SoulfulLori

:explode: :explode: This thread got me going. I'll spare you the "Tale of Two Cities" version of my story and direct you to my profile. I spent a lifetime staying away from drugs and doing things the healthy way. I cannot tell you how important it is to know your own body and find a doctor that trusts YOUR intuition and…

Chocolate kisses? OY VEY! NOW I NEED ONE OF THOSE! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

:heart: Thanks sportsmomof2...u r a real peach!

Yeah...once a year...true! Oh...auntkaren...my tired issue is iron actually. Beyond the other things I'm battling, it was just discovered my iron stores are extremely low so I am now on an iron supplement. I was starting to feel better but as a result I started exercising more (using up more iron) and then I got tired…

Damn...now I want fudge. LOL! Good idea to take it to work! Thanks Kristin...you are right. :) It is what we do on a regular basis. :smile: Though...am I trying to be something I'm not? Maybe I am the chunky Jewish girl? LOL...I kknow that is wrong.

Dan that Oprah. Yeah...it's true...just don't have the energy today to be "so in tuned"! :laugh: Good quote!

I'm purely venting and fessing up! Been doing MFP for 2.5 weeks now and lost 4 lbs! Yay! That's the good news. The bad news is that the past few days I've noticed I'm pretty tired and that always leads me down the road of "eating crap" and "not caring". So yesterday was Purim (I'm Jewish). Went to synagogue in the evening…

I think so...I am over it every single day and way under on carbs. I'm not doing a low carb diet or anything...just how I eat. Still feeling good and losing weight so I think it is ok. How do you feel?

congrats on that hard earned pound! I feel you on the "new decade" as I can't wait for my change! LOL!

Great stuff...great folks...stay excited! Welcome, welcome, welcome! :smile:

DOH!!!!!! that was painful. LOL:laugh:

HOT DAMN! So excited for you...way to go!!!!! I'm inspired!

AWWWWWWWWWWWWSOME! GO GET EM TIGER!

From someone battling a blood cancer I say THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM! You and your team should be proud for your effort, the awareness you brought and the money you raised! KUDOS!

Wow...that is beautiful and so are you! Wow...you wrote that so well...so much so I feel it all over! Thanks for sharing and for the inspiration. It helps so much!

It sounds to me that your meds and system are not balanced properly. It also sounds like you are totally frustrated and have not received proper results for your hard work and I feel your pain there. Know that most docs don't know how to tell you to take your meds...my oncologist told me to "just take it with breakfast".…

Yes I do know quite a bit about thyroid disease. Radiation knocked out what was already a sluggish thyroid. Know that a TSH above 2 is not optimal. What is yours now? Also, not everyone does well on synthetic hormone though I do just fine on it. Do you make sure your med is taken on an empty stomach the exact same time of…

I can tell you that I use 1 tbls a day drizzled on my salad and 2 tbls a day ground and used on my oatmeal and other things. This and raw nuts is where I get most of my fats from. I don't believe in the vitamin pill form as the oil is not that stable and should be refridgerated and not over processed or heated. It is my…

Oh, you should be so proud of your reactions to this really crap treatment! They suck...YOU ROCK! It just proves that in life we can't control what happens to us...only how we react to it and you are totally getting an A+++++++ in that department. What a great role model you are. Keep focusing on you and your great…

Welcome back! Remember the only way you can fail at this is TO QUIT! DON'T QUIT! I am not able for medical reasons to exercise like I used to so for right now I'm using "the open road" and it is working perfectly. You don't need anything fancy so there is no excuse. You can do this. Now...as far as your chest pain, there…

I'm sooooooooooo sending 100ish vibes! !!! Don't look back...loook forward and believe it will happen! I believe it! Now go drink some water! LOL!

So glad you are starting to track food again today and feeling a bit better! Keep at it cause we're all in the same boat and nobody is allowed to sink!

My question is why are you pigging out? Is it emotional or extreme hunger or craving? This may lead to the answer of what is going on with your body.

Oh and I stayed away from all the bread and pasta items.

Whoops...I hit enter before I finished typing. Anyway the party was in a gorgeous log home with huge windows where I spent a lot of time looking out into the woods wishing that house was mine... Nobody was drinking so alcohol was not an issue. Yay! I drank 1/2 gallon of water there(there was a plastic gallon of water there…

THANKS EVERYONE...IT WORKED...THANK YOU!

Thanks so much everyone...all great ideas and I feel stoked! I plan to drink TONS OF WATER also if a water glass is in my hands at all times it will take up a hand that could grab food...the other I talk with...can't talk without my hands! LOL! I am also bringing gum. I don't chew gum but when I have that minty flavor in…

Hi everyone! I'm asking you guys to help me with a little accountablility. They say if you tell people what you are trying to do and to ask them to help you it gives you some strength so that is what I'm doing. I've never tried things this way so here we go... I have a party to go to at 12 with my boyfriend. It will be a…

Welcome! Certainly not strange but you certainly need to do something to improve your health and you've come to the right place. I'm sorry about your diagnosis and your struggles. Know that YOU are NOT your diagnosis. You can change your health for the better without a doubt, you just have to take charge. Have you ever…

KUDOS!!!!!!!! Thanks so much for sharing as it is encouraging. Best, Lori :flowerforyou: