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Oh yah the waste line has gone down dramatically at least 2 sizes...but, it's the part above the waste that's still fat. Like a balloon and it's almost the size it was when I started dieting but, it has come down some because I have ugly hanging skin now there but it's still rather big. I can't keep my pants up now without…

Seriously; any kind of exertion starts up this pain in my chest. I can walk to the bathroom and it happens. Believe me I want to do situps to try to flatten my stomach but the pain just won't let me do anything but sit in this chair all day; everyday till I die probably.

My dr. told me to eat avacados AND banana's which I have been doing and of course the weight is falling off but not the pooching stomach. Another dr. said it was some kind of hernia, have my guts fallen out of their lining? I love avacados with lemon. Something about an anti something that eats away fat in them. All this…

I would exercise and workout if I could but I have some kind of heart condition if I move or exertmyself I get a strange pain in my chest and back. No numbness in the left arm. Just pangs. I forget what it's called but it's not like a heart attack because the symptons are the same whenever it happens. If feels like I ran…

That's what I get I guess for marrying a cajun woman who cooked jumbalia a lot and I loved it. 60lbs too much :)

thanks for replies I guess I'll cope; 170 is my goal now at 1/2lb a week. Guess well see what i look like then but I don't think 10 more pounds is gonna make me look any better. Guess I need to eat more avacados :)

I'm 5'7 and maybe a half and my stomach has never made the move to get flatter. All my other extremeties have gotten smaller like my arms and legs and I have no butt. lol I'm 62 male maybe that's it. Worked so hard to lose these pounds and really got no results I was after :(

That you can lose weight eating the "right" tv dinners. :) Oh and for bread lovers. Wonder Bread has an excellent low cal low sodium one out. White Wheat I think it's called. It's 60 cal still but only 75 sodium per slice I believe. I'm on a low salt diet only 1500mg so I have to watch sodium content in everything I eat.…

thanks that's what I needed to hear. :)

Thas fine. Just trying to show everyone who isn't chicken a new taste. :) I bet some think peanut butter and bacon on toast is nasty sounding. But, it's good :)

Ok folks let me explain this so you can understand it in laymans terms. KETCHUP Heinz no salt 2 tbls 40 cal 10mg sodium Lemon Juice 2 tbls 0 calories o sodium 40 cal/10 sodium dressing :) The rest of that stuff was added ingredients I put on my lettuce. Just to show you a whole salad. I think that's excellent for a quick…

That's not just the dressing that's all those ingredients included. ;)

Well it's really for the whole salad I just called it dressing. :) It's really just a low sodium salad low cal too. ;) Hope you like it. ;)

Actually it's all the ingredients I add to my lettuce. Try it if you will, don't if it sounds awful. I added 2tbls of lemon juice and it tastes even better. Mainly it's for the low salt content because store bought regular label dressing have so much sodium in them. Doesn't hurt to try it. The ketshup and lemon just blend…

You mix it in with your salad

Ahhhh, thank you all. This does happen to me a lot as I weigh myself everyday at around wakeup time and I didn't understand why so much though I know I didn't eat that many calories but yeah probably the salt for sure as it goes up that way when I eat pizza. I do usually lose it all in a few days and that's when I usually…

I found some cookies at Walmart that have really low salt content on 7mg per cookie and only 65 calories per cookie. They are made by Homkist and are the non-sugarcoated oatmeal type. I can eat a ton of them and not gain an ounce as long as I keep them in my diet plan which is 1700-1800 calroies per day. I say a ton I…

I don't have any problem losing the 3 to 5 lbs but I don't really lose anything beyond that and I'm eating about 200 calories a day below my maint level. But one in awhile I just gotta have a nice BIGGGG buffet with everything. :)) Chinese and Ryans get me about once a week until I see weight gain like I've stated then I…

I eat a lot of chicken legs. Sometimes 2 a day everyday. Sometimes with spaghetti and sometimes with beans and mashed potatoes an okra. Tyson's or Pilgrims are the most healthy chicken legs I've found so far. (no added salt) Try to add as much protien to your diet as you can EACH meal. Forget the fiber. I've found that 1/2…

I wholeheartedly agree with you. I have been on frozen foods (Lean Cuisine, Banquet and Pizza) for nearly a year now diet and eating hotdogs, spaghetti, sause, ketchup, mustard, miracle whip along the way along with candy kisses (couple a day) for sweets or jolly rancher hard candies (1 or 2 per day if I have a need or…

I recently saw and heard on one of those doctors shows on tv that nutrition values and calorie counts on package foods can be as much as 200 cal off as well as carbs, fat, sat fat, sodium counts and values. So really you never know how many calories you are intaking per day. What I did was keep a daily record and reduce…

I have found that a LOT on the internet. Fake pictures, fake ages, fake sex even. I once found out I was talking to a paraplegic in a wheelchair back in the ole AOL days. So, I don't frequent chat rooms at all anymore. I will participate in a forum discussion like this but nobody is my friend or going to be my friend only…

No, not at all that is why they extra water is used. It will last up to 2 weeks this way and not get that slimy greasy feeling to it. Just keep the water above the spaghetti.

Yes, makes for a LOT more spaghetti and very filling vs the meager 4oz one usually gets after just cooking it. I do hope you're kidding about the 900 calories added because of water. I was always told water (plain water) has no calories. Main thing is I'm still losing weight and I'm eating this quite often with 2oz of…

I found out it was a way to preserver spaghetti for a very long time vs just putting it in a bowl in the fridge.

Start a Lean Cuisine diet and Banquet Lasagna. 2 lean cuisines and 1 banquet per day. Don't worry about the calories so much as just eating till your hunger is satisfied (not full). In the mornings have a Hashbrown (cooked in microwave) sandwich with 1 slice of Tyson Lean Ham Reduced fat and 1/2 slice of Sargento cheese…

When that stroke catches up to you let me know. With all that salt and carbs turned to fat you're likely to have yours someday too. I was like you in my 30's when dr said I was a stroke waiting to happen. Didn't care what anyone else said "did it my way" sotospeak. Well on July 1st of last year my way failed and it's a…

Waternelon an catalope makes my blood sugar go over 300....376 tops while popcorn does nothing. Seems carbs are not as much my enemy as sugar is fruit or processed, seems sugar is sugar and my blood don't like it. Apples, oranges do the same, but starchy carbs like popcorn, garden potatoes, beans and peas and corn in…

Honestly I don't think anyone really knows the SECRET of losing weight. You have those that live by low carbs and those that live by low fat and those that live by high fiber and those that live by lowering calories. I for one think lowering calories above all else helps though because I've been on starvation diets with…

As I said above I am diabetic also and need to lower my carbs as much as possible. So that is why the low carb diet. I used to put away well over 300 grams of carbs a day and 4500 sodium. Have you ever looked at the nutrition of pizza? I used to eat whole large pizza's and drink 2 liters of dr. pepper a DAY!.