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Old 04-12-2011, 06:59 PM   #31  
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Actually, if the emotional issue is believing weight loss isn't possible, as much as I hate VLCD's I agree with your assertion, John. Longer term solution - pick a calorie number (I think 2600 is a good one to start out with given your current weight) and eat to it, strictly, for no less than four months. If you haven't lost at least a pound a month by then, I'd think there was something wrong with the plan or your metabolism, but if you are quitting your diet before giving it a good season or so of strictness, it isn't the plan tha is the problem (unless you find the plan impossible to stick to, in which case I'd try a different plan!).

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Old 04-14-2011, 11:37 AM   #32  
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Thank you everyone for your input - I greatly appreciate it.
I have been to the doctor's and next week I will undergo a complete
physical and will be tested for PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome)
which can keep you from losing weight. In addition, I take prozac
and apparently that can keep you from losing weight as well.
I have listened to your advice and I have upped my calorie intake
to 2150 per day. Hopefully by doing this, I will lose 50 lbs in a year.
That will be slow going but I'll have to hang in there.

Again, thank you everyone. You are all so wonderful!
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Old 04-14-2011, 04:21 PM   #33  
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I hope all goes well with you at your physical and that you and your doctor together can find that elusive key that's going to get you moving down the road you want to travel.

"Slow going" is still going, and that's the most difficult part of the battle. I think of it as working my way down from a precipitous and dangerous height. With every week that I've stayed on my plan, I've taken another step down toward safer, sturdier, sustainable ground. Sometimes it's been a small step of a few ounces; other times it's been a nice little hop down. It's all part of getting where I need to go, though.

I have a hypoactive thyroid that is marginally controlled with medication (my levels are very much toward the low end of normal). It slows things down in the weight-loss department, but no matter what your doctor finds, you WILL be able to work with it. Just knowing what "it" is will go miles toward helping you regain your health.

Please keep us posted after your doctor's visit. I think I speak for all of us when I say we are pulling for nothing but good and useful news for you and that we want to know how you're doing.
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Old 04-14-2011, 05:44 PM   #34  
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I hope everything turns out good at the doctor, I am praying for you.

And please know that 50 pounds in a year feels great! The year was going to pass anyways.
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Old 04-15-2011, 12:11 AM   #35  
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In addition, I take prozac and apparently that can keep you from losing weight as well.
Truth be told, when I stopped taking Prozac, it was much easier to lose weight. It could be part of the problem.
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