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For someone with PCOS, low carb is a good choice. In many cases, the patients are insulin resistant. Reducing your body weight (if you're overweight/obese) even by 5% is extremely helpful in managing PCOS. The Rotterdam/ESHRE/ASRM Criteria of PCOS are: 1. Hyperandrogenism/Hyperandrogenemia 2. Polycystic ovaries (12 or more…

another bookworm here. I started reading when I was 4. We were living above a library at that time. What more can you wish for? I read pretty much everything - crime, Jane Austen, survival stories, biographies, whatever my mood tells me to read. I currently re-read The Godfather. Those who like something haunting - try…

Poland, but living in Berlin, Germany

More than 90% of my food is organic, nuts being one of the exceptions. I found that I have no luck with organic nuts. I am not sure how well they are stored and how long they've been sitting on the shelf but they are always pretty dry and some of them tend to taste slightly rancid. Maybe trying nuts bought in a regular…

what aggelikik said.

I started with 30 day shred (Jillian Michaels), then did her Ripped in 30 days workout and encouraged by results and increasing strength I switched to Beach Body workouts and completed Insanity and then started Focus T25. I liked them all for different reasons. I had best results with Insanity but it is kind of obvious -…

I made this soup yesterday. I was forced to do a couple of minor changes because I didn't have/get all the products. It was heaven!! I've been craving a soup like this for a while but I rarely let myself get one because they seem to be loaded with sodium and calories. This one tasted fresh, light and divine and it was so…

when do you add the spring onion?

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sweet! Bump for reference.

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almond butter? sunflower seed butter?

I just made these and the way I made them gave me a total of 367 kcal for 9 (NINE!!) delicious pancakes. Because I didn't have Greek yoghurt I used regular low fat yoghurt and because the batter was a bit too think for my taste I also added 1/4 cup of skim milk. I used a whole egg instead of just an egg white. And I used a…

"The Help" by Kathryn Stockett. I never watched the movie and found the book by a coincident and bought it intrigued by great reviews. I am really enjoying it.

Chicken and Mushrooms in a Garlic White Wine Sauce http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/03/chicken-and-mushrooms-in-garlic-white.html

Does it make sense to get a FitBit without owning a smartphone? I've only got a middle-age-cell-phone...

One of my favourite salads is: spinach, grapefruit and avocado topped with cottage cheese blended with a few raisins (I soak them in hot water first) and roasted sesame seeds. I also like to eat cottage cheese with diced cucumber, tomato and olives, or any other vegetable and pumpkin seed oil. Great cottage cheese recipes…

Lol. Thanks for the laugh!

Cheesecake is not junk food! :smokin:

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You don't eat fish either do you?

Lol - I've been living here for more than half of my life now and I've never eaten spätzle. :)

Mestruation usually causes retaining water which reflects itself on the scale. It can be 2 lbs, it can also be as much as 6 or even more. Keep up the good work and make sure you eat enough. 1200kcals PLUS eat least a bigger part of those calories you burn during your workouts.

I live in Berlin and will reply later, but if you want to start learning German in one of the most pleasant ways possible, try "Coffee Break German" - you will find it online as podcasts that you can download or listen to directly, each lesson lasts app 15 minutes. Are you more into nature or big cities?

After completing Insanity I started a weight training program. There are 2 Insanity workouts that I liked, I'll keep going back to them every now and then. Doing Insanity forever is unimaginable for me, the intensity - if you do these workouts properly - is too much to do it long term. Also, I'd get bored. I started having…

Good luck! It's great to have such a positive feedback from someone who already completed the program.

Water weight. Just eating salty foods, heat, TOM and many other things can make you gain, and sometimes it might be 4lbs, sometimes 2lbs and sometimes 6 or more.

You look great, so much younger. But I love the "before" picture just as much - I think you look very handsome in it.