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I could read threads like this all day! Can't be said enough how motivating this all is. Thank you for sharing these pics and your story!

Well, I hate when people look at my diary and comment about how I need to eat more. Uh..no. I don't. It's public. I intended it that way. But if I look GOOD and am healthy and am fine where I am at...why tell me to eat more? I also don't do any cardio and only strength train 3 days a week. Why should I eat as much as…

I do it..but after my periods. Doesn't mean I lost fat. Just water. A few days before my period starts I might go up 4-6 lbs..by end of week... lbs gone. I know when I bloat during that oh so special week it won't last..doesn't mean I like walking around with a bloated belly. I try to counter act it by drinking double the…

I am jealous if you can do that. I am not there yet! Right now I am at maintenance with my weight but practicing staying there. Unfortunately I have to log. Sometimes when I want to reach for that 2nd cupcake.....I log it and then realize I don't want to spend my "budget" on it... I have to see it in black and white for me…

you can always walk/run it. When I did marathons and halfs I would do them the Jeff Galloway way(run/walk) the whole way. I used to run 3 min/walk 1. I never did it for anything shorter than a half...but now I really don't care about time anymore.If I ever do another race..even a 5k, I might do it that way.

I love seeing these success stories. WAY TO GO!!!!

Eric is mine. STAY AWAY PEOPLE!

yummy!

Just got my pb2 today! Going to try this with pb2. YUM!

LIFT NOW! LIFT NOW! http://www.venusindex.com/stop-wasting-gym-time/ she says it ALOT better than I could... the only thing that makes a woman bulky from "lifting weights" is the ADIPOSE tissue you are carrying. I don't do ANY CARDIO..(not saying you shouldn't but just to allay your fears..that one can actually just lift…

ditto

Actually I completely disagree. I am HALF white and half filpino. Noone sees me as a normal woman. Heck..most people can't even acknowledge I am half white. They see what I look like and already I am just an asian chic..and most of the time I don't even get the benefit of the doubt of being asian american. AT least once a…

I am the product of an interracial relationship(mom is asian, dad is white.) I am ok with it but that doesn' t mean those in interracial relationships get some free pass. Sometimes there are people involved in interrracial relationships that see the other person as "exotic" which is just as demeaning. Other times there's a…

most of the guys at the gym I work out are scared of me. hee hee. Seriously though..I work at a college campus and I am an older member. Most of them probably want to call me mom.Although I am still too young to have birthed any of them unless I had a teen pregnancy... So noone calls me sweetheart. That would be a nice…

I try to hit 1200 cals a day...I sometimes go over., sometimes under but that's my goal. People tell me I undereat...but I don't do any cardio. REally..no need for me to eat 1600 cals. I have people here who say I have to eat so much..but they are also doing crazy amounts of cardio along with strength training. Why should…

Hmm..I guess what got me going was the Army. Well before then it was high school gym class. I was never picked first. Always last. I believed I sucked at sports. Which I do...at team sports. I will always be the worst addition to a basketball or vollyball or baseball team. Little did I know that I was able to lift heavy…

I am here to not get skinny. I am already there. I am here to learn to maintain. It's a very different ballgame. I never used to log my foods...but doing so I can see patterns. What foods I am more satisfied with,what calorie count I can get to without gaining, and also what cal count causes me to drop since I don't want…

I double ditto this! What happens when you can't run anymore??? I used to be an avid runner and ate like CRAP and kept it off. And then I came to a point where I couldn't run...still ate like crap...gained weight. SO I never connected the dots. I thought I had to keep running my *kitten* off. Well when I injured my ankle…

Usually around 11 or 12. Yep..."lunch time" is my break-fast.

Definately do what someone suggested and complain to corporate, at the same time go to a place like Yelp and write about your experience. I do that with GREAT experiences and awful and yes..I have actually got quicker feedback when I post it on yelp from the higherups. I actually had REALLY bad service two places, the next…

A break is needed! I went through the same thing. I even posted a vid about it on my profile page. I got burned out. Stuck. I was working out 5-6 days a week. I got so burned out...I went off my plan entirely though(not the same as having a planned break!), I was your average overexerciser. I got down to a great weight and…

hoowah! (congrats!!!!!!) From one former Army vet to a future Marine!

Must make this!!!!!!!!

I used to go for pancake breakfasts with my running friends after every long run. I also did lots of social thingsith my running group. Gained 10 lbs training for my first marathon. Learner my lesson. 2nd marathon I avoided those gettogethers

It worked for me too!!!

I am already soured on shakeology due to no less than 3 cult of beachbody coaches(yes I said cult!) sending me emails and friending the first day I joined MFP touting Shakeology as the second coming of Christ...in shake form. No thanks. Especially since I am an intermittent faster. They picked the wrong person to swill…

I agree..What a great thread!

I'll just post my link- you can see it better here but it's also my avatar. http://www.venusindex.com/vt5-12-week-contest-midterm-results/

Nice! They oughta hire you for the next insanity video! Your back is GREAT and so toned!

yum...I just made some right now! Added some of the tisano chocolate tea leaves to it and used pb2. YUMMY!