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My alarm clock has a wet nose and a loud purr/meow function, and does not understand weekends. :grumble: :yawn: The 'real' alarm goes off at 6 on weekdays and it very rarely wakes me up, even if the furry alarm has behaved himself. At weekends, I am awake at the normal time, alarm or no alarm. I'm just conditioned that way…

This looks really interesting, I am reading through the website now :) Thank you!

Thank you Sondrasr :) As you know I've now added you! What sort of stretches do you do? I used to do pilates but there isn't a class near me now that I can get to. There is a yoga class, I think, but I'm not sure what kind of yoga it is...hatha maybe? I know it's a 'beginners' class, so would probably be suitable. Before I…

I am :) We were aiming to be pregnant by now, but life got in the way and we now have a few other things to get in line before trying for a baby - my husband is trying to find a new job, and I have recently found out I have lupus, so need to get medically stable before getting pregnant...but I am fed up of being overweight…

Hi Anna, thank you for your reply :) It sounds like you have a really tough time with this...I am lucky so far in that I don't have any 'serious' involvement as far as I know. I started the plaquenil on Thursday, hopefully it won't take too ling to kick in. I'm not going to be on prednisone routinely, I don't think, no-one…

Well done! It is a wonderful feeling, isn't it? :D I have donated 26 times, and I have rubbishy little veins, and hate needles. I just think that if you can, you should, as it's so important and you'd want it to be there for you or your family if needed. I understand not everyone feels that way (my husband is…

5'4" tall, 31 years old, no pregnancies yet. Heaviest 168 (though I may have been a few more at some point) Lightest 121 (10 years ago, final year of uni...due to my idiot boyfriend at the time, I thought I was fat :explode: ) Lightest any time recently 143 (this is the weight I can't seem to get below) Starting weight…

I usually end up under 1500mg sodium per day, don't think I've gone over 2500mg in a few weeks, if at all...you're welcome to look at my diary if you like :) I don't make any effort to avoid it, though I have to say some things surprise me with how much is in them. I don't add salt to anything, eat very little in the way…

Yes...my husband :) Together nearly 9 years, married 2 years. When you know, you know.

Of course! I've friended you back :bigsmile: I hope you don't mind that I'm living in the wilds of England now, lol :wink: Thank you everyone for the congrats and support, it makes me feel even better! :love:

He chose the ring himself and proposed with it, down on one knee, having asked my Dad for permission :bigsmile:. It was our 6th anniversary, so we'd been together long enough that he knew what I liked. My only 'requirement' was that he didn't spend a stupid amount of money on it...I set him an upper limit of £500, and told…

My problem is I can't just stick to 3 squares! Chocolate wins hands down for me every time, but sometimes I need something that is in a serving-size packet that won't leave any left 'for later'. I'm quite liking the WW chocolate mini rolls at the moment...my normal 'treat' is a snacksize ripple, but they're nowhere to be…

:noway: What?? Where are you getting that from? Water does not dilute your digestion and it is certainly not a cause of malnutrition or malabsorption. Water is good for your digestion. 'Too much' in this context would be a ridiculously large volume, in which case you would have bigger problems than 'diluted digestion'. If…

Thank you all for the replies! Some answers to questions - it is not TOM, I'm coming up to ovulating, so may be retaining a bit of water due to that. I have started doing a *bit* of lifting (a couple of weeks ago), though compared to you lot, I can't lift anything heavy yet, I'm just using the machines, but I'm doing 2x10…

This isn't true for all vitamins. Vit. B6 (on its own, not as part of B complex) can accumulate and cause permanent nerve damage (usually only if you are taking very high doses, e.g. to extend your luteal phase when TTC). Excess B3 can cause skin problems. The fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K) do not flush through, they…

December 2003 :) We were both 22...love at first sight...celebrated our second wedding anniversary 2 weeks ago :love: :bigsmile:

Bumping so I can read answers...I realy want to know about this...I have no children yet but hoping to remedy that within the year. Shaping up now so I can have a healthier and more active pregnancy and birth, and so I haven't got so much weight to lose afterwards, but the specifics elude me!

Bookmarked :D This whole site looks really useful, thank you.

This is really useful, thank you! Can you give me links to sources? Going by this, I need 153g protein per day, yes? (I assume what I am doing with the weight machines counts as resistance training, even though it's a bit weedy at the moment?) I have calculated my average for the last three weeks, and it comes to 53g per…

As per original post, I'm currently 153.5lb, down from SW of 163lb 3 weeks ago. Is it going to make a massive amount of difference if I can't eat immediately before a workout? If I run or swim with *anything* in my stomach, I get a crippling stitch and have to stop. Not so bad with weights, but as I usually do cardio with…

So you're using it as an extra meal, in effect? That's a good idea :) I can eat in the morning, but could probably do with eating a bit more, I usually only have time for a bowl of cereal. I know the protein powder won't do anything magical that normal dietary protein won't do...just wondering if it's a sensible choice to…

I'm a pear too, have never heard of specific body types having to avoid certain foods? As far as I'm aware general healthy eating is good for everyone :) Unfortunately I don't think there's a magic food to eat or avoid that will even out our body shapes. Of course if I'm wrong I'd love to hear about it :laugh:

I'm veggie, married to an omni, so my diary might give some tips on omni-friendly veggie food...however I do use quorn and cauldron products, and my fruit and veg is a bit inconsistent (I have IBS made worse by insoluble fibre, so sometimes I just cannot eat it). Other than that I have a fairly healthy diet, I think :)

Exactly :) This is what I edited my post above to try and say. I can't drink much in the way of fizzy drinks, whether diet/'full-fat', because they make me bloat so badly, it's so painful and just not worth it for me. I'm not averse to a cointreau and lemonade once in a while though! :D

I have been vegetarian for almost 2/3 of my life. I just don't like meat. I didn't mind turkey or chicken slices, or fish fingers, as a child, but pretty much hated everythng else. Beef, pork, liver :sick: I hate the smell of raw chicken, I hate the thought of eating meat that might not be cooked through, and I spend all…

Nope. What are your sources? I worked in bone research for years. The phosphoric acid in colas (not other types of fizzy drink) leaches calcium from your bones. Do a pubmed search, plenty good literature out there to substantiate this. I am not disputing that especially with teenage females a lot of the cola/bone density…

anyone? :smile:

I have a few things I used to be able to get into that I'd love to wear again, so they are my goal items. I did buy a skirt last year that was too small with the aim of slimming into it. I did, just about, but then put most of the weight back on :grumble: Haven't bought yet but would love to be able to wear a jersey dress…

I had two: Seeing some recent photos in which I looked far more blobby than I thought I did. Getting on the scales after months of avoiding it to find I'd regained 20lb of the 25 I lost last year. I was 'skinnyfat' when I lost all that so I didn't notice it so much going back on, and I was in denial... The night I got on…

Introvert...other people are exhausting! My husband is also an introvert, which is good because we understand each other. With people we know well we're pretty comfortable and come out of our shells, but with strangers we're both pretty much paralysed with shyness and anxiety. Sometimes I miss not having a female 'best…