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Geez! realized, after I posted OP was 3 years ago... old post is old

Fitbit, from experience, does not accurately count my steps when I'm in the house. Fitbit is not going to accurately measure housework activities either. When you're inside the shower enclosure scrubbing hard water spots off your shower door and enclosure, inch by inch, for an hour, fitbit isn't going to measure that. If…

People hate in others what they fear in themselves. The author restricted herself and believes that means she earned the right to judge other women for daring to be happily different. My step mom does this exactly. She's freaks out about staying slim, and she displaces that freak out on others and calls them fat. The…

There are so many disgusting things I loathe in food (like relish & onions), but topping the list would be mayo and pimentos. Mayo is disgusting and it ruins everything it touches. It adds no flavor to anything. It's just slime. 'Oh, this sandwich isn't slimy enough for you? Let's put some mayo on it!' No . . . let's not.…

When I bake with coconut oil, it makes the baked goods light and fluffy. It's used in a lot of vegan recipes (not that I'm vegan but some of my recipes are) So, I like it for the nice consistency it gives to food, but I don't like that I have to warm up the jar in a pan of water every time I need to measure some out.

Wear a full face helmet. I rode from high school till grad school. I didn't even have a car back then, just my bike! Long sleeves, jeans, and gloves, really helped. My lay down, back when I was 19, was not high speed but I still would have had some serious cosmetic face damage without a good full-face helmet. Even a little…

Start slowly and don't cut out everything. Very restrictive diets can lead to binging. You can eat whatever you want, and not think of food as junk, as long as you're willing to measure it and keep track of what you're eating. You can 'bank' calories during the week to give you more flexibility as well. By banking…

You're already in a healthy weight range -- check out your BMI (Body Mass Index). You don't need to lose weight. You probably just need to do toning exercise to gain some muscle. Check out the exercise forums.

I had textbook PCOS when my ovaries were looked at with an ultrasound. Each ovary had a circle of stimulated ovums and I had no ovulation. First I was put on birth control pills, and I think that'd helped get things under control. I bled for a month straight once I got on the pill. After a couple years, my insurance no…

25.4 ounces per 750mL bottle of wine. Calories per ounce ~approx 25 635 calories in drinking alone :drinker: goodbye deficit Nuts unmeasured while watching tv is a dangerous combo. I love nuts! But 23 whole, unflavored, almonds is 163 calories. You can eat a lot of crunchy munchy nuts while watching tv because you're not…

In for the nerds! I literally met my bf in an MMORPG over a year ago. ^_^ Geeks of all kinds are awesome. :) I'd be happy to cheer you on towards your goal.

Get new clothes! My clothes billow around me. I still want to loose more, and it's obviously impractical to buy a new wardrobe every 20 pounds, but I by new articles of clothing to slowly downsize my overall wardrobe. Baggy shirts make you look the same size. If you don't have anything that's your size, you look the same…

Sorry it happened, but a couple things I would recommend . . . don't rely on pictures for online dating. Skype. See the person as they are and let them see you as you are. Skype often, not just when you just got your hair done and your make-up is perfect. Second this is something you can't help and it's chemistry. A…

You know what's bad for me, not the food, or just the plain frustration and fatigue because geez that happens. (Everything takes me 2x as long because I'm so tired.) But, what really bothers me is that I have so much sympathy for other girls who have painful cycles. When I have my period, inevitably, 1/4 of my female…

Seriously Pixie, you're being a total jerk to your husband. Back off. If you want to be the man in the marriage, have a nice time, but don't try to make him your b-word just because you can physically beat him up. If you are this unhappy, get divorced and marry a jock. If I was interested in my spouse's kickboxing and…

Post-Snoop, which I avoided doing till later so I wouldn't want to pick at your diet before I explained myself - for the month of April, except for Pizza Night, I wasn't seeing major carb loads. I assume that snacks were throughout the day, not all at once, so I wouldn't count them as a carb load. I did see a good balance…

I haven't snooped your diary and I'll tell you why in a minute, but first and foremost, get this freaking idea OUT of your head! You did not make yourself diabetic! It can be sourced from an endocrine disorder, hormone imbalance, or an autoimmune disease. Your body isn't working correctly. Your body doesn't process glucose…

You can eat your exercise calories. It's okay. What I try for is a weekly balance. Sometimes I will exercise at night, and there will be exercise calories left, but those will be used later in the week (if not the next day!). No day is ever a fail. So try not to heap the guilt on yourself. Each day is just a day. Log what…

You posted the same thing 4 months ago, twice. So the same post about the same weight 3 times in four months. What do you want from us? What is the answer that you what to hear that you haven't been told yet? Do you want to be told you're fine stop stressing out? You're fine, stop stressing out. Do you want to be told…

That's the strategy I use. I need to have night time calories available because that is when I'm the most hungry. I eat a small breakfast and lunch every work day so I have at least 1k calories to plan dinner with, if I have less than 1k for dinner, I exercise to earn at least that many. Sometimes on weekend, my strategy…

You're freaking out because you're 18 and 18 year-old girls tend to freak out. Luckily, you'll grow out of that, but you'll grow into a serious eating disorder if you don't get help. You can probably afford some good therapy. So, do that. The fact that OP worries about getting into a size 3 jeans instead of a size 7 (OP…

I'm thinking this is a very silly post about a common complaint. ;) Gifts of kindness are not sabotage. People who smoke medicinal substances do tend to be paranoid though. So carry on with your regularly scheduled program.

Rinsing conditioner out of your hair with cold(er) water at the end of the shower makes your hair softer. That is the only purpose I have found for cold showers. Well, and I suppose when someone, or an ill timed washer cycle, used up most of the hot water before you and you still have to shower anyway. If being cold does…

I hesitate to tie weight loss goals to a date. I do not want to set myself up for failure or feel like I failed to meet a deadline or somehow did it wrong. My goal is to lose a pound a week. As long as I average that, even if weight bounces around, it's fine. Some weeks I lose, some weeks I don't, but it all comes out in…

Well, like so many others echo, I was taught by my mom not to wear a bra to bed. I wear an underwire bra. I really hate wireless bras. I only like shelf bras in camisoles. I will wear a camisole to bed sometimes with pajamas. But if I lay down and realize I have an underwire bra on, I will get out of bed to take it off. My…

Start with something lighter and work your way up. I am obese and when I starting doing 'basic step' -- not even the crazy flailing around step aerobics, but just basic step with knee lifts, step overs, and that kind of thing, not super streneous, well I would get exhausted, and my legs, stomach, and butt would ache…

You're amazing!

You need to speak to your doctors, that put you under all these silly restrictions, and get a professional diet plan from a dietician. No one here can replace doctors. We have people here who are very good at suggesting meal options and helping people who want to follow a certain type of diet or hit certain macros, but…

Chia seeds! Great source of nutritional fiber! 0 net carbs, literally 5 carbs in, 5 carbs out.

Don't guess at the damage you think you're doing. You might not be eating as much as you think. You've developed an unhealthy relationship with food because your diagnosis of PCOS freaked you out. It's time to give yourself a reality check. Start to log and measure your food. Don't try to cut everything out of your life…