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My husband got called in to work today, so it will be my daughter and I running around doing errands. I have grocery shopping to do - no food in the house and the kids are pouting! School supplies to get. Pet store run for the cats. Squeeze in some circuit training at the gym and maybe a swim after with my son. Get my…

Same here!

Might be kind of TMI but it's a little NSV for me...this is the first time I've had to deal with "Special Lady Time" and the scale has not jumped over 170 on my morning weigh-in B)

I'm the same way with the dizzy spells when I stand up or bend over. I've always been that way too, ever since I was a child. I remember visiting my bio dad and step mother when I was about 10 years old, and I got up off the couch too fast...my vision went black round the edges, I felt fuzzy and saw lightning bugs, next…

@auntstephie321 Thanks for your kind words, I appreciate it. It was 13 years ago now, and I've had another son since, his name is Logan and he's now 12 years old. He helped a lot with healing from that! I do still have the card the nurses at the hospital made for me though. It has an ink print of his tiny hands and feet,…

Just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - in the Fraser Valley

Nothing really to add about the situation you're in, but just a comment on Effexor xr...if there's anything else your doctor can give you, in my experience I would jump at it. I was on Effexor xr for awhile after my son was stillborn, and it messed me up good. I couldn't sleep, so I had to have sleeping pills as well, I…

I shake cinnamon into my coffee grounds before brewing all the time, it is wonderful. It adds a perfect amount of flavour without any graininess or ring of dirt around the cup.

This is Castiel. He's super soft and lovey, but also a HUGE pain in the butt!! Licking and biting my nose while I'm trying to sleep! ...and this is Molly, one of the most eccentric cats I've ever lived with. When she wants a snack or a treat, she goes and sits in the kitchen sink and stares at me... We have a fluffy black…

You could try a Pallof Press...this is a great ab exercise! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g921oqINXFQ

I started in 2010 watching the Olympics on the couch and feeling like a fat *kitten*. By 2012 I had dropped to 168, so about 2 years. I had a back slide between 2014 and 2015 that almost cracked 200 again by Oct 2015. I swore I'd never see that number on my scale again, and here I am - 167 and dropping. It's been a long…

I've been going through it for over two years now and I'm only 44. I actually had my first missed period a couple of months ago and I was totally having vivid dreams that I was pregnant, freaking out over having to buy baby stuff all over again when my oldest just graduated high school, etc...it was quite a rollercoaster!…

Absolutely he can start without gaining weight first. He will find as he gets going that his appetite naturally changes to fit his activity level. Maybe direct him to bodybuilding.com, where you can make your own Bodyspace and find free programs, track every lift you do so you can chart your own progress, etc. I never lift…

If it says zero carbs, I don't care if it was "cured with sugar" - I eat it! Yum

Welcome! Pretty new here too, but add me if you like :)

Potatoes and sweet potatoes really. That's about all.

I have never had kimchi...not even sure what it is! *blush*

Love your new pic @RowdysLady !

So did I... *blush*

Welcome!

"Wenner" is the nickname my big sister gave me when we were kids (name is Wendy), and I picked Zen to try and keep myself chill....LOL Plus it kinda had a good flow.

I dropped 60 lbs doing the low fat, lots of carbio thing in preparation for military training, and as soon as I got under 200 lbs I swore I would never see that number on the scale again. Fast forward to multiple injuries during training that sidelined me for months due to my age. i got sent home to recover and I just sat…

My cats are named after the King of Hell ("Fergus") and Castiel :)

Ooo can't believe I forgot to mention Supernatural! love me some Sam n Dean :)

Hard boiled eggs are good too! Garlic sausage, deli meats, that kind of thing.

I love the sea salt one! Its my favorite. Not sure what % it is, but its my little treat when nothing else will do :)

I'm not a sitcom girl, I find most of the humor silly and contrived, but I've seen a lot of it over the years because my Dad loved it and so does my husband. I didn't mind Friends, Seinfeld, Frasier, and I got used to Home Improvement because my hubby has watched them all over and over! I'd go for Breaking Bad, Game of…

@Gallowmere1984 LOLOL you are hilarious!

Do you cook the zucchini first, or just hollow it out a bit and stuff full of tuna? That looks like something I will love! @TishaGettinFit

You can also do that with front squats, you cross your arms in front of you like an x, stand so the bar is across you just above your collarbones, and use your hand and arms to keep it resting in place during the squat. Easier to let the bar go if you get stuck!