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@NVSMOMKETO: I am very avoidant of white sugar too. I have hypoglycemia and PCOS among other conditions and my doctor is very anti-sugar (white, processed sugar). Truthfully, I feel better when I don't eat it. I can feel its inflammatory effects on my body when I eat it, and it kills my mood and energy level. When I do eat…

Not a doctor, but I think this is more of an issue for a therapist than a GP. I haven't been diagnosed with BED, but it's definitely a tendency I've had in the past - especially in relation to unchecked emotional issues. There are some really good books on the issue if you don't want to talk to someone to work though the…

I have the "Eatsmart Precision Elite" digital. Got it on Amazon. Less than $40 prime. My favorite feature is the size of the platform. ETA: it's larger than most. It switches from ounces to grams to fractions of a lb. Starts up quickly and tares quickly. ETA: this scale goes up to 15 lbs, so I can measure whole cooked…

I just want to chime in and add, on the subject of weight loss not being linear: do you chart or graph your weight? I weigh daily, first thing in the AM and track/chart it in Excel. Some weeks, I show a gain of a lb or two, and then the next week (like last week), I show a loss of like 7 lbs. I compare a "weigh in day"…

I like to cook raw shrimp in coconut oil, garlic, and fresh grated ginger. Once cooked, reserve. Then, I add thinly sliced cabbage and grated carrots to the same pan, plus more garlic and ginger and a little veggie broth and coconut aminos (you could use soy sauce). Once the veggies are tender, I throw the shrimp back in…

Congratulations on your accomplishment!!

Ooh, I wish this worked. I get CRAZY chemical burn from Nair - even when only left on a very short period of time!

Ingrowns and bumps is another reason why I am doing home laser hair removal (I posted previously). I'm not taking all bikini area hair off - because, well, I might miss it someday, but darn, I'll be glad when my actual bikini line is hair free and I stop getting ingrowns!

I hate the fact that as a dark-haired person, even if I shave, it looks like I didn't because you can see the hair under the surface!! I bought a Silk'N home hair remover + a lifetime cartridge. In two treatments, half of my underarm hair was gone - after the third, I'm down to about 10-20 stray hairs. I'm also working on…

I have one. I bought it because (1) I'm highly inactive and sit all day (2) my legs swell and I was hoping it would help with circulation and with keeping my swelling down. I never meant for it to help me accomplish any substantial amount of calorie burn just to help me be generally less stationary. Sadly, I cannot use it…

It's hard to get started when you're feeling exhausted all of the time out the gate. I have/had (not sure because I haven't been retested) pretty severe adrenal fatigue and hormonal balance problems caused by a "nonspecific endocrine disorder." I think I know how you feel. I was always exhausted (like took effort to lift…

^She's right on! I weigh every day because I love to mess with numbers (hence the user name). I like to average my daily weights for a week and them compare them to prior weeks. I have a great downward trend when I do it this way....AF messes it up....but the trend is still downward overall.... *Edited for typo

This. I also try to correct those entries that are incorrect if I have the time...

OP: my medical conditions were preventing me from losing. I was recently diagnosed with PCOS/pretty significant hormonal imbalance (I take progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, AND adrenal support supplements) and pretty severe adrenal fatigue - this all took over a year to diagnose. I quoted the above poster because his post…

Thank you all for your input! Someone just suggested hemp protein to me this morning, so I may have to look into that further. I ended up ordering Now Foods Vanilla Toffee pea protein powder with no rice protein in the blend. The other product I was looking at: I've found some sites saying it was discontinued. I don't want…

I think it's delicious - especially with the vanilla stevia (I use Sweet Leaf brand drops). I was skeptical. You have to blend it somehow (I use an immersion blender); otherwise, you are drinking a cup of coffee with grease on top. Oh, and it has to be unsalted butter, of course. I've made it with salted - it's drinkable,…

I'm on a high fat intake diet as arranged w/my doctor for my specific medical conditions. I drink "bulletproof coffee" for breakfast: 1 cup of coffee, 2 tbsp grass fed butter, 1 tbsp coconut oil, and vanilla flavored Stevia. It packs 320 cals, 0 protein, 0 carbs, and 36 grams of fat. I don't eat anything else for…

I used body wraps before my beach trip last year. I did full body, spa style; not those "It Works" things. ETA: I did this knowing very well that it was a temporary, cosmetic thing. My skin looked great, and I did "tighten up" everywhere - I looked a little less lumpy and bumpy. That being said, it took nine hours out of…

This happens to me too. For me, it's hormonal. Typically, I show losses on days 5 - 15 or so of my cycle. Once I ovulate, I jump up in lbs and climb back up (sometimes up to 8 lbs or so) and hang out there until a day or so until AF is gone. Drop and back up, drop and back up. I once charted my losses for months and saw…

I love tea!! I replaced a 6-8 can per day diet soda habit with tea; a little green tea with caffeine, but more often than not, herbal teas. My favorites are Numi's Gunpowder Green tea, and Traditional Medicinal's Easy Now tea.

Brilliant! :flowerforyou:

Me toooooooo! My husband doesn't even remember that these ever existed! They were my favorite.

This is what I see happening with me as well as a begin my paleo conversion. I'm simply more conscious about EVERY decision I make about food. It doesn't mean I've become obsessed; I'm finally beginning to learn what makes me feel good and what makes me feel bad and what makes the scale move up and down.

I just started paleo and so far, I am loving it and its working exceptionally well. I chose it for medical reasons, and I do see it as a sustainable lifestyle change choice. How did I get overweight to begin with? Bad choices. Too much unhealthy restaurant food, too much processed food, simply too much food. In the…

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A music dork. Roughly, Rachel from Glee.

Congrats on reaching your goal!!!

Brilliant! +1

I'm on team "irritated that everything is not listed in grams or ounces." I hate "cups," and the more you weigh your food, the more you realize that portion size estimates in dry/liquid measure can be pretty far off of actual weights. For example: hubby measures too and eats croutons on his salad. I think the serving was…

I'm with you on this one! I have the right to refuse birthday cake - and it shouldn't embarrass my kid because we've taught him that forced social eating is not a good habit. If you don't want it, politely say "no thank you" and move along.