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Re: Team Roll Call
This site (and the support of others, seeing others support eachother) was really the reinforcement I needed to get through all the random quirks and Q&A I ran into. Honestly, 4HB is the easie...
Three months in and following 2 weeks on vacation where I sort of followed plan and I'm down 26 pounds, 4.5 inches off my waist. Now THAT is what's...
Down a pants size! Wahoo!
My next door neighbor noticed my weight loss. For someone that only sees me for 30 seconds once in a while - that's a big win! LOVING SCD!
Re: One month of glory (and beans!)
Congrats!
Study on Vitamins: More Harm Than Good
From: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/more-evidence-against-vita... "Two new studies add to the growing body of evidence that taking extra doses of vitamins can do more harm than g...
Bought kettlebells and those fingerless workout gloves. Instead of doing the swings at night at the gym, going to start doing them in the morning b...
Lost an amazing two inches on my waist this week! But only one pound. Science!
Thank you for taking me on your team and for everything you do for the site. Your answers have really helped me a lot, thank you so much for that. ...
After 5 weeks of chicken breast, I bought chicken thighs. So happy dark meat is allowed on this plan! I don't know what I would do without lentils ...
Hi Kath! Thanks for your tip about changing socks between activities. I had no idea! I was about to stuff my shoes with cotton balls or something. ...
Walked 3 miles, did an hour of Zumba, and then 75 kettlebell swings. My toes are raw! It must be my socks/shoes.
I ran out of lentils and ate red beans instead and almost became concerned I would throw myself off. Need to keep a flexible mindset as this is a l...
16 pounds in 5 weeks! Most amazing, 3 whole inches off my waist!
Re: Difficulties in the Washroom....Assistance please
I replaced beans with lentils, and use psyllium fiber 3-4 times a week and it was a complete turnaround. You can get psyllium that is sugar-free, etc.
64 oz of water by 4pm, I feel very buoyant!
Facebook Link?
Hi! Does this site have a Facebook page? I saw a few people mention it on here but there's not a link besides Twitter. I'm usually good at finding things on the internet so this feels like a stupi...
I haven't waited to eat later than an hour after I woke up so I can't say. I remember before SCD if I waited a couple hours to eat, I'd get low bl...
It's been hard to wake up the past couple of days - would PAGG effect that?
Re: The science behind eating 1st thing in am?
It's hard for me, too. But then I remember in the book, Tim says directly that if you do not do that, "you will fail". Tim was also on yesterday's episode of Dr.Oz saying his number one ...
Re: going into my 10th week!
Way to go! I'm on Week 5 and is 4 weeks longer than I've been able to stick with any other "diet". Love the way I feel, the results, and who knew eating the same food 6 days a week would...
Ah, now I understand. I noticed that too. Thanks for clarifying for this noob!
Re: Thread Lock
Would that effect newbies from going back for a reference? I'm not really familiar with how necro-bumping works so just making sure because I go back a lot with questions instead of asking new que...
Starting AGG/PAGG today! Woo!
Re: Member intro: Terry J
Welcome! I'm in the same boat and on week 5 and loving it. I don't even miss carbs - something I never knew I would say!
Lost 3 pounds on my fourth week for a total of 14! Adding kettlebells really helped bump up the pounds lost. (Duh.) Also down 3 inches on my waist ...
I had the same "UGH!" moment about Siracha sauce.. It was so good on broccoli. For the 3:1:1 ratio for veggies to meat/beans, I read on hear that s...
I read that the 3:1:1 Veggies to Protein/Legumes was from a lecture Tim did..
For the Desk Workers - Study by Cornell U
Excerpts from "Sitting and Standing at Work" (link here) The Perils of Sitting Sitting for more than 1 hour has been shown to induce biochemical changes in lipase activity (an enzyme i...