On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 10:03:16 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> On Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 2:02:27 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> > On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 21:34:31 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>> >
>> > >On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 07:32:14 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>> > >
>> > >>Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Gary wrote:
>> > >>> > I'll have to disagee with you here. A sloppy joe is best
>> > >>> > on soft buns. To use a denser bread would just make the
>> > >>> > sandwich even sloppier.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> At which point you can eat it with knife and fork.
>> > >>
>> > >>Cindy...only YOU would eat a sloppy joe with knife and fork
>> > >>
>> > >>> > Now if he put it over pasta, like he mentioned, I would agree
>> > >>> > with you about using a French of Italian bread.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> I can't remember the last time I had bread _and_ pasta.
>> > >>
>> > >>That's just your diet eating I suspect.
>> > >
>> > >You're talking to someone who says she's obese.
>> >
>> > Your comment is unnecessary and of ugly intent. Shame.
>> > Janet US
>>
>> But correct. I am obese. I might be back up to "morbidly obese", since I've gained back
>> most of the weight I lost a few years back.
>
>Wow, sorry to hear that Cindy. To go on a diet and lose lots of
>weight takes more willpower than most people have. It's a very
>long term and lifechange thing. I congratulate you for what you
>did even if it's mostly come back since.
>
>The strictest that I ever did was for about 65 days and I lost
>about 35 pounds. Very low calorie diet combined with much more
>exercise. The Scarsdale diet. Mostly normal food balance but way
>less calories per day.
>It was hard though especially near the end when I started having
>food dreams.
>
>When you first start out way over weight, the calories can go
>fairly quickly but once you lose a lot and near your "ideal"
>weight, the weight loss slows down and can be frustrating.
>
>I've gained more weight myself now that I mostly work at home and
>not out every
>day with constant physical exercise. I'm not happy with me.
>
>Now that I'm old, I don't really feel the need to go back to my
>"ideal" weight so much. Hey...I've earned these pounds.

You're really not that old as far as I can remember however as one
becomes older it's more important to keep close to an ideal weight and
to exercise... you don't want to need surgery while over weight and
have poor muscle tone, because then what would have been a simple
procedure becomes complicated.