Hollycat

These people are stuck and apparently, so are you a little bit. In some wrong-thinking. You've got it partly right, but you haven't asked enough questions. In particular, the question "WHY? are they stuffing their faces and not exercising?" You have to understand the reason in order to make it stop. The assumption that…

She's gone through fat girl hell and she's convinced herself she needs to stay there. She's at where she's at. Been there. Not post-surgery, as I never considered it, due to my aversion to the medical profession in general, but everything else? Yup. I don't blame her one bit for being bitter. I have a fair amount of…

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Sorry. My dad was 6'2" and 135 pounds soaking wet for years. 135 at 5'8" sounds ok to me. Hollycat:flowerforyou:

As long as you are on a nutrient-rich diet, losing more than 2 pounds a week should not be a problem for your health. It's when you're eating a somewhat toxic diet [that includes sugar, white flour, and the other 'baddies'] that you begin to have a problem, which will undoubtedly result in CRAVINGS to alert you to the fact…

OMG! Somebody else that actually knows why we accumulate fat cells! To house the toxins! I'm so happy, I'm dancing! Well...not really. But I'm thrilled. Moral of the story: Don't eat toxic 'food'. Hollycat:flowerforyou:

Uhh....no.

TREATS: You've been given advice to have the odd treat now and then and with that advice, I wholeheartedly agree. Life without chocolate sucks. However, I would limit those treats to as healthy a treat as possible. Yes, you can have your cake and eat it too. Here is a recipe for raw chocolate treats that will NOT cause the…

My understanding is that if you're youngish [under 40], after losing a significant amount of weight, your skin will shrink up over the course of a couple years :noway: with maybe the odd wrinkle or roll :grumble: . The most you might need is a tummy tuck... or not. If you're over 40, you might be looking at a little more…

Hug your $ close to your chest on this one and if all else fails...RUN!

Yup. Me too. I just try to make the best bad choices I can. Instead of scarfing down the chocolate desserts, I make myself raw chocolate treats ahead of time [like on a Thursday] and put them in the freezer. When DH brings out the almond bark on Friday night, I just have some of my raw treats. At the movies, I have cheesy…

I'm a thyroid girl too. I gained 30 pounds last year. This summer, in my depression and compounding TSH rise, I had skipped taking a number of my dessicated thyroid pills over several months [I highly recommend dessicated thyroid over synthetic substitutes] and the cumulative effect had my TSH sky-rocketing to 8.1. Oops.…

Ignore the rules and make up your own that work for you. Try to eat the majority of your calories at your evening meal. Simple. Try to stop eating a few hours before sleeping, though. This will allow your body a 12-hour 'fast' and allow the body to go through its normal hormonal processes, which are kind of important. Like…

It all depends on how it is used. If it is misused...ouch. I fractured my left foot using an elliptical trainer 3 years ago. It never fully healed. Both things are because I am 100 pounds overweight. I was grooving away on the thing and really got going and went up on my tippy toes and craaaack! Owie. Being somewhat…

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Don't feel bad. They taste...umm....artificial. Because they ARE NOT FOOD! Hollycat:flowerforyou:

Absolutely. From a weight-loss perspective. Anyone will eventually lose weight eating less than 1500 calories of just about any kind of crap they desire. From a health perspective? I think not. Those things are poison. Delicious, but poison. Hollycat:flowerforyou:

Nope. Aphids on my kale too... It's all protein! Hollycat:flowerforyou:

Sugar is a poison. It is not a food, but a processed chemical from a plant source that has been leached, bleached and completely altered. And we are all addicted to it, having been raised on it. We've been led to believe it is a 'food'. The food industry would like us to continue believing this and being addicted to it,…

That's what people did before electricity! Insomnia [which is being overtired] wasn't really a common occurrence, like it is in our society nowadays. I've tried to do this in summer. Even then, it's really hard to do. In winter, it's a lot easier. Not that I do it consistently...I DO have a life. Hollycat:flowerforyou:

None of us get enough sleep. If there were no artificial light, we would go to bed with the moon and get up with the sun. The lure of electric lights keeps us up well past sundown and our daily commute on the hamster wheel of life has us up with the sun anyway. If you really want to get enough sleep, try sleeping as nature…

Almond milk, almond water, almond juice. Whatever you want to call it, I'm with you! Milk is for making little cows turn into big cows...I'm big enough, thanks. Hollycat:flowerforyou:

These have 4 ingredients: 12 pitted dates 2 heaping T raw cacao 1/2 cup unsw. almond butter 1/2 cup unsw. coconut + more for rolling cookie balls in Optional: 1 T agave syrup or maple syrup Put dates, raw cacao, almond butter and 1/21 cup coconut in blender. Blend. Roll a teaspoonfuil into a ball, roll in more coconut.…

See! There are guys out there that are supportive! :flowerforyou: Hollycat

You are young. Consider how you want to live your life. According to the dictates of others, or how you feel about yourself? You also might want to consider whether or not you want someone in your life that feels they have the right to comment on the size of your body and treat you accordingly. There are people out there…

Slim = Healthy FALSE! Slim people can be just as sick as obese people. Particularly if they're eating the standard north american pyramid diet. In addition to lots of wisely done strengthening, cardio and stretching, you may want to consider a plant-based, nutrient-rich diet. If you choose to eat this way, you'll be…

Yup. Absolutely. If you are following the standard north american diet while trying to lose weight, you will experience hunger pangs and cravings. If, on the other hand, you choose to follow a plant-based, nutrient-rich diet that includes green smoothies, vegetables juices, nuts, seeds, vegetable and fruit salads, raw…

LOL! I'll keep you posted! Hollycat:flowerforyou:

Alright. I will expand and explain. I might have said under-nourished, rather than malnourished. That's probably easier to accept. Actually, fat cells are an outward indicator of malnourishment [under-nourishment, if you like] and toxicity. There are two factors at play here: Toxins ingested in food and the…

I add 2 parts water to chia seeds and store them in the fridge. I add them to smoothies and shakes. Great for you! Hollycat:flowerforyou: