hi guys, i am looking for the post about the author of an article about autism, who is now in trouble for publishing false info about the shots given at 18 months old. any help in pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
I am looking for 3 Dana Carpender recipes and I haven’t been able to find them in any of her cookbooks. Maybe I have the titles wrong, but if anyone can help, I would really appreciate it. They are: Tuna Uncasserole, Instant Chicken Soup and Pork Roast with Creamy Mushroom Gravy. Thank you very much! Linda
Last weekend I tried on 6 pairs of Jeans at Walmart (size 18) and only found ONE pair of flair cut that I liked. I didn’t buy them because I’m waiting to find the perfect pair 
Today I tried on 5 pairs at The Avenue (size 16) and I found a really cool pair of boot cut pants that I liked. I could have maybe squeezed into a 14 but I feared my thighs would bust out 
(although they would have been fine in the waist).
I need help! Do any of you know of a particular brand or cut for someone who has larger thighs than waist? 
THANKS!
Hi all! Some years back someone directed me to a reference for doing resistance exercises with rubber tubing. I have one sheet here of "tubing exercises for the chest and trunk" that I noted was from ‘the lowcarbfriends exercise room’. I am sure there is more. I’ve looked for quite a while in the Archives but I’m not finding it. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
Today was the first day in over a month that I didn’t have hurricane evacuees staying at my house or wasn’t an evacuee myself. It’s been a trying time & my eating and exercise haven’t been the best. TBH they’ve been pretty bad. But I felt so free not measuring/weighing/recording every piece of food I put into my mouth, every minute of exercise, every oz of water I drank. And I certainly didn’t miss stepping on the scale every morning or wrestling with the tape measure once a week. For the first time in a long time, I wasn’t obsessing over food/exercise/weight & I have to admit it felt good.
My mission for the rest of the year is to work on finding my middle ground. That point between counting and obsessing over food/exercise/weight/water/inches and strapping on the feed bag. I’m such an all-or-nothing person and neither works for me. So, my plan is to stick to the Atkins Induction food list (for the most part), but no measuring/weighing myself or food. No fitday or spreadsheets to keep track of my carbs, water, weight & exercise.
It’s going to be hard but it’s something I really need to do. I’m a huge planner and I tend toward being obsessive-compulsive so in many ways things like fitday, charts & spreadsheets are security for me. As much as I enjoyed my break, I know it could get weird for me not having those things. Add in a terminally ill parent and some medical issues of my own (not serious) & I can see where I could need my charts to calm me and ground me when things seem out of control. But OTOH I really did enjoy my break, and need to get to the point where those things are no more than a tool to help me, not a crutch.
Hey all. So I’ve been lurking on this forum for a few weeks, trying the low-carb thing….and I realize I like it, but I need to be hald accountable to someone because i keep breaking and having one sweet.
I’m turning 23 in a little over one month, and I’m determined to get the scale going in the other direction. Growing up, I was definitely a pudgy kid. The parentals emphasized cleaning our plate. I hated my weight, would get depressed and eat snacks. Mom would yell at me so I would sneak food. By the time I hit college, I was 175 at 5′8". I hated myself. First year in college, I didn’t actually gain anything…I was a rower and so I often ate with my team, but I got really depressed that year. After finally finishing up the year with rock bottom grades and a self esteem to match, I came back for summer vacation and was determined to turn things around. I asked my mom, "How can I lose weight?" Her response…"STOP eating."
Well, I did….that summer, i probably ate about 500 cals a day with intense workouts. for the next 2 years, i subsisted on somewhere between 800-1200cals a day while working out every day for 1-2 hours. My weight dropped to 110. I was sick all the time, running around like crazy because I was pledging a co-ed frat. My friends convinced me to go see a doctor who was convinced I was anorexic. I didn’t think so, and I still don’t. I ate a lot. granted, everything i ate had no fat, but i did eat a lot. at 110 i looked rather dreadful, all bony and sickly. my ideal weight was 120. i would still love to be there.
at the end of my 3rd year in college, i started dating a guy in my frat. he said he liked my despite my bony chest and lack of a butt. he enouraged me to start eating more. as i started becoming happier, i started eating again….and I COULDN’T STOP. 2 years later, i’m almost back to where i started. at 165, i once again feel like a fat, miserable failure. i know i need to do something to turn this around. but when i get depressed i eat, then i give up and eat more. i still work out…mainly cardio so i do need to do weights. I did atkins once before for only 2 weeks before i cracked and lost 8 pounds. i know i eat way too much sugar and carbs and little to no protein when i eat normally which never satiates me. i always feel empty.
my goal is to lose some drastic weight….ideally, now i want to get back to 130. i can, i just need to get a jump start on the weight loss. so this is my attempt to feel accountable to someone. so, now i’m going to make a turnaround. i want to get my eating and weight back under my control.
and here we go!