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I do both avoidance and premeasuring. I avoid cookies and chocolate, but buy premeasured peanut butter. Expensive, but I can't be trusted with a whole jar

A medium box of kitty litter!

That's silly. I've been hypothyroid for decades, and I'm losing weight. I'm doing paleo if that is helpful. My dr never said I couldn't lose weight (he did say it would be harder)

Yeah, with you. I have OCD. This site has given me a whole new world of things to obsess over. In my case though, it's just more OCD, not an ED. I'm still addicted to food, but hopefully better food now:flowerforyou:

Disregard the harshness above. I TOTALLY get you. I'm 47. I've been hot in my head, but my body hasn't matched in decades. I also have a lot to lose (130 lbs total). My goal is to get back to the body I had at 20, or better, by the time I'm 50. I do not think it's too late. My mom is 73 and she looks great. We have plenty…

I'm waiting for people to notice too. My parents say they can, but I asked them to LOOK

I've always liked the look of defined muscles so I would love to look like 11, but it will probably take me a year to get down to 30, so I'll take what I can get (I'll be almost 50 by then).

I weigh daily and measure periodically. I love having the data to look at, but my measurements are really inconsistent ( unless a body really does fluctuate by inches???). I have a machine for bMI and body fat, I do that about once a week.

Thanks everyone!

Me me! I'm 5'2" on a good day. SW 262, CW 238.....really long way to go. But we're all in this together.

I agree totally. I read somewhere that sugar craves sugar; it was certainly the case with me. The more I ate the more I wanted. BUT I still think it's psychologically easier to decide you will do the best you can, and not strive for 100% compliance. That way one isn't discouraged if there is a bad meal or a bad day. I ate…

I have been doing about 90% paleo for about 3 months. I don't eat grains potatoes or dairy, with the exception of not more than 1 nonfat greek yogurt a day. I don't drink anyway, so that isn't an issue for me. I don't worry about the little things like what might be grain wise in my salad dressings. Before I started I ate…

I have several friends that swear they lost a lot of weight on HCG. What's the story there?

I've been on a series of SSRIs for the last 14 years. I put on about 75 lbs, in what seemed like overnight. I do think the meds were the main reason for the gain, in addition to my severe depression at the time. Going off them is not an option for me (I've had enough emergency room visits). I am losing weight now, but it…

I think your retro look is totally adorable. I agree with everyone here. In my head I'm about half of my reality size. I've lost 22 lbs so far and the only difference I've seen is my rings are loose. WTF? Who wants to lose weight in their fingers? It might take 100 lbs lose for me to be able to see any difference in my…

I started at 262. I'm on 4 mental health drugs that make my weight loss very slow. I just hit a a new milestone this morning, 239.6. For me, doing mostly paleo is pretty easy. I knew I was addicted to sugar so cutting down doesn't work for me. I've probably cut out 95%, giving up my chocolate (I've had it once in the past…

I'm there with you as well. I need to lose about half of me. I've lost 19 lbs in about 2 1/2 months, which I know is pretty fast, but seems so slow when you have more than a hundred to go. I'm trying to remain patient.