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It only bothers you because you equate weight with fat. You need to change that thought pattern! :)

Calories does not equal weight in the short term. For example, weigh yourself. Drink 4 cups of water (32 oz). You've just consumed 0 calories, right? Weigh yourself on a scale again. You've just gained 2 pounds! Wha? How'd that happen? You consumed 0 calories! It's water weight. Since you drank 2 pounds of water, you weigh…

I was able to convince my boss to extend my lunch time to allow me to work during lunch time. Perfect time for me. Wake up, Breakfast 6am Commute to work: 6:45-7:00am Work 7am - 11am Workout at Gym (in same plaza as my work) 11:02am - 12:45pm Lunch 12:45pm - 1:00pm Work 1pm - 5pm I'm home from work at 5:15 after already…

Eat 500 calories of pretzels with 32 ounces of water, you'll gain 3 pounds overnight. (Salt holds water) Drink 12 ounces of whisky, no food or water, you'll lose 3 pounds overnight. (Alcohol causes dehydration) Water weight is the primary reason for weight fluctuations. I weigh myself every morning, good or bad, and graph…

When starting exercising, your muscles stretch/rip/flex and hold water to repair. This is why if you exercise for an hour, and drink plenty of water, you won't see any results the next day. Give it a few days of rest and the water weight will go away.

I was simply pointing out the fact that a calorie is a calorie for weight loss purposes. I understand what healthy foods do - and they are very important - but when you say you can't lose weight in the same sentence you say that you're eating healthy, it's a big red flag to me, that you don't understand weight loss, and…

If you quit trying, there is no chance of you losing the 38 pounds. You need to continue being in the zone of trying. If you quit, you have 100% chance of being frustrated at your current weight. Eating healthy has nothing to do with losing weight. So the fact that you posted that you're eating healthy and gave up…

Most buffets contain very salty foods. Salt works in your body to hold water. Drink plenty of water over the next few days to flush the salt out. You'll probably lose half that in water weight. You've probably gained fat, depending on how much you ate, but probably more like 25-33% of your gain.

I agree with you, and it's exactly what I do. I have a calorie goal around 1600 a day. I don't care how active or inactive I am, I still eat the same 1600 every day. I do, however, have 1 cheat day a week where I eat what I want within reason (probably around 2500 calories). And I workout hard for 2-hours 4 days a week,…

I can't do morning workouts. I'm either too hungry to workout, or need to wait at least an hour after eating. So, I work out in the afternoons 11-12:30. I eat a snack at 10:30, then lunch after working out. I asked my boss if I could have a 2 hour lunch instead of a 1 hour lunch. Works perfectly for me.

You can lose weight even at McDonalds. Grab a cheeseburger with a cup of water. Have a kids meal with a water. Just eat less. Choose 1/2 a sandwich or burger. Don't add mayonnaise. Buy something and throw away half of it. Choose veggies like tomatoes, pickles, green peppers, banana peppers, jalapeños, mushrooms that have…

Wow. That is an incredibly off-base, rude and wrong response. Brothers and Sisters play a huge role in development of their siblings. Pawning everything off to parents or doctors is just plain stupid. I emulated what my brothers did as a kid. Both good and bad. I wanted to be liked by them. Even when a brother or sister…

What are you looking at, just your tummy? I've lost 35 pounds, and notice it everywhere. I used to have a lot of flab under my arms/rib area when I lifted my arms. That's a LOT less now. My pants are 4" less than they were before. I now wear a size less in shirts. My belly is still there, just a lot smaller. My face is…

Change your goals. If you're a singer, and your goal is to June 1: 'sign to a record label', July 1: 'write first song', Aug 1: 'hear first song on radio', Sept 1: 'Go on tour'..... Well, if it's June 15, and your song is already on the radio, the July 1 and Aug 1 goals are meaningless. Same here. Adjust your June 30 goal…

That's not always possible. People move to a new city because of a job and don't have friends initially. It takes a while to make friends, and some people aren't good at it, or don't want a lot of friends. Some people don't like going to bars or clubs. For these people, online dating is a great way to meet people. I…

A large shrimp is only 20 calories. I can have a huge snack of 8-10 shrimp with a cocktail sauce made of a 50-50 ketchup/horseradish mix, and it's less than 250 calories and fills me up. I do this like once a week. You can't make snacking a habit - or it's much harder to lose weight. You have to learn self control. Think…

There is no 'this is it' when you get older. It's just so much easier to not do anything about it and say 'I guess I'm destined to be fat'. I'm 47. 5'8". I was 223 pounds, and lost 35 pounds since March. I'm now at 188. I'll be losing another 20 before the end of summer to get to where I want to be - below 170. Motivation…

Eat the same things. Then you don't have to 'count' calories. It's what I do, and I've lost 40 pounds in the past 4 months. I eat 350 calories for breakfast. I buy frozen breakfast sandwiches. I have that with tea every morning. For lunch, I eat a 450 calorie subway chicken sandwich. I make sure I get no mayo. I switch up…

Same here. But every day. Then I track them on a spreadsheet. It's very interesting. I've looked at the numbers, and look at 'What if I would have weighed myself every Monday?' what about 'What if I weighed myself every Saturday?' I understand the ups and downs and it's actually helpful to know why it went up 2 pounds…

I don't get your point. Dating is about finding someone compatible and attractive. On a first date, it's all about judging. There are tons of other fish in the sea. I'm not stuck with the woman I'm on a first date with. I'm trying to assess the good and bad qualities. Put a possible bad quality in front of me, I'm allowed…

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No - a real man looks at ALL the qualities of a woman when he goes out on a date. Size DOES matter. I'm not excluding a woman if she is overweight, but it's a factor. Her personality and other traits and features must be better to offset things you can't do. I've dated both normal and overweight women. Overweight doesn't…

It's pretty obvious. Women and men's bodies are different. I don't understand all the hate against the OP. Just because it's PC to say that women and men are equal doesn't mean that they are. Have the men's olympic soccer team play the women's olympic soccer team. The women will get smoked.

What kind of bizarro world do you live in where women have bigger muscles than men?

With no meat, 140 calories. Add twice the topping of grilled chicken - it's 500 calories. Add twice the topping of crispy chicken, it's 720 calories. A Big Mac is 540 calories. So the salad with double meat isn't doing you any better on a diet than a Big Mac.

Don't make assumptions about the US and Canada on just two samples. I live in Buffalo, NY. The people there seem far more healthy than the people right across the border in Fort Erie, ON. Fort Erie has a depressed economy. It seems like everyone there is fat, on government assistance, hangs out in Bingo Halls and Tim…

Peanut Donuts or Peanut Stick Donuts! I can't find them anywhere except where I live, in Western New York.

Exercise doesn't make you lose weight. Eating under your calorie allotment per day does. I gained 50 pounds after I had cancer in my right leg. I was in a wheelchair and leg casts for 2 years while I went through 3 different surgeries. Once done, I couldn't really walk at all. Legs were atrophied, and tough to move. During…

I workout at 11:00am. I eat 2 fig newton cookies with water 30-45 minutes before working out. At 12:45pm, after the workout, I eat a sandwich for lunch. It's been working great for me. The fig newton gives me the energy I need to do the workout. I'm very hungry afterwards, but the sandwich after the workout works perfectly…

The first time, I was in a 3 year relationship, we both gained 30 pounds. After she broke up with me, I needed to lose those 30 pounds to be confident to get back in the dating scene. I got married 5 years later to a different woman, and over the next 10 years, had kids, and slowly gained it back, plus some. This second…