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You have a beautiful figure, and it's so funny the way our minds work to undermine us sometimes. How we feel can have so little to do with the way things really are. I was thrilled to see your post because I needed a pick me up too. I couldn't sleep last night at all, pms and very stressed over school about to start. So, I…

ooh! I like the low sugar protein bar idea. they are hard to find, but zone should be good don't you think?

standing all day IS exhausting! I'm a nursing student and I get up at 4:00Am on the days I have clinic (30mile commute). I get there around 5:30AM to prep a little more and then go to our morning conference. Then I am on my feet from 7am to 7pm. I get a half-hour lunch around noon or 2 and then finally get to sit again at…

way to go!!! You look amazing.

low-carb garlic tortilla!

yup common concern. if it's on the carpet it's off and just use one scale that has been calibrated that you know is accurate.:tongue:

Ah yes, the happy treat bringer. In my family, that used to be me. But you know what? Over time I realized that what we were eating could cause me and my beloved husband to have to endure awful awful diseases - weeping lower leg ulcers that never heal and get infected and smell and ooze, a really really painful heart…

I was encouraged to work out as much as possible. I was on break from nursing school and wanted to burn off the pounds! I was ampped! i got a nosebleed because my bp went up too high. Take it easy. the pounds will come off. I think slow and steady wins this race.

I have 3 family members who underwent similar surgery, I'm sure it's in my future as well. Praying for you today :)

okay actually bedrest requires MORE energy to pump your blood from your heart to your extremities. Also, you are healing from a major surgery so you require more calories, protein, vitamins A,Bs, C, E, and actually your protein has to be approximately 1.8g/kg bodyweight. Talk to your doctor about your needs as a patient.…

What do you mean putting together chairs? Building them/assembly or like placing folding chairs for a meeting? It does seem to be a mix between cardio and strength. How fast were you moving? Walking? running to get it done? I'd say without these details my impression is a walk for 1 hour and 2 hours of carrying/strength…

check out my progress. I did same first week, then average about .4lb per day after. Can be water retention, check your sodium, or everyone's pattern of weight loss is different. You might just have a pattern of losing a few pounds, then a few ounces, then a few pounds, a few ounces. Losing weight is work for your body and…

let me know how it goes! I totally wanna try zumba but am somewhat nervous about my lack of grace :)

Do you think meaning comes from the author's intent or the reader's inference?

The Fall of the House of Usher stuck with me through the years. Also, his instruction manual on how to be a writer. It's good stuff, but I think it's a little arrogant considering writing well is just a talent that comes easily to some people, could be satire. My fave author is Pynchon, all the way!

if you exercise you can eat the calories you burned off, and over time it's pretty important that you do from a cellular perspective, you're keeping your body nourished, not overeating or even eating for maintenance. Your weight loss will not be affected, but may actually be improved by this. However don't freak out if…

I just like mine with bluberries. I make it with salt and just make sure the blueberries are really ripe.

I like tattoos. I want to get an arm band of words around my left upper arm when I get toned the way I'd like: "First Samuel 15:29," my namesake. A promise to myself. My left ankle has a band of three yellow roses for my two siblings and I, with the word "Acissi," across the medial maleolus in memory of my grandmother. I…

Yum! that looks awesome! can't wait to try it out!

I would say measuring cups and spoons are very important here.

oh, and also good for snacking, raw unsalted almonds! you can add your own salt and sugar and toast up, it's way more delicious and fun to do yourself anyways!

ok! 1200mg sodium (are you sure it's not 1200 calories, 2g sodium?) is not easy but you can do it! I wouldn't use salt substitutes, and I'd stick to strong, healthful flavors like lemon and garlic, I think vinegar is ok but double check. keep plenty of cut up fresh fruit and veggies around for snacking, and keep fat free…

are you hungry? If not, then let it be. but if you are, then eat it! Maybe do a protein shake with peanut butter, banana and chocolate if your protein isn't totalled out?

Hey I think there's a thread so you can give shout-outs for awesome spouses can't recall what it's named...shoot, but it's there, look for something similar, you'll find it!

I better add, such wisdom was wasted on me at your age, so please don't be offended.

So, you want size 0 or 1. I totally get that. Well, size 0 or 1 in which store? Ross? Are we talking french sizing or American? That being said, now think about what it means to you to be that size, what does a person of that size/stature mean to you? Is it the confidence you are after or the ability to name a goal and…

but I wonder about that water weight idea...you know, when you lose weight and people are like, that's just water weight...hello?! we are 70% water, right?! I mean many people have to watch water retention and so they watch their sodium, but it's kinda like the chicken or the egg, you know? anyway, I'm rambling. but yeah,…

probly

I was vegan for four years, in college. My recommendation is that in order to get all your necessary B vitamins, which cannot be endogenously produced and of which you have a very finite store and which when low can affect our cognition, dexterity, and mobility, get a Naturemade B12 or total B-complex supplement (it MUST…

I think you should get yourself something to wear that you like, just like that other person said, you know?