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hi! i live in denham springs and i am desperate for someone to workout with. my bf isnt very supportive of the diet and exercise even though he really needs it. so im always making excuses and eating poorly and its time that changed! i paid too much money to fail! i dont really have the option of going to gyms because i am a stay at home mom with 2 young children. ( hoping to get a job at headstart though) my apartment complex has a fitness center so its free. its not much. it has a treadmill, an elliptical, and a weight lift thing. I really want to get outside and walk nature trails. i visted my brother in alexandria and we went out to a local lake that had a trail through the woods. the hills and the rough terrain had me sore for a week! and we walked 5 miles and it didnt feel like it at all. but, im not really sure what there is around denham as far as nature. anyways if your interested, let me know! Id love to have friends who understand what this is like!

Hi everyone! I live in Denham Springs and was hoping to find someone to work out with. I need someone to help keep me motivated so that i actually stick to a program. btw- i dont do gyms right now. but my apartment complex has a fitness room and i love hiking! If anyone is interested let me know

this is nowhere near as dense as actual bread. they are light and fluffy. I am 7 months out and have had no problem what so ever eating them. I am sure that everyone is different though, but for me these sit perfectly fine.

and i dont really get on yahoo too much but i will always respond to a message on here best of luck!

well my story is simple really, I have been overweight my entire life and have always reached for food as a way to comfort myself. food was something i could control. By the end of high school, i was well over 200 lbs. I had my first child at 21 and weighed a little over 300. I recently had my second child. I weighed 355. Complications arose during the pregnancy. I had gestational diabetes that couldnt be controlled with food, the meds they put me on caused me to gain a lot of weight. Up until then, I was staying at a styrasy pace and eating healthy so I even lost some weight. When I went into labor, I was 3 weeks early.My blood pressure skyrocketed. My kidneys were starting to shut down. For the first time, I was scared I could die. She was delivered via c-section and I was put into ICU to recover. From that point on, I knew something had to change. I had my daughter in April. About September, I started really considering the surgery. The first week in october I met with my surgeon. 2 weeks later I had my psyc eval a week later I was approved. I think the diet from gestational diabetes sped my process up because it was a physician supervised diet. I had my surgery on November 16th. I have had extreme highs and extreme lows since surgery. It really is a lot to process mentally. Especially since I have to cook fo my family and know that I couldnt eat that. I will say that I have zero regrets and it is simply the best thing i have ever done for myself.

looks like we had the same thought!

I go though that exact same thing! i have a severe carb addiction. like you, sweets is my downfall. This week I did lilmissdivas boot camp diet thing. it really helps with breaking that addiction and makes you focus on eating the right things. It has been easier than I thought but think its because i am so focused on getting that gallon of liquid in that I don't have time to think about junk food. there simply isn't any room fo it with all that liquid. I hate plain water, so I do crystal light and unsweetened tea. I wish you the very best!!

thats all i used with Chike. If you use hot water with the chocolate, it taste like hot cocoa. the strawberry and vanilla are also good. this is the only brand that i found that wasnt chalky bitter or had a horrible aftertaste.

my favorite is Chike. i went through a lot before i found one that actually tasted good. but everyone has different taste. its a trail and error kind of thing. I got samples of a lot from a local hospital. they were like 2.50 a piece so I didn't waste a whole lot on something that i wouldn't drink. good luck! as fa a the clear goes, i dont really know. for 3 or 4 days after surgery i was doing good to get water and broth down. I threw up a lot! but that was a side effect of anesthesia! That stuff is brutal on my body! http://www.chikenutrition.com/

well you have certainly come to the right place! his site is full of amazing people with amazing stories! I am always available if need to talk. just send me a quick message!

i figured people here would appreciate this recipe. I was amazed at how good and how versatile these things are. I used one to make a sandwich today. I just put some baked chicken breast on it and it was amazing! I will experiment with it later on. I am sure that a little vanilla extract and some fat free cool whip with maybe a few pieces of fresh fruit would make it a tasty guilt free dessert! I know that I have just found my go to. maybe i can finally be done with my obsession with bread! My next thing I am going to try is quinoa in place of rice and pasta. From what I understand is it cooks like rice but is really a seed so it is loaded with protein as well. Thank God for pinterest!

Okay so when i was browsing around on pinterest i came across this recipe for a bread substitute. I made it last night and i must say I thought it was delicious. Whats even better is I am doing lilmissdiva's boot camp this week and I can eat this because it is only made with eggs cream of tartar and cream cheese ( or cottage cheese). It is delicious and very very easy to make! I was craving something sweet last night so I took a half of one and put some sugar free syrup on it. It literally tasted like a pancake! If you are missing bread and dont want to eat all of the carbs, this is a perfect substitute. best part of it is that it is extra protein! I used fat free cream cheese ***** make sure that the peaks on the meringue are extra firm The recipe says it makes 10, but it made 6 when I did it. This is the breakdown for each one Generic - Egg, 3 large egg 210 3 15 18 Adams - Cream of Tartar, 1/4 tsp 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia - Fat Free Cream Cheese, 1.5 ounce (28 g) 45 3 0 6 Add Ingredient Total: 255 6 15 24 Per Serving: 43 1 3 4 About This Recipe "These are a delicious home-made bread replacement that are practically carb free and very high in Protein. They are just like heaven so I call them clouds. Compliments of Kristin Patterson." Ingredients 3 eggs, separated 3 tablespoons whole milk cottage cheese or 3 tablespoons cream cheese 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 (1 g) packet artificial sweetener Directions Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Separate the eggs very carefully, there must be no yolk in the white. In one bowl, mix together the egg yolks, the 3 T. of Cottage Cheese OR Cream Cheese and the one packet of Sweetener until smooth. In the other bowl add 1/4 teaspoon of Cream of Tartar to the whites and beat the whites on high speed until they are fluffy and form nice peaks. Very carefully fold the egg yolk mixture into the egg whites until mixed, but try and not break down the fluffiness of the egg whites too much. Spray two cookie sheets with Pam or other fat-free cooking spray. With a large spoon, "scoop" the mixture into 10 even rounds on the sheets (about the size of the top-half of the McDonalds hamburger bun; roughly 3/4 inch thick and 4 to 5 inches across). Bake on the middle rack. Here is when you have to watch them, because the cooking time the same on any two batches. It is somewhere around 1/2 hour, but it could be less or more. You just need to watch them until them become nice and golden brown (again, the color of a McDonalds bun). Remove from the pans and cool on a rack or cutting board. While warm they are crumbly and similar to cooked meringue - but don't let this fool you! Once completely cool, seal them in a ziplock storage baggie or a tupperware over night. They will totally change their consistency, to something much more like bread - a softer texture that is nice and chewy. If you do not like softer chewy bread, then eat them as they are, nice and crisp. Since the sides that were facing the pan are perfectly flat, you use these to spread things on, or make sandwiches, or even as a burger bun! The choice is up to you, and you will be quite amazed at how much like a bun these really are! heres the website http://www.food.com/recipe/carb-free-cloud-bread-411501

i had that too after surgery but it was mostly acid reflux and i was confusing the 2 sensations mainly because my mind kept saying it was time to eat and my body just couldnt.

In my opinion, the band is more to deal with. You have to worry about adjustments and slipping. I personally know 2 people who have the band and wish they would've went another route. I started with wanting the band but the more research that I did the more I realized that it just want right for me. I didn't want to have to deal with the maintenance of it. I have 2 kids and was in college. i couldn't be bothered with that. and i honestly don't like the idea of something being left inside me. to address what your mother said about all the kinks being worked out, there is always something that could possibly go wrong. no device is 100% fail free. . research research and research some more and then make your decision on what is best for you and your lifestyle.