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Christy! That's amazing! Look at you! You've got to be so proud of yourself! Way to go!!!
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The way I look at Optifast (used it for about 2.5 months and then switched to a whole food plant based diet) is that it ADDRESSES A SYMPTOM (weight gain, obesity) RATHER THAN THE "DISEASE" (for lack of a better term) of unhealthy eating. It's much like when my doctor was telling me I'd be on blood pressure medication for…
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Amazing achievement! WTG!
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You are my hero, Bob!!!!! Awesome!
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Awesome, Jill!!!! Both on the weight loss and on the MEDS reduction!!!!
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I dropped 4.6 lbs the first week and actually GAINED a few ounces the second week...NO idea why. But I'm now 4 weeks after that and each week I've been losing 1.5 - 2 lbs. I'm 67 and VERY show metabolism, but I'm trying to work on that. I keep telling myself to keep an "eye on the prize", which is a jump start to a new,…
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Much as it would really be great to lose more, the doctors all say the same thing...1-2 lbs a week is a reasonable goal on this type of program. I'm running close to 2 lbs a week....still impatient, but it's still moving forward!!!
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Well said! One of my challenges is finding something I can do at home (particularly in the winter) and last weekend I spent a fair amount of time checking out various videos and found several particularly those of Leslie Sansone (like this one at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rnB9rDRrCM) with in-home WALKING designed to…
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Christy...that's AMAZING! You go girl!!!!
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I've been adding squeezed fresh lemon to my water...and drinking it warm to hot. I NEVER thought I'd enjoy such a thing, but frankly in this very cold weather, I'm loving it!. Anything that helps us drink more water is a good thing!
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I think it's also important to remember that everyone's situation...everyone's metabolism...is different. What works for one may not work for another. That's why there is not one single solution that everyone can rely on when they want to lose weight, get healthier. I'm 67. My metabolism is very slow, not uncommon in my…
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40 years ago I quit smoking...cold turkey. I psyched myself for it and through it by telling myself I was only CHOOSING for THIS MOMENT not to have a cigarette...that I was only denying myself the FIRST cigarette. I didn't swear I'd never smoke again...it was ALWAYS about just one choice, just one moment. I'm pretty much…
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I, too, really enjoy the chicken soup...have not been made aware of any supply shortage here in Chicagoland. Stay strong!
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Congratulations! And not JUST on the weight loss, but on the GREAT ATTITUDE! The way I look at it, this is a step toward transforming ourselves into a better, healthier, more energetic self...one without all that extra "baggage" holding us down, holding us back! Great job!
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I enrolled in the Optifast program through Alexian Brothers Medical about 10 days ago. This is under a doctor's care and with periodic blood tests. Had my first weigh in at 1 week (down 4.6 lbs...but the doctor said not to expect that regularly). My goal is to lose about 75 lbs...but also get off blood pressure medication…
