I'm tired, basically really tired of everything,. but mostly of my
weightloss being a priority. I'm tired of counting cal's and weighing
food, I'm tired of grocery shopping like its tedious work. I'm sick of
reading about it, reading labels and books. I'm tired of discussing it,

My DH accepted the teaching job in the town near San Antonio.  We'll be
relocating in July because he's taking a class first summer term at Texas
Tech.  I've heard that stress causes an increase output of cortisol and that
can cause someone to either not be able to lose weight on ...

In alt.support.diet she wrote:
"Its my PMS that turns me into a blathering blob of emotions....I cant
stand it. Ive never had mood swings like this before. I started taking
Phyto-estrogen (a mix of herbs), but itll take a few weeks to kick in.

Don't know what happened to me, but after being extra good yesterday,
diet-wise, today in the early afternoon as I was puttering around the yard I
began feeling very light headed and my hands started to shake a bit.  I went
inside and had a glass of orange juice and some dried ...

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Effects of weight cycling on the resting energy expenditure and body
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Health of foods using a number or color system
People understand colors and numbers. Colors would provide a quick way of
knowing how healthy the food we are eating is. It is a pretty simple
concept. It is just up to the FDA & USDA to decide what foods get what color

I have to admit that I have a compulsive behavior. It is pulling on
hair, not pulling them out but kind of compulsive grooming of hair.
The remedy that works for me 100% is making sure that I have a short
haircut. If I have a short haircut, I have no compulsion. If my hair

Well today was weigh -in. I haven't weighed myself since last friday. And I
was happy to see the scale reported a lose I am down now to 131lbs. I have
not done my measurements yet today , they might have to wait until Monday as
I am working midnights all this weekend then I go back ...

For us steak lovers here, an interesting article about how feeding
cows chicken litter (manure, bedding etc) is a valuable source of
crude protein and minerals.
                               YUCK!!!

Today I weighed in at 150, which officially puts me in my goal range
of 145-150.  I want to continue losing down to 145, then allow myself
leeway in that range, hopefully adding a bit of muscle.
This is a two-pound drop since yesterday, so it's obviously related to

I just found this group and I must say that many of you are very inspiring.
A little bit of my dieting history....  Decided that at 5' 138lbs I was a
bit overweight.  I did Atkins last September, on which I DID lose 10lbs over
1 1/2 months, but even though I followed it by the book ...

From Prevention:
Supersize Sabotage
by Gloria McVeigh
What would make you keep eating stale, 2-week-old popcorn? Answer:

Well inspite of all the ups and downs over the last few weeks I
managed to finish maintenance last night with a loss of 1 kg so I no
have Lifetime membership.  I needed this boost, because I have started
to slip on my eating, Thinking like Poor me I deserve this etc etc. I

Can the Atkins plan be followed along with the use of the prescription Meridia
for weight loss?  Or should one be on a low fat diet and use Meridia?

I have been on track now for about two weeks and I am doing much better.
Haven't had any donuts or tim bits since about May 1/04. I've given up
criossants and now am working on giving up tea biscuts and muffins. I had
one muffin today. And one tea biscut. I have also done not too ...