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Most of you know I'm a big fat guy. Well, I used to be much bigger and fatter. Been dieting off and on for a couple years and steadily losing weight. I bounce back up some from time to time but so far I've managed to lose any gains and keep losing. Anyone who has fought the battle of the fat knows how hard it is.

Did my Friday weigh in this morning and was very pleased. I have been on a weight loss tear recently (sometimes it comes off faster then other times) and I have lost 32 pounds since Easter. Had to lose some that bounced back over the holidays but I am now down a total of 125 pounds. I celebrated with a muffin for lunch. God it was good. It's amazing how going for weeks eating nothing but bland food makes you appreciate something simple like a muffin. Now back to very tiny portions of no carb food.

Still have a long way to go. I have a photo of me at my peak weight. If I can reach my ultimate goal I will have a photo taken and post them side by side. It will be dramatic.
 
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Unlike other problems, and I am not minimalizing them, a person with eating problems and weight problems cannot seperate themselves from their problem. We have to eat. Good luck on reaching your goal. I fight the same battle you are fighting. It's tough.
 
Congradulations!! Quite the accomplishment - it's funny what you can do when you decide that you want to do it. I know it's tough, cause I have the same issue and need to lose myself. Please don't give up on yourself, you are worth this effort!! You have my respect.

Pete99004
 
You know, your post is very thought provoking. It seems like most of us are born with some cross to bear of one kind or another. I have never had a weight problem but I can certainly feel your pain because I'm not with out my own issues. There and only been one perfect man and he was crucified 2K years ago for the rest of us.

I have heard that overcoming adversity builds character. I don't know it someone came up with that to make us feel better about ourselves but I do know that I have struggled in my life to overcome my "imperfections".

I have found that I'm much more comfortable if I just be myself and not try to fool myself or other people. I even joke about it sometimes. I am old
I am small (5'5" smf 150 lbs)
I am bald
I am ugly
I am only moderately intelligent.

I never did the bad comb-over or wore lifts in my shoes or tried to conceal or alter myself in any way. People that loved me when I had hair still love me and people that didn't like me when I had hair still don't like me. With me what you see is what you get and others seem to appreciate that attitude in me.

I've had my moments here and there with women but I've never been what you might call a chick magnet. Friends might say something like "well, some women like older men", or "some women like short men"' or some women like bald headed men", Some women are not turned off by ugly men or men of modest intelligence".

But what woman wants ALL those negative features in one man? :rolleyes:

To my good fortune I found one. :) Miss Pam has been with me for 43 years. Every morning I wake up and look over on her side of the bed. Every morning she's still there.

I must be doing something right. Don't know what it is but I plan on continuing it.

Good luck with your ongoing struggle. Non illigimus carbarundem (don't let the ******** grind you down!)
 
Congratulations on your great progress. It sounds like you know the benefits of weight loss and fitness. My wife and I are constantly working on maintaining our fitness and healthy weight. We walk every day and are careful about what foods we buy and keep in the house. You have demonstrated you have both the discipline and focus it takes to lose weight. Keep up the good work! I will be waiting to see the before and after pictures. Oh, next time you crave a muffin, take it out and shoot it with one of your nice Magnums.
 
GatorFarmer said:
Is there a way to eat healthy and lose weight, and have it not be bland?
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Absolutely!

Please do yourself a favor and read Dr. Atkins' book. It is more about changing what you eat, not starving yourself and getting on a bland diet.

Fat men run in my family (well, none of them run, most waddle), and I decided years ago that wasn't for me.

Got to my target weight 14 years ago and have maintained it since. It really works, and

who doesn't like beef, cheese, bacon, fish, chicken, shrimp, pork, etc. Did I mention bacon?
 
Beef, chicken, cheese its all good. Until it's all you've eaten for the past 6 weeks. Then you would kill for a piece of bread or potato. When I am sticking to protein-based food with none of the carbohydrates after a while I find myself eating less and less simply because I don't want to eat it anymore.
 
Congratulations!

I know what it's like. I needed to lose weight, so the first thing I did was give up beer.

I lost 40 pounds in about four months.

The next 35 pounds were a lot harder.

I still fluctuate a bit, but a big part of that is my work schedule and too many large breakfasts.
Sometimes I feel like every time I lose 1 pound, it will come back, and bring a friend with it.

Keep it up!
 
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I feel your pain. I've never been overweight, always ate whatever I wanted..and had a heart attack at 57. Two years later, I'm real good at eating well..but boy I miss the things I used to eat. I know I can haz a baconcheeseburger once in a while, but as soon as I'm done, I'd want another! So I don't...

It's hard but what's worth doing that isn't?
 
Congratulations Saxon. Keep up the good work.
We're looking forward to seeing your before and after pictures.

Wingmaster
 
Good for you! I hadn't weighed myself in a couple of years and last November I stepped on and discovered I was a whopping 250lbs. Only 25yo too. Well, I am happy to say since then I have dropped 30lbs. I've been cheating a little lately because I broke my ankle. I can't really argue with the food being brought to me...I hope when I come out of this the weight isn't too bad. The bad thing about this all is that I started hiking as a good form of exercise and because of this I ended up with the broken ankle :/
 
I'll give you a little gem of a low carb, high protein, sinfully crunchy Atkins friendly snack food. Read the nutrition information before you all get too judgemental:

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Lowreys-microwave-chicharrones-original-1-75-Ounce/dp/B000UPFWW6"]Amazon.com: Lowrey's Bacon Curls, microwave Pork Rinds (chicharrones), original, 1.75-Ounce Packages, 18 Count@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518PoGjjAIL.@@AMEPARAM@@518PoGjjAIL[/ame]

And they are 1000x better than the fried prebagged ones you will see on grocery store shelves......
 
I had to lose fifty pounds for a surgery so I know how hard it is to lose weight,Sometimes it's even harder to keep it off because once You eat something You shouldn't all the cravings come back big time.
Good job on the weight loss,Keep it up.
 
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