Lizshouse88

I am actually trying to get the sleeve surgery (similar to bypass).. but of course I have to start wayyyy before the surgery is done. The doctor hasn't recommended a specific calorie amount, yet, but I haven't met with the nutritionist yet either. Either way they are aware of how many calories I am eating because I bring…

Well I have an underactive thyroid which I guess means that my thyroid was causing my metabolism to be too slow. So when I started taking the meds to increase it, I assume my metabolism went up?? This is my theory as to why I am so hungry. I just wonder how much more I really need....

Thanks everyone! I am kinda happy to hear it doesn't cause instant weight loss. That very reason is why I am trying to avoid the gastric bypass surgery and do it on my own! As for the weight gain over the last year, it may not have ALL been because of a thyroid problem but I have never in my life gained weight like I did…

thanks for the bump :)

Congrats! I can't wait to stand in my jeans like that!!! You'll be doing the same thing in the jeans you are wearing NOW in no time :)

shew that stuff is way too sweet for me. I'd rather have water!

Ohhhh yummmm! The weight control stuff is awesome it fills you up SO fast and it lasts forever! I esp. love the maple/brown sugar

another one of my fav. is raisin bran. Both the special k type cereal and the raisin bran dont need any additional sugar to taste awesome!

I like the Great Value brand version of the special K "red berries"..... I love that stuff I could eat a whole box in one sitting!

awesome!

I might also add that at the beginning of my pregnancy November 2009 the bloodwork done showed elevated thyroid levels, but then they did it again and it was "normal"..... they never told me the numbers, though. The way I see it, one of those numbers was incorrect. I am thinking that since my level was 4 at my reg. doctor…

Hun I feel the same way and it kinda scares me to lose weight. I don't want to be "skinny" I am aiming for healthy. I am afraid I just wont look right if I lose all my weight. But it has to come off whether I look good or not!

WOW, my nails break off like they are paper, my hair comes out in clumps every morning, i've been depressed since I was like 13.... haha you couldn't have come any closer to describing me. I guess those could be symptoms of other things too, but wow! lol

Now you all got me thinking about this! Maybe i'll make another post to get some opinions about it :)

I tried the eating calories back thing last week and I gained almost 3lbs.... I ate something like 2000(maybe more, give or take) calories a day to make up for the exercise. I went back to not eating the exercise calories (and eating 1200-1600-1800 a day) and it came back off. I looked up thyroid problems - a symptom of…

That's actually a really good suggestion about the thyroid thing! I have a doctor apt tomorrow and i'll ask him about this. And yes, it does seem strange. I don't understand it either I am just doing what works for me. I burn around 2,400 calories a week doing exercise as well (I do Zumba 3x per week and also work out one…

Well to be quite honest with you, if I eat that much every day I don't lose anything at all, I actually gain weight back. I tried that last week by eating back some of my exercise calories bringing me up to about 2,000 calories a day in food and I gained 2.4lbs in that week. I stopped eating back the calories and I lost…

great job! What is your goal weight? I am 356 right now, my goal is 160. I was just wondering if our goals are close?

I too have a nice set of hips on me and it's the ONLY part of my body that I hate. I sure hope they go away, but I know I will always have larger hips. I also had 2 c-sections. The way I understand it is when you become pregnant the bones in your pelvis actually spread apart to accommodate the baby. Whether they go back to…

I have tried the elliptical, actually. I really like the way it moves. I have worked my way up to 5 minutes straight with no stops (up from about 1 minute to start with LOL) but it raises my heart rate really high. I counted it at about 210 something the other day. I'm afraid it's a little too much for me right now :( BUT…

I guess I could, but I have 2 kids and the gym has a daycare which makes the exercise part a LOT easier.... If I had them with me I wouldn't get far! They are one and four years old :)

I find myself in that situation quite often at night and even though it doesn't seem too appetizing, I usually try to down a bottle of water and wait about 15-20 minutes. If I am still hungry I snack a little but usually the water fills me up enough that I can go to bed satisfied :)

Wow you are a great inspiration because I too wear a 26/28. I weigh 356 now after losing 14lbs. I would LOVE to be a size 6! My goal, though, is to weigh about 160 and/or wear a size 10. I might think differently down the road, but right now I just can't imagine myself any smaller than that :)

I thought they were muscles, not extra skin (I re-read my comment and I wrote it completely wrong - sorry about that).... thats why I asked if she had any cuz she looks so toned up :)

haha no I dont really see the extra skin. I guess you're one of the first couple ppl i've really talked to that lost a LOT of weight and looked so thin afterwards.. extra skin is like a phobia for me -- cuz im not upset with my body right now and I feel like the weight loss wont seem so nice if I have extra skin after its…

That is amazing congrats!! Do you have a lot of extra skin? Thats like my biggest fear about losing weight. I'd almost rather stay fat than have extra skin :) What did you do to get rid of it?

My understanding is that you should eat back your calories AT LEAST to the point there you have 1200+ net per day. I'm in a delima today because my current "net" is "1" LOL because I went on a short hike and burned a LOT. Today I probably wont be eating them all back since I just had dinner and I can't imagine eating 1200…

Thanks for all the input guys, sadly I have already told her numerous times in these words exactly "I can barely afford to buy myself cigarettes, I can't afford to just be giving them out sorry".... yet she keeps coming back. I am friends with the people that work in the office (landlords) because I worked there last…

WOW! 265lbs is fricken amazing :) haha if I lost that much I would weigh 106lbs. My goal weight is 160. Maybe more depending on what I look like when I get close to that weight. I have ALWAYS been overweight and I think I may look strange if I get too thin. Plus, I like having SOME love handles :)

I eat those big greasy breakfasts a lot, too. They tend to make me full fast but starve me the rest of the day. Maybe that's why you feel so hungry? I'd try to eat less than about 30-40% of your calories for the day or breakfast. Big breakfasts leave little room for meals the rest of the day!