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Cleosweetie Week 1 Saturday PW: 166.6 CW: 166

Cleosweetie Week 5 Saturday PW: 167.6 CW: 166.6

Cleosweetie Week 4 Saturday PW: 166.8 CW: 167.6

Entered, @jessicakrall8 Thank you! :)

Cleosweetie Saturday Week 3 PW 164.4 CW: 166.8

Cleosweetie Saturday Week 2 PW: 165.2 CW: 164.4

Cleosweetie Week 1 Saturday PW: 166.4 CW: 165.2

@jessicakrall8 -- I weighed in! Thanks! (Sorry for the lateness--I'm on California time.)

Cleosweetie Saturday Week 4 PW: 166.0 CW: 166.4

Cleosweetie Week 3 Saturday weigh in PW: 163.2 CW: 166.0

Cleosweetie Week 2 Weigh in day: Saturday PW: 164.8 CW: 163.2

Cleosweetie Saturday Week 1 PW: 167.2 CW: 164.8

Cleosweetie Week 4 Saturday PW: 165 something CW: 167.2

Cleosweetie Week 3 Saturday PW: 167.4 CW: 165.2 Sorry for being a bit late but I meant to check in last night but forgot to!

Cleosweetie Weigh in day: Sat Week 2 PW: 163.6 CW: 167.4

Cleosweetie Week 1 Weigh in day: Saturday PW: 163.2 CW: 163.6

Good for you, @Agefyter18 One thing that is surprising to a lot of people is that for a woman, all it takes is 8 glasses per week (small ones-- 5 ounces--which are pretty rare in the real world) and voila-- you fall into the "heavy drinker" category. Shocking, I know! (At least I was shocked.)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/no-alcohol-is-the-only-safe-amount-of-alcohol-for-you-study-says Here's another clickbait headline for you, @kimny72! :) It will be interesting/amusing to see all the different angles on this study. FYI, apparently the Gates Foundation funded it.

@kimny72 -- all good points. Basically, this study is a Rorschach test-- everyone is going to take away what they want to see and justify what they are already doing, lol.

Thanks for your input, @Anvilhead! On a different note, the Lancet just published this study: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/23/health/global-alcohol-study/index.html It says that at the end of the day, no amount of alcohol is good for you.

Thanks for weighing in, @AnvilHead. I've seen these articles as well. However, within the last year there have been several "expose" type of articles written about how the studies touting the beneficial effects of alcohol were funded in part by the alcohol industry!

@kinny72 -- thanks for weighing in! Good points. I do agree that it's all very relative. On my husband's side of the family, you're "a drinker" if you have two glasses of wine in one sitting. (Me.) Whereas in a circle of some really good family friends, they're cracking open champagne at 10am if it's a "special occasion."…

Thanks Orphia for creating this board! I've been following the discussion on the other boards; it is an interesting one. Here are my random thoughts: If I hear that a person "drinks every day," my immediate reaction upon hearing that is that that person is veering very close to having a potentially problematic relationship…

@itsmeagain2016 -- welcome! @RubyRed427 --- great job Julie! @donimfp --- I agree with your instinct that you should give your guests a head's up about the new circumstances. I also agree that you shouldn't be expected to serve tons and tons of alcohol under these new circumstances. If I read your post correctly, it looks…

I read somewhere that, ironically, posting a lot of pictures of alchohol (pretty picturesque drinks, pictures of yourself drinking, etc.) to social media can be a sign of alcoholism. And with the three people I can think of who do that/used to do that, it's true. (One has been sober for five years.)

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I can see the wisdom about just eating what you want, enjoying, and getting back on plan the next day, but I live in California, where there are lots of Mexican places all over. I have many family members who love Mexican, so I have to have a healthy go-to meal figured out, or it would add up to too many splurges. It's…

Great job, Julie!

@eriknj: lol. So many die hard fans have *begged* me to continue watching, citing these same reasons. I think four episodes is a reasonable chance, though! I've had people give up my favorite shows after 20 minutes, refusing to watch any further. The final nail in the coffin was when he missed his son's birthday party to…

I did a lot of research before purchasing a HRM, and my take away was that wrist-based monitors are not as accurate as a chest strap. You may have heard that Fitbit is getting sued because of this inaccuracy. Even though I can still see the benefits of a Fitbit (reminder to keep moving, having Fitbit "friends," tracking…