Hi! I'm a 34 year old mom who is looking for some friends for support
while trying to lose weight. I have quite a bit to lose- I'm 5'3" and
264 pounds right now. So I know this wont happen overnight. Laugh all
you want but I actually like doing Richard Simmons videos. He's too

How effective is starvation for weight loss? For example, how long would I
need to starve for to lose a noticeable amount of weight?
Also how long can the body go without food without having a negative impact
on future health? If I was to just take water and say vitamin tablets ...

I'm making another U.S. trip starting on May 17th. This will be my
longest ever - two months!
I'll be spending just one week in Boston visiting my family and then
the rest of the time - almost 8 weeks - in St. Louis fixing up that

Sigh!  ^_^
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/health/08fat.html?em&ex=1178856000&en=271d386f
02040361&ei=5087%0A
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Every time the result was the same. The weight, so painstakingly lost,

Had a very pleasant day.  Went for a run in the morning.  Then I had a
"spa afternoon" with my friend Mary Anne at a local inn/spa.  I had a
massage, then we had lunch at poolside, then I had a body wrap
treatment, then we sat out at the pool again for a while and had a

I'm Lisa.  I'm trying (and trying and failing and trying again and
failing again, and trying some more) to lose weight.  I'm not posting
this to elicit sympathy or supportive responses, I'm just tired of
trying to do this thing alone.  So I thought I'd hang out here a while.

Went to the gym this morning as usual, then home for lunch.  Right
after I finished lunch my friend Mary Anne called and asked me to go
to a British tea room with her, so I did.  She had the full tea (she'd
missed lunch); I had a dessert.  Didn't need it, but it was good :-).

I got an update letter from them.  Sadly, I had to report that I was more
than 5 pounds above the weight I was 1 year ago.  However, if they correlate
to my original records, they should see that I am well below my pre-diet
peak of 320 pounds.

I use non-fat milk every day in cereal but i've been thinking of
changing over to rice or almond milk due to the sugar in  non-fat
milk.  Non-fat milk has 12 grams per cup. How much does rice and
almond milk have per cup? Also, are rice and almond milk healthier

I have no connection to the Mercola.com website, but I watch their YouTube
videos, and I liked this one.
Dr. Pearsall of the http://www.Mercola.com website has made a YouTube video
on using dietary fat while managing weight.

This can't be healthy.
http://www.thepollspace.com/polls.php?pollid=644

Pretty average Tuesday -- morning run, couple of errands, work at
conservancy, visit to winery, then home.
Food:
* 7:00 (home): instant oatmeal w/ peanut butter & flax seed

Regular Monday routine -- gym, errands, home.
Food:
* 8:00 (home): instant oatmeal w/ peanut butter & flax seed
* 1:45 (home): turkey breast burger on whole wheat bun w/ f/f cheese

Had another good week. Just did my weigh in and lost 4 more pounds. I didn't
really do much exercising last week due to allergies, but I did stick to my
1700 calories a day.
Biked in today 13.1 miles to work (trying to get back on track with my

http://health.msn.com/guides/weightloss/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100161175
Trimming the Fat
By John Hanc, Runner's World
Runner's World