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It's pretty cold at my office, and I've usually been the one who thought it was marginally ok, but now I've switched to being cold all the time. It's legitimately cold there, though. At home and outside in Tennessee summertime (still 80s and 90s here!) I'm not freezing, just not as hot as usual. I think I was more worried…

I was on Wellbutrin and Celexa for about six months about 8 years ask for a very severe depressive episode (in a much longer chronic depression). I had anxious dreams where I often woke myself up by talking out loud, and it didn't help me much. I did lose a little weight during that time, but I've always attributed it to…

I personally like unsweetened tea. I drink between 7-12 glasses of water a day (whatever I feel like in that range, really) and about three of unsweetened iced tea. The secret to drinking it unsweet in my opinion is to make it a bit weak. I use Tetley brand iced tea blend and you can throw a couple bags in a three quart…

Surely you don't mean a kilogram of spinach?

Hot chocolate with cheese in it? I'm having trouble wrapping my head around that.

I am not exactly sure of my height because I've gotten different measurements from different doctor's offices on the same day! I usually say 5'6" or 5'5" depending on how I feel that day. Unlike many people I don't have a weight I used to be that I like to get back to - I've always been heavy, and I've always been over 200…

When I was a teenager living in Illinois we used to pick mulberries...haven't had any since. Anyway, my favorite thing back then was to freeze them and then get some out and eat them frozen. I remember thinking it was like mulberry ice cream...but it was just the berries. *shrug*

Perfect, thanks so much!

This is what I'm wondering too. Mines only off by about 4 lbs, but it's still frustrating!

For me it's greasy poor quality food - like McDonald's breakfast sandwiches type of thing. My doctor put me on Amytriptyline, and I've been eating better and I don't have much trouble any more.

Wow that's a great idea! When I do go out it's often to locally owned places that aren't available online. I always search the internet when I'm at a chain restaurant and the stats aren't in the database on here, since most chains post their nutrition online. It's not precise since they aren't weighing, but you can always…

Part of what I'm doing is trying to eat more healthy food I cook at home, using a planner (I am using PepperPlate right now, it's not perfect but it's better than the other things I've tried), and the main reason for that is that fast food and its ilk has more and more gotten disgusting over time - mostly because when I…

Ok...less cooking. We can do this! This is one of my favorite lunches for work, especially because one prep session = 4 meals. No cooking involved. I usually add a few Kettle chips and some unsweetened tea, for about 350 calories. http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/salmon_salad_sandwiches.html This one is technically a…

Ha my best friend told me to relax today too...maybe there's something to it.

I am not sure about other patterns like sleep and exercise, although I do tend to work out in the evening and I notice the hunger earlier in the day while I'm at work, so there's that. That's cool to see at least some other people have a similar experience. :)

I've been on topomax 100mg for years for migraines, and I've never noticed any weight loss, although I don't trend toward strong side effects from any drugs. I've not heard of using it as a weight loss drug - pretty sure that's off label. It's approved for treating migraine, bipolar, and epileptic seizures, that I know of.…

I won't go to a gym regularly (I know myself now) and it's not really ever cool here in Tennessee. I walk when I can, and I like the FitStar app on my phone for exercise I can do in my living room without any equipment. I also make sure to take water with me when I do go outside.

Well, this is timely. :) I have a blueberry spinach salad with strip streak on the menu toast for dinner which is a new recipe from eatingwell.com that I'm excited to try.

I'm willing, but I think you have to share email addy or be FB friends to find each other on there. So I guess message me if you are still looking.

If I'm really really honest, I believe I'm single because I'm fat. I always have been, since I was about 12, and everyone has always tried to pretend and get me to pretend it wasn't a problem. I've had a few relationships, but for the most part I walk around invisible. People truly don't see me, it feels like, and I can't…

I like the brown rice Triscuits, they are heavy and have some protein and so crunchy it's hard to want more than six. I put them in baggies sometimes, with six already laid out. You can also keep your kind bars etc in your purse rather than the car to help with the heat issue. Personally I plan on having two snacks a…

Definitely the clipping toenails for me. Also I have trouble reading the scale because I can't see it (I also can't see my feet looking straight down only moving my head, but that's because all I can see is my chest). As long as things stay proportionate, I'd be ok with slimming down there too...

Have you tried the MapMyWalk etc apps? The speed and distance calculations seem reasonable to me based on what I know from driving my neighborhood about how far things are. ETA: MapMyWalk/Fitness/etc sync with both MFP and EveryMove.

I found bananas today that were listed at 11,000 calories per banana (in the database, not real bananas, of course). I do wonder how that happens. How do you go about correcting or pointing out that something is really off with an entry like that?

A friend pointed out to me recently that full fat cheese is more satisfying than reduced fat or "light" cheese. I tend to buy full fat now and just eat a little. It's much less frustrating than eating twice as much and still wanting more (cheaper too). Also, I only buy the stuff from the nice cheese area over by the deli…