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I really like the Peanut Butter Cup, and it doesn’t seem to aggravate my blood sugars (diabetic). Can’t say if it’ll be that way with other diabetics. Birthday Cake was OK. It tasted a lot like actual birthday cake, which meant I was satisfied after a small scoop. I guess that’s good? My favourite low-cal ice cream is…

I was going to say something like, "Frankly, I think your attitude helps the obesity epidemic more than your friend's career. Her career allows customers to be responsible for their choices, whereas yours completely removes personal responsibility from the equation. Few if any of us got fat because of what other people do,…

It's a tricky issue. I can only give an opinion from my perspective. My mother was one of those women who was "too proud" to ask for things. My father, who is decent at heart but kind of absent-minded - read, forgets that kids need stuff - paid child support till I was 18. They worked out what they considered to be a fair…

I find it makes me feel like crud, so I avoid it. I don't know if I'm sensitive to sweeteners, or if it's the caffeine without the sedative properties of added sugar, but if I drink a Diet Coke or Pepsi my sleep is off for two or three days and I feel irritable and twitchy. Regular Coke doesn't seem to have this effect on…

I've seen several friends selling stuff like this lately. They know it's crap, but they're desperate enough for money to justify selling by saying "If people are stupid enough to buy it, that's not my fault". I guess the search for the quick fix and the tendency to believe empty promises will never die. I haven't been…

Failed to pass on a chain letter. (You look like the type who'd ignore them.)

Beautifully said. I wish I could put my thoughts so eloquently. I think extremes have become more normal. People are fatter, and also thinner, than in past years. It's not so much that "normal" has got fatter, more that people are much more varied than they used to be. "Normal" used to be this wide range in the middle…

I love this! I don't think it's silly at all. I've always wanted to go to Disneyland too. :)

Sign up for martial arts classes. Probably gōjū karate, if I can find anyone who'll take absolute beginners. And ballet. I took ballet as a kid, and then again during the few slimmish college years, and I'd like to get back to pointe work. I never took any kind of fighting classes though, and I always wanted to.

My snobbiness may come out here, but I can't stand it when people in commercials say a foreign product name wrong. Like cho-RIZZ-oh instead of cho-REETH-oh (chorizo) or jal-ah-PEE-no instead of hal-ah-PEN-yo (jalapeño). Doesn't bother me in the slightest when friends do it, especially if they don't speak Spanish (or…

In general: fibromyalgia. Which is doubly stupid, since I KNOW I'll feel better after I exercise. (Although possibly not better after I exercise and then wait an hour in the rain for a bus that doesn't come. But there is no freaking way I'm going to use not having a car as an excuse, that's pushing it even for me.) This…

"Chillax". I have no idea why it annoys me, it just does. "Literally" for clearly non-literal things irritates me highly. "Differently abled" annoys me slightly, but "handicapable" makes me want to get violent. I am not handicapable, I am disabled, and it does neither of us any good to pretend it's something other than…

I can definitely see a change in stomach and back, and probably more muscle definition in arms, although that's harder to judge with the colour difference between the pics. I think I see a change there though. It's hard to see initial changes in ourselves, particularly when the end goal is quite far away, since we (well,…

Maybe OP is a vampire. It's the month for it, after all. How many calories in blood, anyone know?

I've also gotten, "You're mixed? Oh, well, you're white enough to pass." (It's always been from tourists in London, and I've had to actually explain that in England this is not something many people, if anyone, wants to hear.) Yeesh.

Worst genuine compliment: First date with my BFF who I'd loved since we were 16. (We were about 20 when this happened.) I dress up, pretty dress, hair up, got my nails done. We're in the restaurant, and he's gazing at me. I smile. "What's up?" "I was just thinking..." Ooh, he's about to say something nice! "It's actually a…

Also a bald eagle. However, having no idea what a bald eagle feels like on my arm (I've held hawks and falcons, but never an eagle), I weighed my boxes of books this morning right after I weighed myself, and the top one was 12.6 pounds. So I am considering that I've lost a box of books. I was surprised to find out how much…

I could use a cookie if anyone's willing to share with a stranger. Only a virtual cookie though. It's 4am here, can't eat sugar before I sleep. And I loooove oatmeal-raisin. Yum.

Well, that explains a lot. If you're talking about high-intensity cardio, not just walking, you must be starving all the time. That's why you're binging, because you're starving yourself. This not only wrecks your body, it's probably playing havoc with your emotions. Google "neuroglycopenia symptoms". Irritability, rage,…

Perhaps some people aren't where they want to be because they've just started their journey, and they're making slow, steady progress instead of expecting it all to be done right now and then freaking out and thinking all is lost when they have a setback. This isn't the end of the world. Even if you ate enough to put that…

Rocket (arugula for any Americans). Rocket is the food of the devil. 1999 through 2001 were cruel years - it was the new trendy thing in London and you couldn't get a salad or sandwich anywhere without it. Things have tapered off a bit since we discovered kale and wheatgrass and goji berries and all those other…

Not so much now (276lb) but right up until I was about 240 I looked a lot thinner. At 240 I wore a US size 10 / UK 14 - same as my niece who was 4 stone lighter than me and one inch shorter. Guys would often ask if they could pick me up, and I'd be all, "Uh, I doubt it, and I wouldn't try." Then they'd try anyway. Only one…

Shoes would be my guess. If you wear heels for work your calf muscles may be extra tight or even shortened, in which case you'll need to spend more time stretching, and possibly see a physiotherapist if there's no improvement. And if you haven't already done so, invest in a good pair of walking or running shoes for your…

I don't know yet. BMI charts say between 125 and 165, but I know once I was at 130 and I looked really emaciated. (Not saying everyone does or will - I have heavy bones and put on muscle easily. 130 is great for some, but not for me.) I'm guessing around 150-155, but once I get nearer that number I'll reassess. Depending…

8lbs last week, after being put on a special plan by my dietician. Probably mostly water, although I drank tons of it. 2lbs this week, and I'm surprised I even lost that. *shrug* After a big trauma about 4 years ago, I lost 38 or 39 lbs in a month...that's about 9lbs a week I think. No idea how - I thought I was eating…

WARNING: this reply contains references to rape which may be a trigger for some. It varies. I have PCOS and moderate endometriosis, and before I was on birth control I could barely walk during my period. They lasted between 3 weeks and 3 months, which was a nightmare in my teens. Trying to explain I'm stuck in bed with…

I prefer to keep my profile set to sedentary and log everything. I don't get out every day, so it seems more like cheating to call myself lightly active. My advice would be log the exercise, because it's nice to know how much you're doing, even if it IS "only" walking, but don't eat back all the calories. Half at most. Or…

Officially (ie for recording purposes) every Sunday. In practice, three or four times a night, basically every time I wake up either thinking "am I thin yet?" or having had nightmares about clothes shopping where I'd gained another hundred pounds. Hopefully these will both wear off as time goes by. :)

Awesome! I love tea dresses, whether I'm thin or fat, and that's a really pretty one. Looks lovely on you! And it's so good to hear success stories from people with PCOS - gives me hope for my own. :)

A couple possibilities: If you've started eating new things, it could be a food allergy. Rashes are a common sign of allergies to shellfish, citrus fruit and wheat (I'm mildly intolerant to wheat, but it only seems to show up if I eat wholegrain, ie when I go back to healthier foods after a week or more of eating white…