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For the record. My kids' school in the USA still does the dreaded Presidential Fitness tests. They have not gone away. A couple years ago, they switched from a mile run to this awful shuttle run where it gets faster and faster until you fail out. I don't remember them talking about the flexed arm hang, but they still do…

I've had shoulder impingement and shoulder surgery in both shoulders. The surgeries and related complications were pretty miserable so I hope that the rest and PT helps you avoid that. You have learned a valuable thing now, and that's how important it is to listen to those strange pains and feelings that something isn't…

Yes, I think I have. It probably also explains some of the periods in my life where I felt so tired. It wasn't lack of vit D or anything else, but probably was not enough calories to support everything I wanted to do. It's sort of a "duh" moment. lol

Thank you all for the replies and suggestions. Some of them I already do, but probably not enough. Some of them are good ideas to incorporate. I was hesitant to post about this, but I am glad that I did!

My favorite is Tootsie Rolls, but I also love Reeses PB Cups, and Dots. But I wouldn't turn away Snickers or Milky ways either. I suppose I said that you either love TR or hate them because I've gotten so many people who do the "You like those? I throw those away!" kind of reactions. :)

What is a canni-cookie? Halloween candy has been broken into. The first tootsie rolls have been consumed. You either love em or hate em. I love em.

P.S. since my post is still the last one. Just to be clear, I am not about giving up sugar or that it's the devil. I just have noticed that I feel better while being more careful. To be sure, I am eyeing that Halloween candy that is downstairs and already plotting how I can still eat the home made peanut butter Buckeye…

My biggest "hurdle" right now is that I have realized that I bloat less and feel a little better when I am careful with the added sugars, but when I need some extra calories in a day, or am feeling snackish... the sweet is what I always want. Trying to retrain my brain without totally giving things up. I need to find my…

Thank you!

Just want to bump this and get it to show up in my discussions because it's a fun thread. :) Or at least as a newbie, I thought that by commenting, it would tag it somewhere I could easily find it again. But I don't see it listed anywhere. Still think it's a fun thread tho. lol

I'm also new here and generally lurk, but if you don't click the "complete diary" button at the bottom,nothing bad happens and you don't get an estimate of weight down the road. I didn't even realize that that button told you anything until my teenager had to log a few days in MFP for a class and was annoyed by the…