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Weight Loss/Maintenance

Stuart G

(38,726 posts) Wed Jun 10, 2020, 08:39 PM Jun 2020

June 9..an anniversery of sorts...June 9, 1980..I started going to Overeaters Anonymous..

After a year or so...I lost about 60 pounds..from 215 to about 155...I have been at somewhere between 155 - 165 for over 38 years..In 1982, I threw the scale away, and have not owned one since then...To make a long story very short, I had tried lots of diets and ideas, but Overeaters Anonymous saved my life..I got the weight off, and kept it off for more than 38 years. Without the program and the meetings, I would have died.

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June 9..an anniversery of sorts...June 9, 1980..I started going to Overeaters Anonymous.. (Original Post) Stuart G Jun 2020 OP

Congratulations on your sustained success. Marie Marie Jun 2020 #1

Great job! Cracklin Charlie Jun 2020 #2

Something I should have probably done liberal N proud Jun 2020 #3

Marie Marie

(10,010 posts)

1. Congratulations on your sustained success.

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2020, 09:24 PM

Jun 2020

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)

2. Great job!

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2020, 10:37 PM

Jun 2020

To your health!

liberal N proud

(60,957 posts)

3. Something I should have probably done

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2020, 08:41 AM

Jun 2020

I am scheduled for gastric surgery next month. Could end up being a bypass depending on what they find.

I might have avoided this if I had done something 30 years ago.

Good for you

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