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I stopped eating grains for health issues and an added benefit is losing 40 pounds in three months. Still drink soda, still eat ice cream or chocolate for dessert everyday and the weight is just melting off still. And I feel 1000 times better. But it's not for everyone.

Highest Weight: 206.8 Starting Weight: 175 Goal Weight: 150 Ultimate Goal Weight: 130 7/7/12: 180 up 5 pounds from the last time I weighed myself weeks ago but I can tell it's down a lot from last week. I was PMSing and soooo bloated. I feel so much better this week.

I think this is what the initials stand for: Highest Weight Starting Weight Goal Weight Ultimate Goal Weight

I'm not doing the alternate day diet, I'm doing Eat Stop Eat. One or two days a week you don't eat anything and only drink non-caloric beverages for 24 hours. So basically on Mondays and Wednesdays I stop eating after dinner and then break the fast on Tuesdays and Thursdays at a later dinner time. So say dinner ends at…

Happy to report that the following symptoms have disappeared since I had the Mirena IUD removed: ovary cysts/pain hair loss acne inability to lose weight hirsutism Though I'm told by others that Mirena could not have caused PCOS, my doctor thought it did and the PCOS like symptoms have disappeared since having Mirena…

You do realize that this is the way humans ate when they were hunters/gatherers, right? Feast when there was a kill and graze on plants the rest of the time. If I was starving I wouldn't do it. And no, it's not binging on junk on non-fasting days, it's eating healthy food and maybe a treat now and again too.

Hit post too soon! Anyway was going to say I'll give it another try with you since I've been stuck at the same weight for a few weeks now despite being under my calorie goal most days. Granted I eat a lot of crap so cleaning up my diet would help too. I sent you a friend request.

I used to do intermittent fasting and really liked it. No thought necessary and I really felt good on fasting days. I referenced Eat Stop Eat but it's all the same idea. But then I read that fasting is bad for my metabolism....? There's so much contradictory research I don't know who to believe!

And no one in my family has it.

Nope - it was the Mirena IUD that gave me cysts on my ovaries. It was documented and confirmed with ultrasounds by my doctor. Thanks.

I developed PCOS as a result of the Mirena IUD. I dealt with it for six years because I liked not getting a period and wasn't fond of other birth control methods. I tried taking Metformin but couldn't tolerate it. The ovary pain due to the cysts got so bad I finally had the IUD removed a few months ago and I feel great and…

My daughter is 13 too and struggling. I never lost the baby weight from her! So I'm trying to help her and help me by being a role model for healthy eating and exercise. I sent you a friend request. :)

Hey there! Would it be okay if I joined you guys? I'm starting TurboJam this week and was hoping to find some "friends" on here to keep me accountable. Annie

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