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I recently visited a naturopath for similar symptoms. First, she ordered a full battery of hormonal checks for me. Different than your regular blood check. She found I have very low progesterone and high DHEA (a weak male hormone) that typically indicates Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). This is what gives me painful…

That's my Judy! You are a wealth of inspiration and energy! Keep it up - make me really proud to be your friend! :)

I swim 3-4 times a week, about 1 - 1.5 h every time. I am not sure how much I really burn because I don't have a waterproof heart monitor, but, I can say that the days I swim I am much hungrier then when I don't. I am in a swim team and every time I go it is pretty intense. We do drills all the time. Great job in swimming…

Great job Annie! I live in northern IL, about 30 min away from Wisconsin and we get pretty heafty winters here too. Not yet, it is still in the 40s here, but soon I am sure. Awesome run! What's next for you? Maybe a 10k? Half marathon? You can do it!

Hello guys, Trying to get to the Group but apparently I need an invitation too :) Will post updates when I get there. Thank you

Thanks for the tip! I will definately check Walgreens. :)

Hello there - great job you guys!! I see weight loss everywhere!! This group really works! I was bummed out this morning - I weighed at 165.0 which is a gain of 0.5# from my last week. It must be water weight or something because for the past 2 days I weighted at 163.5 which is 1# loss from last week. But since I record…

Thanks for letting us know ... I will make sure not to hunt you down for weight update :) Have a fab week-end!

Hey there, checking in for the day, I had a rough morning with indigestion so I did not go to the gym. Just feeling a little under the weather but nothing serious. Plugging along here and happy that the week-end is coming quickly. Tomorrow the kids have a day off from school which means I can stay a little longer at the…

Check out Amazon for Polar Heart Monitor. You will need the watch and the chest strap. I have a basic one and is more than enough. You are probably looking at about $100.00 between the watch and strap. I would look at used ones - I bought a used one and I've had it for 5 years now. They say the battery should be changed by…

My husband and I used to have a photography business and we did couple of these sessions. They are a lot of fun as long as the subject is relaxed and willing to cooperate. If you are not totally into it, you will not feel comfortable. I would recommend meeting with your photographer first, see what kind of personality, try…

Good morning ... or almost lunch of the folks on east coast! Did good last night - my dinner was really light - just some yougurt with granola. I was under calorie goal (a first in a long time) and I could feel it this morning! Water intake is pretty good - 6 glasses of water yesterday and 32 oz. of unsweetened herbal tea.…

Hey gang, one of my local MFP friend contacted me and she wants to join us. Tiredofbeinchubimama ( or Andrea) will chime in shortly to tell us about herself. I know we don't have set rules about How many can join the group so I figured friends of friends are ok:) I don't mind keeping track of everybody's weight so the more…

Just checking in quickly to see what's new. Merlk (Merlanda) - you make me go buy a new food processor for the smoothie!!! I have one that broke and I so want another one. I will definately put that on my (ever growing) list for Santa. I totally relate to Judy's story .... I lost about 14# in March, then gained half back,…

Oh, I forgot what was more important: Welcome to our new members: deb_sully (Debbie) and Darian!! Feel free to post here your current weight and goal weight at the end of the year or you can send me a message. Ok, back to work now :)

Hello everybody, I am so excited to see people logging in and giving their feedback! Did pretty good yesterday, got 6 glasses of water but I also drank a total of 64 oz of unsweetened herbal tea. There is so much liquid I can put in before I move in the bathroom :tongue: Today I went swimming for an hour and I got sucked…

Ok, I gotta see this Bridesmaids movie .... we started watching it but my two boys were around and the movie starts with a pretty descriptive scene .,... we had to stop. Dexter .....DEXTER .... I am an addict. I have not watched the last 2 episodes, but can't wait to make room for that and watch back to back. That's going…

Hello there and Happy Monday! Judy – thanks for keep the group “entertained” while I was starting the charts. We are all 37 participants in this group. Here are the screen names and real names (for the ones that wanted to reveal their identity) in alphabetical order: 3ericaAnn (Erica) April1126 AuntyOlive (Olivia)…

Great job everybody - thanks for weighing in and posting the information. I am writing down the stats so we I can start charting. For those of you who didn't weigh in today, please do so and let me know. If you are not comfortable giving your weight here, you can send me a message. Thanks much! And TGIF!!!!! Loredana

Hello again! So happy to see people signing up! So far I am counting 23 signers. The group is still opened so keep signing up! Ok, for those who don't know me already, I am Loredana, 34, mother of 2 boys (7 and 4) and wife to my awesome husband. I live in Rockford, IL, about 1 hour west of Chicago. I have a full time job…

One quick note - if you want to find this forum again tomorrow, save the link in your Favorites. I think in the past we lost a lot of people on the way because they didn't know how to find the spot to write their updates ... Good luck :) Loredana

Hello everybody! First I wanted to thank Julie for starting this group few weeks ago and getting us rolling here. Judy and I will take over for the next 8 weeks and try to keep people motivated. The goals for everybody would be to log in for few minutes each day, log the food and share their stories if they have time. We…

Claire, I am so sorry you have to go through this .... I don't have pets but I can imagine is like family. We did have a Beta fish once, they live a very short life, so, after 2 months he died. My son was crushed when we let him go "into the ocean" (aka flushed down the toilet). I cannot imagine what would be like to have…

Thinking of you my friend! Stay cool and take care! L

Hey there, Nothing "deep" to say today, just checking in. I don't know what is missing but the late night eating is soo very hard for me to tackle. I know this is what keeps me back and I still do it. I even wrote my goal weight on a post-it right by my computer, I see if every minute while I am at work, and I still forget…

Hello gang! Tuesday is here! Went for a swim this morning and the coach played Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble in the background .... I swear I felt like a mermaid :)) My stroke was consistent, my breathing was steady, my flips were timed correctly ... Felt good to go with the oldies ... for some reason I just relaxed and…

Awesome job Claire!!! First step back is the hardest! Keep it up! Loredana

Great bucket list!! Just reading it made me want to add few more to mine ... I have the Chicago marathon and visiting Honk Kong. But I may add Australia to my list :)

Hello there, New week today and new opportunities to reach our goals .. At Julie's request I am going to drop in a fitness tip here and there, to keep us moving. I am not an expert and these tips help me keep on track too. So my first fitness tip is: STRETCH! No matter now small this seems, how insignificant, stretching…

Judy, First of all I cannot even understand why are bagels so high in calories .... and it is so hard to eat only half!!! So, congrats on that! And then the wine ... I personally love reds - the noirs, the cabs, ocassional merlots ..... this time of year, with a little cheese or some good beef stew .... yummy!!! Yeah,…