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I am just south of the Ohio River in Kentucky, so I am south of the Mason-Dixon and have that country twang (I am told this by my Buckeye friends. I think they sound funny.) Having traveled all over the country I will tell you Southerners have to have the hardest time losing weight because the food is OUTSTANDING!

How many different maple syrup diets are there-good lawd! I have an friend who does the same, I say we are all different and what works for me might not work for you, and then be catty and say "So how much did you actually keep off on your last fad diet?" - no don't do that, that is mean. ( I am mean in the morning! )

Some people have dirty minds. I always have giant zucchini b/c they will be too small one day and I swear they grow a foot overnight. Dirty minds I know what you are thinking-lol. I know fried foods are on most people's no-no list but I love me some sliced zucchini dipped in egg, floured and fried. Be sure to salt it too.…

I have tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. Why don't I ever get invited to orgasmic parties? Thanks for the pinterestfail website suggestion! Also thanks everyone for changing my mind about the elf! I was thinking of getting one, but am thinking not now. I let my boys pick one after school activity. We might do a big…

I just bought one of Lane Bryant's sports bras and it is a great bra. They are a bit pricey, but they fit just right and I always buy them when they have a good sell, buy 2 get 2 free I think. I understand the no money thing, hint around to your fiancé? Got a birthday coming up? I had horrible pain in my rib cage off and…

Thanks for posting this! I just ran out of my Kiss My Face deo and the store I buy it at quit carrying it. I was about to order a 6 pack off of Amazon but was worried that it would start drying up or something by the time I used them up, so I will try this instead. BTW I make my own laundry detergent and dish washing…

Thanks for posting this. I sorta fell off the low carb wagon recently and of course it was in a progesterone dominant time! I too am curious about others' carb levels as well as protein and fat. I find it hard to get enough protein in without relying on large amounts of chicken breasts.

Drop the fast food breakfast and find an easy to make breakfast that will get you off on the right start. Mine is two eggs with toast- this keeps me full until lunch or I have a small snack mid morning. You keep make egg, cheese, and sausage bakes in muffin tins and reheat in the morning. After you change one meal then you…

Northern Ky here! Land of the 3-ways and goetta!

I have two sons and I am happy and finished. My second was conceived after two doses of Clomid. (A side note about Clomid: My good friend used it for a long while, ended up with breast cancer. She says her doctor told her it was hormone induced and shouldn't occur again since she is no longer taking it. I don't recall how…

You might consider upping your calories, going so low can be counterproductive. If you are starving all the time you will not stick with the "diet". Also try eating less carbs and more protein and/or fat, they give you more satiety and you won't be so hungry all the time. If you are starving your body is telling you to…

I weigh myself daily to track how my previous day's food affected my weight. If you are doing fine without one, I would skip it b/c I know fluctuations are normal, but they can still be depressing. Is there one at a place you frequent- a store, your work? If so you could do a weekly or monthly weigh in that way. There is…

Morning Thunder black tea for hot and traditional Southern sweet iced tea, but I have converted to unsweetened and better appreciate the taste of the tea now.

"Some people skip breakfast in an effort to lose weight, but the practice is more likely to cause weight gain than weight loss." I take from this to not skip it if you're hungry, but if you're hungry eat it. I always eat breakfast b/c I am hungry in the morning, but remember growing up never being hungry until lunch. Now…

I saw this post topic and thought of the time I drank a gallon of milk in only 2 days and I am I guess you could say sensitive to it. I was allergic to it as a baby and now if I drink too much I get skin issues. So I was telling my coworker about my weird sudden milk craving and she said take a pregnancy test. Now I had…

Those brownies you mentioned sound like heaven from a baking pan!

I have yet to see Red Velvet, but I saw a coupon for peanut butter ones and had to buy them for the kids and hubby. My husband loves Reese's cereal also. That crap leaves a fat residue on the top of your mouth when you eat it. Talking about cereal, what about Lucky Charms? My sons' school had that on the breakfast menu-…

The Mist made me mad at Stephen King- then I read the story and saw he wrote it with an open end- most depressing ending ever, even beats the ending of Seven. As for head scratching movies, Melancholia- what a messed up wedding reception and depressing ending as well. Beasts of the Southern Wild- good but different. Boxing…

I breastfed both of my boys, one for 12 months and the other nearly 3 years. The 12 month one weaned himself, he has always been very independent! I had both natural (1 came very close to being c-section, but I dilated 5 cm in minutes and had to push in the operating room) so perhaps that helps with the milk production? I…

I agree with the one meal idea, please let us all know how it goes! My husband's grandma would serve the men (lots of times there would be hired hands helping in the farm work to feed also) and would eat only after they were done. My grandma worked right alongside the men and would also cook a large amount in the early…

When I was taking it I did lose a bit, but I wasn't actively trying too. Metformin regulated my cycles, which was what was important to me at the time. I am SLOWLY losing now and haven't been taking it for quite a while, so it is possible. My cycles are normal (as long as I stay active) so I don't need the medicine…

This happens to my son and when he was playing football he would get benched all the time because the coach thought he was overstraining himself. I finally had to explain to him some people have blood vessels closer to their skin and it happens- this the explanation given to me by his doctor.

I'm this shape too! I've noticed I lost weight in my upper legs, but not so much on my waist (where I want it off)! Is it true abut fat first on, last off? My belly would be that spot.

A first date and we were at the movies and he fell asleep and I tried to nudge him awake b/c he was snoring a bit and he was still half asleep and grabbed my hand and put it in his crotch. He was a night shift worker and hadn't had any sleep yet so I gave him a second chance, we've been married 13 years now!

Just in case she checks in I am going to suggest to her in a totally supportive and not in any way sarcastic way to seek a good therapist or if she has one already to get back on those meds.

uhh, i wanna move to New Zealand

There's not many foods I dislike, but black licorice is one. I like trying different veggies and tried fennel once, yuck. I also threw out my anise- I bought it to made cookies and they were disgusting. The only other food I dislike as much would be ginger, raw or pickled. I love gingerbread stuff, but not the ginger they…

Be gracious and eat his mom's food, just try to eat more of the healthier stuff. It is a challenge to get healthier fast food. I was in Michigan and they have these meat pie like things, pasties (PA-sties is I think is how they pronounce it) oh my goodness they are good. If you are doing house repairs and yard work you…

Ok- get ready for lots of suggestions for toning your core- ugh I hate it, but they're right! I am in the process of trying to lose my gut and before I had a severe reaction to poison ivy and had to drug myself up with Benedryl and try to sleep it off or scratch myself till I bled I was doing p90x and it was working quite…