LipstickLady

Internal stitches. I was very anxious to get back to my exercise routine and martial arts. I was not allowed to do any jumping or spinning kicks until 8 weeks out and my doc laughed when I asked about our trampoline.

Me! I couldn't blend them with ice because it added too much air, but I poured them from the fridge over crushed ice. This added to my liquids, too, because most of the ice melted before I could get the shake down. A 24oz Tervis tumbler is a Protein shake bomb diggity.

NO! You don't want to fall or tear a stitch. No! I was told to stay off for 8 weeks, minimum.

I am totally in for October! To save me 33 pages of reading, can you sum up the procedure here? Run? Walk? Elliptical? Daily check in? I've done 15 miles in the last two days and it's felt so good. I'm ready!

Woooot! How fun is shopping going to be?

Good for you! What a wonderful accomplishment!

It's only 48 hours. Suck it up (literally) and just do it. Two weeks is hard, and some have to do it for a month. Hell, you can sleep for two days and get through the one. It's not a restriction, it's the start of your new life!

You are it? Like, you are what you eat? I eyed the Vienna sausages and the deviled ham but I just couldn't. The spam was bought in desperation but my husband shamed me by laughing out loud so... Yup. No blowies for him for a long time in retaliation.

Oh! I've not had fish sticks! Which kind are best?

Oh! I bought a can of spam, too. Never could open it, though. Not desperate enough.

I never blended meat. I did eat a lot of hummus, guacamole, refried beans, chicken/crab/ham/tuna/egg salad made with a lot of Greek yogurt and mayo and put through the mini chopper till it was paste and thin mashed taters with gravy to satisfy my craving for "real food".

I've done 15 miles of cross country hiking in the last two days. I'm hungry. And yes, really. It was good, too.

I'm eating a slice of toast with two pieces of bacon nestled inside as I read this.

Wait...my husband lied?

Sorry if my ass isn't hairy enough for ya'!

You don't like MexItalian?

My butt is still more fat than protein. She's safe.

Wanna lick my butt?

I was folding my laundry today (right out of the dryer -- that's an NSV all on it's own) and every item I pulled out was either yoga pants or a t-shirt. This isn't anything new from my fat days until I realized that I didn't wear these clothes all week because they were comfortable and all I felt like wearing, but because I SWEATED IN THEM every single day this week!! I am no longer wearing my exercise clothes to hold down the couch but to... EXERCISE!!!!!!! And while I am wasting your time, I will throw out that I hiked over 10 miles today, logging 25k+ steps on my fitbit AND I am doing a Pretty Muddy 5k Obstacle course in the morning. AND I LIKE IT!!

Sounds like fun!

For realz. I DO NOT recommend this to anyone else. It makes my tummy hurt if it is not flat enough, and it fills me up so I don't eat enough. I can only drink it as a fountain drink or poured over ice and stirred. It takes me all day to nurse one and it's usually completely watered down before I get more than two inches down. Don't do it.

If it didn't work, why would you get it?

I drink Coke Zero. Through a straw.

My experience with my Mirena is the opposite and I am on my third one. It keeps my period acne away and my PMS isn't as bad as it was on the pill. Once you are past the five years, your Mirena is no longer hormone releasing so there is nothing to chemically cause acne or weight gain. Th heavy periods are due to estrogen release from the fat cells. I'm experiencing my first bleeding periods in 10+ years. Ugh!

I never said you used it, nor would I make that assumption and I would appreciate it you didn't make that assumption about me. I think you are confusing people and that's a shame. I don't use profanity in my business and what I would do in a church is really none of your business, but to answer your question, no, I wouldn't. I have respect for other people and their beliefs, but this forum is not a church, last I checked, and YOU don't have the authority to tell someone to "watch their mouth". If you had politely asked the OP to ease up on the language or worded it in any way that was polite, I wouldn't have an issue with what you said. I welcome prayers from anyone and everyone. Even if it doesn't match MY belief system, positive words never hurt no matter the intent behind them.