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My day ends when I go to bed, even if it's after midnight. I feel like logging things on the next day can set you up to overeat if you want a late night snack (by saying, "Well, I can just log it for tomorrow, and I'll eat less tomorrow...") I tend to be hungriest at night and I stay up late so I always save calories for a…

I typically don't eat breakfast. I'm not hungry in the morning and I prefer to sleep a little longer (NOT a morning person) than get up earlier for breakfast. When I first started trying to eat healthy I used to force myself to eat it thinking it was the "healthy thing to do." I found myself hungrier throughout the day and…

Every time I've "taken a break" I end up gaining all the weight back.

Funny- this was my exact plan before I even saw this! I started almost on the same day the OP did too, figuring 20 pounds in 10 weeks. Since it's my "first" 20 I figured it was doable (as opposed to the "last" pounds you have to lose which will be slower). Age:25 Height: 5'4 SW (1/5/13)- 170 CW-165 GW for 3/17- 150 UGW-…

There have been studies that show it causes people to crave "real" sugar more, or causes people to overeat because they'll eat more food thinking 'oh, I'm having a diet soda so I can have ___________." On the first count, I honestly think it depends on the individual. You can always try not having it for awhile and see how…

Case in point...I'm planning out my menu/grocery list for the week. I'm going to Moe's BBQ for a trivia night on Thursday. It's a chain restaurant, and only a few select items have nutrition facts. Also, the nutrition is listed as 'one ounce" and things like that, so you have no idea how many ounces the sandwich actually…

I wish more places would do this! I'm in Colorado and Mcdonald's is the only place I've seen list the calories. Until very recently, I didn't have a smartphone, so if I went out somewhere unexpectedly (with friends/no plans ahead, etc.) I had no idea what was/wasn't a good choice. Sometimes salads can have more than 1,000…

No problem, thanks anyway! I wish restaurants were required to put out their nutritional information! I think I'm going to look for some flatbread at the store and make my own version next time- that way I know what's going in it!

That's the regular buffalo chicken pizza, which has fried chicken on it and presumably real bread. Unless I'm looking right at it, I don't see any flat bread on that link. I looked there before to see if I could find it and it wasn't there. The only other website I saw the flatbread on also said 370 calories, but it's…

I agree that it is body type. I am 20 pounds above the highest weight in a "healthy" bmi for my height and I have a thigh gap. My legs have always been small. However, my stomach is HUGE and looks way disproportionate to the rest of me, creating the "pregnant" look. No matter what size I am, my stomach is bigger than my…

I don't think I would ever go back to having roommates barring some sort of dire financial crisis. I love having my own place!

I understand...I hate that my super skinny friends are pretty much naturally that way. They don't eat like pigs or anything but they clearly don't really have to watch at all. I always say the healthiest eaters are usually people that used to be fat (not that a 14 is that fat)! I'm a 10 also and I still feel so big- I'm…

I LOVE roller coasters and don't have any friends here that are interested :(. Unfortunately, I'm in Colorado, lol. I have the same problem you do. I moved across the country without knowing anyone for a job and I did make some friends, but they're all married or in serious relationships. I also find that the culture of…

I have been considering delving into online dating...this thread makes me want to run the other way, lol! OP, I can totally relate...I do not "put myself out there" at all- it's one of my flaws and I'm well aware of it. I feel "safer" that way, but I'm getting to a point where many of my friends are starting to get married…

My advice would be to go with someone who is similar to you in terms of cleanliness, habits, etc. I roomed with one of my best friends in college. Ironically, we did fine in a tiny dorm room but really struggled when we had our own apartment. One of the big things for me is that I'm really neat and she was a complete slob-…

Mine is closed for several reasons. - I feel that if it was open, I wouldn't be totally honest on a really bad day. I had really bad days both today and yesterday. I logged everything so that I could keep myself accountable and be able to look back at whatever time and realize why I didn't lose this week. If I knew people…

Mine is about anonymity, not embarrassment. I have some weight to lose, but I'm not SO big that I'd be embarrassed to take a photo.

You can try meetup.com if you're close to a city. The problem with where I live now is that the area is too small and there just aren't any groups around. I'm moving closer to the city where there actually are tons of groups so I'm planning on trying that when I move. I would also imagine that people might be more friendly…

Ha, I'm only 24 and I could say the same thing. I moved across the country for a job 2 years ago. I've made friends here and I have people to hang out with, but as someone else said they're more "friends of circumstance." I'm moving for a new job (although this time, only a few hours away) soon, and I can honestly say I…

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this- I think the biggest think media portrays is that everyone thinks sex is no big deal. In any show I can think of, all of the characters are sleeping around. I can't remember the last time I saw a show where someone was waiting to be in a serious relationship first. It almost seems…

I don't really consider Easter a holiday to be "lonely" on- I'd be upset if I were alone on Thanksgiving or Christmas, but Easter doesn't really bother me. I have to work tomorrow, so no 3 day weekend for me. My family is a plane ride away, so I can't afford to go home for just Saturday and Sunday. It's just a regular…

I like it except for the fact that I'm the only one of my (local) friends that is single. Many of my friends from my hometown are single, so when I'm with them it doesn't bother me one bit. Here, it's just hard being the only one when everything is a "couple thing" and half of the conversations tend to turn to something…

Haha, I can't believe how many replies this has gotten! I personally think the person who asks for the date should pay. If a guy asks to take me somewhere, I expect him to pay. On the other hand, if I would ask a guy to go to dinner, I feel it would be incredibly rude of me to expect him to pay when I asked him out. I just…

I would be upset if a friend did this to me- even if it was just a girl friend and not someone who I might be "more than friends" with. Either way, it's still very rude. Also wanted to second that I would never expect a guy that was truly "just a friend" to pay for dinner just b/c he's a guy and I'm a girl. To me, that…

Haha, I could echo literally pretty much everything in this thread. No, I don't really feel bad about myself or anything like that because I'm single- it's the way people react that bothers me. I'm an only child and therefore my parents only hope for grandchildren, which they've seriously been talking about since my late…

Currently living in the Vail area- but trying my hardest to find a job in Denver so I can move down there!

Some day, I would like to wear a bikini again. I don't think I'm close enough to reasonably reach that this summer, but I DO expect to be able to wear shorts this summer. I have not worn them for the past 3 summers. I just bought a pair that I think will look good once I lose about 10 more pounds, which I think is…

Wow- this just gave me a heart attack also!

Yeah, to give her some credit I've never specifically told her I didn't want to go out with her b/f. I'm really bad at confrontation. When she asks me to do something I feel like it's really rude to say, "Well, who is going?" It's just the culture of the area I guess, everyone does everything in couples. In the past, when…

TBH, I'm not really sure the reason why this girl always invites me to go out with them. When she was single the two of us went out all of the time together, so I can't tell if she just feels bad or really wants me to go. She'll ask me if I want to do something, and then when she comes to pick me up or when we're in the…