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So impressive. Great teamwork.

Here's my experience. I tried this alternate fasting day schedule for about 3 weeks: - eat regularly 5 days out of 7. - eat a maximum of 600 calories on the 2 "fasting" days - let a minimum of 16 hours pass between the last regular meal and the first fasting meal - no consecutive fasting days. The good thing is that I…

Oh. I thought this thread was going to ask for tips on how to be really hateful and mean to yourself. How to come up with high five worthy self put downs. I have a lifetime of experience to share.

Whew what a week. Congrats on holding things together as well as you did. Sorry you didn't succeed as well as you hoped with the Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. Maybe you can move the goal to October? Even though my exercise limit was lifted, I haven't applied the focus to change my life habits. So I haven't been…

If's not just you. I also noticed some entries from the app never showing up on the website. Sometimes, I notice that the app hasn't synced in a while, for whatever reason. Sometimes, I don't know what happened. An entry disappears on the app and never appeared on the website.

Happy weekend Ladies. The meeting with the doctor was a mixed bag. Yay, I have all limits on exercising removed. Turns out that they give the movement restriction to everyone who starts taking Coumadin. In case a brain aneurysm or pulmonary embolism is caused by a medicine loosened blood clot. I've been taking the medicine…

Good to read everyone's updates. Impressive group of women getting stuff done and working on themselves. I've been avoiding this thread because I feel like I'm not reaching my goals and I'm going backwards. I'm disappointed that I had to give up intermittent fasting. My blood sugars dropped so low, I was literally shaking,…

You're welcome. I went to bed last night and had a 180 calorie coconut juice bar today. I leave the Sublime ice cream sandwiches for the days when I'll gnaw my arm off if I don't get my treat.

One of those Trader Joe's Sublime Ice Cream Sandwiches. http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article.asp?article_id=1720 Soft chocolate chip cookies and creamy vanilla ice cream rimmed in miniature chocolate chips All I have to do is stand up, turn right, 15 steps, turn left, 3 steps, open door with left hand, bend…

Nice work being on track to hit your September goals suejoker and CumberlandGra. I'm starting to think a lot of the popular exercise DVDs aren't really to be done everyday. I almost killed myself trying to stick to the Focus T25 daily program. If people are supposed to do rest days between weight lifting or resistance…

I know what you mean. Even though I haven't lost a lot of weight, I still marvel over the changes. I'm fascinated how my skin isn't as filled in/full as it used to be. My old shoes are noticeably looser too. I've already gotten rid of 1 pair and I've bought a pair that may have been too tight 6 months ago. Definitely…

Ha! Good one. Since I have to manually enter my steps anyway, I just add the number of "missing" steps when I type in the number. I use the Moves App on iPhone 4. It often has gaps in time when tracking and other times it undercounts so I have to guesstimate how many steps I should add. It's a little better than nothing.…

Admirable goals everyone. I know you'll work hard to reach them. So happy this is the last month, I hope, of being banned from below the waist exercising. Of course I've snuck in some bike rides here and there but I've mostly stuck to it. (My reward was swollen and painful leg.) I've even kept my walks below the 5 mile…

I'd love to take a cruise and vacation to an exotic (for me) place like the Caribbean or off the west coast of Africa or Europe but my dread of traveling holds me back. Every time I think of having to interact with people, I forget the whole idea. I haven't decided whether to label myself an extreme introvert or a garden…

Tell me about it. The main thing that's kept my inner clothes horse in check is the fact I can't fit into 98% of the stuff I like.

Sounds delicious, seems super easy. I'll probably leave out the brown sugar if I make it.

Me likey 1 & 3. #3 is definitely doable. The other two are stretch goals that can be reached if you stay focused. Good Luck. My September goal will be to stick to the 5:2 ADF IF method for the whole month. To break it down that's limiting myself to a maximum of 600 calories two out of seven days of the week.…

I started using a CPAP after a 2011 sleep study showed I stop breathing an average of 90 times per hour. If I remember to put it on AND it's still on in the morning, I feel refreshed and not drowsy during the next day. At least 8 times out of 10 when I go to sleep with the mask on, it's off in the morning. So all those…

Congratulations on your progress. I love how the growth of the baby shows the passage of time.

Guilty! Actually, I was on a school trip related bus when they took us down Castro to see The Gays. So disappointed. Who knew they looked like regular people you see all the time? That Castro Street looks pretty much like every other street in San Francisco, except for a few more rainbow flags. I guess we were expecting…

I feel you.

Thanks for sharing your story. I have a lot of similarities to you regarding constantly gaining weight without the matching high calorie intake and despite consistent exercise. Since my teen years, I've had slender or regular size friends comment on how much less I eat than them and how much more physical activities I do…

I agree that people are quick to judge fat people without knowing a single thing about their situation. Usually they've made up their mind without spending one second to actually find out if it's true. The worst part of the judgement is the negativity. They've already decided the person is "bad" or "less than" in someway.…

Think of how many famous entertainers and celebrities from the 1900s & 2000s are overweight men. Now think of how many are overweight women. Which are more positive and fun? The fact that less than half of the popular culture fat people are women shows our society's bias against big women. Right now, actor Melissa McCarthy…

Constant pain but there's still so much to learn.

I hate when people purposely start troll threads. Really, don't have anything else productive to do? Yep. If they think people disagreeing with them = bullying, they seriously need a new dictionary. I wish, Nothing in life is simple.

Congrats

Is that how it looks when it dries? <belching sounds> I wonder what it smells like.

Great going!

Beautiful little girl and your personal angel. :flowerforyou: Thanks for showing us your friend.