brewinggirl_butskinnier Member

Congratulations and I wish you the best as you continue your journey!! Thank you for sharing your story.

Yeah my mom made us eat nothing but health food. Hippie city. I never had white bread until a friend and I were old enough to sneak up to a convenience store and buy a loaf of Wonder bread, which the 2 of us ate as mustard sandwiches (the whole loaf). Hiding in my playhouse. Then college happened. And I discovered Twinkies…

They eat what I'm making and if they want something extra, they make it themselves. Sometimes it's lighter and sometimes not so much and I just eat a smaller portion. I guess I'm lucky that my boyfriend would rather have a fit girlfriend than a gourmet meal every night. Haven't gotten any complaints. I guess if you have to…

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Mine started syncing automatically today. Crossing fingers!!

Happy day 1. I've learned if you're not too extreme and you try to be patient (take baby steps) it works well when you stick with it. :)

Sleep. I feel like I could sleep for a week :)

LOL. How can you even begin to count the double-standards in life? Having worked in a heavily male-dominated (and frankly, grubby) industry for my entire career, I've decided that I truly enjoy being "feminine". After working all day in a hard hat and steel-toed shoes, I'm ready to be a girl again. Granted, what makes one…

I'm not a good sleeper unfortunately. When I have a bad night (less than 5 hours) I crave comfort food a bit more. When I have a really bad night (no sleep at all or less than 3 hours) I find it difficult to exercise because I'm terribly tired by the time I get off of work. I do take melatonin which helps some nights, at…

I have a coworker who kind of does this...we've talked about it and she knows that it's more about the calories (or she does WW points, which works for her when she tracks it). I just say (gently) "You can't out-train a bad diet" and she laughs. HOWEVER...I consider her a personal friend, we've talked about our struggles…

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I'm not paleo but the nom nom paleo website has some great recipes (particularly for sous vide cooked meat).

Although looking at the Up3...it's water resistant to 10m. That could be cool.

I'm thinking about buying a backup to the link just in case it does crap out. You can still get them on amazon and ebay. I doubt they'll stop supporting them with the interface because they'd lose a lot of monthly fees.

Yes same exact issues. I've been just unlinking and relinking before going to bed. Pain in the rear. Thanks for posting the link.

Oh yeah. Three by three animal style, medium rare. Skip the fries lol.

I think most people are pretty well aware that if you eat less you will lose weight. That's relatively obvious. So if you tell them "I ate less" the response is pretty much going to be well duh. Or just not wanting to hear it, because yeah it's not so helpful. I think people want to know HOW you ate less. Because hey 6…

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You are incredible! What an awesome transformation!! You're an inspiration.

I blame pinterest. Nothing but food porn there. :wink:

I should add to my story that in fact I did exercise very regularly during the times I lost weight and I feel that was a huge help. There are so many studies that link insulin resistance to lack of exercise, I really do think it's critical.

I guess I would call myself a success story. I lol'd at your pic because after I went off the pill in my first attempt to conceive, I had no cycles. None...for 18 months. So obviously I couldn't get pregnant. Given that I was 33 at the time I was lucky enough that they just referred me to a very good reproductive…

In March, I tried this skirt on in the Betty Page store in San Diego. It didn't even close to fit, and I cried in the dressing room. I bought it anyway because it was on clearance. Today, it fits. Easily.

That question. My maths are confused.

I am seriously shocked that people ask you how much you weigh. I have NEVER had anyone ask me that (except maybe at the DMV, where I know they're expecting a lie anyway). I cannot even imagine what my response would be other than none of your d... business. I haven't even had anybody ask how much I've lost. I tell them if…

Awesome accomplishment!!!! I was also pretty darn excited when I went from "obese" to "overweight" as well. Now, 9 lbs from "healthy", I can't wait to hit that next goal. ps Go Buckeyes. :)

Amazing!! Great pictures!

Honestly when I started losing weight I just told everyone I wasn't eating it because I was tired of being fat. So now I rarely eat the treats that are brought in because I'd be embarrassed because they know what I'm trying to do and I'd feel like a public failure. Admittedly though, it's pretty rare that I'm really…

It's too late now but when I have a big dinner planned I eat a green smoothie for breakfast and lunch (2 scoops of eas protein powder, whole bunch of spinach and some berries) and have a really good workout. Then when I'm at dinner, try to hit up the tasty veggies first, and drink a WHOLE lot of water during my meal.…

Gum doesn't bother me (I can handle erythritol and sorbitol in small amounts) BUT the other sugar alcohols (particularly malitol) give me horrid, painful (like I can't stand up) and later...stinky...gas. It took me a long time to figure out but this stuff is in a LOT of protein bars and sugar-free candy (that's why I love…