MiaOrange Member

Hello. I thought this thread was deleted, but I just found it again. Thank you all for your replies! FYI I did this survey for a business project for naturopathic medical school and graduated in 2014 from NCNM. I am now a licensed naturopathic physician in Oregon, USA, a doula, and finishing training for naturopathic…

I'm in Oregon, Pdx near downtown!

I would want to keep my integrity. Would be so tempting with all the competition...but honesty is a good quality that we may need to be patient for the reap the benefits and to keep our values honest.... so that anywhere else we can be trusted and sleep with a healthy conscience.

I ate my health food and gained weight. This keeps happening at holidays, I wonder if I'd do better if I ate holiday food. Hopefully, it is salt water weight.

Looking for dog to adopt in OR or close by, Washington etc.

Feel free to add me. I've been having stress raising one of my kids, am in med school and gained these past couple months. A lot of people dropped me as friends, so time to share encouragement with others.

You can add me as friend.

Currently, 7:11 AM in Oregon, USA. Sunday Mother's Day!

A good thing is; is that you asked and found out sooner or later. It sounds like a good thing that you were able to hang out with this guy for a bit, maybe he'll move back closer or you will be more confident when you meet the next nice guy.

I'm also a college student, I started at 197 lb before mfp, but now am a little under 150 lb... I'd been at 144 a few mos ago, but don't know what happened :(

I don't know how to post pics, I was size 18 maybe more, I had some 2X and 3X. I can wear an 8 in some things. 1 dress is a size 6. Lately, I haven't lost any weight, but went down a couple pants sizes. I can wear kids' sized tops and my 13 yr old gets hand me down clothes, some she doesn't want, I can wear. I never…

I never did Weight Watchers, I did join TOPs over 3 yrs ago. I was 197 now I'm about 147 +/-. I've been doing MFP a little over 1 yr and lost 18 lb. I had lost 22 lb at one point, but gained it back, yo-yoing, some of which is stress related.

I've been attempting clean the whole living room floor with the Bissell spot bot, I am highly considering getting the full size machine!

I have no problem with my yrs old pans, it's the new dutch oven one. I'm not sure it was designed to boil water in? I bought it because the large pot I used to boil water in got a hole in it. We had and E. Coli water boil order a couple weeks ago, I boiled the water in the cast iron so I could do the dishes with it. The…

Homeless with my now ex-husband and our 2 babies and 2 pet birds. Had a check from my bank 2,000 miles away, that no bank would cash, because it had my maiden name on it and it didn't match my drivers license. We'd been camping in the woods and came to town, because it was getting cold and we needed to get the babies a…

PS it's not the same thing and I don't put oil on it, but cast iron to me is in the same category as the pizza stone for the oven.

I've used cast iron for years. Had to replace them after being some housing issues. I got one used, I think and some more new. I rinse with water and usually cook chicken, meat, or eggs on it with olive oil heated up alone first. I don't do any special seasoning. The issue I had is, I bought a new cast iron pot/dutch oven…

If I could actually find someone to date I wouldn't care the age dif. I don't know many single men at ALL. There are a couple widoweres at my kids' school that are a lot older than me. In that neighborhood, people had successful careers and kids late, so I always feel really young when I'm around the parents. Some of those…

College, med school, single mom to an adolescent and teen who I think I prep too much food for, because they don't want to eat it but I do... :(

Pacific NW, add me people... :) It is pretty dead for me, too when I finally post my diary/exercise etc.

I get mad that I haven't reached goal yet, but I know I have to be grateful that I have accountability and support with TOPS. I'm busy during my meeting this week, so I may visit my old group on a different day. If not, I'll think to myself that I have several more days to eat extra and lose it before the meeting in 2…

I don't like when my clothes are baggy. I think I eat more that way too, because I don't feel the tightness around my belly. Even drinking water and feeling the tightness reminds me to lighten up on eating. I haven't replaced the clothes since last summer and have been at a plateau, so I'm looking to get rid of the big…

There are a lot of people that eat raw eggs. Having them pasteurized takes away the danger. You must be craving something in it. I have probably eaten a lot in raw cookie dough in the past (plain old eggs! I eat spoonfuls of chorella and spirulina and people think I'm weird because I don't put it in a smoothie. I like…

I've been on here for about a year. I do see a lot of rude posts. Yes, I agree rude comments are not very supportive. I have wanted to quit this site also, but figure, I can a least log my calories and exercise for ME and if I'm not getting support; just lay low for a little while. In hard times I have posted that I needed…

I always want to grow my hair out, my African-American hair doesn't grow very well. ...So I won't cut it, don't need to...

Yes, in many aspects of life. When I was struggling with things, people wouldn't say much. When I lost weight, they'd say oh, you were fat and you were always eating fruit when I saw you... you ate too much. It has happened in my education advancement and getting a better car that actually runs, better home. Someone is mad…

I try to eat 95% + raw food, but I eat butter, "raw" sugar, eggs, cheese, even had hot dogs the other day, organic uncured... Some of this I wouldn't eat, but I have 2 adolescents and cook for them and have little will power sometimes. Intolerant to gluten, and corn and other stuff so I avoid that... But I was 197.75 and…

I've been yo-yo-ing withing 5-8 lbs to goal since the new yr. Sometimes I wonder if I'm mentally scared to get goal and then know that I'd have more issues staying within KOPS status' 3 lb above goal leeway... I'm trying to tell myself just keep exercising and don't just focus so much on food, esp if I am logging on MFP.…

Portland Oregon USA maybe 70* F/rain/cloudy... Was hot & humid this morning! Nothing like you all in the East/South!

Been here for almost 1 yr. Lost about 25 or 30 lbs going to TOPS meetings. I have had several plateaus, I feel like a lot of it has to do with stress of being in school... along with busy times where exercise and eating are random. Lost about 21 lbs since last summer. There are busy times that I am unable to log, or don't…