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Hubby has always been fit, always ate the right foods and exercised... I mean 45 years of ALWAYS. He can wear his wedding suit. I on the other hand have been in awe of this and also in denial. I give him his space and his food. By his example he probably has saved me in some manner. I am secretly more careful than some of…

Yes, exercise is boring to me and I do understand I am not alone. I see so many people doing it and cannot understand how they can handle it and that includes my hubby who has exercised since he was 14 daily. I live with that ;-) I personally think he is nuts but I still love him. Let me get this straight........ I stick…

I am not giving up. Thanks for the support. I just cannot figure out how the SYSTEM would assign anyone 1200 calories and then reward them for going under... and yet tell them not to go under. So and so finished the day under their calorie goal... not with 1200. That is issue one. The second part is eating back exercise. I…

With a BMI of 28 to 30 a deficit of 500 calories is about right (about 1 lb a week) BUT NOT FOR ME.... NOT WORKING THAT IS WHERE I AM. CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHY I AM NOT EVEN LOSING .5 A WEEK WITH 1200 CALORIES A DAY AND THEN SOME EXERCISE. NOTHING IS HAPPENING. I dare not eat more, and obviously I cannot eat less according to…

Having a problem as well. Other sites are different. I am eating less and losing less. No sense out of that one. I am not an exercise person, boring for me. I am trying however to take walks, and I always do work around the house. And in the evening I go dancing. But I am at a standstill, over a week, no loss of weight.…

Yep, same thing. I see some movement but slow. I think I will wait a week before I step back on my three scales that don't agree anyway.

I guess I am an older person... fully retired and finally figuring I CAN DO THIS. I want to get rid of 30 pounds... I am having some success but it is not as fast as I see others getting. I guess it is easy to be encouraged by others at the same time feeling that something is wrong with what I am doing. I am looking for…

Just a comment. My friend became very ill, went to the hospital, the doctors improperly diagnosed her ulcer problem. She lost over a 100 pounds. She then got very depressed and is finally getting back to her old wonderful self. The one good thing that came out of this was she was a type 2 diabetic all her life. NOT…

Because I am five feet tall any excess weight (mine is 30 pounds over) is technically obese. I shld weigh no more than 132 top. All I was trying to do is have the system say that I would be 1 pound lighter per week IF I DID THIS AND THAT. There are no this and thats. I only get .5 no mater what I put in. It is interesting.…

You really lucked out. You got rid of him in time. Love is unconditional. Good luck to you in your journey. You are doing this for YOU, and not anyone else.

The diet FOR ME that worked best was Atkins. So for me, carbs are the enemy. However I rarely eat meat, so I would be very very limited if I go back to Atkins (with my personal modifications). I honestly think it is an individual thing. I do best without carbs. I do not crave when I get rid of them. I lose faster when I…

I check the selections in restaurants BEFORE I venture out. I do not eat meat and rarely eat chicken. I guess you would say I look for fish. I watch the extras like bread, and items that are loaded , such a potatoes with lots of butter. I try to go plain. I still fill up. I can usually do better than 550 if I watch it very…

Hour glass.

I am a square dancer looking for other square dancers. We have a "BIG" problem and it is our TABLE. We dance off lots of calories, huge. But the food is always around the corner. In one evening it is said we walk equivalent to 3 miles and we can burn with our speed over 1,000 calories. However we can also eat it all back…

I buy green tea in a gallon jug that is flavored with artificial sweetener. I buy Swiss Pomegrante and Blueberry. Does this count or am I doing myself in by having something artificial. I do not like it unsweetened. I don't like tea.

Me, too. I am five feet and going from 160 slowly, slowly trying to get to 125. I do not do exercise, exercise. I would rather mow the lawn or do housework or shop in large malls, etc. Of course I do dance every evening. Golly this weight loss is slow.

I had one tangerine this morning, and that goes for any other fruit I put in my mouth and I blow the days sugar allowance minus a few points. Should I avoid fruit.... it does contain sugar. I am so confused by this. Sugar and carbs make me hungry and then I my cravings start to come back. My best diet was the Atkins.…

I don't eat my exercise back. I figure I worked hard for it and will not give it up to any food. I know others are about to pounce on me for this BUT it is a feeling I have that calories spent makes for weight loss. And how do I know that my calorie count, as careful as I am is accurate.

I hate exercise. I cannot swim, petrified of water. I do not like to go treadmilling :smile: because it seems like I am doing nothing and wasting time when I could be mowing my lawn or cleaning my house (yes, that is exercise too). I cannot ride a bike, I fall off. Who ever said you never forget.:smile: My hubby gave me an…

I cannot swim. I am afraid of water EXCEPT when I accept an invite to square dance in water. After the hour or so I can really feel it. Moving vertically in water to music at a fast pace is exciting. I forget my fear and it is all fun.

I am told that I am pre-diabetic. So here are some questions. 1.My problem is NOT DURING THE DAY. I simply wake up in the morning with a slightly high count. All day long I am normal. Then it all starts again when I sleep. Not sure how to handle this. Not eating in my dreams I don't think and not sleepwalking and eating…

I drink tap water. Mine is well water. I will drink bottled water if it is handed to me. I do not drink soft drinks so if I am at a party and bottled water is available it is my only choice.

I feel your pain. I was smaller than small all my life and started to gain weight and the worst part was I really didn't care. I was on my way up before I found this site quite by accident. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. It is a catch -22. Your depression is causing you NOT to believe you can do it. And your weight is…

Good luck. I know you can do it. I need 35 pounds and it is a slow go but I am seeing progress. I think starting this first is a good idea for you. My son in law did the surgery. He never knew how to eat well. He lost lots of weight but because of lack of knowing what to do... guess what, it is all coming back. The surgery…

I am having trouble losing more than .5 a week, if that. I do not like exercise so I applaud your being able to do it. I just get bored. I dance instead but it is not as easy to compute. I am told to eat back my activities (exercise) and I am being told not to cut my calories below 1200. I really have cut my cravings and…

Having a bit of the same problem but I am not exercising as much as you are. I think it might be patience. And in my case I checked my foods and I cut the sugar and carbs a bit and I have started up again.... a half a pound at a time. Not sure how I can get 1 pound a week. Starving does not work, it just shuts my…

I know this is a longshot but are there any SQUARE AND ROUND DANCERS out there? I am looking for more friends and I thought I would share with someone who has like interests. I dance 4-5 times a week.

If I am reading the article correctly it is telling us WE DO NOT NEED ALL THAT WATER. I am hopeful this is correct. I don't like water unless I am thirsty. Often I drink flavored tea instead.

You need to be patient. It will work. I can move my scale a tad to the left or right and get a completely different number. And I am now thinking I am going to weigh in every week and judge by the fit of my clothes. I gained today a pound and my clothes are feeling mighty roomy.

I officially weigh myself when the scales say I have lost weight :-) I weigh myself every morning but don't even think to report it until it shows a stable loss for two days in a row. Woke up this morning to what looked like weight gain. HOWEVER MY CLOTHES WERE VERY LOOSE (did I spell that right;-)