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There should be a law so that they will stop doing that. Maybe you should go to whitehouse.gov to start a petition. Also, throw a tantrum, sue and ask for your money back.

That can vary from individual to individual as you are experiencing. Just start adding until you find the right place. Obviously you will have to first gain your weight back. When I first went into maintenance I lost three more lbs that I intended and then life happened and I gained about 6 then I lost back to my ideal and…

Sept 5: 12,547 steps Can't wait to get back home and resume my regular scheduled life. You guys are doing so great, wish you were here to go walk with y'all :happy:

Occam's razor happens to be one of my favorite principles. I try to apply it to as many situations as possible.

Huh? What does that have to do with anything? If I don't like Obama's policies (and I don't) does that make me automatically a racist? I also did not like W. Does that make me racist against whites? Can one not disagree with someone, or a mindset or what have you without it being racist? P.S: I'm a South American Jew so if…

Yeah, we definitely need some government intervention for this one. There's not enough laws yet. I belong to POOP (people offended by offended people. Could we maybe make being offended illegal?

I call troll. I perform gassing all the time. It's called "being a vegetarian". However, most people don't enjoy being around me because of this gassing. Not sure this is what you should do.

I find myself always patting my belly. Or lack of it thereof. Then I feel like a weirdo. But I do find it fascinating to be that flat. I totally get it and I think that if it helps you continue on the right path, why the heck not? It's not like your giving lit cigars to babies.

That looked interesting but when I searched it gave me a "no results returned". I guess I'm unusual :laugh:

Sept 4: 18,734 Much more than I expected thanks to having gone to the Biltmore Estate.

I was worried about losing too much and at first I did and then some time passed and I actually gained a couple of lbs. Then I lost them, then I gained them, then I lost them... You get the picture. I think with time you will get used to the new you. Right now (or at least before I left on my second vacation in a very…

Sept 3: 11,688 steps. This vacation thing is harder than I thought. Tomorrow we will spend 5 hours in a car so I will be happy if I even get to 10K. I'm happy I'm visiting my friends but will be happier when I get home and can get my burn.

Read "The End of Overeating"

I think most of us have a distorted idea of how we look. When I look at myself directly (that is, I lower my head and look at my body) I think I look kind of big. In the mirror I see myself as maybe average and then I see myself in pictures with other people and I look tiny (which everyone says I am) and anybody else I…

My first BF was 15 years older than me. I was heartbroken when it was over and when I saw him many years later I was so happy that my husband is just a few months older than myself. I know that no matter how young I try to act I don't have the energy level or even the blind courage I used to have when I was, say, 20.

Sept 2 steps:19,526. Not quite as much as yesterday but in fairness I spent hours in an airplane. The next few days will probably be even less as we are visiting friends who are not very active.

I've noticed that if I weigh in daily I do much better than if I don't. Keeps me honest.

Way to go :smile:

September 1st: 31,001 steps as of 11:26 PM. The next few steps will just take me to bed.

Usually, when people ask if they should see a doctor they should. Be safe and make an appointment.

Haha, yes that was me. I do the owner thing, sit at the bar and chat people up. But I don't work the bar. Or anything there, for that matter other than hang out and eat a lot. I own a bunch of businesses in town so it does not leave a lot of time or desire for bartending.

Nope, have never tended bar. I own a restaurant that has a bar, a vegetarian cafe and a diner. All in NH within five miles of each other. So I do have experience watching people eat and even more experience eating :laugh:

After reading several posts today about negative calories, raw foods, magic calorie numbers, etc I have reached a conclusion: I will begin a roasted unicorn and raw ambrosia diet. I believe if I just eat these two items, making sure I keep them to just 1200 calories all together, don't eat them after 5:37 PM and maybe fast…

Hmmm... I own a vegetarian cafe. I have customers who are vegan. Others who eat raw. Others who have been doing the Engine 5 (or whatever it is called) diet for quite a while and one thing they have in common is that they are overweight. They feel they can eat all the live long day with impunity. I think I'll continue…

You can't reproduce it if you know what you are consuming before hand ;-) The mind is a powerful thing. While I know that there are allergies and such (I should know because I'm deadly allergic to walnuts, of all things) I think we can also make ourselves fret ourselves sick. We are an amazing feat of nature.

I'm in. Going out of town yet again and it's nice to be held accountable. Hardest days are when I'm in an airplane but this will be extra motivation.

Yeah, they are equally annoying. I always tell my son not to tell people when he's on a diet because that's when people start pushing food. "Oh, just this once won't kill you" and stuff like that. My recommendation is to just say "If I eat any more I'll puke". That usually stops them.

It is for me when I'm trying to sell it to others :laugh:

It's easy for me to say no as well. I just find it annoying to have to say it again and again and to have people actually preparing drinks for me when I don't want them nor am I going to drink them. While I was on vacation I ordered a drink one day and after I left the restaurant I realized that I forgot to drink it so,…

I own a restaurant/bar. Go there often, sit at the bar and, this is a small town so everyone knows each other and people want to drink with me. So this is what I've done: I've created several "drinks". I have given then cocktail names but they are non-alcoholic. I order those and no one is the wiser. So I'm drinking stuff…