Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group

Chat about how well your latest diet is -- or is not -- working. This group is a great place to find support and accountability as well as share success stories and valuable lessons with the community. From where to start to weekly weigh-ins, get help from others to reach your dieting and weight maintenance goals.

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YvetteK 10/10/2015

Exercising just doesn't seem to be enough for me, especially since my migraines kick in so often, and I have to skip days. I've been at this plateau weight of about 184 for about 2 months now.
The original 10 lbs I dropped was because of the slim fast. So I think I need a little help now, especially since I really want to drop some weight before Christmas.

deleted_user 10/10/2015

Yvette, my best to you. It seens like we always go back to what we know works for us.
I hope your migraines become less frequent. I use to get them when I was young, and one of the worse experiences ever. One of the advantages of getting old, migraines went away.

texastipper 10/10/2015

Yvette, do you drink alot of diet soda? Reason I ask, years ago I eventually figured out it was the aspartame artificial sweetener that was giving me regular headaches. Stopped drinking diet soda and they stopped.

YvetteK 10/10/2015

@Texas- I've been getting migraines for 30 years. I have so many triggers, I can't even begin to list them all, I'm so sensitive. One sip of red wine will have me in tears within 30 minutes! Any food that is a trigger will hit me with 30 minutes. But no, I never drink any kind of soda. When we were children, my mother never bought soda, only seltzer, which I still drink to this day. Normally regular filtered water with lemon, or seltzer. The only artificial sweetener I use is stevia.

I hate talking about my migraines in this group, but it stops me dead in my tracts. I've had this horrible one now for 10 days. I finally started taking steroids for it yesterday. I just think that cutting down my calories with the slim fast will definitely help me, especially when I can't get on my treadmill. *crossing my fingers*

YvetteK 10/10/2015

@retiredrose- My mother is 73 and still gets migraines 2-3 days a week! Holy Moly I don't even want to think about it.

whynpain2 10/16/2015

I will only have seltzer water or Perrier. I used to have a tall can of light beer 2x a week, but I've stopped those, they make me tired and then I don't want to do anything of work or fun. I feel better when I don't drink anything with alcohol or chemical sweeteners. Those things are just really bad for our bodies. Saying no, is hard sometimes esp if in a social setting, but the price I have to pay to either eat bad foods or drinks, is just too high to pay. I feel sickened when I have had those things in the past. After keeping a very clean diet of real foods and good drink for so long now, I can't even consider having those that I know will make me sick, and tired too.

ChrissyH 10/21/2015

It's great to hear that Slim Fast works for you! I can't just drink my meals, even if they're yogurt & fruit smoothies. Because I need to chew something the last time I used Slim Fast I actually gained weight. Unfortunately what I choose to chew are usually candy bars.

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