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I'm trying to come up with some tricks and strategies that might keep me on track once I have my surgery. So far, I'm making a list of all of the things that I hate or have had done to me because I'm fat so that I don't go back. Also, I'm thinking about buying a goal dress. I've always wanted to look good in a spaghetti strap dress! Any other tricks that have helped you?

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I made a list of things I enjoy doing. I tend to comfort-eat, so I wanted to have ready options to do instead of eating to comfort myself or feel good.

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Negative stuff doesn't work for me. It makes me depressed and angry...

I have a journal that I am keeping (bought a pretty blank gook) with pics of me now, my measurements (shudder) my BP and BMI and the tapes I get from the docs office with my BMR, fat mass etc.

I'm also writing my thoughts, feelings, hopes etc down.

I'm not doing this for looks so much as just to "fit" into things again so I'm planning a trip to my beloved Mickey Mouse when i can wear the size XL t-shirts I have (that's a over 100 pounds away) and so on.

We're all different but if I dwelled on bad and negative stuff, I'd bog down.

I guess some of us need the carrot, and some of us need the stick. I'm a carrot girl myself; reward motivates me.

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As been said here, chrck your BMR if you want to lose weight:

1- Practice more

2- Eat less

If you want to maintain your weight try to each the same amount of calories every weigh and keep the same life style

Some type of foods are really tricky ... Big Mack with fries and pop might end you up intaking 1600 calories.

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