I made it through the holidays without putting on any weight.

[Tobin S.]

I don't know about your families, but with my family and my in-laws it's a non-stop feast from Thanksgiving until after the New Year. We just spent our last restaurant gift card that we got for Christmas the other night. Today I hopped on the scales for the first time in over a month. I was surprised to see that not only did I not gain any weight, I actually lost a little bit. That's a very positive sign that what I'm doing is having a lasting effect on my eating habits.

I weighed in at 301.0 today. That sounds like a lot, but considering it was 354 last April it's a big improvement. So the weight has been coming off slowly, but it has been coming off. And now I'm ready to get back into it full swing. My next short term goal is to get down below that 300 mark. I haven't been there in six years. The long term goal is 230. That's what I need to get down to and maintain.

I started this journey when I failed a D.O.T. physical because my blood pressure was too high due to my weight. I can't work without that physical card. The doctor put my on a blood pressure med and I then passed the physical, but he said that if I got down below 300 I shouldn't have to take the medication. My next physical is due in November of this year. I'd like to pass that without being on a blood pressure med, and I'm hoping I will be close to my goal by then.

[Grey]

1. I have been gaining slowly for years.

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Nothing I did seemed to make any difference until i tried "The Potato Hack". I have lost 12.5 pounds in the last 18 days.

https://potatohack.com/2016/03/13/potato-hacking-for-weight-loss-or-maintenance/

Hope this helps...

You could also google Spud Fit, A fellow ate only spuds for a year and lost over 100 pounds.

[True Dough]

3. Unless that diet involves

lots of French fries, I'm not interested!

[PennyK]

2. Great work, Tobin

I got down to my perfect weight during chemo! That's about fifteen - 20 pounds, but I'm only 5'2'. I won't bore you with the details, but my digestion AND my taste buds were very messed up. i was actually drinking regular ginger ale (with sugar).When food started to taste good again I went a little crazy...now I'm overweight again and jumped back onto the low-carb horsie.
it's a battle, all right. I got a gift in the mail yesterday from my daughter, and I'm sure it's a box of expensive chocolate -- I'm afraid to even open it!

[Grey]

4. More "Potato Hack" info

Sorry you are having such a tough time, hope this helps.

http://freetheanimal.com/2016/02/the-potato-diet-practicalities-dropping-big-weight-fast-with-high-energy-and-without-hunger.html

[Kali]

5. heh, me too

that was kind of my goal - I had been dropping 7 to 10/month till then but figured if I could hold steady it would be an adequate goal to start the new year and I did it. Just did an update.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11542079