and so the battle begins…..round two ^.^

Good luck! 🙂

Me three…. oi. Misery loves company?

Yup, fighting and not winning. I’ve been trying to lose 30 pounds for my wedding but it ain’t going to happen. Found out that my anti-depressants are what caused my weight gain and the main reason why I can’t lose weight even with exercising everyday (apparently, the exercising is just keeping my weight stable). So, it’s either stay cubby and mostly sane or skinny and suicidal… 🙄

Diets are really the devil’s handiwork. Unless you are with a “class” style where they keep track of everything you eat, and you can’t get away from big brother’s eyes.
In August of 2000 I weighed in at 230lbs. I hated having my pic taken at family functions, and who doesn’t want pics when you’re at Christmas? NO ONE! I wore a size 18 in jeans (Long before they began putting the 2% spandex in the hipster jeans.) and when I graduated highschool I weighed 115, and wore a size 5. I have always had wide shoulders, but a smaller waist.
Currently I weigh 150-155 with fluctuations up and down between those numbers. I weigh every day before showering, and never miss a day. I don’t eat perfectly, as I love my soda!!! I can drink diet, but prefer regular and fully leaded. I am a Dr. Pepper fanatic! I drink 3 or 4 a day. Caffeine and sugar are my enemies.
I have however, in the past few months, dropped from 165-170 to the 150-155, simply by changing my diet a small bit.
I prefer chicken and fish. I cook them in many ways, even skin on. Once a week I eat beef, usually a rib eye, and I don’t throw away anything from that steak. I stopped eating fried foods. Once in a while I allow myslf an egg roll, or some rangoons, but otherwise, I really don’t miss it. Fires, yeah, I miss those once in a while but I do like oven fries, so that makes up for it. 🙂 I do eat pastas and rice, but I limit myself on it. I eat breakfast around 3 hours after waking, and I eat supper 4 hours prior to bed time. Since unless it’s up at 7am everyday for school, hours of waking and retiring fluctuate widely. So, I shoot for certain amount of hours. Myself, I do not wake up hungry and it takes me a while to get hungry. 😕 Don’t know why. I do have snacks during the day, but most consist of say a slice of cheese and maybe a few carrot sticks or something of the sort.
I guess what I am trying to say, is each person’s body works so differently than anothers, that what works for some might not work for others. I met a woman who ate nothing but hard candies for a month. She was very mobile, and lost weight. I would be a walking pimple and 300lbs. I already know this from when I was young. I also was an emotional eater too at the heaviest times. I try not to do that now. I go for a walk instead. No food on the sidewalk here. 😉

I like what WC said–we’re all different and our bodies will react to different things. I personally hate diets–it’s die with a ‘t’! 😆 The one thing I keep hearing from people who are trying to lose weight is moderation. You don’t have to cut out your favorite chocolates or ice cream or sodas and such but limit them and not make a meal out of them. That way you don’t feel you’re in that dungeon of never eating anything that tastes good! I feel that’s why a lot of diets don’t work–too restricting and people have developed these bad habits and they’re hard to break.

So the best to you and keep us posted!