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YOU GO STEPHIE, YOU CAN DO IT!
Aww thanks, I appreciate the support! Woo!
The no chocolate thing is only really hard one week a month for me (PMT week) but it is possible and when I do eat it I do feel sick so I need to stop (had 2 squares today though)
Oh my god, I hadn't even thought of when the evil red friend arrives, that's gonna be hell! I got myself some Chocolate Silk Soy milk, so hopefully that will do it! I am actually gonna try to "skip" my next period as we will be in Mexico (woo hoo) and I really don't want her interrupting everything! So I might get a pass.

Pop is EVIL. Mmmm sweet sugariness. Is it diet or regular?
Regular! I have a big thing against any aspartame or anything like that. It does not agree with me AT ALL. If regular it's just empty calories and you are better to have a juice or smoothie that at least has nutritional content. If diet then sweeteners and fizz are bad. I can tolerate the sweeteners but I shake the bottle til there is only the tiniest little bit of fizz left. Ooooh, see, it is the fizziness that I LOVE! I crave it like crazy. A while ago, this woman at work brought me a case of Italian fizzy water that was in these big bottles and was pretty cheap. It had little tiny bubbles (not like pop) so no burpiness or anything. I loved it, was totally addicted and didn't have pop the whole time I had them 'cause I don't really care for the sweetness... but then I ran out. I will have to invest in some more. I got some cheap brand big bottles of fizzy mineral water at the store but they don't have the lovely teeny tiny bubbles.

Poor you with your thighs. Could you go do some gentle exercise that doesn't use them too much to try to work it out or is that out of the question? Maybe swimming or the cross trainer? Well, I might have been able to... but I didn't. I did my big shopping trip, got everything ready for tomorrow (well, today now) and then sat on the couch with the heating pad on my sore legs (and my bad tummy, had some D attacks last night) and then passed out to sleep, hee hee.

Hang in there, we are all on this journey together and we're with you every step!
Thanks Sinead! Right back atcha!

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