The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[alohacate]

Aloha - Sending you some warm aloha to brighten your day! Congratulations on your sucess thus far.......... sorry you are having a downer day. This journey is endless and sometimes our goals can seem so far out of reach. Take it day by day and hang in there

[alpha femme]

my mom got a ups shipent today, so i went out and brought it in for her. when i picked it up, i thought, "huh, this is pretty heavy." i looked at the stamp on it, and it weighed 11kg. that's a little over 24 lbs....

i have lost more than that of my ass.

that really put things in perspective.

[SharonR]

That's right! That's exactly the amount that I have lost.

You are doing incredibly well, you being so compliant is a inspiration...I'm so not good at that sometimes!

[alpha femme]

i learned something about myself through mf...

i'm too lazy to cheat!

[alpha femme]

i just want to blurt out something that i learned when i was dropping my first 100lbs. everyone knows we have to drink water. a secret about hunger is that, more often than not, it is thirst. we actually get a lot of our water from food. so any time i am fixated on eating something, i drink 20 oz.

it does work. it works because the waer makes you feel full; it works because about 10-15 minutes after you drink your brain receives the info that you are not dehydrated and it calls off the urges for a while.

i am putting this out there, because there have been a lot of inquiries on here and through my blog about how i stay compliant. i wasn't kidding when i said i'm too lazy to cheat on mf. i really am.

but i also have learned that our urges really are in response to some sort of stimulus. some are emotional. some are genuinely physical. when we absolutely cannot do anything but think about food, it's time to drink. because, let's be honest, it would be extremely rare to be hungry if you are having a mr every 2-3 hours.

i see so many different people on here... and i am amazed that we all have a common goal. i am even more amazed they we are DOING IT. think about how incredible that is. people from all different backgrounds working as a quasi-unit towards something that 60% of the country wants but will not achieve. it really is beautiful, isn't it?

[alpha femme]

i love banana pudding. what's even better is that it always comes out like pudding!!! chocolate pudding usually becomes brownie mix or chocolate soup. banana is always pudding-y goodness.

i also started using mymedifast. to my amazement, when i plugged in my info an the meals i take in... it gave me a projected daily weightloss average that is .001 away from my actual average over the last 7 weeks. how cool is that?

ok, this has been random.

[DogMa]

That's really cool, actually. (The second part, not the part about banana pudding, which ... well, more power to you. I hate the stuff, especially now that I seem to have mastered the chocolate pudding.)

Don't ask me how, though. All I know is it comes out just right every single time now.

[dede4wd]

I can't DO the chocolate pudding. Soup or frosting, that's what I get! It's so weird that I can get banana right almost every time!

DeDe

P.S. I agree about the water! I'm too lazy to cheat too!

[SharonR]

i learned something about myself through mf...

i'm too lazy to cheat!

And here I thought I was a lazy person...hmm...lol

Hope your having a good day! Can't wait for those pics...and umm...oh you know I'm gonna look...and you can't stop me!!!

[SharonR]

you know that emote is all wrong, it shows him sticking out his tongue, not licking his lips...that's just so WRONG!

[alpha femme]

yeah. it is pretty wrong... yet very, very funny.

[alpha femme]

my stupid scale is tripping on me again. no movement. unless, of course, i jump up and down on it. then it goes up... and then right back to 270.

d'oh!

i was really hoping that the losses would start being consistant again after my period ended.

i know, in my head, that i look better. but i still need the constant visual on the scale. nothing takes the place of mechanical reinforcement. it really is bizzarre how addicted i am to it. i guess i'm not alone in that, though.

i took a f/b shot of my self in the mirror yesterday. wow, what a tub of lard i am! then i compared it to one from several pounds ago. thank god i am changing myself. i don't know how i've lived like this.

[SharonR]

You are so rough on yourself! Dang girl! Be nice, you need to think of some positive things about yourself...yeah that's right, I want you to make a little list of 5 things about yourself that you are proud and happy with. Yep, a little homework for ya!

It makes me a little sad that you beat yourself up! So stop it! You are amazing and I have already told you that, so believe it gosh darnit! lol


I'll be waiting for those 5 things...*twiddling thumbs*

[alpha femme]

hey! i'm allowed to be rough on myself. i allowed myself to get up to 400lbs. that shows a complete lack of self respect. i acknowledge my short comings-- but i know i have good points, too. in all honesty, though.... 400? what the hell was i thinking? i guess my self esteem and respect went on vacation for a couple of years.

it embarrasses me!

i have to be accountable for my own crap. and what an array of crap it is...

i did finally take a pic and pull up a couple i can post, but the one i took is terrible and it looks like i'm trying to pass kidney stones or something, so i think i'll hold off until i take another.

[SharonR]

umm hello, did you not see my before pics? I look drunk and fat as a cow! But baby, the after pics are going to be HOT...

I hear ya about how did this happen. I think to myself and was talking to a friend...like...how was it ok to go from a size 16 to 20 to 24 to 26 to 28. How could I just think that was ok? Crazy when i think about it now, but at the time it didn't cross my mind. The only thing that crossed my mind was when my next meal with dessert would be!