duckykissy Member

Washington State originally (Now Australia), Mt. Rainier National Forest.

Went shopping this evening and the answer is yeah. All of Hoyt's seasonings say they have "traces" of gluten. All are now bye-bye. But at least I know what made me sick?

Mine is so consistently on time, it's more reliable than the buses. Most of the time I'm regular by the hour. Literally- I'm not exaggerating. However, I've still been late by a week before. One day, two days- heck three days late isn't a worry even though I could count the times I'm that late on one hand in the last…

The plants with the white flowers are definitely weeds. I'm pretty sure the 4th picture is also a weed unless it has evergreen leaves and is rosemary, but it doesn't look like rosemary in the picture. The purple flowers are definitely not irises. They look like some sort of bluebells, and can act like a weed (used to have…

Husband looked at them and said that the two examples were bad. He used more colourful language, but flimsy was along the lines. I never thought about hiring one. Who hires them out? I'm rural- would they deliver?

Why Super bad & a waste? I saw one online review calling the Home Gym that I'm looking at "flimsy" and mocking it for having a max of 120 kg. But honestly that's a hell of a lot more than I can imagine I would ever need. But the word "flimsy" bothers me a bit. I haven't seen anything on the rowing machine, but even if it's…

I ran for a little over a whole block, during a meh asthma day. I needed my inhaler but I have a feeling that if it wasn't for the smoke in the air I would have been able to keep running.

Name: Christina Age: 27 Height: 5'5 Start Weight (29th April): 95.0 kg Goal Weight (1st of June): 91.0 kg Weighing in on Sundays so changed it a bit 3rd May: 94.7 10th May: 17th May: 24th May: 31st May: Weight lost/gained this week: -0.3 Weight lost/gained this month: -0.3 Struggles this week: Cooking. I've just been a bit…

My baby niece is actually allergic to soy, dairy, eggs, wheat, peanuts, and shellfish. Among other things too- poor munchkin. I'm allergic to wheat, lactose intolerant, onion intolerant, and possibly have fructose malabsorption. Only a few years ago, due to gall stones I also had to go egg free, dairy free, oil free, red…

Pushed away my dinner when I realised I didn't need any more. My husband and I went out for dinner and had just the most amazing curry ever. Just delicious. But when I wasn't hungry, which was less than half of it later, I pushed it away and asked for a takeaway box. My husband- who is very much of the mindset "don't waste…

My gp and chemist told me to take my levothyroxine 1 hour before eating or 3 after or 5 after a multivitamin. I take mine in the morning, shower, get ready etc. and kill and hour for breakfast. I take my allergy pill and probiotic in the morning but the rest of my pills after dinner. I agree that the best thing to do is to…

My size 18s are officially falling off my bum. Size 16s still aren't ready for public but I'm getting tantalizingly close- I can button them up and breath in them. I've also had to wave good bye to 3 bras, and 5 pairs of underwear because they're all now waaaaay too big. I could pretend to be sad over my diminishing…

I'm 27 with a large frame. My goal is based more on rough bmi calculations, because I've never been at a healthy size. But my dietitian and physiotherapist both said that I may need to stop before I get there and should readjust the goal when I get below 70kgs. So take it with a grain of salt: 60 kgs/ 132 lbs. Honestly I…

Name: Christina Age: 27 Height: 5'5 Start Weight (29th April): 95.0 kg Goal Weight (1st of June): 91.0 kg Weighing in on Sundays so changed it a bit 3rd May: 10th May: 17th May: 24th May: 31st May: Weight lost/gained this week: Weight lost/gained this month: Struggles this week: Successes:

Name: Christina Age: 27 Height: 5'5 Start Weight (31st March): 97.3 kg Goal Weight (1st of May): 93.0 kg 1st April: 97.3 ish 8th April: 96.7 19th April: 96.3 26th April: 96.1 30th April: 95.0 Weight lost/gained this week: -1.0 Weight lost/gained this month: -2.3 Struggles this week: I lowered my overall calories. Although…

As a gemini- at least I'll definitely lose that extra 35 kgs I'm lugging around. The bad news is I would die. But hey my skeleton would be beautiful? :/

These are all really interesting thanks for posting them.

What I did, because I've been obese nearly my entire life I have no "I want to fit back into a size x" or even "I want to look like I did when I was x kgs", was look to my family. Best I can do is say "well my mom was 135 lbs at 25 and a size 10" so that may be possible, but she's 2 inches shorter than me and said she…

Therapy. There are bad habits that could cause you to over eat- like my husband who likes to fill up his plate so he has a mountain of food. But if it's too much, he hates leaving food on his plate, so he just eats it all. Those take mostly time and will to manage. But the psychology behind whatever you're dealing with may…

Name: Christina Age: 27 Height: 5'5 Start Weight (31st March): 97.3 kg Goal Weight (1st of May): 93.0 kg 1st April: 97.3 ish 8th April: 96.7 19th April: 96.3 26th April: 96.1 30th April: Weight lost/gained this week: -0.2 Weight lost/gained this month: -1.2 Struggles this week: I was pmsing like crazy. As in I started…

I think I would love the astrology diet. Sounds fun. At least it would get my birthday right. I actually had a dietitian suggest the blood type diet. She didn't stay my dietitian for very long. My favorite part was when I looked it up- according to my blood type I'm English & therefore can tolerate stuff that makes me…

For me the timing has to due with sleep. I'm an awful sleeper, so I regulate my food intake to help me keep normal sleep habits. Sounds odd, but it helps. And when I don't sleep normal, I end up being more hungry and eating more. So I subscribe to the 'don't eat past x pm', because eating past x pm makes me fat feel…

Comparing pictures today and I am no longer pushing a triple chin, I barely have a double one.

I agree- I did the Celiac blood test long before I gave up gluten. Best thing ever. If you don't and you find that gluten is causing you issues, you have to go back on it for 6 weeks before being able to take it. I don't have Celiac disease. I do have Hashimotos thyroiditis which causes some fun reactions with gluten but…

I have always had that issue right before periods, b/c or not. That's just normal for my hormones. However it's usually quite minor and just the day or two before. But even with food- it can still appear in the morning. Since 2 years before gallbladder surgery (when I started getting serious gallstones) I have had... a…

Today marks my first 10 kgs- also the change from a BMI of 38.9 to 35.3. I'm getting there.

I usually use rice flakes for things like tempura, but I'm got them to try in an museli bar recipe. They're like crunchy instant oats. Just an alternative for people who are coeliac or allergic to wheat. There's also quinoa flakes, which I think may work a bit better. I just don't usually use them because they have a…

Tried it with rice flakes and it was awful! It tasted and smelt like dirt, and the flakes were powdery. I'll try with quick oats when I have them again.

I often go for a breakfast sausage (make my own turkey sausages that are awesome) and either an oatmeal banana muffin or quiche with it, depending on how I feel. I make this all weeks ahead of time and just freeze and microwave when I want. Or sometimes I'll have frozen berries and yoghurt. I heat the berries up and add…

Back when I had gallstones I was unable to eat more than 300 calorie meals without getting very sick. I tried to keep my meals at under 250 and just eat 6 of them a day. Most were very low fat though so you might have to play around with it to get your macros. Some of them are: * 60-90 g chicken breast baked and steamed…