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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]You can't lose this weight quickly[/b]. You could blow out your gall bladder if you lose more than 1-2 pounds a week for that much weight.

Diet and exercise is your answer. I think I've seen your other posts. You mentioned feeling lonely. Perhaps a Weight Watchers group would be a good place to make friends and lose weight? [/quote]

Do you know math? She gained 15-20lbs in 3 months. That's 12 weeks. If she loses 2lbs a week, that's 24lbs in 3 months. Very safe. If she loses 1.5lbs a week, she's down 18lbs. Again, safe and doable. [/quote]

Yes, I can do math. I can also do psychology. I frankly didn't believe the OP that she was really serious about taking a longer time to lose the weight since she also used the word "quickly" a lot. She also said she "needs" to get to some magic weight number to feel comfortable and confident. This suggests that she's pretty invested in becoming who she thinks she used to be ASAP, which may lead to unhealthy behavior. She's also dealing with some serious emotional issues that (presumably) haven't gone away. I don't think a number on a scale should be the goal. Focusing on diet and exercise and getting some decent emotional support will take her further in the long run. Alternately, she could get magic diet tips from DCUM, lose a couple of pounds safely at first, feel temporarily good about it, and then push harder and faster because what she's really trying to do is get back the life she had, which she has somehow now associates with being a certain weight, and then make herself sick.
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