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Hello there. I recently came back myself. It doesn't look like the group is very active anymore. :(

I am SO glad I found this today. I have more than that to lose and it feels impossible a lot of the time to even shift half of it. Thank you so very much for sharing this inspiration!

There has been plenty of science to back up the idea of food addiction. Decent overview of various studies - http://foodaddictioninstitute.org/scientific-research/physical-craving-and-food-addiction-a-scientific-review/ Hello again, by the way. I've recently come back to the fold, climbed back on the wagon and will be more…

Hiya all. :) I lurk more than anything and just track my food. I should be more social. Everything says that people with support systems succeed more often than those without! I'd love to be a help to others too.

Hello guys. I still poke in here sometimes.. and more in the New Year!

I have no faith in the system. If things change for a few years, they just go back. I'm rather radical in my views that the entire governmental/societal system needs to change for anything worthwhile to happen.

Inspirational post! I've always been introverted, which I like actually, and shy, which is bothersome, and had a very nasty spell of severe social anxiety, which caused me to drop out of college and never go back, and I think it all plays into why I gained so much weight partially. I don't go out except to shop once each…

I have well over 250 pounds to lose and set my calorie goal at 2000 per day, which is still way below what they say I should eat. Some days I do go over, but as long as I go over with healthy food, I consider it a triumph. My BMR (basal metabolic rate - what I burn just living) was somewhere around 2800 calories when I…

Hi there! I'm not very active around here, but I'm in the same boat. Just giving a wave of support.

I agree! And I would add, once you find the thing that does work for your life, don't push it aside and keep trying other things. I did that earlier this year because I really wanted to eat pears every day. Too bad! I'm back where I'm supposed to be now and losing 2 months in a row now, though quite slowly. However, I did…

Hi Regina.. welcome aboard. Great to see some people around. :)

I'm very heavy and have a very bad knee at the moment. I'm starting out with seated exercise in my office chair. You can find vids for that on Youtube too. I don't think there is any way I could zumba for even 3 minutes at this point. I can barely walk across my house with my knee like this. BUT.. I don't want it to stop…

Hiya TJ. It's great to see more people posting around here. Hopefully more come back or join up and we can all support each other. Not to sound mean to people looking to lose just a little, but the type of journey people who have 200+ pounds to lose are starting seems a heck of a lot scarier, definitely a lot longer and…

Beautiful to read. Thank you.

Nodding vigorously as I read this thread is exercise, right? :) Pretty much everything anyone said here I've experienced, though I don't take planes or go to pools or amusement parks. We don't eat out anymore either. So many everyday things that others take for granted are a struggle.

Being human again. I don't really have an adventurous bone in my body, and I certainly would never sky dive or zipline! Wow! I don't have enough money to dream about vacations by plane. :) I look forward to being able to confidently sit in any chair when I go out. I look forward to actually going out without fear of…

" but the common thread is crap food is A-OK and fruit isn't an option." I haven't been around here long, but have been on plenty of other forums. I have never seen a low carber say that crap food and ice cream is okay. Never. Like aeb09 said, some of us choose to cut out fruit because of the higher sugar content.…

I consider myself a carb addict, but then again I also consider myself a food addict. Last week after eating some jelly beans I found myself totally out of it, staring blindly at my computer with my brain wavering around somewhere in a fog. I've never taken drugs, but that's pretty much how heroin users nod off after…

I just joined today. I have about 260 pounds to lose and have two teenage boys. I'm probably not very motivating, but I hope to find some in general on this site.

How nice to find a place with people who have to lose around what I have to lose. I need to lose about 260 lbs. Even typing that makes me extremely nervous. I'm a big low carb fan and really don't (can't) exercise much at this point. I'm a 39 year old woman named Lori, and I don't want to die from being fat.