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That's great! Honestly, 1500 actually seems a little low, you could probably still be losing a ton of weight just by halving what you were eating. And good for you that you're rethinking the surgery. I had a friend that did the one where it makes your stomach smaller. While she has lost her weight and kept it off, she's…

I've been told I look like Juliette Lewis... when I was a younger adult. In middle school, some kid told me I looked like Elvis. Lol!

I also had problems with this, still do from time to time. When I first started doing ashtanga yoga, I was weaning myself off of paxil and it definitely helped me stay off medication for a while. I hadn't had an all out anxiety attack in years (just persistent anxiety and a sense of doom...) when I was doing yoga and…

I've had to go with a several pronged approach to dealing with anxiety and panic attacks. I've been working on it for the last year actively, and have had success. That doesn't mean the occasional curve ball doesn't throw me off track a bit. Exercise is part of it (started slow, now at a goal of doing my ashtanga yoga…

If someone wants to be overweight, so be it. We're all on our own journey. Many people live in denial about many things, and they have that right to as part of their journey. There's a 12 step saying... recovery is for those who WANT it, not for those who need it. As part of my personal journey, I am learning to respect…

10 minute solution: Kickbox Bootcamp

I think those bmi calculators vary according to what formula they use. I've also read articles that the bmi is sort of irrelevant, that the numbers were formulated by insurance companies years and years ago and are not based on scientific information, but on statistical data (ie, people who are this weight and height are…

reading this is making me hungry.

Kids usually have at least 1 tooth by the time they are 1. You can teach them not to bite if they are biters.

I'm still nursing my 28 month old. We are in the process of getting rid of the nighttime feeding, and weaning in general. He is much more reluctant than my daughter was, who self weaned around the same age. I would continue to nurse, but he has teeth problems, as did my daughter. Daughter's teeth got better after I weaned.…

Do you have any statistical data showing the connection between attachment parenting and divorce? I've been married for 10 years, no end in sight. You could probably describe the way we do it as attachment parenting. We've found other places to "honor" each other, and did so just last night. I'm pretty sure you would not…

They are posing for a picture. I'm sure she doesn't breastfeed him like that on a regular basis. I watched that babies movie about babies around the world and was surprised when I saw the mother from Africa feeding her child in an upright position. I had always fed my kids with them inclining, but I could see that doing it…

I read about this study awhile back, here's one second hand interpretation: http://www.cbass.com/Breakfast.htm (basically, they did a study and found that people who ate a 600 calorie breakfast lost more weight and kept it off). I haven't had the guts to go up to 600 calories for breakfast, though maybe I should since my…

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No. I agree with you're thinking. Approachability, positivity, loving and embracing life is often considered attractive by most. I've been thin and hated myself. I was completely unapproachable (except by those who were just as crazy as I was) in my prime "hot" years, so it isn't all about being attractive. I can tell a…

For those of you who have upped your calorie intake to 1800 or more, are you eating back your exercise calories?

I've recently upped my calories to mainenance (2160) and haven't gained, but thought maybe not eating back my exercise calories would help. Have you been eating back your exercize calories?

Elenathegreat: after looking at your profile pictures, I think you look like Margot Kidder.

Mrs. Mills: Laura Prepon

I feel so good and so much stronger every time I work out. And if I don't work out consistently enough, I start feeling it; in my mood and my body (hips and back start hurting).

I like sandwiches. Peanut butter and jelly on a variety of different breads (sometimes an open faced one on low fat whole grain waffles), or just meat and cheese and a piece of fruit. Sometimes I just do protein drink with something on the side. I bet you could make that the night before and shake it up in the morning....…

Our relationship with god is a personal one. I didn't want or believe in god until the last year or so. People change, but you can't change them. In my marriage, we both started out not believing, or being agnostic. My husband is still agnostic, but he respects my change and I respect him for where he is. Going to church…

I'm still breastfeeding my 2 year old, but I don't count it. We are at the end of our time nursing. Everyone is different, some people produce abundantly and far more than their baby's need, some are at the opposite end of the spectrum struggling to produce enough. While your baby is young, err on the side of eating a…

Awesome. Well said. I'm logging that noise definition. =)

It's like any addiction. When you are in denial, you won't hear what others say. More than likely it will just be taken as an attack. "Yeah, I'm eating a loaf of bread and all these Easter eggs right now, but it's a holiday and I don't usually do this...." could be the response. Everyone has their own personal bottom to…

I've been stuck at 22 to 23 pounds for a long time, so maybe my advice isn't the best. Take a break for a week or 2 and come back to it. You can do it!

I am scared to lose the weight. I've stalled out at around 22ish pounds for the last 6 months or so. I'm just under 200 pounds. I want to lose weight in theory. I want to be healthier. I want to look nice in clothes. But there are deep emotional issues that come with being smaller... I lived in an abusive environment when…