Originally Posted by Raven

This is true.

For me...I thought I was dying. We wanted a flagstone patio and we wanted to lay it out ourselves. I had to sit down every fifteen minutes for fifteen minutes....I'd never been heavy until I married Tev and then I started eating my own cooking...Big mistake.

The only thing I don't agree with is the diet food. The word 'diet' doesn't bother me. We eat a diet, whether it is healthy or not. But 'diet' foods....we really don't need.

Real orange juice is 109 calories per 8 oz, grapefruit juice is even less.

There are plenty of real foods that have everything you need, without resorting to aspartame or splenda.....

Cascade makes a yogurt that is delicious and has no diet product other than skim milk, making it no fat food...

There are plenty of foods: carrots which keep you regular....and I most certainly agree about steamed veggies...that can be a meal unto itself.

I hadn't had butter in almost eight months. I find I can't eat it anymore.

I've lost my weight very slowly....and I do have a personal trainer; but, he only motivates me to show up for appointments ....for my resistance and weight training...the cardio is on me...and now, you can't keep me away from the gym.

Without going at least five days a week, I feel sluggish and icky....

Good thread, Adam....I've lost 40 pounds so far.....size 18 to 8 and still going.