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Haha! Love the "bless your little heart" comment. I hope I remember to use it the next time I get the chance!

American Folly - Control Me (one of my favorites)

Mehmet? ~meh~

This fits my experience perfectly. I was dating a guy who preferred larger women, and when we first got together I was anything but. Over three years I gained and gained and gained with plenty of encouragement from him. I got to a point where my knees hurt, my blood work showed some issues and I honestly didn't know who…

I buy tons of Club Soda and add flavorings. It's all about the carbonation for me. I didn't consciously give up my Coke Zero, I suddenly realized I haven't had one in ages - not even sure how it happened. :huh:

This place really needs a "like" button. I didn't want to make the effort to say this, but holy hell.....this thread has been a great read! :)

I typically use either Stevia or Xylitol. I was using coffee mate as a whitener but discovered that plain old evaporated milk tastes much better and actually contains fewer calories per tablespoon. It also seems to add just a hit of sweetness.

I take a wide variety of things depending on my mood and what's available in the cupboard/fridge. This past week it was lentil soup, salmon/rice/veggies, Greek yogurt with fruit, green salad with chicken and on Friday, another salmon meal but without the rice. I'm lucky in that our office's kitchen has two huge…

Brilliant! I just averaged out each of the past five weeks as a test and there is an obvious downward trend. I get a little fixated on the days that show a 2lb gain for no apparent reason. You're right....this method filters out the 'noise'. Glad I read this thread. :flowerforyou:

Just a curious poll. 1.) Do you eat breakfast? Not in the regular sense of 'wake up and eat something' no. I take fruit and yogurt to work and eat that around 9:30am or so. On weekends I may eat a little earlier but still not right away (it's 9am here and I'm not hungry yet) 2.) How much weight have you lost? In total,…

Sometimes hearing things from others isn't enough, we have to see it/experience it for ourselves. Good for you for learning that big lesson before things went too far awry! Now you can add commentary from first hand knowledge when someone else makes a post like yours in the future. :flowerforyou:

This made me laugh out loud. Truly! And, I just laughed again after re-reading it. :laugh: I'm 100% GF but have discovered the hard way that I'm also highly sensitive to both xanthan and guar gums so that rules out a good portion of the mass produced GF food available. As well, companies that are certified GF only have to…

I actually put on 7 pounds after being diagnosed as celiac back in December. It hit me like a sledgehammer and I wasn't prepared. I was a very (and I mean very) dedicated high-fiber whole grain eater. To suddenly have that taken away left me feeling a little panicked. I started eating the GF foods and sure paid the price.…

~ Misled ~ This is more a word I mispronounced in my head for years and years (and years!) while reading novels. Because I'm a huge fan of crime stories, spy thrillers and the like, this word was everywhere. "Your honor, I was missled!" :blushing: Even though I eventually found out what it actually sounded like, I still…

I remember the day this happened to me. Haha! It's weird to be so happy about being "overweight" isn't it? Congrats! :flowerforyou:

I'm "thisclose" to my final goal. I got here by logging when I started my journey back in 2008. It was via pen and paper then, so I find MFP to be a painless way to continue. No little book to lose and no panicking when I can't find a pen. With 6 years of this under my (MUCH smaller) belt, I can guarantee that if I stop,…

I have a couple of things too, just in the past two days: 1. Just bought a new pair of shorts - took me three tries to find the right size - I'm a 6 now!! The saleslady said she was wondering why I took a size 10 and 8 into the fitting room as I'm "so petite" LOL!! 2. Yesterday at the grocery store, a random gentleman told…

Quite the experience! Glad you're still here. :flowerforyou:

I never read an explanation of exactly what "long-term" equates to in these articles. If I've kept all my weight off for six years - does that count? Or, do I need to wait until I've kept it off for 10 years.....15? Forever? It would be helpful to know what I'm aiming for before I count myself as a success story. :huh:

After I was diagnosed with depression and post traumatic stress and put on anti-depressants in 1999 I put on about 15-20 pounds. Add a new partner in 2005 who loved his women "fluffy" and I suddenly discovered I had gained about 50 more pounds in just three years. Dumped the partner, joined Weight Watchers at work in 2008…

Pacific North- / South- west aka Washington State, USA / British Columbia, Canada :)

Sometimes I eat it, sometimes I don't. It depends on if I'm feeling hungry or not. Part of my weight loss journey is learning to listen to my body's cues instead of forcing it to follow some regimen simply because I'm 'supposed' to. I'm a rebel :blushing:

I saw this somewhere on MFP and have made a bunch of little signs that I've taped around my kitchen including inside the fridge and the food cupboards: "What I eat in private I wear in public" I use it to remind myself that my 'secret' overeating doesn't stay secret for long. PS....a huge thank you to whoever the OP of…

Yep, this. Give it some time and eventually your co-workers won't remember how large you were 'back then'. Even though I've worked with the exact same people for almost ten years, they say they truly don't remember me being 200lbs. :)

I decided that taking the time required to weigh and log my food is my gift to myself. I'm worth the effort. (I've lost over 60 pounds in total) I have a few co-workers who give me 'the look' when they see how carefully I deal with my food intake but whatever. There's that saying: "What other people think about you is none…

1) mid-50s 2) 138lbs 3) Vancouver, BC Canada 4) Desk job, but stand at a hydraulic desk about 90% of my day 5) No specific exercise 6) On weekends only 6) Dinner during the week.....lunch on the weekends 7) 3 or 4 8) Less than 8 cups a day typically - not usually thirsty. I've been told I eat so many raw foods that I may…

Worked for me very very well. The aspect of having to pay wasn't that big of a deal for me. I was saving more than the monthly cost by no longer buying so much expensive 'junk' food. Huge bags of chips, chocolate, goodies.....not cheap....especially in the volume I was buying. I lost over 60lbs and have been a lifetime…

That's a good point that I hadn't considered. I had my lunch break when I got home yesterday. I work for a crown corporation that has been continually downsizing its staff but not the amount of work so most times I work straight from 7:30am to 4pm without even a chance to visit the ladies room. If I am famished, I may…

I watched the episode about this last night. Makes perfect sense! There was also one about using a tall thin glass rather than the shorter wider ones. Whoever would have thought our brains are hardwired to work against (some of) us?

I'm filing this one away for later. I'm thinking I may try to use chopsticks with my left hand after I get confident with a fork or spoon. On second thought.....that would just be too cruel. :noway: Or too funny. One of those. :ohwell: