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Sometimes I'll use almond oil on my skin, it's widely available. I get mine from an ethnic grocer, it's much less expensive. Re: coconut oil calories, I'm hoping this means I gained weight from lipstick rather than potato chips. Lipstick will be so easy to give up.

Baked oatmeal is fantastic! I make it with a little maple syrup, vanilla and grated lemon peel. Tastes like a breakfast cookie.

I can sympathize. I once asked a blind woman at a bus station to watch my bag. ps I bet he hears it all the time. It's kind of you to be conscious of it.

It seems unlikely that zombies poop. Brains have no fiber, according to the database: Calories 181 Sodium 150 mg Total Fat 14 g Potassium 0 mg Saturated 3 g Total Carbs 0 g Polyunsaturated 2 g Dietary Fiber 0 g Monounsaturated 4 g Sugars 0 g Trans 0 g Protein 12 g Cholesterol 1802 mg ps if you enter "brains" into the…

I think it's similar when people stop drinking - your friends may have to change. The fact that you've made a change can feel like an implicit judgement to people who are where you were when you decided you need to do things differently. We choose our friends partly because we feel they don't judge us too harshly, and that…

Once I got within 2 calories, although not on purpose. Personally, I'm happy if I'm 100 calories on either side. I do have some friends who live and die by the numbers, though. It's just not my character.

That's interesting. I wonder if it's the same way we have to keep changing our exercise routine. Did she say why this is?

I hate this phrase as well. And I think the implication behind it is wrong. I don't know about you, but I didn't gain weight because I love the way food tastes. I love the way it makes me feel. When I'm eating for a reason other than fueling my body, trouble will follow. I have some heavy friends who say "I love food," but…

I gained a large amount of weight on zoloft. Lost it all, but some of it is creeping back (after 7 years), so I'm back at it. Would I have gained it if I had monitored diet and exercise? I don't know, and after all this time I don't know if I was eating more and moving less. I was working hard to lose the weight towards…

Ah, the slippery slope. I am very familiar with it. This will sound odd, but one thing that helps me is logging those episodes that "ruin" my whole day. I am almost always surprised - what looked like ruination is usuallly not so bad as I thought. What might have been a few hundred calories over can balloon into a few…

The scale is giving me the tools I need to not need to use the scale. I'm learning what 4 oz of meat or chicken or fish looks like, and it's a lot smaller than what I hoped it was. When I was eyeballing food I wasn't even close. Now it's a game - what will the weight be of what i'm putting on the scale?

Kathy Bates.

Agree about the wine, beer and bacon, but I can't believe no one has mentioned tortiere or poutine. And some of the funniest comedians on the face of the earth. You can keep William Shatner, though.

It also melts if you leave it in the sun.

I've been doing 30DS with low impact adaptations, and not a full lunge of squat. When I get a little pain I back off.

LOL! For people who like YA, i just read an amazing book called My Book of Life By Angel by Martine Leavitt. It's gorgeous and shattering and very dark.

I don't mind the term MILF, but I really hate cougar. I always think people find derogatory terms for women who enjoy having sex. Which sucks - sex is fun, we should enjoy it.

urbandictionary.com is handy for those of us not totally au courant with what the kids are sayin' these days. Just type the acronym into the search box and presto! The only danger is after-the-fact offense.

Yes, you can! Cravings will last 3 days, and you can tough it out that long. Believe it or not, when I want sweets I eat frozen grapes and it is really satisfying. That being said, I ate chocolate today for the first time in a month. Logged it.

[/quote] lol what does rye have to do with anything? did you even read what you quoted? the issue is that most americans DO overeat when it comes to grains. No you don't have to cut them out completely, but reducing them is something all people really should consider. (and by consider, I mean read the sources, find the…

I've been gluten free for a couple of years. I don't find it difficult, but I think that is because I like to cook and use very little (if any) packaged foods. I actually gained a little weight when I gave it up. It was really affecting my stomach, and I would feel bloated and stuffed after eating food with wheat in it (I…

Like lots of people here, I pack a baggie of almonds and a banana and an orange when I'm travelling. I'll also take a couple of hard boiled eggs. And you can pick up individual sized yogurt almost anywhere.

I bought a book called The Kick Acid Diet that explains it all. You're right, it's complicated, and there is tons of math. But it does have a comprehensive list of inflammatory foods, so you might find it helpful. I agree, though, that your doctor should explain this if he or she recommended it.

I just made this: http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/laura-calder/basque-eggs-my-way.html If you want meat or chicken instead of eggs, it makes a really good sauce, full of vegetables and lots of fresh flavour.

You can learn this, but you need to practice. You know how you can look at a photograph of someone you love and think it's a wonderful picture because you see their essence (for lack of a better word)? And all they see is a double chin or floppy upper arms or droopy eye? You need to look at yourself through those same…

Wear full coverage underpants to spin class. This is the not the place for a thong. Ouch.

They're really nice grated over steamed asparagus with a little olive oil and lemon.

Wow, my heart breaks for this woman. I can't imagine the kind of suffering she has experienced, both emotionally and physically, to get there. Good luck with her, and with making your own changes.

When I'm facing that kind of craving I ask myself if I want the chocolate more than I want dinner later tonight. The answer is always "no."

I've always been a person who weighs several times throughout the day, and just put my scale away for the month of February as an experiment. The first few days were very, very hard. Putting my scale away has made me realize how easily discouraged I am by normal fluctuations, and how afraid I am of magically gaining a huge…