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To echo some other posts, you won't lose any noticeable weight in that time. To look your best on the big day: 1. Get plenty of sleep 2. Little or no alcohol 3. Drink lots of water 4. Make-up 5. Spanx

From what I've read and heard, the jury's still out on whether "set points" have any scientific validity. I'd rather believe they're not true -- I'm coming from 20 years of obesity and if set points are real, I'm going to have to struggle more than someone who's never been obese to stay at a healthy weight. But if they…

You've helped me see my mother-in-law in a different light, too, rather than just a picky eater who refuses to try anything new...

I find this so strange and interesting...and timely, even. My mother-in-law is staying with me during the holidays and she simply doesn't like food. I've known her for many years, but never had to cook for her day in and day out like I have, so this is the first time I've realized that she really just doesn't like to eat.…

I ate cookies all...day...long...

Trying to answer the original question: I think there's too much variance among individuals and even within one individual's lifetime to give a pat answer. The bros hitting the weights at the gym, the 20somethings getting their bodies ready for the beach...they're only a small sample of the population. I can answer for…

LOL...yeah, ok

OK...since you're always picking fights, I figured it was just more of the same, so I put my gloves on. But if I misunderstood what you misunderstood or misread or whatever, you have my apologies.

I agree that the OP is being ridiculously coy. He/she has received all the possible advice based on limited information. There's no debate. Just clarifying the difference bt HIPPA and Hippocratic Oath, which you clearly didn't get initially.

oh...sorry, I didn't mean to go nuts. It's true that every country is weird and unique in its own way, but I can't think of another country that is as dissimilar to others. The U.S. really is "special," and I'm not saying that as a good or bad thing...just an observation.

I think historians would agree with me, American or not. What other country is made up of mostly immigrants (after having decimated the natives), created a new form of representative democracy and has the oldest written constitution in the world (that many other countries try to emulate with varying success), has an…

HIPPA = Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -- law in the United States Hippocratic Oath = Oath written by Hippocrates in ancient Greek times, still sacred to physicians: to treat the ill to the best of one's ability, to do no harm, to teach medicine to the next generation, etc. -- global, not required,…

Our history is weird and unique

Hippocratic Oath has nothing to do with privacy, it's about "doing no harm," etc., and the wording varies from country to country. Some countries don't have privacy laws the way we're used to in the U.S. or Europe in the interest of "protecting" the patient. For example, if your elderly father has a slow-growing cancer, it…

handful of trail mix while I stare at the fridge and figure out what to make for dinner

I had a cleanse this morning. Took a shower, washed my hair.

Sorry, I only glanced at your profile -- I saw "SC" and assumed South Carolina. How American-centric of me. :) I always think of Europe as being more progressive than the U.S. by far, as far as respecting women's reproductive rights, etc. I had a friend many years ago who lived in Virginia. She wanted to be sterilized at…

OMG you're absolutely right to rant, no need to apologize. This is extreme, I know, and expensive, but maybe see a doc in Europe? They're much less moralistic and judgmental there, in my experience.

Aren't you anemic from the blood loss? A friend of mine bled for 3 weeks and passed out cold at work. Her doc put her on birth control pills to balance out the hormones.

Stranger things have happened. My bet's on preggo.

This ^ I can't place OP's "accent." OP, look up confidentiality laws in your country.

I hadn't noticed the tattoo. Yes, dead giveaway. Poor girl. I hope she's able to get help. Her husband is in the military...so is mine. I know from experience the mental health system at Tricare is not very well equipped to handle eating disorders since they're consumed with PTSD, TBI, and suicide prevention these days. I…

I was teaching my daughter how to pee in the woods when she was 3 or 4. After soaking her feet, she sighed and said "It's hard being a woman!"

We were so sure we were done with babies I had my tubes tied right after my daughter's birth and a month later my husband got his vasectomy! I told him it wasn't necessary, but he wanted to be double extra sure. LOL

hahaha...nope, those worms are out!

I haven't read the whole thread, so I'm sorry if this has already been said. Maybe the barista/trainer said that because fat, sugar, and carbs tend to have more calories per gram, than say, lean meat and vegs, so by suggesting you cut those out, you're cutting calories. But at the end of the day the only thing that will…

Yay for menopause! <-- sarcasm I don't know what's going on anymore, but when I did, my cycles were 27 days and I ovulated on day 12 and I gained 2 lbs right before and dropped them the same day I got my period.

That was a great blog post!

I do love good food...and good wine...and I'm a good cook, to boot. But I get the other type of reaction to my weight too. I'm still fat - 5'3" and 175lbs. I have about 45 lbs to lose. So often times, people who are meeting me for the first time assume I'm just a fat slob who doesn't have a clue. One time I was running at…

5'3" SW: 250 CW: 175 GW: 130 130 may seem a little high for someone so short, but I have a big *kitten* no matter what, plus I'm dense, always have been. Back in college I was 130 and my 5'3" roommate was 120 and we wore exactly the same size clothes. I'm 49 years old and I have no idea what 130 will look like on this…