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| Health & Support | Does anyone food combine? (arthritis/fibromyalgia) | Apr 23 2007 20:44 (UTC) |
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| Ginger is also a wonderful anti-inflammatory agent that is available in teas, etc. | |||
| Weight Loss | Find your twin on CC! | Apr 16 2007 21:06 (UTC) |
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Allrighty- 5"7" tall female Current Weight 133, medium frame, size 6, age 35, female. Location: Minnesota! |
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| Recipes | Amaaaazing Soup Recipe! | Apr 03 2007 13:15 (UTC) |
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| I actually skipped the cilantro because I didn't have any fresh on hand either, but I'd really recommend not skipping the tomatos... they really add something to this soup!! | |||
| Health & Support | Periods gone for six months... What to do? | Mar 26 2007 12:58 (UTC) |
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| Well, it's been over a year since I've had mine. I went to the doctor and she was unconcerned. For my own peace of mind, she did run tests on my thyroid and hormone levels and did my pap... all came back normal. She said that it could be due to my body still adjusting from the weight loss combined with the depo-provera shot I had last February (a year ago), so not to worry. |
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| Recipes | Chickpeas and spinach | Mar 17 2007 11:52 (UTC) |
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| Try this hummus recipe: Combine the following in food processor and puree until smooth: 1 15 ounce can chickpeas (drained, reserve water) 2 tbsp. chickpea water 2 tbsp. tahini 3 tbsp. plain low fat or nonfat yogurt 2 tbsp. lemon juice 2 tbsp. olive oil 1/4 tsp. ground cumin 1/4 tsp. salt 1 garlic clove Or try this yummy chickpea salad: 1 7 oz. can chickpeas, drained and rinsed 3 cups peeled, seeded, diced cucumber 2 cups grape tomatoes, halved 1/4 crumbled reduced-fat feta cheese 1/4 cup diced red onion ground pepper to taste 1/2 cup dressing of your choice |
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| The Lounge | Any other IRISH!!!! | Mar 14 2007 20:14 (UTC) |
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| I'm IRISH!! and PROUD!! =) | |||
| Weight Loss | 100lbs or more to lose.... Is this you? | Mar 12 2007 21:08 (UTC) |
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| Tamalyn When I started this journey, I was very much in the same boat as you are. My starting weight was over 298 pounds and a size 26/28. In the past 18 months, I've managed to shed over 150 pounds without surgery, drugs or any other "magic bullet." You can TOO!! When I first started out, I didn't exercise at all. I don't think I really incorporated exercise until after about 25 pounds had dropped. Then I started just walking 20 minutes a day on the treadmill at about 2.5-3.0 miles an hour depending on how much I could tolerate. I gradually pushed myself to do just a little bit more each week. Sometimes, 20 minute walks twice a day. After a while, I was doing 3.0 miles an hour okay for half hour or better, so I added a bit of incline and increased from there. Once I was doing okay on the treadmill with a fair incline and 3.5 miles an hour, I switched to the elliptical machine and started challenging myself there. Started out with 10 minutes or so on top of my 20 minutes of treadmill. Before long, I was able to do 20 minutes on the elliptical with no problem and started increasing resistance there, too until I was able to do 40 minutes straight at level 8 resistance. By this time, I was feeling and looking a whole lot better, so I switched back to the treadmill and started running. 4.5 miles an hour to start for say 1/2 a mile and then doing my elliptical routine too. The stairmaster machine is WONDERFUL for working the leg and glute muscles you've been developing with your walking and elliptical workouts, so I moved on to the stairmaster just at level 1 for 5 minutes or so. The point is to keep pushing yourself to do just a little bit more as your stamina and fitness level increases. Now, I do 25 minutes of serious cardio on the stairmaster at level 11 and feel FANTASTIC!! Mind you, this was gradual over the course of months and months. My best advice during this time is DON'T SKIP days (I did M-F and took the weekends off for working out). You'll need to develop this as a habit. After a while, if I didn't work out for the day, I felt "off" or "weird" about the day and just had to get my butt up and moving. While you're doing this and combining it with sensible portions and healthy choices for food, you'll find your energy and stamina begin to rise while your weight steadily drops. Incorporate some strength training as you can. Push yourself, but listen to the signals your body is giving you. You'll find your appetite and cravings subside as your body returns to a more normalized and healthy state. Your blood pressure and resting heart rate will lower and you'll feel fabulous!! You can do it!! Feel free to drop me a line any time you're feeling discouraged or need some tips, I'll be happy to help!! Rae |
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| Weight Loss | how to be more 'slender'? | Mar 08 2007 16:09 (UTC) |
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| Can't WAIT for my new carpet to be installed.... yoga and pilates on hardwood floors is just too dang hard on my bony butt!! Yoga mat doesn't even help! C'mon carpet guy!! =) |
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| Weight Loss | Pedometers: 10,000 Steps A Day | Mar 08 2007 16:08 (UTC) |
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| I bought a pedometer not too long ago and I have learned through reading... that the average person takes between 3000-4000 steps per day. For myself, 10000 steps keeps me on my feet and moving most of the day. I was surprised! Even with a moderately active lifestyle, I average about 7500-8000 steps per day according to my fancy pedometer. On days I feel like I've been moving non-stop, I hit about 15000 steps a day. Pedometers are kinda neat; however, I wish I could correlate average daily steps to an activity level (sedentary, light, moderate, etc.) Anyone have any ideas on that? |
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| Health & Support | The Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet | Mar 08 2007 04:21 (UTC) |
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Another point lost in the void of ego.... c'est la vie. *edit* And for the record, I held my father's hand as he died from kidney failure during emergency dialysis (after undergoing dialysis 3x a week for nearly two years). AGAIN, a completely irrelevant comment, but since you asked. |
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| Health & Support | The Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet | Mar 08 2007 03:44 (UTC) |
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And just what, exactly, does someone's religious beliefs and practices have to do with a discussion surrounding "detoxification" particularly when discussed in the vein of comparing said detoxification to the religious beliefs and/or practices of another individual (and whole other culture) which may or may not be contrary to your own? Something that doesn't agree with your own ideals or values doesn't automatically earn the label of "crazy" or "stupid" as you so eloquently put it, whether that be regarding detoxification diets, spirituality or any other platform for that matter. My point is... those kinds of comments don't belong here. You can make your point without the inflammatory comparisons. You don't see me running around here talking smack about all the bible thumping fundamentalists, do you? No. I respect every individual's right to their beliefs, opinions and practices even when they do not agree with my own as well as respecting their right to voice them in a forum free from hostility and insult. Make your point intelligently or don't make it at all. My apologies for the blunt directness of my post, but this type of behavior has no place here and is the reason why threads end up locked. Carry on. |
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| Health & Support | The Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet | Mar 07 2007 23:17 (UTC) |
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| No, that would have been behanna and mesize8 with the inappropriate comments. Sorry to sidetrack, but my tolerance for that type of commentary is limited to non-existent. | |||
| Health & Support | The Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet | Mar 07 2007 12:40 (UTC) |
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| "must be the same crazies who are out there aligning their shakras" Yanno, sometimes, the way these threads deteriorate from a discussion worthy of merit and reason into sludge-flinging insult festivals just never ceases to amaze me. For the record, there ARE people that believe chakra (and if you're going to insult it, spell it right) and energy work are vastly beneficial and many more from Eastern religions who incorporate it into their spiritual/religious life. Maybe you could just stick to rubbing mashed potatoes on your head... it might insult fewer people. Diversity awareness, people. Seriously. Out. |
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| Health & Support | The Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet | Mar 07 2007 02:22 (UTC) |
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| This is a really good thread! I've been contemplating a cleanse (not for weight loss reasons, I'm done losing weight) but for health reasons. I am interested in hearing both views and this has provided a great forum for both! I'm not sure I could give up my caffeine though... |
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| Vegetarian | What do you eat for breakfast? | Mar 06 2007 20:58 (UTC) |
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Creature of habit here. I have oatmeal almost every morning for breakfast. Somtimes steel cut oatmeal, depending on how I'm doing for time. I mix up the toppings a bit though. Sometimes, I add raisins, sometimes blueberries, this morning I added raspberries... occasionally, I'll chop up some pecans and toss them in there or some peanut butter. I just LOVE my oatmeal. Seems like the day can't start off right without it or without my coffee!! |
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| Health & Support | amenorrhea (females only please?) | Mar 05 2007 11:31 (UTC) |
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| I still haven't had mine (over a year now) and I did go to the doctor. She tested my thyroid and tested to see if I was perhaps in early menopause, but both tests came back normal. LOL, now what? She thinks perhaps my weight loss over the past year and a half shocked my system? | |||
| Weight Loss | can you gain 5+ lbs in a few days?! | Feb 28 2007 04:10 (UTC) |
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| My experience has been that it takes 4-5 days to normalize after doing something like that. | |||
| Foods | Best kinds of Bread? | Feb 25 2007 04:57 (UTC) |
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| I buy Brownberry Natural 12-grain or 100% Whole Wheat... they also make a Double-Fiber bread, but I don't find it in the store very often. | |||
| Weight Loss | When to weigh? | Feb 25 2007 00:52 (UTC) |
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| Go with your morning weight after peeing! | |||
| The Lounge | Dating after weight loss? | Feb 23 2007 20:58 (UTC) |
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| Wow, how courageous to post this question! I, too, have lost over 150 pounds in a little over a year and a half and am faced with the same fears as you are. I'm now a size 6, down from my former size 26/28, and in clothes, I look fantastic (I must say!)... but naked, I don't feel the same confidence about my body due to a variety of the reasons you posted and have hesitated to date for many of the same reasons. Wish I had the answer for both of us... unfortunately, I don't... just wanted to comment and wish you well! =) | |||
| Weight Loss | Are you anal about logging everything you eat here? | Feb 23 2007 20:46 (UTC) |
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| I'm pretty anal about it. Now that I have a food scale, even more so. | |||
| Foods | SOY MILK....Is it really that good for you? | Feb 23 2007 20:31 (UTC) |
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| I only buy Silk Light soy milk and I love it... I buy it in place of regular milk all the time. My daughter doesn't like it so much, so I still get skim milk for her. | |||
| Weight Loss | thigh gap | Feb 20 2007 17:14 (UTC) |
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| My thighs don't touch... I'm not underweight. (5'7" 133 lbs, 20 BMI). Maybe it's not "sexy" to some people, but it's not an indicator of being underweight either. | |||
| The Lounge | Another iPod problem... boo! | Feb 19 2007 22:26 (UTC) |
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| So, on the topic... what IS a good quality, durable MP3 player to purchase if Apple sucks? | |||
| Motivation | Has this happened to you? | Feb 19 2007 15:40 (UTC) |
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| I get that ALL the time at work. Everything from "did you have surgery?" to "are you taking drugs?" to "do you ever eat?" to the friendly sorts who think I must NOT eat and bring me treats. There's one guy who, every time I work with him, brings me some sugary junk food snack and tells me to "eat!" Then after they DO work with me and see me eat all the way through my shift, I have no idea what they think... LOL. But yeah, I'm the topic of all sorts of conversations, not all of them good, speculating on "what's my secret?" | |||
| Weight Loss | I'm trying to maintain my weight.....HELP PLEASE:(? | Feb 19 2007 15:16 (UTC) |
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| For weight purposes, it doesn't really matter what you eat if you stay within the maintenance range. For overall health purposes, you'll want to make largely healthy food choices though. Also, high amounts of sodium can affect the scale due to water retention. YES! You can have a pop tart!! | |||
| The Lounge | Anyone have an iPod? | Feb 18 2007 16:29 (UTC) |
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| I DID experience that problem with her first iPod shuffle. The computer just didn't see it...I contacted Apple and they said there was a hardware problem with the shuffle and sent us a new one. The new one seems to be working so far though. We'll see, eh? | |||
| The Lounge | Anyone have an iPod? | Feb 18 2007 14:51 (UTC) |
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| It's my daughter's ipod shuffle and I have no idea... lol | |||
| Weight Loss | Kevin Trudeau | Feb 18 2007 14:42 (UTC) |
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I own his book and think it's worth the read. His claim is that natural cures exist but private industry, pharmaceuticals, government, etc... worth the read if for no other reason than considering another viewpoint. |
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| Maintaining | Roll Call! Who's here & maintaining? | Feb 17 2007 15:12 (UTC) |
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| I'm here and maintaining... but struggling with what I term as "binge days." Days when I incorporate unhealthy choices (mainly sweets) and go over what I think my calorie allowance for the day should be... not gaining because of it, but struggling with the mental stuff that is driving me to do this after SO long (18+ months) with great success. | |||
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