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As soon as you're told that something works for everyone, you're justified in giving it the side-eye. We humans have thousands of individual complications -- height, age, medical conditions, eating preferences and physical abilities, among others -- that change what kind of diet and macro split works best for each of us.…

This is definitely a difficult hill to get over. Don't let the panicking win! I'm back to deficit Monday, and I hope my next diet break is less nervewracking. Hang in there!

I saw my doctor this week, and have been given the okay to halve my metformin dosage. (Hooray!) We discussed my last bloodwork, which indicated that I was well below the pre-diabetic levels, and he asked me what my morning BG was like. I reminded him that he'd never prescribed a meter for me. He blinked and said, "Why…

I'm not able to hit my exact numbers most days -- I'm mostly under, with a few days over. Part of that is being unsure of how much of my exercise calories to eat back; I aim for about 1/3 on just-walking days, maybe 1/2 on swimming days. I seem to be hovering within 3.5 lbs of my beginning weight, so I think I'm in the…

Absolutely normal fluctuation, especially after a holiday meal. Unless you ate 14,000 extra calories yesterday (and not even pecan pie a la mode will do that), it's water. Give it a couple of days and it'll be gone. And please don't, whatever you do, try to cut calories today! All that will do is make you hungry and…

Even a few Murricans (waiting for the turkey to come out of the oven). Happy November 23, everyone! Grateful for MFP every day!

If you're off 2 of 3 meds, that's a huge success! Yes, once we're diagnosed diabetic, we stay diabetic, but there are a lot of us who manage it with diet and exercise. It may turn out that I need to stay on a low dose of metformin, but I'll monitor my sugars and starches and do my exercise as though it's all on me no…

Please God I won't have to worry about needing the anti-cancer benefits, but as far as anti-aging goes . . . I figure if I haven't grown up by now it's just not going to happen. :p (I'll be 60 in February.)

It doesn't change things overall, but it matters in that this is unknown territory for me and I just like to know that others have been here, too. I do promise to be around when you come off your meds, too, and we'll celebrate! And thank you!

Last time I was hospitalized (fever of unknown origin, how weird is that) they gave me IV hydration for three days and my arms and face looked like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man. I probably was up 8 to 9 lbs, all water weight, and it was gone in under a week. It'll pass, don't worry!

Yes, you can record tea as water. It's 99.9% water, after all.

made by the folks who produce Bulletproof Coffee big ol' nope right there

I'm starting my second week of diet break and I'm really surprised that maintenance eating takes at least as much planning as deficit eating. I'm used to eating at deficit by now, and it's much easier to plan. MFP's default split for carbs requires a lot more thought. I'm not sure I trust such a high level of carbs, partly…

I'd be willing to bet that the majority of regular forum participants -- especially the more thoughtful ones -- are Intraverts by nature. The true Extraverts are out doing more social things.

Peanut butter. Jif creamy owns my soul. Right now I'm in full batten-down-the-hatches mode over Bahlsen's Contessa Sugar-Glaze Lebkuchen. It's only in the markets around Christmastime and even then in only a very few stores, but by golly I will drive miles for those things. There are just seven in a package and thank God…

Log your calories for the day and move on. It's a new day, start fresh. And take a look at your daily calories. 1713 calories should lose you a pound a week; 1463 should lose you 1.5 per week and that's about the max loss you should be looking for at your weight. If you're starving and unhappy at a lower amount of…

Then why are you asking if it's okay to eat this chicken?

My morning coffee includes milk and sucralose, and probably always will. Molon labe.

Wow, Nony, your photos are spectacular! All I really know about NZ geography/scenery I got from Lord of the Rings, and these make me envy you your hikes even more. Thank you so much for posting them! If you ever do a group hike event, I'll make the trip. In fact, I think I'm going to be looking into real hiking here at…

Extra virgin olive oil (worth investing in a small bottle of high-end stuff) and a little Vege-Sal (seasoned salt). Toss and enjoy. Thanks for all the tips on using PB2 in a light peanut sauce!

I'm a weaver and work retail at a spinning, weaving & knitting shop. I can more easily put on my social persona there because our customers are all fiberistas of one shade or another, and we speak the same language. With a more mixed group I'm likely to be quietly defending the corner by the bookshelf before escaping into…

Another INFJ. I can be something of an extrovert, but only on an as-needed basis. The extrovert part is definitely an acquired persona, something like wearing lipstick or pantihose and heels. I can do it, but it's not my first choice and I need to go hide out in my blanket fort afterwards.

Another vote for my head is still changing, and my weight has a long way to go yet. My attitude towards my body has changed. I'm down 84 lbs and still have another 60-70 (?? not sure yet) to go, but now I feel overweight instead of obese. And that's an enormous relief for me. I know I carry myself differently because of…

Salt (sodium) is essential for life. And the weight you gain from eating large amounts is water weight, which goes away in a few days. If you don't have a medical issue with sodium, you can eat reasonable amounts. If you have a package that states the amount of sodium in a serving, you might want to read that before you…

I thought that was the whole point

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. ;) ZoneFive is a shade of gray in a grayscale for black & white photographers. She's a gray and white tuxedo. Stanislaus is because he was a tiny unassuming kitten and needed an imposing name to live up to. And Thaddeus is actually General Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross from The…

It's just plain old fashioned Jif peanut butter in a small container to stick in a lunch box. MFP can get a little shrill with their warnings. You'll get the same notification if you enter 2 tablespoons of any regular peanut butter.

We're looking at insurance for our menagerie -- it's just recently been offered through my husband's employer. Two cats -- one lady of a certain age (I go by her name here on MFP) and one large dim boy named Stanislaus who has no grasp of consequences and frequently shuts himself into small dark places where he cries…

Mercy. Judgmental MOCKING cats. That’s just not right.

I’m diabetic. My long haul could be a short one (or anyway a very uncomfortable one) if I don’t stay with it. So I find ways to make it interesting. Learn something new — swimming, biking, hiking, maybe snowshoeing this winter.