Check In June 4, 2014
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You might do some reading on this, Heather. If you have stage one lipedema (big legs but not rippling fat deposits or lymphedema), then you can prevent stage two and three where they get painful and surgery and special lipo is the only way to get rid of the fat deposits. So what do you do to prevent more lipedema? Oh, EASY!!! Eat a low carb, low fat diet, of course! The less fat and quick glucose-producing carbs you ingest, the less your body can store as lipedema. Apparently, unlike regular fat, lipedema fat will NOT go away with diet and exercise. Dante, have we just entered a new level of hell???
I did some quick reading. It was a thin girl who said the trigger was pain in her legs when she walked. Ack. I had that since I was 20 and thin, but it has gone away with movement and exercise. Oh I have ripples. I figured I was just fat. Fat Fat ans more fat. What gets me is the enormous area right below my knees. I was just looking at them yesterday because I was taking a picture of my mosquito bites (if you haven't noticed yet I pretty much document my whole life in pictures) and I was trying not to get my fat legs in there. I'm gonna go ahead and say nope don't have it, not gonna get it. Pray to baby Jeebus, Allah, Buda. Whomever I have to, that I'm just fat fat fat.0 -
MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY!!!!
Way too many of us in here are struggling with money issues! I am hereby dedicating my entire Friday to researching and sending out reality tv proposals for us! The stories we are sharing, the solutions, the honest discussions, these are definitely worth sharing with a broader audience, and hopefully we can be paid something for for our time. Enough to get Natalie and Julie a trip home to England. Enough for Angie's new car. Enough for my boob lift and apparently now leg lipo. Enough to send Rat to graduate school in studio art. Enough to get our cat lady another cat. Enough to get Heather a refrigerator that locks itself at night. I know there are others who have a wish list--feel Free to add. I am PROMISING you all my Friday. We can make this happen! Get out your smart phones and webcams and start practicing talking to the camera!
Well if we are making requests....hahaha. I have something written up but it was very quick and just for my friends who know documentary people. Its not funny or catchy but I can send it over. I still have to send it to the documentary guy.0 -
Angie - Happy birthday! Sorry you're having such a stressful day.
Becky - I was having a lot of similar problems last week. For 5 days in a row, I was 545-1700 calories over where I was supposed to be. What got me out of my funk was a cleanse (sort of). It got me eating healtheir food that is naturally lower in calories, and it's all food that I find delicious, so I don't feel like I'm punishing myself. And then I have enough calories left over that I can have something not cleanse-y and still not feel bad about it. I don't know if you're more of a "slowly wade into the water" type of person or a "jump right in" type of person, so I'm not sure if you're better off making one change at a time or trying to change everything, but I know changing (almost) everything is what worked for me.
Natasha - I'm sorry you're feeling so home sick today. I hope the workout helped!
Today I an interview for a teaching job. Drove 45 minutes there, interviewed for 15 minutes, and then drove 45 minutes back. Since it was such a short interview, I'm not all that hopeful, which is sad because the people seemed really nice, and I could really see myself working at that school. I seriously need to get better at interviews. The good news is that I have another one Tuesday at another school in the same county, so maybe I'll do better then.
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Having a hard time staying motivated for yoga. I'm thinking I may just be done with it. My walking is fine and burns a lot more calories for the same amount of time. I think I just prefer to be moving, out and about. Standing on a matt while I am trying to rearrange myself is a bit boring... I'm not backing off anything I said about how helpful it is and I am going to try and do it a few times a week but I just need to get out and move. I also think its doing it by myself thats a bit boring. But I can't afford classes.
Anyway I've signed up for a bike safety class this weekend so I can learn the current laws, plus I get a free reflective vest. So I'm making moves in that direction.0
