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If you are getting stronger with your workouts (they're getting easier and not making you feel drained and crappy) then you should not worry about it. If you are having muscle cramps and find that you are unable to workout more now than when you started, you probably should increase your intake. The thing is, there is a…

A month early on your goal- CONGRATS! And I love the shoes, but I hope for your sake it's not a long concert! ;)

I agree that eating healthy CAN be more expensive than not, if you're eating the dirt cheapest food you can buy- like ramen noodles. But fresh produce is so much cheaper than frozen or even canned. And tastes so much better. Especially if you grow it yourself or get it from a farmer's market. To anyone that's never tried…

Agree w/moushtie. Can you post a pic?

Pants as (sort of) mentioned by other people are probably more essential than tops. I go to wal-mart or other cheap places and look for clearance stuff under $10. Funny story: one of the doctors I work with had lost her baby weight but hadn't quite met her goal and hadn't bought new scrubs yet. They fell down (all the way)…

3 hrs or less of sleep is very bad for you, I know firsthand from working full time and going back to college full time while commuting over 1000 miles a week. Sleep's the first thing you have to take care of. How long has your schedule been like this? Your body will adjust to the getting up at midnight, but it will likely…

Where exactly did you get this information? I've been allergic to shrimp for years, and gone years in between accidental exposures, and still have reactions. I've never even heard of someone developing an allergy to something then it going away after a year!

I too became allergic to shrimp and who knows what else at about 22 or 23, after spending my childhood summers in Biloxi eating tons of shrimp! (Not just a little) Actually, you can become severely allergic to something spontaneously, it has nothing to do with the amount you are exposed to. Also, continued exposure to "the…

Please don't Google about animal medicine, it does not make you a veterinarian. Instead, it causes people to do stupid things that sometimes endanger their animals. For example, I had one lady with a Sphinx cat think it ate some thread or something, so she tried to induce vomiting with hyrdogen peroxide (even vets can't…

I planned on having one right after with weight lifting, but since I get migraines it's good to know that might help with cardio too. Thanks!

I have PCOS so I know where you're coming from. I am only a "B" cup because I'm overweight. I am not looking forward to being back at that awkward A-B size again. I am considering fat transplant tho...for the not so near future. I hate the look of implants.

This may not help most people, but when I found out I am type 2 diabetic and started taking medicine for it, my sugar cravings almost completely disappeared. If you have INSANE, insatiable sugar cravings, you should have your glucose and insulin levels checked. I used to literally feel a "switch" in my brain get turned on…

I know this is a bit late, but in the U.S. guns ARE commonplace, and more common among criminals. What if I have a license and a genuine interest in self-preservation? Oh, and I must be "one of the very few", guess I should've been a marine or something. btw, here's a nice little statistic from the FBI: ***During the years…

CONGRATULATIONS!!! You are an inspiration to us all!

These pics are from work. No captions, but they are original, you haven't seem them before. Hope this works, never posted pics before... Pete has a runny nose... This Frenchie's had morphine and is lettin' it all hang out... This boxer has swollen lips from an allergic reaction And someone decided to cross a hairless Rex…

Happy Birthday! Giving yourself health will be the best gift you can give yourself and those who love you. Good luck!

Check out some of the success stories on this site, and what your "friends" have been up to. That always motivates me. That and a little caffeine ;) .

But I LIKE guys with 6 packs! Seriously, I used to like my paleness too. But then the whole "goth" fad got started (they called themselves punks when I was in high school, but there weren't many of them). I got so tired of hearing, "oh you must be goth" because I was really pale and have dark hair and looked 15 until I was…

Thanks to everyone! I have plenty of healthy home-made ice cream and sherbet recipes, I just never knew of anyone using the silk almond milk before. Good to know it works!

To me there's a diff between real sun and UV beds. And a diff between taking a shirtless jog (for a guy anyway) and spending all day everyday in the sun with no protection like my grandpa who grew up farming did, and had to go get skin cancer spots removed every couple of years. Some sun is healthy, we did not evolve in…

I do not suggest using exercise or food deprivation as a punishment, that will just set you up for failure. IF you have an exercise that you love to do, like Zumba or something on the wii, use that for "punishment" to get an extra workout in, but don't do anything that will make you dislike exercise (especially if you…

I tried Indian food once. Never again. I had miserable GI upset for 3 days, every burp and fart (and there were lots) reeked exactly like the food, I even sweated it out. And I love hot, spicy Cajun and Mexican foods. Maybe I could have gotten used to it if I wanted to, but I thought it was disgusting anyway. Yes, new and…

Check out this article: http://caloriecount.about.com/truth-starvation-mode-ft28742 It explains starvation using a couple of legit studies and explains the truths behind some common misconceptions.

Lucy- Thanks for this post, I was just about to ask about this 1-2 lb/wk thing. I see you are also on 1200 cal/day, like me, and your Dr approved your plan. That makes me feel so much better. I was afraid that because I was losing more than 1-2 lb/wk (except zero last week due to hormonal crap from PCOS and endometriosis)…

There are a few different schools of thought out there on dream interpretation. I really enjoy Dr. Carl Jung's books, tho they are a difficult read for most people, as they are translated from German (not by Jung himself, so..) and he was an extremely wordy and academic guy anyway. But anyway, he is the guy who came up…

I think the media has us expecting too much of ourselves. Why on earth do we think women need to look like airbrushed pre-pubescent waifs? Or guys look like bodybuilders with 2% body fat? Just because your abs don't look like Jillian Michael's after they've been airbrushed with make-up, doesn't mean you're FAT. If you…

Wow! What a transformation. Thanks for posting, your success is very inspiring!

I have been that way since puberty. Childhood really. I only just stopped having those cravings when I found out I'm Insulin Resistant and started taking a supplement for it. I am actually Type 2 Diabetic now, and I am fine not eating sweets. Prior to starting the DCI supplement, I thought I could not live like this (not…

Are you on the road constantly? If you have a break in your schedule use that time to workout really hard. And take healthy food with you on the road. Maybe talk to your dr about an appetite suppressant for when your out. You don't need many calories when you're sitting all day. But be sure to take a good vitamin…

37 lbs! You're almost there! Why quit now?!?! If I had lost that much I would be so motivated by it! So you're going to splurge some this weekend, it's not the end of the world. It's one weekend out of your life. A few days. Think of how much healthier you can be and better you will feel. You already know the difference…