I just returned from a European holiday, mainly spent time in Paris and the French Rivera where the food is truly amazing, but I didn't gain an ounce because my desire to not regain is stronger then my desire to eat crepes and baquettes. It isn't always easy to stay completely set on course of my diet, I do allow a certain amount of treats here or there but realistically even in a foreign country I try to stick with the basics of fresh food, salads, chicken, light on the bread and heavy on the healthy protein sources.

Here is me at 10+ years out and still at goal.

Exercise alone does not promote weight loss.  Eating right and exercise is key to success, but be aware if you quit exercising reduce calories accordingly or risk regain.  I cannot commit to many forms of exercise due to serious hip issues so I live on restricted calories to maintain my loss.

I grew up in CT near Pfizer pharmaceuticals, their creation of vitamins and dumping of waste in the Thames river created a river so toxic and polluted that virtually no life could be sustained in it and the fish that did live were mutated.  I will never support toxic chemicals added to our food in the way of pesticides or genetic engineering.  Treat your children any way you choose, I opt for my son to eat healthy organic non gmo food because it is my choice as a proud American to speak up against Monsanto and big chemical companies that are compromising our health and future.  You want to use Round-up be my guest, 58% of the honey you eat contains it because the honey bees are poisoned.  The link between gmo's and autism is already scientifically established, more risks I am unwilling to take.  Autoimmune diseases have an origin, I believe it's our chemical, preservative filled diet, if you wish to flirt with disaster go for it.  I prefer to pull my head out of my ass and become an informed consumer.  Enjoy trolling my posts.

I cannot answer your question for a review as I do not believe in chemicals and I do not take them.  What I can say is it took me 2.5 years to reach goal and those last 40 pounds were the toughest.  I had my tummy tuck at eighteen months out, they took off about six pounds of skin which never seemed to show up on the scale given you swell forever.  But I did go on to reach 138 and remain here ever since and I am now ten years out.  It's a slow process but you can do this.

MY POINT IS MY IDEA OF GOOD FOOD GOT ME ******G DIABETES AND 20 YEARS OF MORBID OBESITY AND NEEDING TO HAVE WLS TO HAVE A CHANCE AT A NORMAL LIFE.  IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH FOR YOU.

Why don't you block me instead of trolling me.  You obviously hate me.  Do us both a favor, I don't bother to learn peoples names, so to me you are no one, but when I see your ******g bull**** on my posts it reminds me you are a troll who always says ****  So block me or report me or do something other then write on my posts, because as is very evident you are not here to help anyone.

Life is too short to be spent fat, tired, miserable and unable to keep up.  I prefer to diet my way through life and be a normal size and be able to move about then to eat better and be miserable.  My son who has excellent metabolism can eat great foods and be thin and healthy and thats excellent for him, but for me, that would not work.  My idea of good food is a pint of Ben & Jerry and a chocolate cake.  So you make choices in life, everything is a choice, my choice is to eat healthy, clean, organic, gmo free food that I can see and appreciate what it actually consists of and keep my calories low enough to maintain without hunger or feeling deprived.  I am not deprived at all.  I eat a few chocolates every day.  But I calculate it all in.  I just pulled my head out of my ass and started living in the real world instead of in denial and everything is so much better, and I don't wake up 10 pounds heavier because I refuse to go back to where I was.  One bad day is followed by a getting back on track and staying on track day.

She should of been slammed by every human rights group around for being a condescending c*nt and showing off her credentials of being on tv.  The good news is she will probably either lose her job or have her future jobs undermined by having her rant on viral video.  I guarantee this worker hears this stuff every day given that towing companies haul off your care for ransom, she just found out this person was someone and took advantage of it.  The ESPN womyn is a piece of crap obviously and the womyn working in a company where people are pissed off better have some thick skin.  She is pretty much nursing this one.  But whatever the ESPN chick needs to learn some manners, this ought to school her up right quick.

Put real lemon in your water and watch your cravings disappear and you will be so much healthier for it.  Organic lemons are you best choice.  Good Luck.

I don't want to ruin your thrifting experience but be careful where you go, many thrift stores are the cause of bringing bed bugs into your home, that $1.75 shirt isn't gonna feel so great when you spend thousands to lose the bugs.  Keep everything in bags tightly sealed unti it can be washed, obviously as hot of water as possible and I would avoid anything that cannot be washed, shoes, purses etc.  I still shop consignment where things are carefully checked but not nearly as much after hearing the bed bug horror stories.

I like the message but could not be happy in my MO body, I was embarassed, ashamed and hid myself because of it, it effected everything in my life in a negative way for twenty years.  Only being normal weight for the last ten years has made the difference.  To me weight was the defining factor in my misery.

I know if I regain I will be depressed and miserable and so never let it happen, plain and simple, I know my mental state could not stand the failure of regain after wls, so I made sure, at all costs that I do not regain.  Eat less and move more.  Yup, that's what I do.  I quit food.  I broke up, I make myself not crave food because I do not let it rule over my life any more.  You have to do this again for yourself.  It isn't fun or easy, you aren't unique in the slightest way, but you have to figure out for yourself why you went through all this surgery just to let yourself fall back into your old eating habits.  I am sure you can find a counselor to help you, but if you don't believe in that sort of thing, you have to do it for yourself.  It means you have to stop eating crap and keep reducing your calories until you lose the weight back and then live that way forever.  If weighing you goal weight is meaningful to you then you must work for it every day.  Never let your guard down for a minute, don't live in denial, live with the assumption you can and will regain the second you go back to eating as you did that got you to 362 in the first place.  Good Luck.  It isn't easy but its up to you where you end up, no one can do this for you.

I love salad, I make my own because I don't eat the crappy ones you get in restuarants.  I eat a little romaine and lots of artichoke hearts and red roasted peppers and roasted garlic cloves with fat free cheese and grilled chicken.  I don't dump on the dressing either, I dip it so I keep the calories low.  Its yummy and healthy.

I****ers down the alcohol with a protein based product that makes it not hit me instantly like if I drank something straight up.  I always ask for it in a large full glass of ice, followed by the milk and then the alcohol and let it melt a little before drinking.  I had this at a party last week and two pieces of quesadilla and felt perfectly fine.  I never drink any alcohol straight up and the milk does seem to help.  The funny thing is I would never dream of drinking a glass of actual milk by itself as just the thought of it makes my stomach flip.