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Thanks! :)

Nah, the tobacco companies don't care if you die. The funeral directors just wait it out. They don't really profit by expediting what's going to happen eventually - the potential legal trouble wouldn't be worth it.

Tell that to the tobacco companies.

I'll echo what previous posters have said and remind you to be very careful about making sure that you're getting all of your nutrients - that includes the ones that don't make the nutrition label (amino acids, etc.). You can be a healthy vegetarian, but it's more work. I am not a vegetarian, but I did give up dairy a few…

You're 5'6" with a goal weight of 105 and you're in "ED Recovery?" God knows I understand body dismorphia, so I'm really not trying to come down on you here (I have been there and wrestled with ED myself), but please make sure you're being realistic and not idealistic - especially since ED will skew your ideals in an…

Haha "straddling."

"Starvation mode" is real for anorexics and people who live in extreme poverty or famine-plagued countries. It's hyperbolic for overweight Americans.

I've been on pretty much every pill under the sun from 16 to 26, and didn't have much luck with the side effects - especially with the low dosage pills. I got a Mirena about 2 years ago and loved it until about 9 months ago when my acne started flaring up and got progressively worse from there. I got back on a mini-pill in…

Exercise isn't my thing either - I don't physically get an endorphin high, no matter how hard I work, so it can be difficult to motivate myself. One thing that has really worked for me is setting up an appointment for it, preferably with someone else that you don't mind getting sweaty in front of. Having someone else there…

As a previous poster said, sometimes you can still have problems afterwards if they fail to remove all of the stones. I had an emergency ERCP for a stone that was lodged in the common bile duct two years ago and was making me jaundiced (fun times!), and then they went ahead and removed the gallbladder since it was clearly…

I've had all kinds of hormonal woes, including chocolate cravings, but nothing that comes close to this. If you really lose ALL self control for at least 3 days a month, I would talk to your doctor (who is probably going to give you a psychologist referral). It is not normal to not physically be able to keep from throwing…

This. Especially if you're drinking a good quality coffee/tea, you'll find you need the sweetener a lot less. You'd be surprised where you can cut out some sweetness in other areas, too, once you get used to everything not being sweet. I typically use only 50% of the sugar called for in a recipe when I bake now, because…

I keep oats, cinnamon, honey, and dried fruit at work so I can make oatmeal in the microwave. You can also microwave sweet potatoes like you would a baked potato, and those are tasty.

I agree. There's no reason to wait unless you have problems with heartburn or acid reflux, in which case you wouldn't want to eat right before laying down.

I do mine on top of the stove so I can get a good sear - usually just salt, pepper, and olive oil. If it's a good piece of fish that's all it needs, and I'll usually leave it a little rare in the middle. If I'm trying to dress things up I'll drizzle some really good aged balsamic on it sometimes.

She has a corset on in that video/picture. If you do a Google image search of her you can find several other pictures where she doesn't look quite that ... (I need a better word than freakish and am not coming up with it). No doubt she is beyond tiny, but the look she has in that video is artificially achieved.

This is true.

Sometimes I use "fine" or "whatever" to buy myself some time so that I can figure out how to word what I want to say in a way that won't be taken offensively. The "never go to bed angry" advice is terrible. Sometimes it's better to go to bed angry, take some time to gain perspective, and not say things that you would…

You would think the OP was talking about how much she hates puppies the way this conversation has gone.

That average salary means that half the people in the profession make less than $49,000. In New Mexico where I live, a teacher's minimum salary is $28,000. If you start in the mid-$30k's here then you're making more than a lot of teachers. Also, cost of living is a huge consideration. A teacher making $49k in San Francisco…

Disclaimer: The following statement will piss some people off and I don't care. It was not meant to instigate an argument, rather, it is a personal opinion. I really, really hate it when people say, "The trick is to find something that you love!" Sometimes this works. Sometimes it doesn't. I have tried pretty much every…

I love all of those things, too, but that doesn't mean that I enjoy the act of exercising that gets me there. I love the benefits of exercise, I just hate doing it.

I'm right there with you. I hate exercising. Like you, I feel better overall when I do it, but I can count on one hand the number of times I've actually managed to get an endorphin high. I usually feel like crap during and right after I do it. I just tell myself that I'm doing it so I won't have to eat celery (my nemesis).…

Stop drinking whatever Kool Aid your local chapter of the Sedona Crystal Sisters is giving you. Good lord.

He didn't leave you because of your weight. He left you because he's an a**. You haven't lost 20 pounds, you've lost 20 pounds plus however much he weighs. Congrats - you've lost about 200 pounds! That has to feel like a relief :)

I'm not a doctor, but I do have close friends with PCOS, and I know that women with PCOS have a tendency to gain weight (esp around the middle) because you've got more androgens in your system.

http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/timeline-rollout-federal-health-care-law http://www.twincities.com/ci_18594325 I've found it in several places.

My Dr was more than happy to insert a Mirena for me, and I have no children. Actually, she was really pretty excited that I was asking about it. The problem that I ran into was insurance billing - my first Dr refused to carry the actual device in office (but was stilling willing to insert it) because of reimbursement…

Is he taller than you? Tell him to keep the stuff out of your reach. I'm lucky in that my boyfriend likes different crap food than me except for the times he buys Baked Lays, which aren't terrible if you can eat one serving. I can't. He still buys them, but only occasionally, and I do my best to ignore them when they're…

I have been losing weight at a steady pace with my Mirena. I had a horrible time with the low dosage pills, though - they pretty much erased my libido and I bled nonstop for about 3 months before Planned Parenthood would consider changing my Rx. The Mirena insertion was really not fun, but so worth it since I'm getting 5…