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Oh man! I thought I was the only one! I chew 2 pieces at a time and throw it out and replace it every hour while I am at work. I NEVER chew gum any other time... just at work right after I drink my coffee... and then through out the afternoon. Somehow it makes me drink more water...? I didn't realize that it had calories…

Hmm. I'm thinking that the last doctor didn't really test me that much. I remember him being apprehensive about testing me at all--he was filling in for my regular doctor. My regular doctor sent off for all kinds of tests...so hopefully I'll have a better idea of whats going on. The only thing I see from my last test is my…

@KnitOrMiss‌ So I went to the doctor on Friday, and he had me do bloodwork on Monday. While I was there, I signed up for this website where I could see my Thyroid blood tests for last year.... How do I know what the numbers should look like for me? I went to the website, but I didn't see where it told you what your number…

Nutrisystem is basically prepackaged food, right? Its very possible that even though they are hitting the right calorie amounts, you aren't getting the most bang for your calories. You would do better by cooking your own meals-- or at least the majority of them. EDIT: Also the sodium in the prepackaged food may be giving…

Thanks! Yea, I say I'm bitter... but at the same time I'm hopeful and glad to know that I'm not crazy. Putting in a lot of work and hardly seeing the scale go down is discouraging... but knowing now that I'm insulin resistant, I now know what to do to move forward.

I'm friggin' about to have to. I have debated people over sugar for months now-- how its not that big of a deal and that weight loss is calories in vs calories out. And I couldn't wait to live that out so that some of the people in my life could see that you can live a moderate life and still lose weight-- especially my…

I'm brand new to this.. so its good to know what to expect. As I've been reading up on PCOS, I kinda feel like my whole life would suddenly make sense if I had it. My friends have often said that I work harder just to MAINTAIN my weight than they do to LOSE weight. I go to the doctor to find out tomorrow. The weird thing…

Wow! Thanks for the info. I think that getting testing will help me to find weight loss answers-- even if its just hypoglycemia or type 2 diabetes... it makes a difference in how I eat.

Thanks! I had them run tests on my thyroid last year because I was having a lot of difficulty losing weight but everything came back normal for thyroid. I never thought I had PCOS because I've always had regular periods... but lately they have been weird and I didn't have one at all this month. Do the symptoms just come on…

Fast food... I love the fact that it's fast and yummy!

Here's how I see it: Maybe I won't count calories forever... but if I count calories for a good while, I can get a better idea of how calorie dense foods are and train myself to naturally know what to eat. Right now, if I am off the grid for a while-- which I often am.. then I can easily add up calories in my head or at…

Thanks for all the responses... I will try all of these until I find a solution! I normally chunk them when this happens too.. but I'm such a bum that it takes me forever to finally go to the store to get a new one.... then when I finally get one, I have it for a few months and then I leave it someplace and the cycle…

Thank you!!!

Quest Bars and protein supplements

you know... as poo.. cause that's totally legit.

I gotta agree on this... a lot of times people make WAY more than what they actually need and it's for things like giving family members money after someone dies or surgeries for animals.

Man, I don't have any advice... but my heart totally goes out to a kid who's 234lbs! I remember being 180lbs as a 12 year old and then 200lbs as a 16 year old. Definitely do what you can, now! I'm sure that I would have been really mad at my mom for trying to make me eat healthy.... but when I grew up as an adult it would…

Yea, I've watched the show.. she really is trying.. but she also has PCOS.

ohh.. I just had a good one: Sorry TMI When your in the bathroom at work waiting for the privacy to drop a deuce and someone is friggin taking forever to get out. I'm making gestures at them through to stall. "Gooooo!! Just go!!!"

Also, This.. It's really fascinating to see how people who are bedridden get tons of food.

I watch this show all the time. Its really easy to see how people are in denial about how much they eat. At some point in every episode someone always is like.. um... I don't know why I didn't lose weight and the doc is always super honest. "You're lying about how much you are eating." I'm not a huge fan of weight loss…

There is a lady at work who paperclips everything she gives to me. It drives me insane. It's things that everyone else gives to my loosely.. and the paper clip will be removed. But always... with the paperclips.

- There's a certain road that I drive on for 7 miles where I will hit EVERY. SINGLE. REDLIGHT. Every. single. day. *eye-twitch* I know that if I hit it right, I will get all green lights... but this happens only like once a month. - Passive aggressiveness-- seriously I'd rather you just be an upfront jerk. - People who…

I don't know that I've ever woken up in my adult life without the thought that I need to lose weight. It will be great when I get to maintenance and the thought is to maintain instead of losing.

You gotta just role with it. My mom is the same way, unless its a weird fad diet that only lasts 2 weeks and involves grapefruit, she's not gonna try it. She want's to lose weight but she want's it to be easy. I just let her be. Unless she asks me or mentions it... then I'll give my opinion... but she's gonna have to be…

The scale is the first place I see results. After I lose about 15-20lbs my clothes are falling off... but I still have a lot to lose. No one noticed until I dropped 50lbs... then every 10lbs after that people comment and notice.

you can eat crackers in my bed anytime

What if people miss you and are still in your life? I've lived abroad... and moving to another place abroad. I'm always missing someone... and someone is always missing me...

#3 is meh for me. If I have any leftover calories/macros at the end of the day, you better believe I'm finding the best-tasting, junkiest thing that will fit into my calories. I'll do this everyday-- given that I feel energetic and full with the rest of what I'm eating.