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and basically what I just said is the same thing that Vamptasia said. Low glycemic is the way to go, which means whole foods/protein/fruits and vegetables/things with natural fiber/perishable stuff from the outside walls of the supermarket, not the shelf-stable packages on the room temperature shelves in the middle of the…

I have it too and finally got real about changing my diet at the end of February. I didn't lose a pound until June. The only thing that kept me on my diet was knowing that not dieting wasn't going to be successful, either. I'm 47 and was just diagnosed with pre-diabetes in December when I was almost 200 lbs. I think I had…

My mom was/is a hoarder and over-complicates everything. After school and on weekends she would say "after you finish your snack, you need to do chores/clean the house/etc." The problem was that she wouldn't get rid of anything, and indeed kept bringing more stuff in, and had impossibly fussy and detailed rules for…

I think I hate vacuuming the most. I'd rather mow the lawn, change the litter box, do laundry or dishes instead of vacuuming. And I have cats, so I really need to be vacuuming basically all the time. (Yes I had a Roomba but they're crazy noisy, they really don't clean well because they always get trapped somewhere, and…

I wear those yellow dishwashing gloves. I can use hotter water that way anyway.

I lost 80 lbs in 2001. I kept every ounce off until 2006. (I even had a baby in 2004, stayed slim thruought the pregnancy, and left all the baby fat at the hospital, just like a celebrity. Now I have no idea how I did that.) So in 2006, a pound here snuck back on, then a pound there. By 2008 I was gaining a pound a month.…

also, think lentils. They are good in just about any salad, they cling well to lettuce leaves (so you don't have to scoop them up from the bottom like you would other types of beans), you can boil them in 20 minutes or so and freeze individual portions in little snack baggies so that you can just take a baggie out in the…

http://cooking.nytimes.com/68861692-nyt-cooking/488-satisfying-main-course-salads

I still find that starting out with a single big jug of water somewhere is the best visual reminder to drink more. I use that jug to refill smaller containers (bottle, glass, whatever). I have 1 big one at work and 1 at home. When I used to just refill my water glass from the sink, I wasn't drinking anywhere near as much…

I just read up on your medicine in Wikipedia; you definitely have your work cut out for you. Apparently your medicine is possibly the best treatment for bipolar, and is the one that people manage to take for the longest without discontinuing due to side effects, but it makes people gain more weight than any other bipolar…

Add me! 'm at 200 lbs now and I can't even bend over enough to tie my sneakers on any more. I'm exhausted carrying this figurative backpack of 80 lbs of fat around with me 24/7! I want to take this "backpack" off!

Kraft lite balsamic vinaigrette. 25 calories per serving, and I'm having it on a giant salad of romaine, red & green chopped apple, chia seeds, a sprinkle of chopped walnuts, a sprinkle of Craisins, raspberries, low-fat blue cheese, a bit of cooked chicken and red onion. Panera's low-fat or fat-free poppyseed dressing is…

Interestingly, OP has posted in other string that he has an issue with women looking for men who are well-employed. TOPIC: Online dating stories... Thu 06/26/14 11:27 AM QUOTE: So you eliminate guys that don't have prestige top notch jobs or lots of status? Does it matter if he's not earning big bucks if you click?

Exactly.

Exactly. Also, I wouldn't date you because you're a raging narcissist.

You have to add muscle. You absolutely, positively, have to add muscle. Ways to do that while possibly working with the knee pain: mat pilates, weight lifting, mini-cycling machines that you can use with your arms and later your feet (those mini machines are about $99). If you join a gym and get a free personal training…

I know one person who had trouble with this programs because he was holding his phone in his hand while he walked. The extra swinging of his hand, combined with his gait, screwed up the milage. You have to have the phone clipped to your waistband or in a pocket fitted close to your body. i.e., the phone shouldn't be…

I just got divorced last year. It's one of the best things that ever happened to me! As my friends say, I lost 165 lbs that way! (the dead weight of my loser ex-husband, who never gains weight no matter how much junk food he eats :( Feel free to friend me! I am supportive and can use more encouragement, too.

I don't think it's your weight. Could there be anything else going on causing inflammation in your body, or making your immune system overreactive, like lupus? Otherwise, allergies can just occur like that. You should probably avoid other tree nuts as well, because the body can develop new allergies. My son has always been…

people can become sensitive to lactose as adults after having no problem with it as kids. Lactose intolerance can come and go - I was in college when mine began, and I only noticed it when I had dairy on an empty stomach. If I had dairy with a meal, I didn't have a problem. So yeah, it could be lactose in your protein…

you might be eating too much too soon after a strenuous workout. Maybe wait an hour after working out before drinking the protein shake? And how much water do you drink during the workout? Either too much water (its rare but can happen) or too little water could make you feel unwell afterwards.

I have a family member with an anaphylactic dairy allergy, so I make a non-dairy tuna casserole. No baking needed, and only 239 calories per 1 measuring cup serving. You could get the calories even lower by adding mushrooms (my kids won't eat mushrooms, though). It's also low-sodium. Saute 1 medium onion, chopped, and 1…

I can't believe no one said Monty Python - Holy Grail yet

Like she absolutely positively couldn't use any of these drape-neck satin dresses: David's has one for $140 http://www.polyvore.com/davids_bridal_sleeveless_stretch_satin/thing?id=87500015 http://www.polyvore.com/aidan_mattox_cocktail_dress_sleeveless/thing?id=83808930…

drape necks show cleavage, especially the unintentional kind when you have to bend over - you end up flashing everyone in the room. The fact that the Bridezilla can't find a single dress that's already been created by someone out there in the entire huge world that she is satisfied with - she thinks she has to design her…

Where does she get off thinking she owns your body for the next year? Will she control your haircut and hair color choices? (you know she will). Is she going to control what you order to eat in restaurants or coffee houses for the next year? Will she forbid you from working out because she thinks you're going to "get…

She doesn't even have to know if you get it altered. But here's the biggest problem: if you continue to be her bridesmaid, she's going to keep being a bridezilla to you and that stress may well sabotage your weight loss. If I were you, I'd rather be a thinner person in a dress of your own, last-minute choosing, dancing and…

Could be that a cleaning person came by and "cleaned it up." My gym has roving occasionally cleaning people to "freshen up" the gym. The cleaning people at work have "cleaned up" my water bottle while I was away from my desk but still at work.

It's probably just habit. You can 1. exercise (home equipment and/or videos or a routine you make up for yourself); 2. keep busy around the house; 3. get yourself a comfy chair as far as you can from the kitchen and read something or do crafts; 4. "close the kitchen" after dinner - clean up and turn the lights off and…

I understand, I'm avoidant too, but ultimately in life you gotta stand up for yourself, and the sooner the better. A very similar situation happened to me at work this year (although thankfully he wasn't a manager but on the downside he had a lot of anger and we were worried about potential violence.) Changing gyms is a…