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I'd be on the phone with her doctor to make an appt and if the risks were low (we have a family history of problems with the Pill) I'd have her on it right away, since like others have mentioned, if they're coming to you, there's a good chance they already need it or are thinking of it. There'd be a long talk of condoms…

Thanks! Next time I'm going to time as well as count so I can log them better.

I'm listening to a track called Tetrapod off my friend's new CD... Look up BigNic if you enjoy really good electronic music. www.thebignic.com

I want to get some vintage-style pinup portraits done.

haha glad you like it!

Gambit.

Crap. Stupid censor. Joe D*ck

Would very much like to be the meat in a Joe **** and Billy Tallent from Hard Core Logo (the movie as opposed to the book) Sammich.

My stretch marks look like a big toothy grin across my lower abdomen. I kind of like it. Even if I'm not smiling, my belly is.

Ehh.. Shape is another magazine that preaches 'loving yourself' while photoshopping the hell out of their cover models.

Shortbread

Yup.. a couple of weeks ago, I said something about being 32 years old.. and a friend corrected me.. then yesterday at my sister's I said I was 30.. corrected again (I'm 31... I think :-P)

I'm pretty dead-set against unnecessary surgery for myself, although I have thought about how nice it would be to have all the scarring and discoloration and varicose veins on my legs fixed (the veins, at this point, are just ugly but not a medical issue). I'd rather just cover it up with tattoos though than do laser…

I wish that, when searching other people's recipe, that it showed serving size, instead of just '1 serving'.. I don't like having to actually make something and split it up before I know how much to serve and/or how many people it will feed.

Hahaha I love this idea.. "I'm not racist, but it's really cold out!"

Any use of the word "Peeps" that is not in reference to little marshmallow ducks makes me want to punch babies.

Yeah.. my office smells like bacon this morning. They had a pancake breakfast to celebrate our IT manager's 5th year anniversary. BACON. Eff.

This time around I'm setting an easier goal for myself (165 lbs as opposed to the 150 I was aiming for in WW) and once I reach that I will decide if I want to keep going. I've also found clothing to be a big motivator. Around the time I had started ww, I had bought, on a whim, this pink prom dress thing at a yard sale. No…

From what I understand, your MIL lives rather close? Perhaps the next time she ignores your advice, and a meltdown ensues, call her up and say 'You. Yes, you. You need to come here NOW, and witness this and perhaps you will understand why I'm adamant about the no-sugar thing'

Oh.. and bites of stuff my kids are eating TOTALLY don't count.

First breaking point: When my legs started hurting all. the. time and I talked to my mom about it and I went to her place and weighed myself and started to cry, because I was 232 lbs at 5'5". I came out to the kitchen at my moms place and started to cry and my mom offered to pay for weight watchers for me. I joined that…

They're def. cute though. I wish I could wear high boots. Wonky legs. One day if I'm ever independently wealthy, I'm going to have custom-made high boots to fit my weird-*kitten* calves.

Haha.. I can totally relate. I absolutely agonize over clothing purchases that are over $30.

I'd check her weight loss.. I'm willing to bet this shopping trip is at least a little out of necessity and not entirely for fun. Way to assume that all women are shoe-crazy, too. *slow clap*

Yeah.. I'd be going shopping. This reminds me of when my ex-husband put 200 bucks down on a guitar without consulting me. A week or two later I had a chance to go see a concert that was going to cost 35 bucks for a ticket. He was all 'Um.. I don't know if we can afford that.." I looked him straight in the eye and said "But…

Family and friends didn't really treat me any differently, other than being more complimentary. Everyone was really supportive. The only difference I noted was more attention from the opposite sex, which on one hand is frustrated because it's like "Hey! same person here! You know, the one you paid NO attention to when I…

I refuse to weigh myself more than once a week because I know the daily fluctuations would drive me batty. I AM however, planning on investing in a digital scale, because the one I have now is hard to read.

Most classes don't require you to wear the fancy gear.. all the ones I have been too we just wore typical workout clothes. I'm pretty sure only the pros get all dressed up. One of the things I found from it though was it really helped me discover how sexy my shape was (I have bit of a gut, and more than my fair share of…

I used to do this.. I think if you were to classify it as a workout, it'd be a muscle workout rather than cardio.. you'd also have to really be pumping your legs! I've always found taking dance classes to be a fun way to work out.. ballroom, bellydancing, swing dancing... jazz, whathaveyou.

To be clear, I'm not downing protein bars or shakes, just seem to be going over every so often. I'm not doing a low-carb anything either so they're pretty balanced in regards to each other. Thanks for the replies.