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Love mine, on my second one. Insertion is pretty awful. Ask for pain meds to take before and after. Then, weeehoooo! it's off to the races for me. If you have insurance and it covers it, then go ahead and try it for a month or so. If you don't like it, have it removed, no biggie. If you are paying out of pocket, then with…

Hi, I am so glad to see your question here. I'm experimenting with increasing my fats, lowering carbs. A little about me: I was 185 when I started counting calories. I'd been doing zumba for about a year 4-5 times a week, often two classes a day. I began logging my foods and at 1700 calories a day for 3 days and 2200…

From wiki answers "can eating too much fruit cause diabetes?" Eating any food does not cause diabetes. Diabetes is a result of complex interplay between ones genes, immune status, which is also partially genetic, inter-current infection, in some cases, and in most cases obesity. Getting fat brings out the latent tendency…

Ah, breasts... for me the last to grow and the first to go when it comes to gaining and losing weight. I was so upset about it when I began to see real results from my weight loss (I've lost almost 40 lbs). I was considering surgery and despairing over the cost. And then I had a spiritual revelation. I have a meditation…

Trader Joe's Reduced Guilt yogurt kale spinach dip. 30 calories per 2 tbsp serving--less than hummus which is 50 - 60 cals per 2 tbsp serving.

Try standing with your feet shoulder width apart and put your hands on your hips. I will venture to guess that when you were bigger you consciously and unconsciously tried to take up less space. Now that you are small you need to claim that space back. People are much less likely to crowd a woman who is claiming the space…

Your skin will tighten up...esp at your age. I'm 40 and I have lost some of the saggy skin already after a 40 lb weight loss.

Okay, so along with the straw idea. I found that I would drink a whole lot more water when I drank from a water bottle that had a straw type opening (so you tilt your head down to take a sip, not up). The reason this works is because when you tilt your head back, your throat closes. When you tilt forward, it opens up.…

I love the DL one. I told my husband yesterday "I now weigh 8 lbs less than it says on my DL, and that was a lie to begin with!!!!"

You look amazing. Good work!

I'm a recovering binge eater. What a fantastic accomplishment. Blessings to you on your journey

I've got tears in my eyes hearing everyone's celebrations. Blessing to you all, You've made my day!

OMG, that is an huge accomplishment! WooHoo your weight begins with a 1!!!!!!!! My friend introduced me to the term "clunking" That's when (imagine an old fashioned dr. scale) you step on the scale and you have to move the big weight on the bottom to a lower weight. So now you have to move the weight from "200" to "150"…

Zumba is my personal exercise favorite. I have been doing it for 1.5 years now and it is now an addiction! I have build friendships with the teachers and other regulars in the class. Congrats on your work!

Wow! look at you! Looking fantastic Congratulations

hot-ty pea-tot-ty!!! You look fantastic, and happy! Congrats and let's kick those last few to the curb shall we??

Thanks Ashley! You look great btw. I checked your page... even though I live in the Pacific Northwest where you can wear a bikini about 5 minutes a year, I'm excited for the first time in years to go bathing suit shopping. Hmmmm... maybe this year I don't have to go tankini :)

I'd just like to chime in that as a woman, building muscle happens really fast for me too. The difference between me and Yo is that I had a lot of fat to lose before the muscle could be seen. Once I got my fat percentage down around 20% (through diet and cardio) I started lifting weights (just casually on my own) and boom!…

Here is my comment. It is terrible that people have said hurtful things to you. And it would be nice if you could just "not let it bother you." However, since you posted it here, I know that it did, and there is no way to think yourself out of the hurt feelings you have from the things that people have said. So what is…