Gamerchick00 Member

I'm doing it because I'm now in my forties and feel like I've limited myself so much in participating in life outside of the household because I'm so embarrassed to be seen in public. I want to allow myself to go out and live more, and if I'm being honest, I simply won't cross that line now as much as when I'm healthier…

That slow boyish smile.

People know that I'm exceptionally timid. I don't like to go out anywhere, I don't like to be the center of attention, I flee from social events early or just don't go, etc. Only I know that the real reason is that I'm wary of the "I'm judging you" look. I feel like the best I can hope for in public is to be invisible, and…

Jesse James

I completely get where you're coming from. When we moved to a different state, we had to get my daughter's medical records from her old pediatrician to take with us. Her pediatrician had scrawled on her chart, "MOTHER IS MORBIDLY OBESE". I was shocked that he would write that when I wasn't even his patient. It felt like a…

Red Robin is another sneaky one, isn't it! Those gourmet burgers of theirs are the devil. The guacamole bacon burger is 1151 calories!

I just restarted MFP and have lost 5 pounds since, but in the months leading up to it, I lost 22 pounds low carbing. My husband told me he could get his arms all the way around me and close them, which he hadn't been able to do before. I'm very short and carry my weight around my waist and belly. Also on a date night, my…

Plus, it's free! I can't get over how I used to pay for the same thing with WW online.

I've never been to Sonic, SweetP27, but it sounds like I shouldn't go! :)

Coffee! We're out of lots of things, but tonight is grocery night!

I think I'll be happy with it when my weight is considered normal at the doctor and I don't have any discomfort with things like roller coaster seats or concert bucket seats. I don't want to be Miss Thin Universe; I just want to be a physically average human.

I confess that when I'm adding nonstandard meals to my food journal, I have to fight the urge to pick the user submitted calorie count with the best result.

Oh my gosh, I totally understand. I will never forget when I was a teenager walking home and a carful of guys drove by me. One shouted, "Harpoon that whale!" It was a horrible feeling that made me just want to crawl into the ground.

Seeing relatives eating horribly and watching their health decline.

I just restarted after like a year being away. My minigoal may sound silly, but I'd like to be able to go to the doctor and have them look at my chart without commenting NEGATIVELY on my weight, and instead be surprised that the number went down. Due to some pre-MFP dieting my actual weight is like 8 pounds less than what…

This one from Pinterest: "You mustn't be afraid to sparkle a little brighter, darling."

Pretty much just making recreation about sitting still playing video games instead of anything physical, and just eating what everyone else is eating or ordering at the time. Subs, chinese, whatever. Didn't pay attention to the calories of anything. Now that my husband and I have gotten serious about daily exercise and…

I asked my Mom to go in to the doctor's office with me to answer some questions he might have about my epileptic seizures since she knows what they look like. When I got weighed at the start of the visit, she said, "That's amazing, that's exactly what I weigh." I was really surprised, because I had always thought of my mom…

I was walking along a public street and a car full of guys went by. One of them shouted, "Harpoon that whale!"

vanilla soft serve ice cream.

I'm 5'1, and for me it's belly and thighs.

Today I walked two miles, which is the most I can ever remember. About a month ago my doctor told me about the myfitnesspal app, and my husband and I decided to start walking. We are now walking every day and adding more and more time gradually. In our neighborhood we have a mile long yard sale today, and we have some…

Cantaloupe chunks. I have a permanent sweet tooth.

I'm very, very new here, but what finally made me start my engines at 39 and decide not to be complacent about my weight anymore was realizing that I am ashamed and afraid to go anywhere or do anything beyond a short distance from the house because someone might see me and mock me or glare at me in disgust, or because I…