mikerouse Member

Starting weight (Feb) : 322lbs Current weight (Today) : 312lbs February's goal : 306lbs Ultimate goal : 225lbs

I am down to have surgery some point later in the year, maybe. Falling off the wagon post surgery worries me. Interesting to hear experiences. How did you fall off? Habits or was there something more specific?

How are you all getting on? I'm down to have one potentially later in the year.

Personally speaking I have bought these various gadgets in the past and they just end up in a drawer eventually once the novelty has worn off. They work for some - a friend of mine has a heart rate monitor system he still uses 3 years down the line. You'll know which type you are. Good luck with your journey either way!

Nope. Very much an international site now. Loads of Brits here.

Just want to reply to the original post. I can relate to your situation. I lost a lot of weight when I met my now fiancee and pledged to keep it off and embrace my new found thin-ness. I also thought I had found somebody who felt the same way - she said she swims a few times a week and I thought this was great because I…

Hi from the Midlands. Happy to help.

I find it can be helpful and motivating. It's also helped me give advice to people who are struggling to keep on track.

Wow I wasn't expecting this many replies. Thank you so very much for all of your kind words. If I feel like over-eating again I will come back here and read these messages to put me back on track.

I lost 120lbs and then put a load back on afterwards, now hovering around the 99-100lb (lost) mark so I have another 20 to lose again. This is because I was following a VLCD and after I came off it there were two factors 1) metabolism and 2) behavioural. I started to let old habits creep back and did nothing to increase my…

Are you saying that you want to lose 45kg in 9 months or have already lost 45kg in 9 months?

Feel free to add me. As you can see from my ticker below I have lost a lot. If I can do it you can too. At my best it was 120lbs lost and that's where I am getting back to again.

Congrats

Just one pizza? I once did 2 large pizzas, ice cream, cola, and chicken dippers all in one go.

Also signed this, even though there is work afoot within Government along these lines already. I feel disempowered when I can't make an educated decision from a menu and though I am getting better at recognising what's going to be loaded with calories you can never be totally sure. For instance, some places where you order…

This is something I have some experience of. You don't look ill, don't worry about it. Stop losing weight when you feel ready to. People tell you to stop for a variety of reasons from genuine concern to jealousy. Generally speaking people don't expect to see somebody making such a massive change in their lives - we just…

It does. Thank you. I shall experiment by making it up with some skimmed milk and then working up from there.

I have a Kinect and was trying to choose between Kinect and Wii for ages before settling on the Kinect just last month. I am impressed with the early first impression but there are things that annoy me. I'll answer your questions first and then list my own notes. 1) I think the Kinect is harder as you can do more moves 2)…

I try not to eat the extra cals, but instead just look at the net figure.

I have an Android phone and it allows me to have photos on my home screens. I have photos of me at my worst and at my best. It helps every time I check my messages!

Good to see you Mark. Go get 'em.

I vote an overwhelming no. Tea has antioxidants and the water intake will do you good. However, you really should consider dropping the milk and drinking it black for a while. I know, I know, wash my mouth out! But I tried it for a while and now I always have it black. It feels like a better hit.

I found that cooking everything from scratch helped loads. I was able to drastically cut down on the calories and fat by missing or substituting certain ingredients like oil, butter, etc. It also helped me understand more about what I was putting in to my body.

Quite simply: wow.

Even when I was very overweight I would still go through periods of shoving my fingers down my throat. Even when I stopped doing that I would yo-yo terribly, starving myself for a week and then eating like crazy afterwards. It was all in my head.

You're doing great. Keep going!

Thanks for all the kind words, everyone. 3 days down and I'm feeling good.

I'm looking forward to going shopping and scanning all the foods *before* i put them in the trolley so I can decide if they're worth it or not.