melkhamilton

^ Thank you, going to watch that now.

"Cops" makes me cry... :p I just can not watch that show. Seeing these guys (usually it's guys, isn't it? I never seem to see women taken down on the commercials) being thrown onto the ground and pinned down while they scream, knowing they have thrown their lives away...drunk people who are about to puke...many are…

Oh girlfriend, do NOT be jealous. Most of these husbands say they have a fat fetish (sometimes they specifically say that; other times, just that they "like big women") and tell the women they're going to leave when the woman is no longer fat enough for them...and others admit they wanted to be a caretaker and have a wife…

I fully believe that Penny wants to remain disabled. I don't know what's causing this desire, but it must be pretty deep-seated. Perhaps she can no longer imagine an "able" life and it terrifies her. Perhaps she fears that once the weight comes off, people will expect more of her - she'll have to get, and somehow keep, a…

Jestina, that was Melissa. :) Of the entire group put together, I personally feel she and Henry had the best attitudes toward the surgery. Though they were not without their problems, but I don't know anyone who has no problems at all. ETA: Holy carp but I wrote a book here! Sorry! Anyway, here you all go... **** This show…

Has anyone else noticed that the doctor seems to be really short-tempered with the patients this season as compared to last season? (With the exception of Penny; I'd have been short-tempered myself...in fact I had a fleeting fantasy of jumping through the television set and kicking her.) But it seems like he was really…

Jestina, at the beginning of the show it said that 5% (or fewer than 5%? Can't remember exactly) of these procedures work long-term. I'm actually shocked, based on that, that any insurance companies cover it. I always wonder where the money comes from for these people to have the surgery. It is NOT a cheap procedure and…

I hope he got the weight off again - I thought I heard an update at one point that he did? Not sure, though. It was just something I read briefly somewhere. Good luck and good health to him.

Okay, so, that said... 1. Yes, they have people bring them their food. There is no other way they could get that large and that disabled otherwise, as the majority of them (as far as I've seen) are physically unable to get their own food. Often, in families of super-obese people (and you'll notice that there are generally…

What an absolutely mean way to reply to the poster. I always wonder how cowardly some people are that they have to wait until they can get their rocks off snipping at and attempting to hurt other people anonymously. The armchair-psych part of me is a little bit fascinated in what's behind that and how helpless a person's…

Carbs ARE the devil...for SOME people. ;) Not all. And that's generally the only rule of health and weightloss: that there IS no one rule for everyone. For me, carbs make my eyes go blurry, my blood sugar shoot up and my thyroid cranky. But obviously that's not true for everyone. Carbs from whole sources are definitely not…

When I was moderate-carbing, I'd get a mocha skinny latte. 80 calories and amazingly good, it's like grown-up chocolate milk. Right now what I love is iced decaf with a little heavy cream and sugar-free vanilla. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm. With 1 oz. cream I'm guessing it's 100 calories.

Water retention can be caused by so many things. I found I bloat up horribly with wheat, so now I'm wheat-free. Drinking more always took days for me (for the bloating to go down), during which time I'd eaten more wheat anyway...it was only by inadvertently going wheat-free due to LCing that I discovered those were the…

I low-carb and I LOVE chocolate! A 5-gram-carbs square of dark chocolate is divine and easily fits into my day.

I used kids as my excuse for YEARS. (Not saying you're making excuses, just pointing out my situation.) In reality, it's amazingly easy to be active with kids. Swing your baby around (carefully and safely). Take her for walks in her stroller. Sit her on her blanket next to you and do a workout, even a 10-minute one. Get…

Hi! :) I'm 46 and actually found my weight loss slowed down in my late 30s. You're not alone!

I'm guessing if it's going to "work" it will do so immediately. The stimulation effects should begin as soon as you take the pill. And that's what's doing the "work," the stimulation (AFAIK). As far as how soon after that you lose weight, well, that's the million-dollar question because everyone loses weight at different…

Here's the thing: you think people are looking at you and wondering those things, but the truth is, in any given conversation we are focused on ourselves 80% and the other person only 20% (or at least that's what I've read). So no, they're probably not thinking that, except perhaps fleetingly. Most people are more worried…

What got me started, actually, was that I got sick. I went severely hypothyroid five years ago, then last year I was told I had high fasting blood glucose by my doctor, and then I just...tanked. This whole past year I've been exhausted. I "thought" I wanted to lose weight but weirdly, none of the vanity motivations, which…

Good point. I think it's the culture of "immediate results" that is a huge turn-off here (and justifiably so.) Do diet pills work? Yes. Do they work long term? Heck no! I say the safest way is to try the gentle herbal ones to give you a push in the beginning of your weight loss plan, but you MUST change your lifestyle,…

I Zumba to The Beatles, so technically, yeah!