Leesa_Michelle Member

I lost 77 lbs in 11 months - 50 in the first 3 due to walking and better diet. I started with 4,000 steps and added 1,000 every week until I hit 10,000. 10,000 is my base goal for the day. I do anywhere from 10,000 to 22,000 a day. About 10 minutes per 1,000 steps and that's about an hour and 40 minutes of walking or more…

28, 168 lbs. Goal is 133 lbs to start.

I loveeee Insanity! I've done it 4 times. In my opinion, it has the best group of people. When I first started I couldn't even get through the warm up without a break. Know that each week it will get easier and you'll get further. But also watch the people! A lot of the people in Insanity stop and take breaks even when…

Frozen raspberries are SO good. Sour and sweet!! Try it out! :)

Lovely post!!

Just because his is rare doesn't make ours the same. That also doesn't mean genetic link. They'd have to have it checked out by a geneticist to get confirmation that it is in fact genetic. All I know is that reducing my sodium to almost 0 has helped me get no new kidney stones. And my mother reducing her's to 0 has had her…

Oh, I'm definitely not saying every kidney disease is the same. Sorry if it came off that way. I can see how it may have. Mine are helped by reducing sodium though. The kidney diseases I have are extremely rare, so it's possible and probable that other kidney diseases aren't at all effected by sodium.

I have two genetic kidney diseases and they have zero to do with blood pressure. Alport syndrome and thin basement membrane. Kidney stones also have nothing to do with my blood pressure. Lowering my salt completely stopped me from getting new stones in my kidneys. After I reintroduced normal sodium levels into my diet I…

Using completely different types of science isn't going to prove your point to me. You're asking me to show links of credible studies on GMOs, yet you're showing me zero credible links on GMOs and decide to keep bringing up climate change when the two fields require completely different scientists with completely different…

That's cute. How you twist words and science to fit your "argument". Chocolate in its purest form is okay for humans and bad for dogs. However, taking a plant in its purest form where an insect ate off of it healthy and had a normal life span off of it, and then genetically changing it, and then now that same insect eats…

Since I'm a nice person, here you go. They all have links to their proper scientific study counterparts as well. http://responsibletechnology.org/10-reasons-to-avoid-gmos/ https://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/04/08/10-scientific-studies-proving-gmos-can-be-harmful-to-human-health/…

I believe I said "like Monsanto" not "just Monsanto". There's quite a difference there. ;) By you saying citation needed, I'm guessing you haven't researched anything in your life? Like I said, they're all out there and easily accessible. If you are that interested, you'll research. If not, okay, I'm not hurt by it. Sure,…

I always wipe down the machines. Always. Ew. But I do wait a couple minutes between each set. My body just gets better results that way rather than waiting 30 seconds and doing it again. No one's ever asked me if they could use it in between. If they would, I'd let them. If I'm on my phone, I'm usually looking for my next…

Next time you go to your doctor ask them what's the best thing food wise someone can do if they have heart failure or kidney issues in order to prolong their life and keep symptoms are bay. No salt or dramatically limiting salt will be their answer. If you want research without asking your doctors, Google is your friend. :)

I don't trust organic food in the stores or GMO food. I only go to farmers that grow non-GMO produce. Organic doesn't mean what it used to. The definition has been altered to essentially be almost the same thing as normal produce just at a heftier price. The studies in the US on GMO foods are scientist paid by GMO…

I think you need some sodium in your diet to live, but depending on your health, salt should be lowered. Kidney and heart issues are two health issues that are recommended to lower your salt dramatically. My mom has heart failure and ever since she cut almost all salt out of her diet (2 decades) she's become healthier and…

I was never big in super sugary or sweet drinks. My go tos are vodka water with a lime or lemon. I've gotten quite a few people to fall in love with it. To change it up you can do gin with water and a cucumber. Sipping on bourbon is delicious as well.

I used to not be big on breakfast, but that's because I liked to sleep in. Haha. I'm hungry though from the moment I get up! Now that I wake up early, i eat something. It takes me about 5 minutes to cook my entire breakfast for the week. The best part is I just have to beat it up in the morning. I take 6 eggs, 6 ounces of…