LipstickLady

He was a wife-beating, homophobic, US citizen, who used an automatic weapon. What does this have to do with keeping people out of this country? Amen.

I pay a lot of $$ to maintain my gel nails. I painted over perfectly perfect nails to keep myself from eating. D@MN you fat brain!!

I sucked on those damn Listerine strips that make everything taste like crap. I also painted my nails so I couldn't touch anything. Oh yes, any plan to sabotage the eating is a good plan.

GOOD FOR YOU. If you believe you can, you can. I am rooting for you 100%.

I totally believe you and I think you can do it. My question is, if you are already on the portion control part and committed to changing your habits, what's the point of surgery? I needed the restriction, personally. Sounds like you are much stronger than I was going in.

Surgery won't stop you from eating carbs (unfortunately). I WISH!!!

I'm curious how many calories you get in during a regular day? I would assume you've had your thyroid checked? Do you exercise? None of this is judgmental, I promise you. My fear is that if you are really aren't eating excess calories, restriction isn't your answer vs malabsorption. Have you talked to your doctor about your current eating regimen?

I didn't eat all good things, but I certainly didn't get to 264 pounds eating proper portions, even of the bad stuff. It was truly eye opening how MUCH I was actually eating (compared to how much I THOUGHT I was eating) once I was restricted. Kind of sickening, really.

You can bait me any time you want. You master, you.

@@ridgerunner I don't name call, you'll bait me no further and this conversation is quite boring, don't you think?

No!!! Only if it was blind posting with no names attached. I'm not changing ME for a bunch of blairny gints or whatever them Brits call 'em.

I can think of MUCH more fun things, but I wouldn't want our more "delicate" forum members to start twitching.

You are such a bad@ss!!

It was a amazing day, I have been caring for my 90 year old neighbor that fell and broke his hip. I drove 6 hrs to pick him up a new scooter to get around in so he could come home. It's a great feeling when you do and give for others who really appreciate it. And he's has helped me threw this slump so much. He doesn't have anyone in my life neither do I. So we kinda take care of each other now. And I am so great full for all my blessings in life and he never takes anything for granted and it's a nice reminder sometimes........life is what you make it Jess Hall-Mcfarland GOOD FOR YOU. Sincerely.

First and foremost you've got to track every nibble, lick, chew and swallow (snort!) to see what's really going on. Your body is in a rut. Being a dumb American, I've no idea how much you weigh in pounds, how much you've lost or how tall you are. I'll google that, though. I'd suggest looking into the 5:2 diet. It really shakes things up metabolically. You do five days of smart eating and two days of practically fasting. Or, another that has worked for me is 18:6. I "fast" for 18 hours and do all my eating in 6 hours over the day. A few days gets things moving and it's not horrible. You know, I have some friends that are really good at the micro/macro thing and can analyze the poo out of you. You'd have to come over to the dark side, though.

I demand more brag lists, people!!

I'd like two years post op, personally, but I can see the argument for one year. I don't personally block/ignore anyone because I can easily do that by skipping past their posts without responding. I sure do wish I could block people from reading ME, though. Yes, trolls can and do put anything. But that said, they quickly reveal themselves, as seen all over these boards.

Today I learned that some of you are absolute sickos. No wonder we're friends!

And the name calling starts again. I think you are missing the point that everyone is here because they want to be. No one is being paid or compensated in any way. I stay because I feel like I can "pay back" the help I received when I was a newbie and yes, much of it was tough, blunt, "are you kidding me" type answers. I don't NEED to help those who are easily offended, who call names, who report anything/everything I post just because my name is on it. And yes, there are definitely people I avoid. It has nothing to do with "bruised egos", "toys", "maturity" or "whining". But thank you for clarifying your position here.

I love this one million times.

For the win!

It needs to be closed to vets only in my opinion! As it stands, it's "ask a vet" and we see how well that works.

Stay on topic! Stay on topic! :throws tantrum:

Thanks!!!