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My PCP worked with me when I was in a similar spot. She explained the the sweat from going up and down stairs at work was A. not any more noticable than my weight, and B. something that would improve /reduce over time. When I explained that my knees hurt from walking/taking the stairs she told me to invest in four…

Hi! My name is Melinda, and I've just started running using the Samsung Health app "Baby steps to 5K". I did a C25K back around 2010 with moderate success. I'm almost 50, and I had weightloss surgery back in March after really struggling to lose ALL my excess weight the traditional way. I have a "sprint tri" scheduled for…

From one week to the next, my BP went from having averaged 135/90 (WITH medications) to 88/55. After a week of checking it I tapered off my BP meds and this week it has been averaging 115/70!!! It's like after dropping about 30 lbs, my body was all "WAIT A SEC!!!! I don't NEED this high blood pressure anymore!!!"

How big is he? I've had Neo Mastiffs that might move from the couch to the floor and back once or twice a day, and were totally fine crated for hours. They loved us, were happy dogs, and did what they do best while in a crate, snored like old grampas! Little dogs tend to have little bladders* and might need a larger crate…

I had a neutral brown eye liner tattooed on. I had to work REALLY hard to convince the tech that all I wanted was fill color at the base of my eye lashes so that it will look natural. Nothing outside of the line of eye lashes. I have extra thick hair which was blond when I was little, now it's dark brown. My eye lashes…

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I should have said "Lower fat" or "lower calorie" since there's still plenty of fat in this! For an even leaner recipe, substitute the yogurt for whey! If you make your own Greek yogurt, the clear liquid whey you collect can be frozen until you have enough to make up this recipe!

Try monitoring your sleep - focus on averaging 1800 calories / day each week, and keep up exercise but make your primary goal a solid eight hours of sleep. It might start the loss again. Otherwise, your body really likes the 230 number and it will happily defy physics to keep it. Good luck!

A great go to for a quick low cal meal is a nice sweet potato or yam. Poke it with a fork, wrap it in a wet paper towel and microwave it for three minutes. Size matters, so if it's huge you may need a few more minutes! Let it sit in the paper towel for a couple minutes then unwrap it, split it open and drizzle a tsp of…

Our monthly way in at work was this morning and I've lost 7 pounds since last month! Whoot! I also added FOUR CUPS of watermelon to my Suhur this morning, plus a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I'm not sure I noticed that it helped today, I still have a headache from being dehydrated :( I'm stopping for dates on my way…

I WISH I would do that - but at 4AM all I can think about is squeezing in a few hours of sleep before I go to the office. I might be able to put in 15 minutes on the elliptical machine BEFORE I Suhur. Exercise might encourage me to drink more too!

One of my Muslim coworkers brought me some dates to start my Iftar, his wife serves them rolled in chia seeds.

I'm a Christian but I'm celebrating Ramadan again this year. I celebrated it in 2013, in honor of my coworker who is Muslim, and was being treated for a brain tumor. I had such a good experience getting closer to God, becoming more empathetic, and feeling like I was able to master my physical WANTS, that I decided to…

Apples are a fresh fruit, if you eat them whole you get some nice chunks of slow to break down material in your stomach, slow to release the natural sugars for a nice smooth GI... They have fiber, pack only a 100 calories or so... not a bad snack food. I buy mine at the "Save a Lot" type stores so they're small as or…

135lbs to 145bls -My teens and twenties when I THOUGHT I was fat (grrrr) 165- In my early thirties I got a well paying desk job that involved travel. Travel involves eating out with co-workers and wanting to try the local specialties! I gained a good 20% of my starting weight the first year. 185- Next I was working in a…

I'm so enjoying celebrating Ramadan! Don't get me wrong, just like starting a new exercise, like running, there is a LOT of physical discomfort involved. And just like starting a new habit, I'm having to struggle to fit my life and my friends (and their expectations) around my fasting. But the reason for Ramadan is so…

Oh. I had to take a few minutes after reading this and try not to cry! Isn't that pathetic of me? I thought I was doing so well and here I've been shortening my fast by over an hour! Now that I know, I'll get it right going forward. I've made a few mistakes so far! The first day of Ramadan I took a prescription medication…

Can you still get about 7 or 8 hours of sleep around your workout time? Lack of sleep slows down your metabolism and will really hurt your weight loss plan. I'm able to fall asleep very easily (too easily) so I would be able to exercise and then go back to sleep... Reading that you're doing it makes me feel like I should…

This year I'm celebrating Ramadan for the first (real*) time. My manager is having a brain tumor removed tomorrow and this is the first time he's missed being able to celebrate Ramadan so I decided to celebrate in his honor. Since my husband and family aren't joining me, I'm not expecting to gain any weight due to a lack…

OK how does the this possibly justify being uninformed of the actual content? I quiz my congressional members, if only through their staff that answers the phone- you can do the same. You can demand they know as much as they need to but you need to do more than just post fear and rage because an uninformed population is…

OK so if you have 49 employees now, and you aren't offering them the option of getting basic medical insurance... Who is paying for their medical care? I AM. YOU ARE. THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY IS ALL TAX PAYERS ARE - PLEASE UNDERSTAND that NOTHING IS MAGIC HERE. THE HIGHEST BILL RATE IS USED and the bill goes directly to…

For the record, while my party may not like me - I'm a registered Republican. I vote moderate and my views have changed after years of working in internal auditing where I am paid to dig into the underbellies of corporations. After working for publicly held companies, some great others scum, I reluctantly took a job for a…

Anything is better than how it has been. Today if you choose not to buy any insurance, even catastrophic that just costs pennies a month (say with a 50K deductible) my hospital has to treat you when you show up in our Emergency department after being hit by a hit and run driver. Poor, unemployed, impoverished generally…

Clearly this whole thread carries a TMI warning but none the less... TMI warning. The first thing I notice when I'm falling of the diet wagon is the increase in frequency and volume. GROSS but true because if you eat more.... When following a healthy diet with lots of natural fiber and between 1200 - 1800 calories I…

I buy a bag of Granny Smith apples each week and keep them in my car or at work. I also like keeping a jar of peanut butter in my drawer at work with a few plastic spoons. An apple and a spoon full of peanut butter does wonders! My apple "trick" is to eat the apple, then set a timer or otherwise wait for 20 minutes to see…

Lots of low calorie/ no calorie sweeteners out there - can't imagine it would hurt to pick a different poison! I'm pretty sure that any food that costs more in calories to digest than it contributes in calories would be a negative calorie. I LOVE Pi but pie is pretty good too... not THAT pie- but hmmm this pie with…

Wow! Big difference! Way to go!

I don't use the 30ds but I so work out before breakfast - here is my main reason. If I want to REALLY push myself, it's nice to know I don't have a full stomach! I've made the mistake of working out hard in the afternoon and I get sick (gross!). I like knowing I'm on empty and My body can totally recover enough overnight…

Dark chocolate covered almonds with sea salt (Trader Joes) 2% Greek Yogurt with frozen (thawed) blue berries and fresh red raspberries and a little sweetner (I make my own yogurt) Candies Pineapple (call me Slughorn!)

My iPod is full of Wizard Wrock!!!!! Don't know what wizard wrock is? You are missing massive amounts of nerd love!