I dont know how you did it. I had my daughter at 22 and gained almost 100lbs. I had Toxemia. I was so horrified about my weight i had myself fixed with only one child. I have tried everydiet I heard of and even prescription diet pill. I am a very big bone person. I weighed 180lbs and wore an 11 jeans. I refuse to eat and throw up or anything like that. I just said I will be fat. I have arthritis real bad so it hurts to exercise. I am 39 and over 300 pounds. Please any advice and im not wealthy so I can't buy expensive foods. Do you have any tips, thanks?

This is for Rebecca...try HCG. Google it. I bought mine at besthcg. I take the sublingual drops. Hcg also has a facebook. I would suggest going to the facebook page and find out what thousands are saying....it is working for me too.

Try chia seed. Use it in a glass of orange juice or your favorite juice. It is fiber that helps to fill you up and keeps you satisfied until the next meal where you will eat less. It has Omega 3 and Omega 6. I had a friend who lost 35 to 40 pounds on it (the safer way) and she is still keeping it off. Try to walk each day and do not eat in front of the television. Good luck.

I love wide screens.

Rebecca- go to your doctor and explain your goals for losing weight under the current condition that you are now experiencing..Start with a proper diet (not dieting)..Again ,explain to the doctor about the painful arthritis that is preventing you from a daily exercise routine..You need to start burning more calories then you take in and that is accomplished with regimented workouts and proper diet..Forget diet pills or any quick scam...You can do it, it's just a matter of how bad you want it..? There my friend lies the difference...."Good Luck"...!!

You can not lose weight by "dieting". You have to make a permanent change. Eat healthy and exercise, forever. Once you have lost the weight you will have to maintain the your weight. You can not go back to eating unhealthy and not exercising. Begin by walking 10 minutes 3 times a day. Increase your pace gradually then add more time. Make it a commitment. No excuses allowed. You will be amazed at how good you feel. When you are ready (and you will be before you know it) add some cardio and strength training. Cut white out of your diet (sugar, flour, potatoes, bread) stick to whole grain breads and pasta. Measure your food, eat colors, limit red meat. I know this works, I lost 80 pounds doing this and have maintained it for 3 years. Have faith in yourself and the best of luck to you.

Rebecca...
One other thing... Many overweight people have an overabundance of yeast in their bodies which make it very difficult to lose weight. I do a cleanse first, then the Grapefruit and eggs diet. It's not too bad, you eat steak, lamb chops, lots of salad... and whole lot of eggs and grapefruit. But almost every day you watch that scale move down, that will keep you going. The grapefruit tastes better if it is fresh and not refrigerated. You'll grow to like it... Hang in there, you can do it ! : )

Rebecca,
i agree talk with your doctor for what would work best for you. I have pretty bad arthritis as well but I keep the weight at bay by eating healthy and a low impact workout that my doctor recommended... I swim when I can, which I love being in the water so it works great for me and yoga in the mornings. I do the stretches at a slow pace with some calming music (take your pick of your favs) and focus on deep breathing, I do use DVD's and a "game" for the wii to help get the moves right. Most of the time I doubt it helps the weight part but I do feel really good afterward and my days go better when i remember to do my yoga stretches. If I've had a really rough day and am feeling extra sore and tired I will do an extra session in the evening because it really helps.

for the eating right part I can't help with much because that really should be tailored to your needs not mine. I found after talking to my doctor and getting some workout tips on what my body is capable that would be helpful she sent me to a Nutritionist and bless that man he had much knowledge about my medical conditions and the special "diet" i have to deal with (meaning i can't eat this, i can't eat that, ect) that with his help I found what I could eat in each category and just how much I need to be eating. It is very important you get enough calories but not too many. Too few and you could risk starving your body (possibly it will then horde calories and there will be no weight loss) too many and well I'm sure that one is pretty understandable :-) The proper number of calories though has a wide variety of variables. Be sure to discuss any workout plan you are doing or intending to try as that is one of the variables. Mine said here is what you should be at now but as you increase your work out you will need to add this many more.

both visits were very helpful. Hopefully your insurance will cover these visits. If not I would recommend them anyways. I put off the one (Nutritionist) for 6 years because of that, now I have coverage and went. The difference and knowledge gained is amazing. I walked away wishing I had sucked it up and paid out of pocket the first time around instead of suffering and learning on my own. Many things I learned were only partially correct. :-) I am so thankful for those visits and am living pretty normal now.

Once I got to feeling somewhat better I was able to add low impact walking and started taking walks daily and that is when I really started to lose the weight but first I had to get the pain under control without the medicine they gave me. I hated feeling doped up and out of it, I wanted to live life. :-) Now I am :-) I do have to take folic acid still to help absorb calcium as that is one of my many issues but I'm okay with that one as it doesn't have negative symptoms associated with it. :-)

anyways I really hope that helps some and I wish you luck. :-)