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    Good Morning Everyone!
    i would like to know ALL the abbreviations if someone could tell me... i learned that RUNGS are the Ladder steps... DH means dear husband... TOM is time of the month... WOE is way of eating... but what are all the Others??? sometimes i get confused reading all these Stickys for info... and i Truly Want To Understand ALL That I Read... can you tell me what all the others mean?

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    Re: Abbreviations???

    Mslili, can you list the ones you want help with?
    sigpic260/215/180 Male - 36 y/o

    It never ceases to amaze me of how easy and how effective this ***diet*** is!!




    I have since re-gained a bit of weight, but that is soon to be coming off again!

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      Re: Abbreviations???

      AMR = Active Metabolic Rate
      AS = Artificial Sweetener
      BDK = Benign Dietary Ketosis
      BF = Boyfriend
      BFI = Body Fat Index
      BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate
      BTW = By The Way
      CCLL = Critical Carbohydrate Level for Losing
      CCLM = Critical Carbohydrate Level for Maintenance
      DANDR = Reference to the Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution book
      DD = Dear Daughter
      DH = Dear Husband
      DS = Dear Son
      DRD = Diet Related Disorder
      EFA = Essential Fatty Acids
      FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
      FMS = Fat Mobilizing Substance
      FWIW = For What It's Worth
      FYA = For your amusement
      FYI = For Your Information
      GTF = Glucose Tolerance Factor
      GTT = Glucose Tolerance Test
      HDL = High Density Lipoprotein
      HTH = Hope This Helps
      IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
      IMO = In My Opinion
      LC = Low Carb
      LDL = Low Density Lipoprotein
      LOL = Laugh Out Loud
      LTS = Lipolysis Testing Strips
      NM = No Message
      NRN = No response necessary
      NT = No Text
      OWL = Ongoing Weight Loss
      ROTFL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing
      SF = Sugar Free
      SO = Significant Other
      TOM = Time Of Month
      WATP = Walk Away the Pounds (exercise tapes by Leslie Sansone)
      Whoosh = After a stall, the pounds that all of a sudden drop off.
      Whoosh Fairy = The "make believe" fairy that takes the pounds away.
      WOE = Way Of Eating
      WOL = Way Of Living
      YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary, meaning one person's experience may not match yours (and vice versa).
      (((name)))) = hugs to the named person


      This is the list in the FAQ's (FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions) Forum. My, we sure have alot of abbreviations!
      Bren
      female


      218/150 calling it goal!
      3/30/03

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        Re: Abbreviations???

        Oh My Gosh!!! Well RICHT... thanks but... i think that BREN has answered all i need to know... WOW!!! GREAT ANSWER!!! Thanks Guys!!! this will make it alot easier for me to read everything im gonna print her list out and paste it next to my PC for future reference... all the way!!!

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