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Grief Makes Me Want to Take Comfort in Food - A friend at our church took his own life this week after having been in a motorcycle accident last fall that left him paralyzed below the waist. I am coordinating a receptio...

3 month check up -- Surgeon says my loss is statis - I went for my three-month check up today, and the doctor is muttering something about 40% of something or other, and I said, "Huh?"  (I'm so articulate!).  And he looked up from...

Any Hope for Avoiding a Gain While on Prednisone t - I celebrated my 3-month surgiversary with hives (no clear cause) and an ear infection, and posted my stats on Saturday (and added to my ticker) -- but by yesterday, the hives we...

Month 3 Stats; weight, blood work and clothes! - Good afternoon!  I meant to do this yesterday, since I weigh in on Saturdays, but in celebration of a long weekend, I have an ear infection and hives!  I really know how to have...

Women's Shelter Needs Plus-Sized Clothing -- Maryl - A coworker knows that I'm looking for smaller clothes, so she sent me a link to thrift store -- which I noticed was run by House of Ruth, a local women's shelter.  So I looked a...

What you thought you knew about obesity is all wro - This is a very interesting short piece by a doc in Indiana who often writes about medical myths.  The piece talks a little about obesity myths and about him and his wife losing ...

Exercise encouragement! - Received today in an email from my gym.  Sharing, since I know I am not the only one who practically needs someone to come to my house and drag me to the gym!   Healthy ...

Getting Spammed via PM here - Don't know if this happened to anyone else, but I just received a notice via OH messaging about a long lost relative in Nigeria! Imagine that -- looking for me here!  Anyway...

Lemon Ice Box Pie -- or close enough! - I added a pack of Syntrax roadside lemonade to one 6oz container of Fage and added about 2 tsps of SF cheesecake pudding.  I divided into three snack size servings -- and it tas...

You're so vain..... - That song popped into my head today while I was out prancing around in my brand-new-hand-me-down Gap "Long and Lean" size 20 R, NOT W, jeans!  Many thanks to fellow OH'er Debie ...

New Recipe Site from Unjury - I got an email today with a new recipe site using Unjury protein powders.  It's a lot of the stuff you see on other sites, but I got a little bit of inspiration from it, and tho...

Anyone else experimenting with Unjury Cheese powde - I got my stash, and it's a lot like the powdered cheese from the stuff that comes in the Blue Box that we don't eat anymore (I dare not speak its carb-filled name!) -- but here'...

My pants are coming down, but the scale stays the - Last night we went to a small dance party hosted by a local dance teacher.  We thought this would be a low key way to ease back into dancing and see how my ankle holds up -- and...

Big change in clothes, little change in weight! - Just a reminder, since coworkers who had RNY said they actually missed wearing some of the their smaller clothes!  I have only lost 3 pounds in the past 2 weeks, and I had tried...

Chewing and spitting -- but not what you think! Os - Have any of you Ostrim eaters found that some bites of that will simply not chew up?  I'm not a big fan, but have it at my desk, and have only eaten on pack before -- and that w...

Stupid husband tricks -- and the foamies - an oh y - As I have mentioned before, I have a cast iron sleeve.  No food bothers it, no foamies, etc.  Today I had my first foamie experience, and I am absolving myself of at least some ...

Undisputed Evidence of Raging Hormones -- Even in - I just cried looking at my Christmas tree laying on curb for pickup tomorrow.  I love Christmas, and usually the sadness of it's end is overshadowed by the traumatic arrival of ...

Anybody use Unjury Cheese Powder? - I made some broccoli soup the other day, and wanted to make broccoli cheese soup, and thought the Unjury Cheese would be a good addition.  So I ordered some. What in the wor...

Anyone Cook with a Pressure Cooker? - I treated myself to a pressure cooker last week, so I've been experimenting.  What sent me over the edge (as far as shelling out the dough!) was a lamb tagine I had at a restaur...

Water Aerobics Kicked My Butt! - Groannnn!  I've been doing some Aqua Zumba and a series of pool exercises, but last night I went to a more strenuous class, and could barely drag my sorry butt home!  Then I cou...

One Big Decision, Followed by Thousands of small o - As I move into Week 6 and reflect on my experience so far, and my previous experience losing on Atkins ---  and being surrounded by holiday treats everywhere, I think my long te...

I Survived Hosting the Dessert Gala! - I think I was just too tired to even think about putting anything in my mouth! This was a church event attended by about 150 people after our children's choir Christmas performa...

LOL - Bringing injury-prone to a new level! - I have posted about my many injuries that in the past have prevented me from exercising -- most recently Achilles tendonitis that mean I had to wear a gray stormtrooper boot on ...

I am a Weight Loss Machine! Thanks Elina! - Once again, Elina has written words that motivate!  I was all whiny yesterday and worrying about this or that, and she kindly responded.  But it was Elina's response to another ...

Any Former Atkins People -- and how does your post - I was fairly successful a few years back following a pretty strict Atkins plan (LOL -- not a made up version with bacon fried in butter for every meal!).  And I lost 60-80 pound...