Lusadi

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  • I agree with a lot of what is being said, but it really depends on your region. To eat healthy where I am, for a family of four (one of whom is under 5) my grocery bill is close to 1000.00 a month. That is for mostly non-organic produce. Fresh fruits and veggies are freakishly expensive compared to what they were when I…
  • Wow! I was going to respond, but I think Laney540 pretty well covered everything. :) Nice response.
  • The only explanation I have is that they are looking for dates? I dunno. It's weird to me. You all are great, but you are still random internet people. So who cares what age you claim to be?
    in Age bias? Comment by Lusadi April 2012
  • Exactly right. I can't do low carb diets. I can do good carb diets. I actually do my best on a fully vegan/good carb (meaning unprocessed) menu. However....the problem is that I like meat. :) Not all people are created the same, so you might have to tweak your carb level to one that is suitable for you. Instead of taking…
  • Iced tea sweetened with a little honey or unsweetened to avoid the sugar or hot tea. Make it green tea and get the antioxidant boost while you're at it.
  • I second this 100%. It is worth going to talk to someone, even if that someone is just your regular doctor. Many communities offer assistance for free if cost is an issue. Please get help asap.
  • Throw me in! I can't seem to break 183. Driving me crazy.
  • Well played! And great back. I'm totally jealous.
  • Whew! Oh captain, my captain! LOL Looks like he needs to lean left and right a little more often.
  • YES! It's the MOST aggravating thing. Think about carbs = gain 10 lbs. I swear it does. I've had a hysterectomy, but they left my ovaries due to my age. It was the only way to make the insane periods stop. So now, I swear I have PCOS plus perimenopausal belly fat forming. Driving me absolutely INSANE! Thank you for the…
  • Home vs Gym...both have pros and cons.. If you're just starting out doing weight training, there are tons of body weight only exercises that are very effective and free. Other home equipment can include a few free weights, a weight bench, resistance bands, kettle weights, medicine balls, etc. Most are very inexpensive and…
  • Go to Fitness Magazine's website. The last issue had an incredible article about working out that area of your body. Plus, they provided one of their express work-outs to go with it. The work out should be available on their site.
  • Don't forget that it is almost guaranteed that they will have to move her from the smallest part of her bathroom on about the 10th floor or something...Isn't that a rule? The heavier the person, the higher the floor they live on, and the smaller the area you have to get them out of?
  • Talking Rain makes a completely unsweetened seltzer flavored with fruit juice. Mostly, I still treat water as an ingredient though. Someday it will move into the beverage category.
  • Advice from a stranger with absolutely no idea of your life, but I've been there often. Sometimes it helps to pick one thing that's going well or that you are content with to focus on. It can be a small thing. There have been days where it was simply that I got out of bed AND took a shower. Shifting focus from everything…
  • My temper! I get very irritated and overwhelmed easily. I'm trying to find where my patience went.....if someone see's it, please let me know.
  • LOLOL...I had the opposite issue when 8 months pregnant on a NYC subway. A seat cleared and the man standing right next to me asked his 14 yo kid if he wanted to sit down. HELLO!!!!! My butt hit that seat so fast....
  • I think Emily Post explained it well when she said something along the lines of the essence of good manners is being sensitive to the feelings of others. Another guiding point I at least try to use before saying something is to determine if what I am saying is necessary, kind, and/or instructive (this one mostly for the…
  • I think I'm most comfortable between 145 and 150. Been a long time since I was there, though! Trying to get back.
  • I can tell I'm a mom as I immediately thought.. of potty training and diapers. Anyhow, that's awesome and many congrats to you! One of my goals is to be able to do unassisted pull ups someday. :)
    in pull ups Comment by Lusadi March 2012
  • You were probably in a Jr. size ten instead of a Misses? Right now I'm 5'7" and about 185 lbs. I'm wearing a size 14. I'm hoping to get down about 40 lbs and see what happens.
  • I'm not giving up anything. Instead, I plan to build the habit of daily exercise over the lenten period. Taking better care of the body God gave me, so that I may do the work He has planned.
  • We were together 2 years. Got engaged at 27 and got married three weeks later, been married 10 years.
  • I'll count housework if I'm really busting it out and working hard to the point where I'm sweating. I sometimes turn on my dance cardio music and race around doing squats as I pick up toys, etc. Two birds with one stone. Multi-tasking is what mom's do best after all. If you haven't done much and you're making a lot of…
  • Meat and dairy are the traditional restrictions. You could give a vegan lifestyle a try?
  • I agree 100%! Don't forget all the poop and vomit we've had to clean up along the way too. That's true love if I ever saw it. :)
  • Yes, ma'am. I have the double whammy of PCOS and Fibromyalgia. I've tried drugs, etc. to control them. The best thing I have found is exercise. Losing weight is really hard. I can only encourage you to keep trying. Despite the PCOS, I have managed to have two beautiful children. The second required some medical help to get…
  • Eat! Who wants to try to sleep starving?
  • LOL Maybe taking a sledgehammer to the kitchen would help? Then you'd be busy repainting, replacing cabinets, all that sort of thing. No time to eat!
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