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I walked five miles this weekend at a fiber festival and a renfaire with no knee pain. Not sure if I got lucky or the weight loss is why no pain, but I'll take it! Won a non-plus sized sweaters worth of yarn as a door prize too. I'm going to go ahead and make a sweater for myself for when I get smaller. I'm going to make…

I will tell you this, the right partner won't care one bit though. My husband thinks I'm sexy AF. I swear I don't see what he sees, but he swears he's been attracted to my body when I was huge and when I was the size I am now. He says he'll be attracted to my body when I hit my goal weight (I've never been much smaller…

I'm 11 pounds away from halfway to goal (78.5 pounds down, from 307 to 150). I haven't been sticking to my plan as well as I would like, but I'm still losing slowly. I'm going to start planning and meal prepping this month, and calculating the calories for each meal as I prep them (freezer tape and sharpies, oh yeah). I…

How flat my boobs were going to get. I'm losing 150 pounds and already had long, saggy boobs, but they were very full. I was in a HH cup with a huge band. Now they are like an inch and a half thick, and I am in a six inch smaller band and DD cup with no spillage. Yet the length hasn't shrunk at all. It's annoying. I don't…

My back boobs are gone. My back is still fat, but it doesn't bulge out under my bra. My "B" belly only looks like a "B" when looking at me from the side, the sides of the top part of the "B" don't stick out anymore. They still stick out at the bottom, which is where I'd been measuring my hips at - right below my waist, but…

Also, people told me that I'd lose friends, but I didn't get it. Someone posted about a performance artist that takes pictures of herself in busy areas and posts the pictures "mocking" her. I commented that she sets up a tripod in a busy area and poses, then is surprised when she gets negative attention (the artist in…

How much psychology plays into overeating for some people (me). Everyone who says who you are doesn't change when you lose is right. I'm bouncing around 241 right now. The lowest I've ever gotten was in the 230s, eight years ago. I know why: I'm eating too much because I'm afraid to get thinner, because if I get thinner I…

Went to the doctor the other day. They were able to use the small blood pressure cuff on me! Probably the first time in close to a decade.

Another clothing NSV. I found a cute pair of pink capri jeggings at Walmart today, and picked up a 20-22, and a pink 3x tee and a grey 3x tee. I didn't try them on, just bought them. I worried that they wouldn't fit the whole way home because while I'm wearing a 22 jeans, these are 20-22 pants, so a little smaller than my…

My favorite short sleeved casual dress has gone from slightly too small to slightly too big! A skirt I've been looking forward to wearing again is way too big, and a suit I forgot I had fits but looks wierd. Into the donate pile they go. I am bummed about the dress. I really liked the cut. It's not worth getting tailored.…

Minor NSV, but I'm really proud of myself. I'm trying to stay within my calories today and eat light for breakfast and lunch because I'm going out for dinner (just fast food, but it's still out for us) and I want to save my calories for then. I had a couple cups of leftover stuffing for breakfast, about 400 calories (I get…

I teared up. It made me feel so good about myself. I have always wanted to help people.

Artificial sweeteners do not change the insulin production in the body. If they did they wouldn't be suitable for diabetics! Do you know what happens to a diabetic that takes too much insulin? Hypoglycemia. That is an incredibly dangerous state to be in, left untreated you can die. Diabetics, who already take medication to…

I share my failures and victories on Facebook and a friend told me yesterday that not only do I look amazing now, but that I inspired her to start tracking her food again and start exercising. I have never been an inspiration to anyone. I often feel like I'm shouting into the wind by sharing my life on my Facebook, but you…

I have tried ignoring the cravings. It works fine for all my other cravings. The earning it and rewards are good ideas! Thanks! I drink about half a gallon of water a day, on top of the two liters of coke. I'm plenty hydrated. :) I wish I liked carbonated water. It just tastes salty to me. :( No. Just no. That's not how it…

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you @jgnatca! <3

I plan to bring it up with my therapist next week. I asked here to see if anyone else had insight into how they dealt with a similar issue, even if it wasn't diet coke specifically. Therapy is good, but sometimes personal experience is better. I have talked to him. I even told him I was going to quit. The very next day I…

Oooooooooh! That's a good tip. I've just been pulling it snug, but letting things hang too. Thanks! I'll do that and compare it to when I first started, because my arms were pretty smooth then.

I'm the same way, oatmeal hardly raises my sugars at all, and comes down as expected. But other diabetics I know can't eat oatmeal at all, because it spikes it like crazy, and stays up, whereas a Snickers bar will spike and come right back down. I eat a Snickers and it spikes to just above normal (160-180) and stays up.…

That knowing that you lose weight everywhere and seeing it in the mirror are two totally different things. I've been focused on my belly, because that's where I carry my weight. This morning I was doing my hair, when I looked at my upper arms. They haven't changed diameter wise while measuring with a tape measure, so I…

OMG! So cute. *grabby hands*

This isn't using MFP, but rather the OneDrop app for Android or iOS (I have only used it on iOS, but I assume it works the same on Android). It's designed to be used with the OneDrop meter and strips, which syncs with bluetooth, but you can manually put in your values with any meter. The app is totally free. You basically…

I stocked my freezer with about two weeks of low fat tv dinners, SmartOnes, Weight Watchers, etc. I had my husband take a couple days off work to take care of me, mostly to prepare my meals for me (thus, tv dinners, he's not much of a cook ;) ). I didn't have gallstones, just sludge and a diseased gallbladder. I woke up in…

I planned my meals for the next two weeks. My goal is to actually stick to the plan, and get in those eight servings of veggies I said I was going to challenge myself to. Payday is today, and grocery shopping is tomorrow. Goal is also to come in at/under my calories for the next two weeks. I can do this.

Congrats on the baby! I want a picture! (Only if you're comfortable sharing one, of course) And congrats on no maternity clothes too! Woot!

Officially lost an elephant pens! Woo!

My periods got a little heavier, but about a day shorter. I have always had fairly light and no cramps, but now after losing 60 pounds the first two days are pretty heavy for me and the last two are lighter and only spotting on the last day. I was morbidly obese and am now just obese though, and obesity screws with…

Bipolar disorder. I lost 70 pounds on WW, then had a depressive mood swing and couldn't stay on track anymore. By the time I got diagnosed and put on meds I had gained twenty pounds. Then i said I'd rather be fat and sane than and miserable. I tried WW again and didn't lose anything, despite doing everything right. I…

I loved my retail job. It was at a plus size store and I loved making women feel good about themselves. I had a blast at work. I hated pushing credit cards on everyone and my bad knee couldn't take the strain though. If it wasn't for the knee I'd have gone back after the stint in the mental hospital. Stupid knee. I did one…

I went to the grocery store yesterday to buy some makeup. Normally I would take that as an excuse to buy a two liter of Diet Coke. I didn't buy one! I went home and drank water instead. I'll probably buy one tomorrow, but any day I go to the store and DON'T buy one is a victory. I also passed up Papa Murphy's pizza…