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I hear you and understand. I feel you look great but I also understand that your mother's words may make it difficult to hear that as a truth. It is common for people to feel what you are feeling. Speaking in quotes is rarely anything less than annoying but the cold hard truth of "wherever you go, there you are" is one of…

I think if a person enjoys almond milk they should go ahead and drink it. Pretty much anyone could write a story about every food available (yes, even your yard grown vegetables tainted by your neighbor's lawn chemicals) and give you a reason to not eat/drink anything. Let me get this straight though, 2 consumers are suing…

Ok - that's just hilarious. If so, could we put it in the NSV thread?

How was it?

I plan on taking everything I've learned and using it for life. However, I don't plan on being in ketosis for life. I look forward to incorporating fruits and a variety of vegetables again. I don't plan on incorporating grains regularly. However, I imagine once I hit goal that I'll feel less guilt over the times I do…

I use the tiny low carb Altoids. I'm sure if enough are consumed there are many carbs. But since Altoids are so powerful, not many are needed.

Can you download the phone version to your iPad and just view it larger? You're making me want to dig my iPad out and use it again. I think the app is pretty putzy anyway.

I use butter, cheese, oils and high fat meats. I'm not exactly the picture of health but this seems to work in decreasing my hunger. I no longer eat chicken breast (though I'm considering it tonight) only legs and thighs with skin. I no longer buy low fat ground beef. For awhile I was really buying the low end stuff, high…

I am up 2 lbs and am on the downside of my TOM, so it could be more than that. Not going to even pretend this gain has anything to do with IF.

Any recommendations/plugs for the best probiotic? I've only taken a pill once and the stomach ache I was suffering from for 2 days went away. This was in June and I had decided that eating french fries was a perfectly acceptable thing to do before getting on a plane before vacation. (This is where I fail at planned cheats!)

Well that has me teary! I'm very sorry to hear about your husband. It's such a heartbreaking disease.

I am so proud of everyone and their progress. Way to go!

I've never heard of it but it sounds interesting. What does it all entail?

Sometimes I let people fill in the blanks on their own. I also don't share the fat aspect unless someone specifically points out my fat consumption. But even then I typically just say "fat keeps you full." Or if I'm at work and it's a lunch out with coworkers I'll say "it keeps me full until I eat again at 7." Oh hey, one…

Wow! That sounds beautiful!! (both the church and the honeymoon) Any thoughts on the kind of dress you want?

I agree. When I started this WOE I would panic about being in ketosis and losses and cheats. I kept reading comments about how the cheats are just part of life. Focus on one day at a time and keeping carbs low at each meal. If you do this, you won't view carbs as a diet ruiner. You'll start to see food as fuel for your…

This. Absolutely. Perfectly put. Thank you. I don't blame her for my reaction to her words or for my sensitivity. I can't. I own that I am a sensitive person and I have become ok with that over the years. However, I cannot control the actions, inactions or words of others. I can only control how I allow them to affect me…

You're right. Without her I would never have set my new goal of growing 10 inches by September. With this goal I will be able to meet her ideal BMI and height requirement and the dress should fit me the way it fit the model on the runway. I'm excited to develop a love of cocaine and all things Leonardo Dicaprio. The world…

I get ovulation hunger. I get period hunger, too. I am now on a 21 day cycle instead of my typical 28-30 days that I have been my entire life. I forget every single time and then I can't figure out why I'm emotional and hungry. This month I assumed it was IF. Nope. Thankfully I'm not emotional this month, just a little…

I pride myself in my ability to kill a thread :D

My problem is not that I feel hunger during the fast. It's that I feel an insatiable hunger during the eating portion. I don't need to feel hunger to know I get hungry. Like you, I've done that before - unsuccessfully, I will add. Thanks for filling me on the fat burning thoughts!

Thank you @FIT_Goat. I only blame myself for the lack of weight loss since the dress fitting. When I put the dress on, one of the seamstresses said, "I wouldn't say this if I didn't think you looked good but (just be aware before you start a sentence this way that anything that follows will immediately negate this) this…

I kind of am. That's not how it started though. I decided that I was sick of being obese and planned on doing something about it. As I started to lose weight it motivated me to say "yeah, ok, my ring finally fits again, let's move forward with the wedding!" That was in February. We're getting married September 19. I'm down…

I'm not down anything from IF though I didn't expect to be. I am pondering whether I am going to stick with this after last night's blunder of eating a burger followed by a pretzel bun followed by the crust of a pizza followed by some steak. I didn't eat this morning until lunch so I fasted again and felt fine. I'm just…

Well, first you have to take the weights out of your pockets ;) For real though it sounds like your body is fighting the weight loss with everything it has. There will be a lot of people here that can give you some useful advice. I wanted to tell you that I hear you, I understand your feelings and you have every right to…

I sometimes log on weekends but for the most part I try to focus on being present and living. It doesn't mean it doesn't cross my mind though. I did not fast on Friday or Saturday but hit my 16:8 yesterday and will be back on track today. Should be quite easy today since I'm wearing Spanx and consuming food is suddenly not…

Wow this post was fun to read! I would love to second the boots one but my calves are huge no matter what size I am. So not that one. Maybe I'll reward myself with a new pair of expensive wide calf boots this fall though. I am looking forward to... Wearing some of my old things that I looked so good in before putting on…

Your current weight (or clothing size, or whatever you use if you don't weigh): 153 lbs Your Fast/Feed Schedule: 16/8 - 7/8pm (depending on the day) to 11/12. I'm unsure about days per week. Probably at least 5 but I'll aim for 7. Do you take supplements?: No Do you plan to exercise? If so, how do you expect that to impact…

I'm so proud of everyone! I wish I had before and during pictures. I haven't even taken measurements! Sometimes I feel like I'm down more pounds than I am going down in pant sizes. I've finally squeezed into a few size 8s. I'm still sort of embarrassed by my reflection though.

I signed up for MFP a long time ago and used my email which had my last name in it. Not a big deal but I decided to change it when I convinced a bunch of friends to sign up. We created a private group on here to match a moms group we were part of. It was referred to as "Rainbows and Puppies" in jest because it was a group…