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Good morning folks! I'm new to this forum. I was dead set on having gastric by-pass, but something happened that has changed my mind. I have decided to do this without surgery. I have at least 100 lbs to loose. I know I can do this. I would appreciate any advise that you all can offer. Has anyone on here lost this much weight? How did you do it? Ya'll take care

Good morning and welcome to the board!  There are several people on this board that has lost weight and are maintaining it.  It's an ongoing endless battle so they stick around and continue their fight with us.  Some more often than others, but they still pop up once in a while.  The support here is fantastic, best I've ever seen so stick around! Holly

Oh.. Gawd.. I LOVE your avatar.....   I'm down about 120 from my worst weight and still going.  I don't know how the maintenance thing will go (if I get to my goal), but I suspect I will be doing what I'm doing for the rest of my life. I'm a fan of low carb.  It keeps ya from being hungry.. ...  throws cravings out the window, increases energy, lowers nasty blood sugars.. ..   I also stick to regular exercise.. not so much for the weight loss, but to increase lung capacity (the weight really drags everything down.. yanno). Have you investigated this at all?

My my my...cool avatar!  Welcome to the non-op board.  Losing a hundred pounds is very doable, but I must warn you, you have to realy really give a damn about which foods you are putting in your mouth, how you are working your body, and searching your soul about how you feel about yourself and if you truly care enough about yourself to do this for you.  Fixing you basically becomes a full time job. But having WLS is the same job, so their is no easy way out.   I lost a hundred and seventeen pounds on Atkins.  I have insulin resistance...as do most people with over a hundred pounds to lose, some worse than others, so low carb was the only way I could lose and still not have cravings and hunger.  I also started working out even through the pain of huge breasts that were starting to curve my spine.  It took me a while to get to the part of loving myself enough not to sabotage my diet, but it finally got through my thick skull that yes it's hard to be deprived, but my quality of life tomorrow is worth a plate of something I have to give up today.  I am so worth sacrificing a brownie for!!!   Hang around and you'll get a lot of inspiration to do the right thing for you and your body. Mary 

I really appreciate the welcome. I have decided on a low-fat 1800 cal diet.  I am using Fitday.com to track. I have lost weight very well before (82lbs) but then found out I had thyroid cancer. I put all of it and then some back on and have not been able to take it back off. What kinds of exercises do you do? I have joined the local YMCA and they have water aerobics. I’ve heard it’s good for you. I also love to swim. There is a park close to where I work that I can walk also and it’s very pretty there.

Thanks