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If your periods are not "normal" you may want to ask your doctor to check you for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). I was diagnosed when I was 17 because I had gone over a year without a cycle. As for cravings, try to drink some hot green tea and wait to see if the craving goes away. If its still there after an hour or two…

Yep. I've got like 125-130 more pounds to go. =[

I have PCOS as well. I toyed with the vegan lifestyle for a while and had great results. My cysts shrank big time and pretty much all my symptoms slowed down. My doctor was amazed. I am now just counting calories and exercising and eating animal products again minus dairy. I've noticed that if I eat grass fed beef, hormone…

That stuff is AMAZING! I usually eat 1/2 TBSP on a rice cake. It makes for a really good snack.

First, what does IMHO mean? I am scared of losing muscle. I want to build muscle as I lose weight and its going to be hard to do when I'm not getting enough protein. Protein shakes, I've been trying to find one I like and one that is animal free. I found one I liked a few years back from GNC, it tasted just like chocolate…

Oatmeal, it keeps me full. Fresh fruit and veggies, they too keep me fuller longer. I eat whenever I'm hungry. On the weekends I eat a little more (Not going over calories).

My weight is coming off slow. I've been sticking to this since late Aug/early Sept with quite a few set set backs. I would think that a 36 pound loss is good, it averages out to 1 pound per week. I'm not looking to lose weight fast, I've done that in the past and all it got me was 80 pounds down with 100 pounds gained. I…

I started yesterday. I woke up this morning in so much pain! I expected my arms to hurt, not my butt! It hurts so good! :)

I take vitamins daily. As for protein, I know for a fact I'm not getting enough. I don't eat meat, I eat eggs and seafood once in a while. I have been looking for an animal free protein powder so I can get my protein that way. Thanks for the input.

I have a love/hate relationship with my boobs. I only hate them when I want to run... Its SOOOO painful! My husband doesn't understand, so the other night I took out the food scale and weighed each boob for him. I said "See... I have an extra 10 pounds on my chest, how do you not expect that to hurt when running?" Now he…

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Thank you everyone for your advice.

That is awesome! I can not wait until that day!

I make pumpkin pie without the crust. Instead of the pumpkin pie filling with all the sugar I buy the plain stuff and use splenda. Also, if you are into the pumpkin spice lattes, take a little pumpkin pie spice and add it into your coffee grounds before brewing and then just add a little skim milk and you've got yourself a…

MFP has me eating 1750 calories per day! After adding in my exercise calories I'm allowed over 2000. I usually never eat back my exercise calories and most days I am usually under my set calorie goal by a lot. There have been many days where I don't even reach 1000 calories. Some may disagree with this, but I'm not going…

While doing the 30DS I was able to finish strong and not feel like I was going to die. Oh and the jeans I bought last month are too big. :)

Yep! My weakness is crumbs bakery cupcakes. Once a month my husband and I have a date night and we top it off with a crumbs cupcake. I don't feel guilty at all because we're sharing it and I'm usually under my calories everyday of the week,

I don't agree with blaming the whole genes thing either. Thanks for the advice. :)

You are right about that! I lost a bunch of weight a number of years ago by no carbs and I gained it all back and then some.

I have been watching calories and carbs. I haven't weighed myself in weeks. I'm fearful that the scale will say that I have gained.

You look freaking AWESOME!!!! You are a total inspiration. :)

Sounds really good. What I do when I make mine is I add pumpkin pie spice in my coffee grounds and let it brew that way. After its done I just add nonfat milk and a little splenda and BAM!!! I have a pumpkin spice "latte" with next to no calories since I don't like a lot of milk.

That makes 2 of us! I tried the whole setting my alarm clock across the room... Didn't help. My husband and tried actually pulling me out of bed... I crawl right back in. I am the worst morning person to ever take a breath. Next week my plan is to go to bed when my hubby goes and wake up and go to the gym when he leaves…

YAY!!! :) Keep it up!

I'm not gonna lie... A tan looks nice. I tried the whole tanning bed thing, but after using a stand up bed and my armpits got burned I said "Screw it!!!" Even with a little color I realized that I looked better being fair skinned. I went to Hawaii last year for vacation and when I got back to work everyone was like "Are…

AWESOME!!!

You look really good! Keep it up!

Great tips, thanks for sharing. I never thought about packs of tuna.

Good luck on your trip! I will be driving to Los Angeles from East Texas (So not totally across country like you) :)

Thanks for the ideas everyone! :)