMZ! Tea is my caffine of choice, but when I'm heading to work and I know I'm dragging and facing a long day of teaching, then meetings, and then meetings about the meetings or a glorious 'back to school night', I always pack a coke zero in my lunch bag. It makes me happy on bad days. ^_^

At 290 (according to your profile) you should still be losing, no problem, with 2k calories per day, even if you're not doing any exercise, as another poster pointed out. Even by just cutting 500 calories a day, you could shed a couple pounds per week because when you have ~100 pounds to lose, like me, it just comes off…

I tried the magic water diet once. I knew some people in college who swore by it, one was a retired french fashion model, who was going to school in the US, don't laugh, she really was a french fashion model (not just on the internetz - bonjour!). And yes fashion models will do anything to shed quick water bloat, but I did…

^This!

Well done! You look fantastic! I think you're messages was clear. Women do not HAVE TO eat 1200 for success. A woman can eat 1200 and still be healthy and safe, as long as she is not over-training, but the point is you don't have to. Everyone's metabolism isn't that different. And I have a legitimate metabolic disorder,…