Well, during my pregnancy I gained 40 pounds. I've lost only ten, and that was in the first week. Seven of it was the baby himself. It's pretty sad; I was told that breastfeeding makes it easy to lose weight but it doesn't appear to be so. I wasn't able to work out until 7 weeks as I was still having post partum bleeding, but now at 10 weeks my ( Read more... )

A couple years ago or so I heard about the paleolithic diet, which is not so much a weight loss diet as a lifestyle change that includes eliminating sugars, grains, dairy, and legumes from the diet and eating mainly meats, vegetables and fruits, nuts, and seeds ( Read more... )

Back in summer, I started drinking MonaVie, which is an acai berry blend. I felt pretty good, and like it enough to have signed on as a distributor, but when I thought I was going to move, I cancelled my autoship and stopped drinking it. In January I renewed my order and after a bit of hassle (bottles break when it freezes so I had to wait for ( Read more... )

My Grandfather has fallen ill, and I am asking for healing thoughts and strength for him ( Read more... )

I've started going to the gym more often. This past week I went 5 out of 7 days, rather than going every other day like I'd been doing since January. Still doing weights (I hate cardio) and slowly progressing. I could be pushing myself farther but I did have shoulder injuries in the past, and my mom keeps reminding me about her chronic ( Read more... )