Chrystee

Oh yea, I'm happy with my weight loss! I feel like I had a little restart with the gallbladder stuff, and that was frustrating..

Some of you are so close to your goal already! I'm a little jealous. LOL

Wow.. over 100 pounds! That's awesome.

I've lost 50 % of my excess weight!

Thanks! I lost all the Water, and now down 2 more pounds. YAY. It will be ok.. Happened to me too! sucks!

Ok. I had never heard of it. Another friend said her dr prescribed a med for her too. Weird.

He gave me ursodiol 2x a day for 6 months Do you know why? What it is supposed to do?

I ended up with stones and an infected gallbladder. What meds did you get?

Wow 98.. I jealous! I was down 75 then gained 13 the past few days during gallbladder surgery!

A day late and a dollar short, I am..

I learned a lot about myself. Some people self-medicate with food and to some degree that was me but mostly I was just a glutton like so amny Americans are these days. I was also a victim of the clever marketing of food and the addictive nature of today's food. I realized that most of what is sold in supermarkets is not fit for human consumption. Pets get better nutrition. Another reason why I did not go with surgery is because I had gotten great counseling. I knew that it was within my power to reform my behaviors and doing such was very empowering. It made me a better husband and better parent. Another important reason was the risk. bariatric surgeries have a significant mortality rate and many people have the side effects such as mal absortion, leaking and dumping to name a few. I was asked to name all the valid reasons for why I could not eat 40% less calories and I had no reasons. I asked the person helping me why I wasn't and he let me off the hook by explain what is if to be sated and how the brain has to catch up with the body. Big people have big appetites. Because of how I eat now I don't have gnawing hunger. I now eat the way nature intended humans to eat. I eat the foods that we were designed to eat. I had to eat mindfully. I selected the right foods in the right amounts and lost the weight. I reduced calories gradually so I was never really hungry. I ate 6 times a day and now I eat larger meal 4 times. What I learned mostly is that food can no longer control me. The pesky free floating anxiety that most of us have vanished. I took control. I learned that with the right tools things that seem impossible are actually pretty easy. I now enjoy food... real food more than ever but I have gone from a hedonist to an epicurean and the whole thing was quite spiritual. I did this for a higher purpose. Sure vanity was part of it as was health but I did it mostly for my loved ones and for society as a whole. I'm glad you were able to do it without surgery.. I hope that you can continue to stay healthy and keep the weight off.. for some of us, it just isn't that easy.. Its good that you could get to that point without surgery.. for me, the risk of surgery outweighed the risk of spending another 15 years trying to lose the weight.

I'm trying to understand what the post is about? Are you speaking to a certain person? Is someone making you feel bad about something?

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Stalls seem pretty much normal.. You've lost 140 pounds in less than a year.. in about 10 months.. that's 14 pounds a month; the average is 8-10 pounds a month, so you are doing really well. I normally workout pretty heavy 5-6 days a week. I would add some cardio in between your trainer sessions, but you seem to be doing well.

I'm wearing too big of clothes.. but I'm trying to make them last.. I can't afford to spend a whole lot.. so only buying a few things on sale here and there..

Doing great! Feeling awesome.. hit 73 pounds down this weekend.. No problems so far.. Its SUCH a good feeling buying stuff in the regular section.. I can wear an XL shirt.. down from a 24 size.. or a 2-3X shirt.. I put on a 16W at kohls capris... down from a tight 26!!

I'm a little over 4 months and I usually get around 800-1000 per day, usually closer to 800. Avocado and some nuts help me get in some calories.. 1200 seems high at this point..

You look great to me.. not too thin.. though if you were me, I would probably want to put a little muscle on..

Most likely the bread/sugar combo.. I would def stay away from too much bread.

wow, that's so fast.. I thought I was losing pretty fast.. but wow!

I'm at 69 pounds off!! I can't believe it!

Tattoos every 50 pounds..

@@Sajijoma Big huge hugs to you.

I also believe that many bodies are different.. 90 grams of carbs a day isn't bad.. but say 150.. and you may stall.. its 40% now, but if you were eating 1300 a day and at 40% that may be too much. I keep my carb level around 40-50 a day, and I do heavy workouts.. I know some friends who do high carb diets and lose fine.. (no wls).. but my body isn't that fortunate. I also have PCOS. I just don't believe its a one-all nutrition thing. Bodies are crazy! Even my surgeon and Doctors said they don't understand why some people lose weight eating higher fat and carbs, and some people can't lose on 1200 calorie diets..