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Absolutely this.

:( Nuts.

I was diagnosed hypothyroid a few years ago. Put on meds, levels evened out according to my doctor. Then I switched Primary Care Doctors and the new doctor rechecked my levels. The numbers my former doctor considered "normal", my new doctor considered " severely hyper". I was also tachycardic. She had me discontinue the…

Seriously. Women at work say, "I can't even tell the difference between this and regular pasta!" and I think, "if I couldn't tell the difference between that and regular pasta I would go to the doctor because it'd have to be a tumor causing such a horrific impairment!"

Not married, but partnered up for over five years. We tell each other daily. When I hit my highest weight (235.8) back in August, I hopped off the scale and said, "DO YOU KNOW I WEIGH 235.8 POUNDS?!" and he said "I WEIGHED 230 AT MY HIGHEST!" and we both looked at each other and asked, "how did we get so fat?!" We've never…

I think the idea of food as fuel is fine, if you're willing to forego the social, religious and cultural aspects of what food has become. In a world of survival, food is absolutely fuel. In the world we live in (those of us on MFP all clearly have internet access in one form or another, therefore I feel confident making…

Because the idea that someone on here would be working to keep their pet healthy is TOTALLY just as laughable as the random crap people read and believe on the internet. Also hilarious is the notion that some people unknowingly feed their animals too little because they never bothered to research the health of their pet.…

Our weight loss journey is including our dogs (one of whom is overweight, one is a bit under), and the calorie needs of your dog are absolutely important to find out! I found this calculator, which really fell in line with what our vet was recommending for weight loss. For an 80 pound, active dog, the requirements are 1851…

It was the highlight of my night! Haha!

And for those of us women who are breadwinners and not nurturing by nature? Maybe we should stop lumping people into the categories we believe they should fit into, and instead let people define their own roles, for their own lives.

Haha!

"The new report by a panel of retired and current military officers says that keeping women out of combat units prohibits them from serving in roughly 10 percent of Marine Corps and Army occupational specialties and thus is a barrier to promotions and advancement."…

That "zest of lemon" is not a prebottled spice like garlic or pepper. That the Oscars and the Academy Awards are the same thing (I think) but the Emmys are different.

The argument that women should not be assigned to combat roles has been weak ever since the United States began "attaching" women to combat roles without the official title of being "in" combat. This led to women being put in the same combat situations as their male counterparts, only without the benefit of being…

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Missed this one. This: "... but I can't keep living like this either" makes me think that this isn't the first, second or even tenth time he's said things like this. Which means you're probably deep in the cycle of abuse, and unless *you* make a change, this is, and will continue to be, your life. It doesn't matter if he…

Being dedicated to one's vows is one thing. Allowing oneself to be the victim of emotional abuse is a completely different matter. I firmly believe that we teach people how to treat us. By using the excuse of "wedding vows" to allow him to speak to you that way, you are teaching him that it's OK to do so. Personally, I…

Question: how does everyone calculate how many servings are in, say, a pot of chili? I'm good at tracking what I'm putting in a recipe, but I can't figure out the serving size and number. Example: I make spaghetti with say, 12 ounces of ground turkey meat and a jar of Prego. The only way I can figure out how to measure how…

When I got married, a cousin I hadn't seen in about twelve years crashed the ceremony (and decided to give me his twelve-steps I'm Sorry speech during the receiving line thing). I was heavier than when he had last seen me (given I was ten when he disappeared and twenty-two when he showed up again). A couple years later he…

I work in a fertility center and we have an in-house egg donor program. It's such an awesome thing to do, and you're wonderful for thinking about it! The shots are one of the biggest drawbacks for donors. They are daily injections and they can cause mood swings and bloating. But honestly, after the egg retrieval, the…

I had the exact same thought.

I disagree with the "when you know, you know" mentality. I've "known" about a guy who turned out to not be worth "know"ing. The film/media/romantic comedy industry has led us all to have skewed views on relationships. They are no longer partnerships, they're drama-filled-circle-jerks. My partner and I have been together…

Nathan Fillion is awesome. Love the Firefly bits in Castle. Our cat is called Malcolm. Browncoats ftw. <3

During my marriage, I wore pretty much exclusively black and I was not as big as I am now. My then sister-in-law got me a huge, frilly green sweater that made me look like a Telly Tubby that was, literally, about five sizes too big. Best gift I've ever given: my cousin graduating from high school. My mom wanted to give her…

I was in charge of making the gravy a few years ago. After speaking with my father ("oh, you just add the corn starch gradually!") and my partner's mother ("oh, you just add the corn starch gradually!") and reading the instructions ("Add corn starch gradually"), I had the whole "gradually" part down. So I added some, then…

I don't understand how heads can live without hearts pumping blood to them, but it happens. ;) Maybe I need to rewatch the end of season 2, or maybe I slept through it. I remember bits of that, but not all of it. Must rewatch. *** I liked The Governor. I know he's a super bad guy but man. He was pretty and had organized…

*giggles*

The Governor! I'm really loving Daryl's shift towards being a more dedicated member of the group. Why Herschel was in that group and open to attack is beyond me - though, I guess it was easier (or at least, different) than what happened in the books. I like that they diverge from the books in a many worlds theory kind of…