sauerkrautpolka Member

Okay, first of all you've done an amazing job!!! You look wonderful. But also, what is that shade of purple?! I am in love with it. I am dying my hair pink next, but hope to transition into purple after that because I really miss my purple hair.

Completely amazing and inspiring pictures.. Thank you for sharing!

I have PCOS (am controlling it with a low-carb diet and metformin and spironolactone) and have already lost 41lbs (pay no attention to my signature.. I'll update it with tomorrow's official weigh-in) since May 31st! That's a pretty good loss for anyone, but especially for someone with PCOS. Going into this, I just knew the…

I would never ever say anything.. He was much bigger when I met him and I fell in love with him. Large or small (he weighs way less than I do now), he is perfect. Like it was previously said, they already know if they're gaining weight and have the decision whether they want to do anything about it. For health reasons such…

Yeah, I've seen just as many men as I've seen women on this site. Some of us women may get our husbands/boyfriends interested in it initially, but they end up sticking around for the long-run because this site isn't gender specific and is very helpful to both sexes. I'm not even much of a calorie counter, myself (mostly…

Yep, I'm never low on energy. In fact, I have more energy than ever before. I've always been sluggish and sedentary, but since being back on low-carb I'm finding it a lot easier to get up and exercise.

I'm doing low-carb (still in induction mode since May 31st, so have been netting around 20 carbs a day) and low-calorie (about 1300 calories a day) and have lost 37 pounds in 2 months. Works for me! I've done low-carb in the past, without doing low-calories and still lost weight, but it took me about 3 months to lose 30lbs…

I too, have been called names for being overweight. I have anxiety problems as it is with going out in public and the stares and name-calling doesn't help AT ALL! I haven't been called anything in a long time, but it haunts me every time I leave the house. I'm really sorry so many of you have dealt with the same thing. I…

Same here! I plan on being the same jeans and t-shirt type of girl when I'm thin, with a few dresses thrown in the mix! I haven't worn a dress in so long and it'll be nice to be able to dress up every now and again. Not that I can't now, I am just not comfortable in a dress quite yet.

I too, would love to join! This is a great idea. Sadly, I spend most of my waking hours on Facebook.. so this would be a great way for me to stay on track and check in every week with a support group there.

Yeah, I told them.. but now I kind of wish I would have kept it to myself. I feel like they're just trying to be nice when they tell me they can tell that I'm losing weight.. I would have liked to have seen how long I could have gone with losing weight until they noticed something and then I would have told them. I'm not…

Wow, this is so inspirational.. thank you for sharing! My "now" stomach looks pretty similar to your "before" stomach, only slightly larger.. so this gives me a lot of hope that I can someday have a flat tummy too! Amazing work!

*subscribing I'm currently doing my own version (as in drinking one or two low-carb slim fast shakes everyday, which most people doing a stricter low-carb WOE wouldn't approve of, which is fine. It's working for me and it's sometimes difficult for me to eat solid foods first thing in the morning) of low-carb.. keeping it…

I try to keep mine to around 1500mg (there are some days that I indulge, like on my birthday I went over 6000! =O) a day. But I have high-blood pressure/hypertension. My last 2 doctors visits have been very positive, though.. in that my BP was only 103/64. So eating low-sodium is definitely helping!

I am 5'4 (or 5'5? the jury is still out on that one :P) and can't wait to get under 200lbs... 193 looks fantastic on you! You have done amazing!

I joined in the beginning of June and weighed in yesterday at 33.4lbs lost since May 31st!

Well, for what it's worth, I enjoyed the read immensely. I know all too well and can to your post. Also, you're a fantastic writer. I want to follow your blog!

This is me also. I ate only one meal a day at times.. but a lot of times (okay, probably 99% of the time) the meal would be extremely unhealthy. Also, I had a huge love for beer.. so yes, probably an alcohol addiction, but not addicted to eating food.. just the wrong kinds. I've also been pretty sedentary for the past 10…

I enjoy seeing tattoos, but I don't think they make a person hot or not. I can take them or leave them on the opposite sex and be perfectly fine. My husband only has one tattoo and I have the matching one (and some others.. hoping for a sleeve one day when I'm rich). :) Not a fan of piercings, even though I had multiple…

We didn't even talk it out much. It was mostly a spur of the moment, lets go to the courthouse this week and get married thing. Hah. I can't tell you our exact reasons at the time, but yes, there have been times of regret (for the both of us.. wish we had waited longer, gotten to know each other better and overcame our…

Rusted Root

about a month and a half, but I'm also pretty large and still have a lot more to lose.

I do.. mostly just to make sure I've taken it for the day. In the past, I'd forget whether or not I had taken it (along with my other medications), so it's helpful for me to log it.

Word. Also, larger people tend to burn a lot more calories doing the same amount of exercise as a smaller person. They could have been a lot larger at some point and are still continuing to get in shape. That same person will not look as large to you in a few months.

C) wear obscene clothing for a week straight - everywhere I get weird stares anyway... might as well. :P

I used to have 9 piercings in my ears and 6 in my face. I've been jewelry-free for about 8 years now.

This describes me exactly!

Dexter is in my top 3 favorite shows! Season 4 was by far my favorite season! Can't wait for the new season!!!

Yes, so many of these are the reason I want to lose 100lbs (well, a little less than that now :drinker: )!!! Great list!

I've gotten mine for free online.. I've since lost my last one, so I just did another search for "free measuring tape" and a few different sites came up.