My biggest dilemma is that I have to take medicine in the morning. I don't want to eat until around 11 am because I like to have a late night snack of 100 calorie pack of cocoa dusted almonds. I've been putting off taking my medicine but the one I can't put off is an anti biotic.

I guess I can share this ,lol. I have to take an antibiotic before have sex or I will get a UTI.I have to take it with food.

I guess half of a Greek Yogurt would be 50 calories. I need to look up string cheese and baby bell light.

How about you? Is the 5:2 plan working with your life? I also don't like working out with my trainer on an empty stomach.

Will this not work if you have 11 hours in between instead of 12? There must be some reason you have to have 12 hours off.

.... I am not getting paid but still getting bombed at/shot at/exploded at. .....

because of the shutdown? Nice-----NOT!

OMG GT! I would be a mess - stay safe my lovely!

OMG GT! I would be a mess - stay safe my lovely!

Has anyone heard of/tried putting coconut oil in their coffee and cooking with it to help weight loss? Been reading a bit about it and a lot of people seem to like it...

Has anyone heard of/tried putting coconut oil in their coffee and cooking with it to help weight loss? Been reading a bit about it and a lot of people seem to like it...

Oh and I saw 159 AGAIN! Could I have another new low bounce range? Defo see a pattern forming here

Oh and I saw 159 AGAIN! Could I have another new low bounce range? Defo see a pattern forming here

chocolate don't get me started!

GT nice to see you back. The mysteries of the bowels and VSG...

I battle it everyday still. I'm glad they have you trying Zoloft, I take a bit of Prozac daily myself and have learned its just something I have to do to stay a little bit more even.

Coops!!

Party time! At 159!!

chocolate don't get me started!

GT nice to see you back. The mysteries of the bowels and VSG...

I battle it everyday still. I'm glad they have you trying Zoloft, I take a bit of Prozac daily myself and have learned its just something I have to do to stay a little bit more even.

Coops!!

Party time! At 159!!

HELLO MY PEEPS!!!!! I am back from my sojourn into Germany. I just opened this thread for the first time in nearly 3 weweks' date=' egad, there were like 10 pages to wade through! But I got to see the comments of concern for me and that really warmed my heart, thank you guys. So, an update: I went to Landstuhl, which is a military hospital in Germany. I went there nominally to get a hernia repaired but really to get tested for a neurological disorder. Turns out I don't have a hernia (wtf), which I guess is good except that this leaves me with the mystery pain I had in the first place, and no answers. Whatever I eat, be it a shake or a crunchy apple, once the food hits a certain point in my intestines, to the immediate right of my belly button, I get pain, real discomfort. This is every single time I eat, every time. Then when I have a BM, it is constipation, immediately (like 10 mins later) followed by diarrhea, every time. The Dr said maybe I have IBS, and left it at that. geethanx. A CT scan of my belly, an ultrasound, an upper AND lower endoscopy, all showed nothing, though during the colonoscopy (ughh) he found polyps and took samples so I will hear on those in a few weeks. During my thorax CT the neurologist found a cyst on my lung (wtf) and said it may be congenital ... it may not, we'll have to wait and see in 6 months. wtf? I'll just add that to my near-biblical list of misfortunes. Saw a therapist while there, amazing, wish I coulda brought him back with me. They put me on Zoloft, it's been about a week and a half, not sure if I notice any effects yet, though I have the libido of a turnip ... Got to do a bit of sightseeing, the hospital chaplain organizes trips for the Wounded Warriors, all costs covered and we get to be away from the hospital and just see regular life. I went to Mainze and Saarbrucken, Saarbrucken had this fantastic store called Primark with some great deals - I got a fleece lined hooded cableknit sweater with wooden toggles and leather ankle boots for 20 euro! I had commercial internet there, which I don't have here (gov't computer doesn't let me see everything) so I had access to Youtube and blogs so I did a lot of research and discovered Dr. Terry Wahls and the Wahls Protocol, which has prompted the massive overhaul in my diet that I have mentioned on other threads. Anti-inflammatory is the name of the game now, massive amounts of Omega3s, Fiber, lean Protein, and among other things, seaweed. It is unbelievably difficult to eat healthfully out here, and to get protein while avoiding red meat since we almost never get chicken. So that is, believe it or not, the short version. I am not getting paid but still getting bombed at/shot at/exploded at.[/quote']

Wow! All I can say is Wow! Glad you are sounding more upbeat through it all. As u probably know, Zoloft takes a good 3 weeks to get totally into your system. I used it for a good while during dealing with very severe family issues years ago. I thought it was beneficial. Doesn't make you feel weird just, "yeah, I can handle this!" Kind of feeling to me.

Hope you find the source of your pain, though. That's got to be frustrating. And not getting paid!! Yikes!!!

HELLO MY PEEPS!!!!! I am back from my sojourn into Germany. I just opened this thread for the first time in nearly 3 weweks' date=' egad, there were like 10 pages to wade through! But I got to see the comments of concern for me and that really warmed my heart, thank you guys. So, an update: I went to Landstuhl, which is a military hospital in Germany. I went there nominally to get a hernia repaired but really to get tested for a neurological disorder. Turns out I don't have a hernia (wtf), which I guess is good except that this leaves me with the mystery pain I had in the first place, and no answers. Whatever I eat, be it a shake or a crunchy apple, once the food hits a certain point in my intestines, to the immediate right of my belly button, I get pain, real discomfort. This is every single time I eat, every time. Then when I have a BM, it is constipation, immediately (like 10 mins later) followed by diarrhea, every time. The Dr said maybe I have IBS, and left it at that. geethanx. A CT scan of my belly, an ultrasound, an upper AND lower endoscopy, all showed nothing, though during the colonoscopy (ughh) he found polyps and took samples so I will hear on those in a few weeks. During my thorax CT the neurologist found a cyst on my lung (wtf) and said it may be congenital ... it may not, we'll have to wait and see in 6 months. wtf? I'll just add that to my near-biblical list of misfortunes. Saw a therapist while there, amazing, wish I coulda brought him back with me. They put me on Zoloft, it's been about a week and a half, not sure if I notice any effects yet, though I have the libido of a turnip ... Got to do a bit of sightseeing, the hospital chaplain organizes trips for the Wounded Warriors, all costs covered and we get to be away from the hospital and just see regular life. I went to Mainze and Saarbrucken, Saarbrucken had this fantastic store called Primark with some great deals - I got a fleece lined hooded cableknit sweater with wooden toggles and leather ankle boots for 20 euro! I had commercial internet there, which I don't have here (gov't computer doesn't let me see everything) so I had access to Youtube and blogs so I did a lot of research and discovered Dr. Terry Wahls and the Wahls Protocol, which has prompted the massive overhaul in my diet that I have mentioned on other threads. Anti-inflammatory is the name of the game now, massive amounts of Omega3s, fiber, lean Protein, and among other things, seaweed. It is unbelievably difficult to eat healthfully out here, and to get protein while avoiding red meat since we almost never get chicken. So that is, believe it or not, the short version. I am not getting paid but still getting bombed at/shot at/exploded at.[/quote']

Wow! All I can say is Wow! Glad you are sounding more upbeat through it all. As u probably know, Zoloft takes a good 3 weeks to get totally into your system. I used it for a good while during dealing with very severe family issues years ago. I thought it was beneficial. Doesn't make you feel weird just, "yeah, I can handle this!" Kind of feeling to me.

Hope you find the source of your pain, though. That's got to be frustrating. And not getting paid!! Yikes!!!

Has anyone heard of/tried putting coconut oil in their coffee and cooking with it to help weight loss? Been reading a bit about it and a lot of people seem to like it...

I have added it to my diet, on my hot cereal and here and there...I really like it, and don't need to use much. I don't know if it is helping losing weight, but it doesn't seem to hurt!

Yeah, I'm going to attempt to get a thread going over in food and nutrition, dedicated to coconut oil, the whats, how's and whys

I would like to hear more about the coconut oil too -- I've bought some recently but haven't opened it yet cos not sure what to do with it. I already cook with ghee, so I don't need it for that per se. I was thinking of using it on my skin and/or hair, but seriously -- no clue...LOL. I will have to look for your thread, GT! I've used bupropion (welbutrin) in the past and really liked it, it worked much better than SSRIs for me, though it's not great if you also have anxiety.

Cathy, so sorry about the job disappointment. I'm guessing you'll find just the thing, only a matter of time. Hope you are feeling okay now? {{{hugs}}}

FYE -- SO impressed about your weight loss. That's amazing!

I didn't gain as much as I thought in the US -- after a few days of being back (and still being bad cos I was still on holiday LOL), I logged this morning and found that I was about 71.2 kg the day before I left and was 71.6 this morning. I've been hovering around these 70-ish numbers for over a year now, both when I'm 5:2ing and paleo-ing, and when I'm not. Go figure... That said, I am going to 5:2 it again for a while just to feel like I'm back on the eating-well wagon.

Hope you're all having a good Monday so far...! xo

Oh, GT -- meant to add, I recently read somewhere (can't remember where of course) about constipation immediately followed by diarrhea, for someone else who had a tough time getting a diagnosis. In the end, the sentence that I recall was, if you have constipation immediately followed by diarrhea, that's THE sign that you have IBS. Did they mention that as a possibility? The SSRI might help with that, if it's the case.