theostlerscat Member

I have had a very similar experience. I didn't realize that I was bloated at first. I normally eat very healthy, but my carbs included wheat and some sugar (contained in food products not added). I was having some problems with swelling, increasingly extreme swelling, in my hands, feet and lower legs and I had been gaining…

My son is about your age. This past year he lost about 40lbs. He's 6'0" and about 150lbs now. Loosing the weight was easy for him, it just fell off when he stopped eating junk food and stopped eating when he wasn't hungry. Now the problem is gaining muscle; that's the hard part. He was so concerned with weight loss that he…

I would beg to differ. I find that when I eat late, I make poor choices; more like snacking than a meal. I find that I eat more carbs and fats when I eat late, regardless of meeting the calorie goal. It isn't always as simple as calories in v. calories out. Late night eating tends to accompany TV watching and is…

I am going on a year of slowly increasing my calories from 1200 to 2000. I started in February of last year and increased very slowly. I was afraid to just eat the calories that the calculations suggested. I had 30 years of eating disorders and starvation diets and over-exercising. I was terrified and I think I made a…

Yes this is a good question? Do you keep recalculating every 5lbs in either direction? Or do you hold on on the upswing and adjust on the down?

Cheese balls are AWESOME! And so are Wonder Bread balls. It is amazing how things taste better when they are smashed together; much better than with all the air in them. Oh, how about "ice-cream soup", you know, when you stir up the hard ice-cream until it is a soft-serve consistency. That is another great one.

How about this one, I used to eat mustard and black pepper and salt on Wonder Bread; "mustard sandwiches"! It was my thing... it grossed my mom out.

For years I have been telling myself to not make excuses for the difficulty I have controlling my weight. It is a monumental effort, practically a part-time job to keep my weight at 140 lbs (I am 5'7"); in fact I became a trainer and it was my part-time job to keep my weight under control. We are talking 3 hours/ day of…

Sounds exactly like me. I am not new, but I am having a terrible time motivating. I could use a friend. Perhaps we could help each other. Add me if you like.

It isn't such a bad thing when you have a lot of weight to loose. It does catch up with you, however, when you get down to the last 10 lbs or so and you can't get them off. I spent 2 years at or below 1200 cal and I made my goal weight, then I started to gain weight on 1200 calories or less (with 7 workouts per week)!! I…

Never done one of these challenges, what is involved and how does it work? Can somebody send me some info?

If you want to get really into it look at "Paleo" dieting on Google. There is also a good website called "Caveman Cooking"; I like this one.

After several months, I am consistently 200-300 calories under the Net Goal. I am still not sure if I should be going by calories consumed or Net Calories when I consider my daily intake for the purpose of weight loss. I am finding that, in spite of coming in under net calories every day (I do consume calories at goal, I…