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Not have to use an extender on airplane seat belts!

I can relate to stuck stuck at a desk -- and nearly everyone here eats lunch at their desks! I'm the receptionist, but I was trying to get up every hour to 90 minutes to walk a couple quick laps around the inside of the building. I'd be gone from my desk 5 minutes. However, I got the kibosh on that because someone…

I second (third) everyone who has said to just take it one day at a time, or even just hour by hour. You know that it's not about the food but your reaction to it. You also know that there are going to be some days where you might slip up. That's okay too. I've said this before on other posts but I like it: "If you drop…

So ... if you drop an egg on the floor, do you automatically throw the rest of the dozen on the floor too? No, right? Throwing eggs around doesn't make sense, so why do the same thing with your feelings about what you ate? There is no failure, there is just feedback. So you now have to work around how that 700 calories…

You don't sound overweight but I'm sad that you call yourself "innerfatty".

Do you take medication to counteract your thyroidectomy? I would hope that you would be on some sort of medication for your hypothyroidism. That aside, I know some of how you feel. I have sarcoidosis, and I have to take prednisone everyday for the rest of my life or my lungs fill up with crap, and I kind of like breathing.…

Nothing's wrong with you! We all slip up because we're human. It's how we deal with it that makes the difference. I've said this before on other threads, but I need to remind myself of this constantly: "If you drop an egg on the floor, do you automatically throw the rest of the dozen on the floor too?" Of course not!…

I think using things around the house as a lifting routine is a fantastic idea. Even a soup can makes a great free weight (they weigh a pound or so). For kettle bells, fill a milk jug with water or sand. Metal pipes are good free weights too. Be creative! Who needs free weights if a sleepy cat works just as well? I also…

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Ugh, I know your pain. Sometimes everything goes right with your eating and your exercise, and you're disappointed by the scale. Sometimes, though, you're just not going to lose pounds on the scale, because you're retaining water, your hormones went crazy, or you've gained muscle mass, or a butterfly farted in China. I…

Everyone here has said some really good things. Sometimes I feel like, "what's the point?" in particular if I've overindulged on something high-calorie -- like I meant to only eat 1/2 cup of the gelato and then ate the whole darn container, so I figure, "well, heck, I just blew my calories out of the water, let's attack…

I have to take prednisone daily for my sarcoidosis. I can't breathe unless I take it, and I like breathing, so I guess I'm stuck. I've been on it now for ten years and I've gained 75 pounds while on it. I feel your pain! It's so hard with the steroids, as I feel hungry all the dang time! Sometimes it's like a losing…

Like many others have said, it's better to just log it, what ever it was, even if you just add quick calories. No one here is going to judge you for going over calories for the day or if you decided that a box of Fruity Pebbles sounded like a great idea for dinner. (I like Fruity Pebbles) Just log it in, take a breath, and…

You only have to have that jerk in your life as long as you let him. He has to live with himself every day.

I understand completely how you feel. I've fallen off the wagon several times, but I keep trying to climb back on. I also feel like I keep going backwards; gaining weight despite my attempts to lose it. I am also out of shape, and I am limited to what I can do physically because I am 100 lbs overweight, and I have…

Sometimes I lose "just one pound" and I get bummed. Then I find a can of soup in my pantry -- a can of soup weighs close to a pound -- and I carry it around in my pocket for a while. This reminds me that even a small weight loss can be significant when I don't have to carry it around anymore. And when I feel low that my…

I'm guessing that both of you are pretty young, because I know my hubby pretty much ate like your fella when he was younger. But don't despair! He will probably wake up when he's in his mid-30's and all that greasy food will catch up to him and he'll have a Buddha belly! Then who will be laughing? You! XD

Clothing size numbers hardly mean anything anymore. Back in the day, Marilyn Monroe wore a size 10, and her clothing measured to today's size 16. I have actually had very good luck with onestopplus.com. They have decent clothing and a lot of pull-on elastic waist shorts in a variety of prices and fabrics. The full elastic…

I love chocolate too, but I've learned to portion it out by choosing certain chocolate. I personally like to eat Terry's Dark Chocolate Oranges. One serving is 5 pieces for 220 calories, and it really feels like I am eating a LOT of chocolate, and it tastes very good too! I also like Hershey's Simple Pleasures dark…

Over the years, I've just decided to let comments like that go. Most people don't know how to give a compliment without it being "backhanded", as my mum would say. It's just like how folks don't know how to properly apologize ... they tend to say things like "I'm sorry if you were offended" or "I'm sorry, but [insert…

I agree with the other posters that you need time to yourself, and it might be a very good idea to hire a babysitter for a couple hours a week and do something for you. However, instead of using that time to go to the gym or to work out, might I suggfest using that time to do something for you that has NOTHING to do with…