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saving the world one status at a time. Spreading knowledge about a problem by using a code..... hmmm...yes i see what you did there

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :3 that kitteh is soooo ccccyyyyooooouuuuttttteeee /explodes

There's a lot of medical studies that excessive amounts of sweetener will cause false alarm insulin reactions. (known as syndrome X) Body recognises it as sugar, and sends out army of insulin.. But sweetener has minimal energy in it, which means the insulin has nothing to burn up. It sends back messages saying it has nothing to burn which then makes your brain stimulate hunger, so you eat to feed the insulin thats there. So you're fat, you decide to switch to diet drinks/sweetener, which makes you more hungry and you get fatter. Typically fat people are encouraged to choose the low fat lifestyle, and most LF products are laced with sweetener or carbohydrate of some form. So its a viscious circle of carbohydrate addiction and living your life trying not to give into really intense cravings. I do believe that in hindsight I did have a case of syndrome X, as I was pretty much a sweetener addicted carb crashing monster.. (10 sweeteners in 1 cuppa was not unusual) I've changed my diet completely and sweetener now makes me feel rather ill. I still occasionally have sugar free drink but not in the shedloads that I used to drink. Now that I do alternate fasting days I can eat regular food on my eating days, and I've lost all addiction to sugar. I'll have some chocolate on my eating days because I want to, not because I'll go nuts if I don't. I've regained all sense of normality around food and I no longer need to pig out on anything. Hurrah.

Cute We're having mega trouble with the cats lately.. Betty has gotten aggressive over the past few days and keeps attacking beanie

atheists get on my nerves.. Probably more than religious preachers. I guess it's more the arsehole attitude some people have when it comes to religion, regardless of which religion it is. And yes this is a very very tired argument.... I'm in the "couldn't give a shit about it" category.

Great minds think alike :p I recently sought mental help for my anxiety and other problems, and I wish I had done it years ago and not wasted my life being so unhappy.

Have you thought about talking to someone about it, like a friend or family member...or even your gp? Sometimes just telling people can help more than you think it would. If you are having trouble emotionally your doc can refer you to different therapy type services which might help? Good luck with whatever you decide to do

Yeah definitely.. When I've had one of my brain imploding anger attacks I often find a cuddle with one of the cats just lifts it completely... I believe @gaggle64 is very connected to cats as well Iun it's just an irishism we call everything wee even if it isn't :p

I fell asleep on the sofa beside my cat and he got up and snuggled his wee face against my head... Best cat ever :3 he has a 6th sense to me being poorly bless him :p

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ooo hoooo i'm doing great. Fully implemented intermittent fasting into my life so much so I don't even have to think about it. Anti depressants are helping with my appetite/emotional eating issues, and I feel bloody fantastic. Once I get the weight down a bit i'm considering rejoining my gym, now that I've got my diet down to fine art I'll be able to exercise on my "normal" evenings (mon, wed, fri, sat). I always struggled with getting the diet AND exercise going together... but now my diet has become a way of life, I can start to make an effort going to the gym. And I really miss spin class :p

I am fucking loving life at the moment. Good stuff hell yeah o/ To think all it took was some happy pills, & a bit of therapy... wish I had done this years ago =]

Yeah I pretty much feel the same way, its a very selfish act in my mind and you have to be at the brink of despair and have lost all love for anyone around you to consider it. I felt very odd being asked about it so openly, but I guess its their job.

either side I guess? I went to le mental health appointment, had two people listening to my every word, felt like a bit of an intervention.... really strange. Had a mental health risk assessment, and scored pretty low. I'm not really depressed 95% of the time anyway. Felt very weird having essentially a stranger ask you if you had ever considered suicide or harmed yourself... They were surprised that my doc put me up to the highest dose of fluoxetine so quickly, i'm on 60mg now. Had a few funny side effects at the start when I was getting used to it.. jittery and needing to get up and go and DO THINGS constantly... It definitely feels like its working now, I've never felt so calm in my entire life. I don't feel like I have to do compulsive things quite as much as before, and I'm coming round to the idea of facing my fears. I no longer have to binge eat to find some remote little bit of happiness, nor do I boredom eat.. (although I think weight loss and appetite suppression is part of this drug) so I'm doing good and not having any unwanted side effects..! Oh and I am going to attend an anxiety management course, and its in a group! Really excited! Its a two day course, but I'm not sure if I'll get the leave. They said I can basically demand it and they'll give me a cert to say what it is etc, to excuse me... but I know for a fact that it would be a red alert automatic referral to occupational health and a question as to whether I'm fit for my job... -_- So I'm just going to hang fire for now and hope the boss approves my leave

stoneware is freakin fabulous, even if it does add on to cooking time.. got the technique right and this is literally the nicest pizza i've ever had. crunchy on the bottom but lovely and dough-y on the inside =3

Yes, that does fall under "weird shit people do", the title of this thread... Too many flavours give me mental overload/stress, its not something I can really control, I guess it must be an autism thing... *shrug* therapy is going to be funnnnn /sarcasm

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Alcohol wipes, use them liberally. sterilisation is THE key to getting things to heal. I always pop spots with tweezers, which have been cleaned, then I wipe the skin with alcohol wipes. It stings like a bitch but its a great way to clear up spots

I eat everything separately, least favourite thing first, then I get to the best part and I'm already full.... /woeisme

It doesn't take much to remember someone's name! My sister is called Kate and it annoyed us both when she got called Katie. Don't do eet!

ocd alert... I'm UTTERLY obsessed about packing shopping bags, all the fridge/freezer/different cupboard things have to be together in 1 bag, and put in the bag so it doesn't damage anything...(like bread on the top, heavy stuff on the bottom) Just one of the obsessions I've turned into a fine art form

So i went to the doc again for a review, shes upped my dose of anti depressives. I checked the mental health system at work and they've got my details so hopefully I'll have a letter in the post soon to say im either on a waiting list or for an appointment The anxiety thing is still getting me a bit. Had a shitty day at work, had to make a lot of calls to nurses and got a bit of abuse back (only for doing my job of course) so came home feeling a bit down. But had a cuddle with the cats and felt a bit better! Was at a comedy gig a few nights ago (patrick kielty!) and that was quite stressful mentally - I enjoyed the gig itself but sitting in a cramped space with a lot of people talking felt like an assault on my senses, got to a point later in the evening where I felt like I was going to hyperventilate

According to the alternate day fast book, 500 calories behaves the same way as a fast. I've seen people say they haven't lost as much fasting as they do actually having 500, which is odd, as you'd think the opposite! I guess whatever suits your lifestyle best is a good idea.

haha I know I'm on a fast day today, and I could eat my hand!!! I am distracting myself to the extreme, a computer and 2 ipads..... im not crazy honest! I've managed to stick to adf for 7 weeks and the only "breaks" ive had were things I couldn't get out of, and i've dealt with them as best I can. I've never broken a fast day once, and I've done over 20. Its hunger but its all in my head. Just ignore the rumbly tum! ADF is getting seriously popular now, the dieting support forum I go on has had the ADF sub forum promoted higher on the page and its pretty awesome that ADF is getting recognition in the diet world I get very surreal dreams during fast days but I find that most of the time I'm NEVER as hungry as I expect I'd be on my feed days! I actually end up craving sensible stuff, like I dunno, sausage and mash! I tried atkins for a few days and the meat/fat actually turned my stomach, I felt like I was going to be sick constantly... I've done keto shake diets of 600calories per day and found those a lot easier than atkins.

I posted it a few pages ago. Been doing ADF for about 7 weeks now, and loving it I do mon/wed/fri "fasts" (although I stick to 500 cals on fasts as of the Alternate Day Diet book - its a book that's been around before the documentary was made) The documentary is quite interesting, and covers not just ADF, but calorie counting, and fasts for 3/4 days every month (don't think I could do that one!)