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Mother of God, you are AMAZING! Also, off topic, but you're a really great writer, too, haha. I was really into your story because of its content and the way you wrote it. I'm seriously just stunned. You overcame medical hurdles and are journeying towards health. That is incredible. You're awesome!!!!!!!!!! :D

How spoiled can a child be to deny faucet water if they're truly thirsty? My children would either drink said water or go thirsty, but they sure as anything would not be allowed to even speak of being thirsty for the rest of the night unless they drank the faucet water! Honestly, your party sounds like a lot of fun! You…

I was actually thinking of starting a thread looking for fellow vegans. I am new to the lifestyle and hoping to make some friends on here with interests. Feel free to add me! :-)

I actually did not check the sources. I just knew that I definitely didn't want to stick anything up my butt and I didn't want to starve myself for five days, either. Thanks for explaining what you meant, btw. What I meant by the differing opinions was about doctors. I should have said doctors instead of scientists, in…

Totally agree! :) The only issue is that what is logical for one person won't be logical for another. The family I lived with in Poland did this cleanse where they stuck something up their butt and literally flushed out their system. I was slightly horrified, haha. She had all of these articles about how it was healthy,…

Except I do. Thanks for being so dismissive, though!

It really does. Or rather, I should say that the viewpoint of scientists differ from country to country? Either way, there's heaps of contradictory evidence in ... almost everything.

Oh my gosh, it does! Haha.

Honestly, it sounds like you were probably being rude and unsupportive to those who were pursuing juice cleanses or detoxes. You can say that they're not grounded in science, but science differs from country to country. When I lived in Poland, I discovered that detoxing is very popular there. There was a lot of science to…

This. Mostly because I ate too much. All the time. ALL THE TIME.

I'm 5'5" and I would like to weight 123.4 because it is a magic number.

Hi! I would love to join! My weight is 107 kg, approximately 235.5 lbs. :) Great challenge! I am hoping to get under 100 kg by the ending date, so around 215 lbs.

I work in volunteer work, meaning building wells in Africa and teaching in foreign countries. I've seen some absolutely terrible **** in my life and if a guy gets turned off by my stretch marks, I want nothing to do with him. There are way more important things than the spiderwebs on my belly. And yeah, I've got quite a…

I love LifeFitness Treadmills! We use them at the gym I'm at :) And you can set your settings to "Manual" and put in the amount of time you'd like to run for, your weight, and the level at which you want to run. Edit: On Manual I know you can run for 60 minutes, but I've never set the timer higher than that before so I'm…

I've been overweight my whole life but have never had any health issues. I went to the doctor in August and my blood pressure was 138/20. That is 2 points away from being high blood pressure, which is the "silent killer". I knew then that something had to change immediately.

Okay, it REALLY depends on your body type! Last summer, I did the P90X for a bit and the first two weeks I didn't lose ANYTHING. After I began to lose about 3 lbs per week, but only for a bit and then it dwindled to a 1lb. I was only losing 1 lb per week, eating 1500 calories a day, exercising at least an hour 6x a week,…

I shot you a request! I'm looking for friends too :)

This.

Cry. lol just kidding. (maybe) Mostly I just exercise so I can earn some extra calories to eat. A lot of times after I've exercised I don't want to eat anymore, so it's a win-win :)

Hell no! It'd sweat off in a second, lol. Also, it's just not something I've ever thought about. You wear make up to work or to go out, but it just doesn't seem natural to wear it to the gym. (If you wear make up to the gym, I promise I don't judge you. I probably don't even notice you because I'm working out). I'd be…

I shot you a friend request! I'm in need of some motivators as well!

I shot you a friend request. I'm in need of some support buddies too!

My brother has a similar heart rate to yours and your doctor definitely should NOT have brushed you off. That is ridiculous. My brother is on beta blockers and they have helped him in ALL walks of life, including weight loss! His average heart rate used to be about 95-100 (which is NOT normal, do not let your doctor tell…

So what if cardio isn't the best for weight loss? It's fantastic for your BODY! It helps your heart and lungs. HEALTH should be more important to people than just losing weight.

To the OP: Actually, that's about accurate. After urinating, a person tends to lose 1 lb and after defecating, they tend to lose 2-4lbs. Weird how much things weigh in our intestines, right!?

People have shown throughout history that if it's a quick fix, they're willing to look over potentially deadly side effects. That's because part of the human condition is IMPATIENCE, lol.

FLORIDA. And I'm not tan in the slightest, ha ha.

I think sometimes, if you have exhausted all other methods, then medication may be the only route. For example, if you do meditate, take part in yoga, journal, see a therapist, exercise daily and eat healthy but you're still finding your anxiety levels way too out of control, then you very well may need medication. I am…

I recently got into chia seeds because a co-worker told me Dr. Oz was preaching them as a miracle weight loss supplement. Well... number one, what HASN'T he pushed as a weight loss supplement yet? And number two, it's a load of crack wad. It does not make you lose weight, but what I have noticed is that it really regulates…

Because of the amount of weight I have to lose and because I've only just started, I have been "cheating" on weekends and still losing 2 lbs per week as I hoped. But I think that as I get farther into this and lose more weight, I will definitely NOT be able to cheat every weekend, ha. Maybe once a month? I think a cheat…