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I qu I am not bashing MFP just stating fact for me. I quit logging my foods on MFP and went to logging on fitday March 14. I was constantly losing and gaining the same three to five pounds over and over and over. So frustrating. I think there are too many user entries on MFP that are not accurate. Since then with no change…

Great news on the job tabbyblack13.

I am not in this challenge I feel the need to track and track accurately. Just weighing in to show what I am doing is working for me when several beat me up for the need to track my foods at another site. After a stall for THREE MONTHS and with no cheating during that 3 months and totally frustrated I moved to tracking at…

I had to have the B12 shots for the first few years after I went on thyroid. since I worked for a veterinarian I just got it through him. You can buy it at animal feed stores. Maybe not where you are. I gave my own shots. It was too far to drive to the doctor for a 3 second shot. LOL Hour and a half drive in heavy traffic…

Because of lack of insurance I had to go with out my thyroid for 7 years or so. I just went into new doctor and told him with my old records from 20 years back and he gave me the script. Even though he had not run the tests yet. Second apt my THS was showing I was over medicated on thyroid but my T4 was low. And he refuses…

I have finally hit my sweet spot in the ability to drop the pounds. It has been a few months getting here. For me I am doing Atkins Induction and staying o it. It is under 10 carbs a day moderate protein and fat to keep me from feeling hungry. I am not exercising other than all the house work ad yard work and taking care…

Hello Alison. I was off my thyroid for 7 years due to lack of insurance. My poor body grew just like yours did. Foggy brain too. I had people just thinking I was stuffing my face and when I said I was off my thyroid meds I would tell they were oh yah right......... Now I am back on my meds I am dropping some weight. The…

Good luck with that May. I do hope it works for you. I am down another pound logging on FitDay instead of MFP. I do not know what the difference is but I continue to lose when logging FitDay verses MFP. I just know other than maybe 1 1/2 pound bounces along the way I have lost 4 pounds since March 14. I had lost NOTHING in…

Phew I am so thankful we do not have family and have to deal with all of this food planning.

I totally agree I could have made a better decision on the bag of potatoes and lard like butter. Hind site is always better. I just did not really know better at the time and times were pretty ruff for me right then. That big bag of potatoes looked like it would fill my tummy many times figuring each potato was a meal. I…

Yes GrannyMay.It is true. I had Kindle on my computer a long time before I had a kindle. I did have an amazon account. Then I downloaded hundreds of free books. I have so many now I am not trying to find more free books just to read but the links above did have some pretty good books I could not resist. I also down loaded…

This is also very true. I was clueless back then.

That is very true Sweetteadrinker2. The shows I did try to watch the foods ordered in as in pizza and many other kinds of take out had to be expensive. Some of it might have been staged to make the program more stunning too. I do remember the exact time I did have 5 dollars. I bought a 20# bag of potatoes and a 15 cent a…

@Granny, You can down load the Kindle app for your computer and read them there. I do it a lot for cook books. It is free to down load it.

Thank you. Love Free cook books. Especially Keto.

Today I had eggs for breakfast and lunch. About 4PM I was HUNGRY!!! I had half an OZ of pork skins and a cup of tea and felt fine until dinner at 7PM. I am logging at Fitday and my calories are 1169 Fat 91.3 Carbs 11.7 Protein 74.1. I am done eating for the day except black tea and I do not count that. I am heading outside…

@ Cathy If counting the net carbs worked for you then I would go back to that WOE. There is no right or wrong just do what works for you.

Well here it is one thirty and I have only done 1.4 miles in the house and yard. Some of my work today was done in one spot. LOL Joe's sis had the lap band and she would eat and puke the whole time she was here. I had no idea she had this surgery done so was putting out regular foods. Finally she said some thing. Sheese I…

Welcome Tina, The fluctuation is so frustrating. I am finally dropping tenths of a pound st a time. It is so painfully slow. No idea why your macros are not showing up all of the time. Are you using your phone? I do not have a cell phone so no help there. I am doing just about the same macros. I did go to Fitday to track…

WOW sbom1, 5 1/2 months away. Have a great time. I have not been on a vacation for years and years. I think about 1999 was the last one to Canada.

Welcome Kitnthecat, You have been on quite a journey. Sounds like you are pulling yourself up out of what must have felt like a bottomless pit. Congratulations on your courage to keep fighting for your health. HA you had me about your first line where you said you were 52 and not in menopause yet. I think I would have out…

@sbom1 Woo Hoo for you to be down another pound. I have a funny. The pants I was so excited to get into really are too large. Even hubby commented on how baggy thy were and he rarely comments on this kind of thing. You all know I have whined about my butt in the front. He said why don;t I turn them around backwards and…

You have a great day too Ratsmith. Good to hear you are having energy.

Good morning and night to a few of you. Happy day again 14 days in a row now with only one day being the same weight and one day a slight raise of .4 of a pound. I am almost to tip over to the 4 pounds down. Hoping tomorrow will be that day. So far tracking on the other site has really helped me. I have no clue why, if the…

Lil14U I am on Armour and it has been much better for me than the Levo or Synthroid. It has more of the natural thyroid in it. Unfortunately insurance does not cover it. Or Medicare does not. Yours might. It is about $25.00 a month so not staggering.

I do think carbs can add to internal stress for sure. I am still stressed with hubby having PC. Even though he is doing well now it is never gone from my mind or our minds. I listen to some thing almost every night and keep my kindle or nook charged and even a cord for the nook if I run out of battery. LOL I do not think I…

Sorry about the large images. Not sure how to post just the link.

I love my calming music I have a few I listen to depending how I am feeling. 528 hz is good to help stop the loop of brain thoughts. I use headphones. Listening to this music I just fall asleep and do not worry about the headphones until I wake to let the dogs out. I feel so much more relaxed overall.…

I do hope it works for you sbom1. I did not drop more today but gained back .4 of a pound. My thoughts are I worked so hard in the yard digging weeding squatting over and over for over 4 hours yesterday my muscles are complaining and sore. I heard some where this can cause a bit of weight gain in water retention. I…

I did Atkins in 72. Lost a lot of weight. I do not remember now how much. I was rail thin at 105 pounds or less some times with very little effort as long as I stayed away from bread potatoes and sugary goodies. I ate all the LC veggies I wanted. Then a very stressful time happened in my life for about 4 years and big life…