Day 3

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Re day 3

I would also like to join the July abs if you will have me. Last drank on Friday (bad experience). Looking forward to embarking on this journey with all of you!
Hugs
Jen:d

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Well, I guess I'll try for day 1 AGAIN!! Never made it yesterday as planned, wasn't even a craving, more like a habit!! Gotta smash that habit though, even though instead of 12 beers I only had 6!: I am going for non today (even though we are going out to eat w/ my father in law (who drinks like a fish!) It is difficult, but will load up on supps and take my topa........will be "armed", that is my plan.

Any other suggestions would be appreciated!! So, see, you two are not alone (or 3)....we all aren't perfect, that is for sure here at least!!:happy :P

Mary Anne

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DHEA

hey - I was just google-ing this and I'd be careful about using it...it's a steroid hormone, chemical cousin to testoterone and estrogen...but you can decide for yourself...I don't like fooling around with that stuff, myself

hth
PR

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'Morning y'all,

Day 27 out of 28 days here and still in my jamies...

Sooo exciting to see all the newbies. Hey? If they're "newbies"... Does that make the rest of us "old bees"?

Speaking of old... The DHEA thing... I looked at it. Seems like the pros are saying to have your hormone levels checked BEFORE starting it to avoid some sort of extra testosterone thingie. I also asked another "mad scientist" whom I trust with my life... Uhmm.. That'd be my own dear mom! And she said that when she tried it, she grew WHISKARS!!! LOL ... Took a full year for them to go away... lol... Think I'll pass on DHEA for now... I dunno, something about developing a deep voice and hairy chest just doesn't ring my bell ...

Pansy, my chatty chat bud... Great job on making it to day 3! I KNEW ya had it in ya, girl!!! You sound good. I take it the postman cometh?

Good to see ya again Painter. And look. There's Fellover and CV. And Kriss, Deirdre... Susan too... Laughing... I feel like that lady from the kiddie show waaaaay back when. Do you remember the lady with the "majic mirror", who would say hello to all the special boys and girls out there watching in TV land? Oh shoot! What was her name???

Anyway... Today goals:
Get OUT of these jamies!
Walk 20 minutes
Get my malfunctioning self to the grocery store before the underlings mastermind a coo to topple my self proclaimed dictatorship of nutritious meal plans, thus producing miriads of junk food staples in my absence.

HAPPY NOT HUNGOVER MONDAY Y'ALL!

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PR? Jen? Mary Anne? I see you "special" children in my mirror too...

Geeeeeeees... I REALLY gotta get out more...

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Whew boy, So much to respond to. Gonna be a good month. Hi everyone. I love readin everyones posts. Thanks Deidre for doin it again and Susan (are you our co-anchor ?). I have been just messin around at home gettin things done and poppin in and out on general discussion. Please read my guess what. The topa has had an extreme effect on the taste of beer for me. Great news. I have been on 100mg and today I go to 150. I am sure I wont go up any higher if I even stay that high. Having a few side effects like finger and feet tingles and a little to much of the draggies. Not gettin enough done. Lucky to get in a workout. I may have a little cravings, but now that I know that beer taste like crap...I know I wont drink cuz thats all I ever drank. I just wonder what will happen to me when I dont take topa. What a wuss I am. Humm, But with the topa....today I am on day 27. My plan is to stay on for at least 12 weeks. Try to get the maximum bene's of the weight loss, the most time of breaking the habit of evening drinking. Doin the supps and detoxing. But all with the topa. CV.....we're probably gonna pick on you now...but in your knowledge can GABA be taken with prozac too? I dont know why but for some reason I have not mixed those. Cant remember if I read it or what. And also what about a supp for a bit of engery mixed with the prozac? I know of a website that you can do drug contradictions (or whatever) but doesnt check against supps. Hopefully you guys know what Im talkin about so often I dont even know what Im talkin about.
Anyway, bye gotta get the workout in before I get distracted. gabs

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magic mirror + Romper Room?

I always waited for her to say my name, but she never did :

oh, well...gotta have something for "the circle" :lol

PR

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lol, you guys are funny. Our bodies are very funny things and the alcohol and diet has already caused serious imbalances of our systems, nutritionally and hormonally. Insulin is a hormone as well, but yes, PR, you are right to be cautionary.
I will say though that I will not ever just recommend something that I have read and not tried. Fortunately, my Ms. Hyde only appears with the alcohol and it's been a few days for that:happy


I'll do a more thorough post on all of the hormones, but be aware that chemical cousin doesn't mean the same and DHEA supplementation isn't the same as testosterone supplementation and you won't grow whiskers with DHEA or the parent Pregnenolone:lol I do want to add though. For all of those who are overweight and of a certain age, gender doesn't count here (yes me too) each of those pesky little fat cells creates estrogen, and the more estrogen you have in your body and blood, the harder it is to lose weight! Male or female, doesn't matter on this little tidbit.

Anyway, I'll do a simple post that's explanatory about all of that in the GD board. As for the GABA and prozac, they work in different ways and the GABA is used in all of your cells and doesn't cross the blood brain barrier completely, while prozac works specifically inside of the brain on the receptors and reuptake, so there wouldn't really be any interaction there. No competition or depletion.

Okay, back to the lab or the books...

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thanks cv.....I wonder what i'm thinkin about. Maybe its the engery thing mixed with prozac...? gabby

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Hi all,

I do have to add a cautionary note on the DHEA. This is a hormone that CAN be converted to testosterone in the endocrine cascade, so any woman who has hormonal issues may be better off avoiding this form.

I have PCOS, which is a hormonally wacky condition and was totally warned off of DHEA by my doctor due to this issue. 7-Keto DHEA is a form that cannot, or is less easily, converted to testosterone and may be safer - does that fit with the books CV? I am too lazy to look that up :lol I think more expensive, of course, but should not grow whiskers. In any case, this stuff should not be messed with lightly.

Thanks for all your hard research,
Pansy