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Introduce yourself
AsI am starting this group I might as well ask anyone who joins to say who they are. My name is Kat, I served in Peace Corps Suriname from 2006-2009.
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Peace Corps Week
This year Peace Corps Week has some fun themes. I like the day called "Bring the World To Your table." IT could be a great MFP Third Goal thing. Get your healthy host country recipes ready. I plan on doing a forum piece for the day. If anyone is going to participate go to www.peacecorps.gov/pcweek and do the "register'…
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Looking for fellow ostomates for support
I am joining the group, even though I don’t have IBS. I thought I did but it turned out that all that pain and digestive issues was diverticulitis. I had been having symptoms for about 10 years and it went misdiagnosed. For the past six months I have been working on getting fit and dropped 100 pounds. Thank gods I did…
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Third Goal Activities
What is the best Third Goal activity you have ever done? I visited a school on the last day before winter break and I brought my Peace Corps dog, Flaka Belletje. We talked about the holidays in Suriname, then I told all the kids about how people in Suriname gave gifts, including how my host mom gave me my dog.
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Healthy, affordable neighborhoods
I have been living in Adams Morgan for the past three years. I love it. It is incredibly walkable and has great access to good, healthy food and lovely green spaces. I have just been informed that my landlord sold the house I am living in. I need to move by the end of August. I am now looking for a new place for me and my…
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Legal Roommate advice
Okay this is going to sound nuts, but I got really freaked out by my roommate. I would post on facebook, but he added me... So here I am on MFP - the site I use most. My previous roommate left and subletted her room to this guy. I wasn’t comfortable with him at first, but I generally tend to by open minded, so much so my…
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Crazy fast weight loss
I will say this has been bizarrely fast. It started as a New Year’s resolution, to stop eating so much processed food. I knew some weight loss would come along with that, because I was monitoring the quantity I ate, but I didn’t expect the level to or the speed at which it happened. I haven't changed the amount of exercise…
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Blood Pressure Question
In November my blood pressure was 134/70 - which was high I was at the doctor yesterday, after shedding 55 pounds, and my blood pressure was 110/78 - which is normal. That should be good news, right? But the thing I have never understood is the Diastolic bottom number. Why has that gone up and what does that indicate?
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Chia Seeds
Just added a teaspoon to some eggs and veggies and all I can say is, Holy Hell - they are soooo good!
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Maybe this time...
I tried losing weight as a new year’s resolution in 2010. I did okay for a while, but I fell off track and gained everything back. I decided to do this again in 2012. I have been feeling really discouraged, thinking I would get no further than I did last time. I even forgot how much I had lost. But I just logged into my…
