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What someone wants to pay for an herbal cleanse (vs. buying the herbs themselves) shouldn't really matter to anyone else. I have huge issues with what a doctor charges to draw my blood and run tests when I can get all the same tests and blood draw done on my own for $50 (vs. $150+). As I said, everyone is out to make…

I almost never fray into these discussions but I'm going to on this one because you people clearly have misconceptions about what a colon cleanse is/does. First off, I've never had a colon cleanse give me diarrhea. I'm sure there are some out there that do that, but a decent one will not. Second, every colon cleanse I've…

I log my exercise and enter "1" for calories burned. I like to keep track of what days and how much I exercise but I don't give myself the calories to eat back because I'm using TDEE for my calories which already accounts for my activity.

I did not injure myself running but I did have to give up running. 7yrs ago I broke my my leg and tore all of the ligaments and tendons in my ankle (same leg). After almost a year of not walking, surgeries, rehab, (still have pins and rods) etc., it's still very weak. The doctor told me I would never run again. I'm not one…

Elphie, I remember the days of never being able to eat out bc of family members with food allergies. On the one hand it meant we ate healthy at home. On the other, I remember when we started being able to eat out and it was so nice!!

Usually only every few months. We just choose not to spend the money unless it's a special occasion. With kids it's an easy $100 if we're going to eat at a decent restaurant. Maybe $80 at a place like Red Robin or something. When we do go out I plan on eating at maintenance that day. Our anniversary is in a few weeks and…

Oh! Please may I have recipe? This looks yummy!

My 19yr old daughter actually gets tics that are greatly affected by her ovulation and cycle hormones. She can be fine all month but at those two times, she's guaranteed to have tics. We're working on fixing them, but I would have never thought hormones could affect something like that.

When I wanted to start drinking more water I had to flavor it at first in order to stand it. I started using 1/2 grape juice/ 1/2 water until I could drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. Then I cut the grape juice back to 1/4 juice to 3/4 water, etc. The juice will add calories to your day (make sure to account for…

I would think taking it all at once in the morning would be more effective. Just a thought.

Freedom Fitness (local gym) Pros: cheap ($25/mo with no contract) decent music (no head banging rock) like the owners trainers available if I want one options for PT's (group or individual) decent weights/machines open 24hrs Cons: None so far (been going since October)

Tramadol hasn't affected weight loss, appetite, etc. for me at all. I've been on the lowest possible dose for 15yrs. I'm surprised someone would have trouble getting off of it. I purposely chose this to deal with an autoimmune issue because it's a hydrochloride which is *less* likely (I didn't say impossible) to become…

Exactly what she ^^^^ said! I did the exact same thing. I logged for probably two weeks every single thing I ate. Just by nature I started cutting back or changing portion sizes or exchanging higher calorie items with lower calorie ones because I just wanted to *try* and hit the calorie goal MFP set for me. It was a slow…

I've experienced both sides of this equation in terms of what you wrote so I agree with you. In the end, it definitely comes down to the counselor's actual desire to see people do well vs. keeping his/her business going. I've been under both and it makes a world of difference!

This totally cracked me up! Love your opening. I have to know - do your kids compete in baton? I did for many many years from age 4 to 14 in the US (I'm 47 now). Most people don't know what it is. As for waffles, I have found that telling myself I can eat whatever I want (instead of "cheating") and just making it fit my…

This is very individual. I have classic metabolic syndrome and PCOS. I have experimented with each of the meal plans you stated and different ones have worked for me at different times. I've lost 20#'s and right now what works is just eating when I feel hungry. So, basically 3 meals a day with a snack in the evening. IF…

Are you looking for a way to avoid surgery? Doing a two week course of Stonebreaker by Herb Pharm can help a lot if your GB is not necrotic or badly infected already. It has saved a number of friends of mine from losing their GBs. Sometimes they never find out why someone got pancreatitis. I got acute pancreatitis but no…

Yum. Yes. Dark chocolate and mint cold are sooooo yummy.

Yep. I do this with the Organic Ocho from Costco. http://www.ochocandy.com/product-category/pouches/ They are cheap at Costco and come 3 flavors to a bag. So worth it for the little chocolate treat and so much easier to walk away from!

When I started back lifting after having not done it for 20+ years I was starving the first week or two. Once I settled into a routine that starving feeling left. For that week or two I just barely ate at a deficit until things settled out. Then I went back to a regular deficit.

Forgot to add, my husband uses the stonebreaker for kidney stones. My friends have used it for gallstones.

Easiest way to both get rid of them and prevent future stones - Stonebreaker by Herb Pharm. it takes two 30mL bottles. Cheap as anything on amazon. Dosing is 30 drops twice a day for 15 days. I highly recommend putting the drops in purple grape juice. It doesn't taste great and that's the only stuff we've found tolerable.…

I'm so aware of not wanting to gain a bunch of weight when we go on vacation that I've actually lost at least 5lbs on every trip we've ever taken. I wouldn't track now (I wasn't doing MFP back then) but I would still be aware of choices I'm making. And like someone said, if I can get it at home I'm less likely to eat it on…

I've rescued surely destroyed pans by filling the bottom with lots of white vinegar, adding baking soda (it will fizz like crazy) and letting it sit for a few days. It will slowly peel off layers of burnt junk. Every few days I would empty the pan and scrub off another layer and then do the same process again. Can take a…

With your bloated stomach do you have pain, gas, etc.?

Because scientists are no different then any other profession. Ask ten of them the same question and you'll get ten different answers. Why would anyone put their stock in one person's statements? Consider it amongst numerous positions, sure. But believe one person on this site because they're a scientist? Forget it.

Yes. Cash can be gifted up to $14,000 per person (this year the limit went up from 10K) but that wouldn't work with land because you can't partially gift land. But the selling for $1 might work! But definitely check!

You need to do some research on gift taxes and being given land. If it's willed to you then you won't necessarily have to pay taxes on it when he passes. If he deeds it to you now you may have to pay serious gift taxes. Do check into that before you do any paperwork with the deed. Your plan sounds reasonable. Always best…

So much this! :s

Any fermented food or drink needs to be raw/un-pasturized in order for it to have probiotic benefits. So even store yogurt is pointless UNLESS they add some probiotics after they heat it. But even then, it's likely the probiotics don't survive real well. That said, raw fermented foods are well known to have health benefits…