Has anyone here ever intentionally lost a lot of weight? Like more than 30 pounds?

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51. I am also a good cook - for me, portion control is about will power - it is about the decision

to make the lifestyle change and do it, which is why I hate the diet term; to me, diet means doing something different for a time to be able to go back to prior behavior. I've just made the decision to eat less, eat healthier, and avoid the trigger foods - chips, sweets, etc - things with lots of fat, salt, and sugar - that make you want more even if you don't need more.

I find myself starting to take pride in the discipline - it makes me feel good about myself, about taking control of my life, health, and what and how much I eat.

The knees - I've got torn ACLs in each, and torn menisci in each - one knee is bone on bone. At near 260, walking was painful. At 196, no more pain....although I find taking a series of herbs for the last 10 years (boswellia, turmeric along with glucosamine, daily) has really helped - even for this very skeptical PhD chemist who worked in Pharma! If it is the placebo effect, who cares...it works for me!