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Holy cow! I can't believe how your belly shrunk!

You look amazing! Your reflection takes up so little of the mirror now!

Yes, your double chin IS gone! You look wonderful!

Very proud to be your friend! You continue to encourage and inspire me! Sounds hackneyed, but true!

Heidi, it is interesting when we can observe positive AND negative health effects from foods. I have something like this with dairy products: they make my teeth feel great (yay for calcium), but make me pale, constipated, and acidic-feeling. So I avoid dairy (generally) and get my calcium from greens and fortified almond…

The other thing is, you may not be eating enough during the day period. I have no way of knowing, though, since I can't see your food diary.

Yes, I am awake a lot at night too. Recently I googled "why am I hungry all the time?" And a great article talked about sleep deprivation giving you a false sense of hunger. When I get to bed by midnight, it helps. Also, when I eat sugar in any quantity, there is that sugar high with a corresponding low, and the low blood…

But when standing up for any length of time is a challenge, and you've never really cooked before, the microwave meals are a lot easier. Later on down the road, I think Joshua is going to start to try these things. He's already eating broccoli. That's a big deal!

Hey Joshua, when you say that you don't think you've been eating enough, is that based on your rapid loss, or a sense of hunger or feeling of sickness? You know, I think it would be a good idea to see your doctor. He can probably answer your questions better than we can. At the same time, it certainly wouldn't hurt to add…

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I'm glad you started strength training. Just keep listening to your body, and rest 1-2 days per week.

I am so glad you all responded! I look forward to getting to know all of you! It helps to know many of us are having similar experiences. Sometimes we lose perspective and feel so isolated, as if no one else has the same type of challenges we do. That's just not true, as I think we can see from reading this thread!

I had a friend (recently passed away) who went for years on excruciatingly little sleep because her autistic son also roamed the house at night. Sometimes he'd jump out the window and they 'd have to chase him through the neighborhood in the middle of the night. I feel for you!

Love it when they won't sleep though the night! Ha ha. I have a toddler who wakes, and an older child who wakes with pain issues. Short workouts can be helpful!

By over exercising, I mean, for example, a 3 1/2 hour walk. On 800 calories.

I use RawFusion protein powder. It's made from brown rice protein isolate, pea protein, and artichoke protein (who knew?). Also has BCAAs. Price is very comparable to whey and soy protein powders-- I order from bodybuilding.com. Less expensive than Amazon, and my local health food stores don't carry it. It comes in…

Yeah, unless I'm parked right next to a cart corral, I don't bother either when the children are in the car. If I'm shopping alone, though, I'll usually return it.

Your belly looks great! Great job!

Great job!!!

Me too!