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Thanks, Barb, for the November thread...It has been 1 month since I was on myfitnesspal. I gained 1 pound. I started at the gym again today. Ate and drank poorly on Halloween weekend but had fun. Need start again before the holidays. Feels good to be back!

I love October - it starts with my birthday on the 7th and ends with Halloween, a favorite holiday. I would like to lose 5 lbs this month. I have been exercising this week and back home on MFP. LOL.:drinker:

Birdie M - Wellfleet rjadams - Sent good energy & prayers to your situation Lost 3.8 on 17DD Cycle 2 which lasts 14 days!! Was so surprised at the weight lost that I got off and on the scale again!:noway: Anyway, I am very pleased. Busy day of errands Make it a great day everyone!

Tiarapants - Is that a picture of your new blond hair???? If so, your hair looks great!! Let me know if blondes have more fun!

Hello Active Ladies!!! June Babies -- Happy Birthday! Natalie -- Congratulations on your 12 lbs and restarting 17DD Mary -- Happy Anniversary Birdie -- Read your crazy neighbor story to the family. Dee -- Sorry for the loss of your beloved Katy Chicklet -- Congratulations on your new bathing suit, weight loss, and guy…

Kackie, I am so sorry for your family's sorrow. Your uncle is at peace after a horrific illness. My prayers and loving energy are sent to your family. The scale has not moved this week. However, not surprised because I had the "Last Supper" on Thursday night at a French Bistro with my favorites including wine. Drank enough…

I started the 17 Day Diet today. The diet tells you to start the day with 1 C of hot water and 1/2 lemon to start your metabolism. I did - my metabolism started with a gurgling tummy!:laugh: I have to thank MFP and especially Grabbit, for introducing me to 17DD. You can have coffee on the diet. However, you MUST have the…

I have a RN friend who swears by organic apple cider vinegar. I tend to have high cholesterol. ..She prescribed 1TBS of apple cider vinegar in a glass water every night to bring down the cholesterol. Mother's Day is challenging for me - I miss my mother and Mother's Day celebrations from the past. Also, today was my…

We saw an excellent movie yesterday called " Win, Win". Unfortunately, afterward, made a poor choice in the restaurant which was a sports bar specializing in Hot Wings and Happy Hour....Enjoyed Happy Hour w/ 2 beers...Shared ribs, popcorn shrimp, and salad with my spouse. I stayed w/in calories but only due to an extra 822…

Thank you for you words of wisdom about the "17 Day Diet". I bought the book yesterday. I will start the diet next week even though the 1st cycle looks like very "diety.":frown: Also, thank you for talking about the Thin Commandments and the "book swap site" which I will research and find either on the site or at the…

I weighed in and measured myself today which hasn't occurred since February! I lost 2 pounds, 1 inch from my waist, and 1 inch from my hips. I could only imagine what could have occurred if I was paying attention:ohwell: Congratulations bkrbabe57...Great weight and inch loss!...Off to read about the 17 day diet!

Happy May! It is good to restart my healthy and whole plan at the beginning of the month. I ate under my calories yesterday but did not exercise even though the weather was great!:blushing: I worked out today in the gym but forgot to weigh in:sad: Anyway, I will weigh in tomorrow before my spin class. Make it a great day…

I had clean food day yesterday with NO SUGAR which is good:smile: However, the MFP calculations reflected high sodium which surprised me until I saw the culprit was 2 Applegate turkey chicken sausages mixed with red peppers. The high sodium explained my night behavior of gulping water and lemon ginger tea. The body is…

The Y has changed the rules - you need a "ticket" before you take a cardio-vascular class. Unfortunately, I was too late for my zumba class:sad: I talked myself into staying at the Y to work out in the weight room and took a spin class. So, the ticket system worked in the long run~! How did I use up most of those extra…

I have been in crazy town for a bit...I keep trying to get out:grumble: :grumble: :grumble: ...Today, I logged 2-1/2 meals so far and will take a zumba class. I need to execute my strategy!! You all are all so magnificent from birthday girl Lynn to building parks, to baseball playing, to 3:30AM ferry rides, to noting…

You look FABULOUS. Great job!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Happy April as it snows in Brooklyn! I tried to play an April Fool's joke from an e-mail - What does a 320 lb women look like? The photo of the woman was that she is beautifully svelte from Holland at 7'4' tall. The tag line was that our weight challenge is we are too short. The joke was on me because I could not copy her…

Happy Daylight Savings Time to those who celebrate the clock change! The sun is shining also. We will take a walk around the park. Dinner will be a lemony shrimp & asparagus casserole that I pulled off the internet. It is so EASY that I needed to share: Lemony Shrimp N' Asparagus Prep Time: 30 Min Ready In: 30 Min…

I am sorry Barbie, I referred to you as Barbara. Keep up that exercise agenda!:drinker:

Happy March! I as so glad that I found you. =) Thank you, Barbara for posting. March has been busy with renovations and taxes. I need to put time in to my food plan and job hunt. As for the food plan, it starts today officially because I am back on this thread!! I wanted to celebrate Fat Tuesday with a meatball and…

It is amazing how you all have changed my life. I am in Massachusetts working on the house which does not have internet nor tv yet. I cannot find our FNP community on my android. (Sorry, Barb.) Today, I am in the library: --Grateful to read that Linda in Behrain is well. --Saw a sign offering a reward for a ferret. I went…

Good energy and prayers to everyone in the community; especially, Tiarapants. I am not sure how I worked full time. :laugh: We purchased our 2nd home in Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, last March to live in eventually. However in the interim, we decided to rent the house during the summer. When I was laid off, we also…

Happy Valentine's Day to All! I found and dusted off my heart rate monitor (HRM) to use. Thank you to all you HRM users motivational words. The 1st day, I never hit the targeted range but my workout with weights, low impact. The 2nd day, I hit my targeted rate for 26 minutes during a 2 hour walk. Needless to say, I like…

Robin, thank you for the encouragement for scheduling my days. Congratulations on your job!! Nyll54 and Mrs. Sanders - I moved the dead squirrel with a shovel to the garbage. I was sad that the hawk killed without eating the squirrel. The kill seemed wasteful. The backyard is back to snow white...Tomorrow, I will schedule…

Thank you Nyll54 about asking about my program...It made me decide to write.:grumble: I was laid off from work last year. Initially, I was great -- eating correctly, working out, and mediating twice a day. Recently, I am unfocused. I have a "cold" (or allergies) for a couple of weeks so I haven't been working out. My days…

Thank you, Cynthia Collin, for starting this fabulous thread and everyone else for your motivational thoughts. If it isn't too late, I would like to join. I weigh 170.25 and my goal weight is 140.

I am so glad that you have water!!! Excellent! Soak in a tub, you deserve it!:happy:

I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's hypothyroidism around 15 years ago. My family was grateful for the diagnosis because they thought I was going into clinical depression. The doctor put me on synthyroid. I read Mark Hyman’s book, Ultrametabolism, about integrative medicine. I decided that I wanted to go on natural thyroid,…

Changing doctors is always a challenge! I changed from a long term doctor because he wouldn't give me natural thyroid medication that I wanted. The 2nd doctor was an integrative doctor but he gave me thyroid medication from a mail order pharmacist. Finally, my 3rd doctor was wonderful--She listened to me and I am now on…

For me, sugar detox is initially 2-3 days of tiredness. I start out the year without sugar but it slowly crawled into my palate again. I thought that i was doing well by staying within my net calories but gained 2 pounds this week. Sugar? Lack of vigorous exercise? Celebrating Chinese New Year by eating Chinese food for 2…