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ask your doctor.

I'm working on diet and staying on top of school right now, but i am SO DOWN to p90x it up this summer! heckyes! You will know me soon!

omg! I want one of those cute two-in-one tops so badly! Like the one Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) wears in Legally Blonde!

okay...be warned, this is an emotional response...Seriously! I HATE them! Nothing is EVER made for us big-boobied ladies, running is more difficult and everyone stares, and everything has to be tailored, no pretty bras for us, just pulley systems with flowers painted over the yards of fabric - no lacy, spaghetti straps or…

I am so ready to lose the ladies! Gosh, I am sooo sick of 'em! been a DD forever and it would be a BLESSING to lose 'em. Bring on the B or C cup! I am ready for the pretty bras, not the effective ones!

When I feel like I need a cleanse and all that idea entails - i.e. starting over, purifying myself, getting rid of negativity - I go superficial, because that is where it belongs! It is a deep concept central to many major religions, but even in the bible while they talk about fasts, they talk more about bathing and…

a preservative cleanse or a dye cleanse or a sugar substitute cleanse - those are the only cleanses that sound good to me, and they sound REALLY good to me! but make sure that your food is fresh if you are doing a preservative-free lifestyle, you don't want botulism... about the bad list of cleanses: the cayenne…

woo hoo! bring it! I used to think this kind of thing was negative, but now I totally get it. get rid of the unmotivators! (i.e. the ones who are not sticking to a plan, any super-prolonged cases of the i can't do its (you know, with no attempt to change the approach), or the ones who are like "I'm doing everything right…

alcohol is metabolized as a fat, although it isn't a fat. It is 7 calories per gram and that is more than a carb or a protein (4 cal/gram) and less than a fat (9 cal/gram). It is a toxin that crosses the blood brain barrier and it causes dehydration, which could make your body try to hang onto salt and water, which might…

force yourself to take breaks. home-workers don't take breaks. You deserve a break and your circulation and your eyes deserve to move from sitting in front of the screen! Go for a walk! I will do it too. I'm really bad about it also. But we deserve it!

My NSV is 3 belt notches. I couldn't even get my belt on my fat gut before, now it is 3 holes in. YAY!

DUDE i am so with you on that. wtf? I am sooo mad! but i knew it would happen, I just somehow still didn't expect it. I stopped, put on two pounds, and then stopped again. Whatever. I'm just gonna keep doing what I'm doing and pray and hope for the best. We know we are doing the right thing, we just have to keep on truckin'

mine's been long this month too. 10 days before it quit. but i stopped taking bc pills for same reason you're experiencing now. did you know observing cervical mucus is 97% effective at preventing pregnancy? You just don't have sex the day of, the day before, the day after it is elasticy. that's all there is to it. I have…

yes and go to a doc asap. you don't want clots anywhere else in your body

YAY! that's wonderful news! Did you know kids as young as 9-10 get eating disorders and children are suffering from obesity and type II diabetes? As a future nurse, that makes me so happy that you are encouraging your daughter's health, simply by being healthy yourself!! Congratulations, what a wonderful parent you are.

I have arthritis and it comes with some of the same stuff you're enduring. I like to swim, which incidentally burns a ton of calories. I'm doing weight watchers right now but on my own. I have never had a good experience with a personal trainer and I have never had a good experience in a group setting, except for MFP. If…

you do not want to completely cut out all sodium from your diet. sodium, like potassium, is vital to cellular processes, including nerve cell transmissions. You just don't want more than the recommended amount. Natural food has sodium in it because we need it. Processed foods just have waay too much because salt is a…

use sea salt instead of regular salt, I've heard, but like it's been said, avoid canned goods and processed meats and cheeses. So no bologna or instant mac and cheese or stuff that comes in a can or microwaveable. Cheese is very salty and it's best to use a small amount of very strong cheese bought at the deli counter, not…

oh, hahaha that's a trip down (fake) memory lane! I don't think I've been the proper weight on my driver's license in approximately 7 years. But by george I'm gonna do it this year!

Wow! You are amazing. That is an awesome, awesome accomplishment and thank you so much for posting! I needed to see a success story today.

it sounds like you're worried, but what can you do about it?

weight loss is health gaining :) so feed your body to prepare for surgery and make sure you get all the stuff you need (vitamins, minerals, protein) and limit the stuff you don't need (saturated fats, chemicals that replace sugar and stuff like that). At least that's what I would do. I have JRA so I'm losing weight to get…

you know, i was avoiding hanging out with a couple friends because I was nervous about not being able to eat my diet foods and stuff and getting spoken to about my weight loss in a judgmental manner...this post just let me realize, the ball is in my court and couldn't be moreso! I can bring what I wanna eat there, and show…

there are special post-pregnancy sit-ups you can do for diastesis recti - ask your doctor/nurse about them. love your body and it will work with you, mind over matter. it's really deep in our culture to say after kids this and that and there is a lot of truth to it, but it is not insurmountable nor even as daunting a task…

terrible idea, disagree with this post because this is a healthy web site devoted to healthful practices. disagree completely with this notion in its entirety.

I'm not too picky, but I find it hard to eat out with my friends while they order everything on the left side of the menu and I gotta be careful. My little brother is one of those semi-picky eaters you only read about! I swear he existed on lucky charms, maple brown sugar cream of wheat, and soda for like ages. My husband…

mix it up, but if you can't help it, that's life. think of what your biggest health concern is, for most people on this site it's problems related to obesity. fix that, then clean up the rest - at least that's my motto :)

Agreed! Sometimes you have to head hunger off at the pass in order to prevent eating too much, and that's why eating sufficient calories might be important, even when not hungry - yet. I do like the listen to your body part, because that is what is lost in eating all these altered chemical food substitutes and in eating to…

my brother is a really picky eater but he likes it when I make eggs. I like my eggs scrambled and cooked until browned, not runny at all (for scrambled eggs). Also, if I eat fried eggs, I like the yolk done over medium and dunk toast in it, but the white has to be totally cooked, like hardboiled egg cooked. The trick is to…

you know what, it has undermined my efforts for a long time. finally, people listened when I told them that I needed their support and if I wanted their opinion I would ask for it; otherwise it just undermines you. They literally had to see me fail several times before they connected the dots. I know it's blamey and all…