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Reply: Phentermine.. How does it work?

Many people are more worried about being superthin instead of healthy. What you...

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Many people are more worried about being superthin instead of healthy.

What you should be considered with is your

blood pressure
any heart issues
pre diabetic or diabetic
cholestrol
any other issue that excess weight complicates

and then if your stomach is over 35 inches if you are a woman. This is even more important than the BMI. I am usually just at 24 to 26 on the BMI but all of the above is very good (very low pulse, low BP, no history of diabetes, great cholestrol, no heart issues, hypothyroid, chronic pain issues unable to work which makes consistent exercise difficult-to-impossible but I do my best with my home exercise equipment).

I also weighed 300 lbs in my early 20's coming from a family with 75% of them having excess weight from 50 to 200 lbs and heart issues, cancer, high blood pressure, fibromyalgia (me too)....

I have lost over 150 lbs and have kept it off (now 55 years old) since that time but constantly fight hunger to try to lose that 15 lbs (would like to weigh 135-140 at 5'5") but from watching weight loss shows, I would guess I have at least an extra 5 to 10 lbs of extra skin on my legs that I do not have the money to have the plastic surgery (I did have the excess skin removed my my arms...batwing surgery).

I never eat out, don't go to parties, rarely eat meat, everything I consume is non and low fat dairy, protein bars, protein powder, flaxseed, cereal, oatmeat, fruit, vegetables....

Never been on Phenertemine but am on over a dozen medications for my headaches, migraines, chronic intractable neck pain syndrome/cervical radiculpathy, osteoporosis, ehlers danlos syndrome, fatty liver/enlarged bile duct (not from alcohol, with no tumor or stones), irritable bladder, reflux and more....

I say take and do whatever works for you but also exercise, find an activity you enjoy doing (mine is ballroom dancing which I have done since 1980) and find an eating plan that works for you that you can stick with 80 to 95% of the time.View Thread

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Reply: What Does Plus-Size Mean to You?

Unless you are a genetic anomally like most models, you would be too thin at 120 and...

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Reply: What Does Plus-Size Mean to You?

You are right about sizing but also depending on the style and intended fit of the...

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I so understand your "oatmeal and toast" diet as those and cream of wheat, Wheaties,...

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Nausea and vomiting is a part of my life due to chronic daily headaches and...

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I think women who are whatever size if they have good legs should wear skirts to show...

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Don't ever give up. I have severe chronic pain and there are days I have trouble...

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Don't ever give up. I have severe chronic pain and there are days I have trouble getting out of bed/off the couch. But I make sure the days I can, I am out doing my ballroom dancing or using my inside treadmill and inside cardio equipment and weights (that is an investment worth every penny even if you need to go to Pennysaver or the papers and get a used cardio piece of equipment). Once you can do exercise inside with your cool drink, fans on your head (not your body as you want your muscles to stay warm but with the fans I can keep going and not pass out with my low B/P). Then go to Ebay or other inexpensive place and get a heart rate monitor. Some are $9.99 to $19.99 that work very well. This is important that you find your proper heart rate and stay in that zone. For years I actually over exercised and my heart rate was too high. Now I know due to my age and my goals (fat burning) I should stay at 60 to 75% of my maximum heart rate....for me at 52 that means about 100 to 125. Many days I am lucky to feel up to moving up to 100 but most days I am closer to 120 to 135.

Knee pain is very tricky and you need to try exercise equipment (at a store) to find what aggravates and what is ok. Wear braces, tape, ice/compress after exercise. With my fibromyalgia, something is ALWAYS hurting and I have braces for ankles, knees, back, neck and use ace bandages and athletic tape pretty much every damn other place on my body.
Take your meds before you exercise to be as pain free as possible (or OTC aspirin, Tynenol, Aleve). If you have had your knee pain for quite a while you may want to alternate heat with ice. Experiment. Elevate your legs the rest of the time propping them up on anything you own if you have to (my varicose veinned legs demand this).

What else can we do? Try to find things you enjoy in life....your pets, family, reading, crafts, whatever and take your mind off food. You should only eat when you are really hungry and then eat very slowly, drinking liquids like hot tea/coffee, water or diet soda all the while to fill you up, and stop at the first inclination of hunger subsiding. Stop eating til you are full. That is what does not work.

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Hi, watch Project Runaway? If there is ever a challenge with normal size women, the...

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Sewing a simple V neck top is easy...take a sewing class! Or go to your largest...

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Reply: How to Decrease Your Appetite

I only eat until I am barely full and I am often hungry. I eat cream of wheat or...

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I only eat until I am barely full and I am often hungry. I eat cream of wheat or oatmeal every morning for breakfast and I eat lots of fiber in the form of oatnut bread, popcorn without butter, salads, vegies, fruit, shredded wheat, bran flakes.... I eat only once or twice a week a meal with meat in it (and then have an Alli whenever I have any fat in a meal) and perhaps once or twice a week half a can of Chunky Beef or Chicken soup over rice. As I have osteoporosis, I do consume a lot of non fat and low fat dairy products in the form of yoghurt, frozen yoghurt, puddings (with one or two tablespoons on top). I have chocolate fudge diet splenda pudding every day made with skim milk and I add PB2, an 85% less fat powdered peanut butter (12.5 calories of PB per serving to add protein). Due to my chronic pain, I do suffer from nausea due to both the migraines and the medications so i do eat non fat saltines and fat free lemon bars. I also eat grape frozen bars and acqai berry frozen bars. I have one glass of Welches light grape juice a day. I never eat out. I never have anything fried. I am almost always hungry (except right after eating the cereals). I am hypothyroid and have fibromyalgia and due to the chronic pain my exercise is pretty much limited to ballroom dancing when my body allows me to.

It is very frustrating....I constantly think of what I am eating/diet.

I come from a family of heifers who have high cholestrol, high blood pressure, cancer, heart disease....and me myself weighed 300 lbs 30 years ago....so it is a never ending fight and I am sure it will be til the day I die.

I am always reading and looking for the latest pill or what have you that can help (I don't expect anything to do it all....I know that I will always have to eat very little and dance and exercise but Alli has made a significant difference).

I sure wish it were easier....

I drink tons of Diet Pepsi over ice (the ice melts into the Diet Pepsi...that is my water!). Whenever i've tried to drink water, I drink one glass of water/ one glass of Diet Pepsi. I just need the carbonation and the flavoring of a cola to fill up my stomach and help with the nausea and it also helps a little with my headaches/migraines.

I do not have diabetes, have good cholestrol, my b/p and pulse are excellent except when I am in pain and then they go up, my measurements are 36 1/2, 29, 36 1/2 and I carry my excess weight in my legs (and excess skin from my being 300 lbs in my legs....I need a thigh/leg tuck but cannot afford it).View Thread

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