Our 69th annual Family Reunion (Mom's side) was held on
Saturday. We all had a great time, but the running joke
at this gathering is in regards to the prevailing body
type--the females on mom's side of the family tend to

There is a new product on the market called Mach Burn.  It increases
metabolism, helps suppress appetite, and increases energy - yet
ephedra free.
This stuff is so powerful and the price is right -

Not sure if anyone's seen it, it was called "Trash Can of Skin" about a British woman that lost 309lbs in 2 years and came to America to have a radical surgery to remove the loose skin from her body. I think they said she was losing 1/3 of her skin through the surgeries. They ...

What your best (very short please) diet tips?

Despite the wedding cake, bbq, beer, wine, breakfasts in hotels, lots of
snacking I did over my wedding "holiday"(about a full week) I managed to
maintain 189. I am really surprised too because I ate alot of things
that were off my plan and never measured/weighed anything. I am sore

Here's two interesting articles, all related to how certain safe
nutritional supplements help destroy fat cells, and maintain level of
beta cells responsible for insulin production.
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SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
Monday, August 2, 2004 · Last updated 11:26 a.m. PT
Fat activists see diet industry draining
By DAVID CRARY

Is loosing 106 pounds in 23 weeks OK or am I missing something.  I actually
think that I should be in a news paper?
Peace.
J.

Food:
6:45 (driving to Metro station): ready-to-drink chocolate protein
shake
9:30 (meeting, brought from home): 2 hard-boiled eggs

Here is what I know. The younger the weight loss the better your chances of
things tightening up. Exercise and toning is always going to help. You
haven't have had to loose 100 pounds to have the problem.
What I want to know is there anything else, short of surgery, to help. If

Well I am officially back after lurking for the last month or so. I am
still having major health issues but need this group to stay on track.
I am not sure what I weigh at the moment officially but my morning
weight seems to be about up 3 kg.  I have gotten slack with my habits

Just a small goal, I am currently(as I am typing this) wearing 64in waist pants and I still need to wear a belt! 6 months ago I was in 68in waist. I still wear the pants, but like the 6x shirts, they hang pretty badly and need to be taken out of my wardrobe circulation...
I think ...

I've heard from a friend that losing weight to quickly could be
dangerous to your health. Does anyone have any research on this
matter? What is the reasoning behind it?

This is my week 2 update.
Weight: 85.5 kg / 188.1 lbs - which means that I've lost:
- 1.5 kg / 3.3 lbs last week, &
- 3.5 kg / 7.7 lbs altogether.

I am curious about something. As you all know, type II diabetes is
usually preceded by obesity. To those Type 2s here who were obese, I
am curious, did you, at some point in life, suddenly started having
very strong hunger, huge cravings, etc? Something unnatural?