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The carb threshold
I think this is something to think about...... Everybody has a carbohydrate threshold, meaning a certain amount of carbs (any kind, simple or complex) that they can eat in one sitting before it gives them a hyperglycemic reaction (high blood sugar) which triggers the pancreas to compensate by spewing out insulin into the…
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I guess its time to try again
Hi, Its been a while, and I'm hoping that by posting I'll be embarassed if i just disappear again without trying. I reached my goal in Dec/07 and all was going extremely well. I got a new job in May/08 and have put the whole 15 lbs back on. My job is great but stressful, (I eat lunch with one hand and type with the other)…
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Why do I .....
Why do I keep bumping if no one is reading? Are many of the new comers not interested in learning from the experience of those who have been here for a while? I keep bumping the posts up for you to read....though I have seen three posts already today asking the questions that are answered in the posts I keep bumping up and…
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Going to Buffalo
I should have posted this yesterday but... I am heading to Buffalo in about an hour and a half. I always stop at Tops on my way back into Canada because you have a whole bunch of snacks that we don't have in Canada. So, have you tried the Hostess mini packs of cupcakes for 100 cals, should I buy some, what about the Lean…
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skin firming creams
This isn't a topic about the miracle of creams and hiding cellulite. I have reached my goal weight and I guess my skin does not have the elasticity it used too:laugh: , I have noticed that my previous flab has stretched my stomach and gross as it sounds I have skin, you know what I mean just a hangin' not alot though so I…
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Detox kits
Hi everyone, still here. I have always been interested in trying out a detox kit. Not one that keeps you in the bathroom for a week. I have never tried anything like this, but I hear it is good for flushing out toxins and bacteria from the body's organs. Are they just laxatives you take for a week...if so, not interested.…
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maintenance
Ok, I made it.:happy: Seven weeks, got to maintenance. No more dreams about portioning mini cups of old cheese cake! :wink: I'm afraid to go on my own just yet, I'm going to try a few weeks of counting calories on maintenance because it is a substanial amount : more calories to eat ,and then I am going to try it on my own…
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I am ready
Well guys and gals it has been 6 weeks and I am a pound away from mainenance (9 lbs in total)! I am soooo ready for some mainenance calories. I had a dream the other day that I was portioning little cups of cheese cake for myself , which is not bad ,but in my dream I knew that they had been in my fridge for a while and I…
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venting
Oh my, I just wrote a whole sob story for you guys because I needed to vent and when I went to send it, I didn't have a subject line and it deleted it I think......so I'll make this one shorter! I have been using the site since Nov. 5th, it has been great. My story, I put on 10lbs over the last year becasue I started…
