AmandaHugginkiss Member

Nope nope nope. No. If he doesn't cancel, it's strictly a booty call. Don't get your hopes up, unless your only goal is to get laid. This wouldn't even be FWB. This is straight up FB at best.

Having common interests is crucial. Being into fitness is crucial. Being so into fitness that there's little time for anything else is not a goal. We go through cycles. There are times where we both go full speed into fitness and work out for four hour stretches. Then there are times where we spend more time enjoying adult…

Do you know how many people at the gym feel the same way as you? Many. I definitely did. I had panic attacks in the car in the gym parking lot. I went to a gym with a dark "cardio theater" and I would work out in the dark so nobody could see me. On top of being overweight and terribly out of shape, I had the added bonus of…

Back to your original question, bench press and strength training will help develop the muscles underneath, so do that. Breast tissue turgidity is genetic. You can only cross your fingers. Don't let the issue of sagging or not sagging affect your weight loss goals. They're going to face gravity no matter which choice is…

Chicken? Chicken tortilla soup with a few black beans, a little corn, diced tomatoes, cumin, chili powder, and a couple Ole Extreme Wellnes low carb high fiber tortillas. Not exactly corn tortillas, but a decent sub. Any tortilla soup recipe subbing the tortillas works.

Aak! I live in Florida where I think Pin the Fender on the Cyclist is an actual sport. This is a reminder to wear the helmet, even if it's not required. Heal well.

Being as today was my cheat meal, it was white IPA, a blue cheese mushroom bacon burger, sweet potato fries, and half an ice cream cake slice that was sitting in a bed of hot fudge with a cherry on top. So for today, that cheat meal was my favorite.

Correct. It is Greek. It comes from Plato's Symposium. Socrates is telling the allegory of the whole person who was split in half. And it was almost more a punishment of the gods for being too happy.

It's a good thing the world has women around to constantly remind men to lower their expectations.

I can pronounce natto. But sorry, I'm still not eating that *kitten*. I will, however, eat vichyssoise, clafoutis, and paczki. Just don't expect me to pronounce them correctly

The only green tea that ever helped me lose weight was at a little shop on the top of a mountain. It was close to a three hour hike to get to it, and then I had to turn around and hike back down to get to the train station. I lost a pretty good amount of weight getting to it.

I like Gray Cat. It's very original in its seemed lack of originality. People are always trying to come up with synonym names. Why bother. Little Black Kitty agrees with me by the way. She's not my cat, but her owners named her Rylee. Bleh. She likes Little Black Kitty much better.

Pure Protein Plus protein and fiber bars. They're between 20 and 21 grams protein and 15-17 grams fiber. The cookies and cream tastes good, but the texture is a little off. The chocolate mocha is fantastic tasting. It's kind of the consistency of a tootsie roll, but the taste is pretty good. Mission1 Clean Protein bars, on…

Oblivion is the name of one of the best burger places in my area. And they have good drafts on tap. Great, now I want Oblivion. :/

Fatigue is normal. This is pretty much expected with a calorie deficit. What you should be looking for with overtraining is mental breakdown, stalling, injury. But it would serve you better to up the intensity and cut the time in the gym quite a bit. I work out up to 4 hours a day on weekends, but I've been at this a…

"Overtraining" is a specific term, and technically, you may not be overtraining. Are your lifting sessions high weight to max? High rep to near failure? Low weight and mid-rep? Whether you're overtraining depends entirely on how hard you're pushing yourself. You don't need to do as much as you are doing if your goal is to…

Never mind. Too tired for reading comp.

Cheap. Small stores. Good chocolate. Excellent meat prices.

Favorite? That's like asking me which kid is my favorite. But it's the strip, Pittsburgh style. Just don't tell the skirt or ribeye.

Chiming in with suggesting goblet squats, and also front squats with the barbell in front of you instead of across your shoulders. Both will help you with mechanics. Watch Youtube videos, and just keep practicing. As for other things, anatomy is different for everyone. Some need to have a more narrow stance, others wider…

Thinking about what everyone means by "cheat day," I think it really depends on where you are in your goal. Have you been at this a while, and are you getting sick of eating at a deficit? Sure. Take a whole day and enjoy it. Then get back to work. Are you nearly to goal? Maybe. Depends on whether you're going to beat…

The eel, shrimp, and octopus are all cooked pieces, and they are what I would normally suggest to sushi beginners. Most sushi bars have a vegetarian roll, and many if not most of the rolls are cooked. It's really hard to specify what you should order because most of these places are completely americanized, and they all…

No, she is eating enough, but very likely not calculating it correctly. OP, unless you are using a food scale to measure the pre-cooked weight of the protein you are eating, AND calculating for the fat used to cook it, you're underestimating your calorie consumption, probably by a lot. Please make sure you're being…

Mine, starting at the entrance and going counter clockwise: canned seltzer waters (La Croix) tortilla chips, pretzels, Doritos, Lays, all other chips and dips Energy drink things cheese yogurt non-dairy creamers milk, butter, cream cheese bacon bacon canadian bacon the deli hummus meat counter chicken sushi packaged salads…

"Heavy calorie" is a vague term, and relative to your energy expenditure. Here's a hypothetical. I tell you I ate "a ton" of pizza the other night (I didn't, just happen to be craving pizza at this very moment). In fact, I ate 1200 calories of pizza for early dinner. But, all I had earlier was a 200 calorie protein bar…

I said the Kardashians use photoshop, with abandon, actually. Not that you needed it. The post involved a heavy dose of rhetoric. Looks like you've had success. You should be proud of your hard work from your 5 years on MFP. As an almost 44 year old with a rather whittled waist myself (26ish inches at 5'7"), I am earning…

That's horse pucky. If the whole "never say it first, let him say it" and "men rarely say it" crap was true, we'd all be doomed to wander the earth sad and loveless. Tell you what, OP, Rock Paper Scissors it with the guy for who has to say it first.

Weigh the prepackaged foods. Seriously. Weigh it all. 3 weeks may not be a plateau. You may just need a little more time. Having said that, if your TDEE is around 1900, eat 1400, don't worry about the eating back, etc. because that is incorporated into your TDEE. Make sure you are getting adequate protein and nutrients,…

Its time to recalculate.

You're honestly following the weight loss advice of the Kardashians. Try photoshop. That works best for them.