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People assume i'm a vegetarian/vegan a lot because I'm fairly politically active...the conflation of ideology and stereotypical lifestyle imagery just kills me on that one.

Elementary>Sherlock, it is known. and, aw, Pirate_Chick, why'd you have to remind me of Pushing Daisies? I loved that show.

Running usually kills my appetite for an hour or two....also usually distracts from whatever emotional hangups are going on, which is more useful sometimes.

OP, it just sounds like you need to mix it up - you've been at this a while, you've put in the work but you're still not one of those fitness freaks who love to live at the gym, you sound like the happiest thing for you in the world would be to never see the inside of those four walls again...so don't. Why not look for…

I read somewhere the hunger pangs after swimming have to do with temperature as well - you chill down while swimming in the cold water, and that stimulates the appetite. (For me at least, running does tend to kill any desire to eat for a while.) Since i'm tracking what I eat anyway, it doesn't really make much of a…

Do you keep track of your period? I'm in a similar situation, but I'm pretty sure it's because my body is picking up water weight just due to monthly cycle. I'm familiar enough with it to know I'll plateau, even gain a little, for about 10 days, and then drop a lot of water weight quite quickly right after my period. I…

Mine's open too - feel free to add me :-)

I think I may play Crusader Kings 2 all day...what am I supposed to do? The pool is closed!

No, if you've seen Sherlock, watch Elementary! (I have to admit I freaking hated Sherlock. Somehow ponderous, tedious, hipstery and cliched all at the same time, and so insufferably pleased with itself. Quite an achievement in tv awfulness.) Sarah Connor Chronicles had a fantastic two seasons, if you like more thoughtful,…

F, 27, 5 ft 5, college+work+life etc. SW: 230 CW: 220 GW: 150? Dunno. I'm taking it in short increments. I walk and swim, and adding in more running and weights. Sometimes Yoga or Pilates. Been meaning to check out this Zumba thing... Feel free to add me, twin or not :-)

A huge difference! You look fantastic. Seriously, you know it's only *you* that can't see it, that's just how it goes.

Hi, feel free to add me, anyone - I started out at 105 (currently down to 100) and aiming for about 68ish, though first goal is 88, which I still think of as my 'normal weight', despite gaining almost 20kg in the past four years or so since starting college.

Me three. Finishing a degree in geography and just applied for a Master's in Urban Planning. (fingers crossed.)

This is my recipe - it's Israeli (or Palestinian, as your politics may run) so maybe taste will differ a little the way you might be used to it elsewhere. It looks more involved than it is - it's really not very much work, but it just takes forever. * Tehini shouldn't have salt in it. The ingredients list on your tehini…

Hi there! Are you me? ;-p Well, I don't have a mountain at the moment, but I used to love hiking and i'm sad to realize how long it's been since I've been out and how hard it's gotten.

I don't usually log walking to class, errands, etc - it's too fluctuating and pretty small amounts, and I don't want to give myself that leeway. Also, I try to keep from getting too obsessive with logging so as not to burn out. I want to keep track of my exercise, not exhaustively quantify every single thing in my life.…

All of the above. Cottage cheese is another option (particularly with Thai chilli,) or even sour cream if it starts getting really boring.

A head here too...goodness, that's all a head weighs?

Argh! I started today, and discovered my gym apparently *doesn't have a squat rack!* Theres one of those with a rail (thanks, worked great for the push ups) but no actual squat rack. Oh well, I did it with dumbbells, but still. Anyway, it felt great - much harder than on the machines, feels completely different. The…

I just finished reading it, actually (like half an hour ago :-)) so yay for groups. I'm going to give it a try tomorrow. I've been making my way over to the free weights area in the gym lately, and I can definitely feel the difference between squats or a bench press and the machines, even with much lighter weights, so this…

I've started yoga recently, and it's actually counter-intuitive to me there that we start cool. The heat comes gradually from breathing and a slow build up of stretches - thats for a 90 minute class though, that doesn't get into the hard stretches for a while. Doing stretches cold, otherwise, just doesn't work nearly as…

Definitely don't bounce! (I used to do gymnastics and taekwando, and that was always a no.) Try to hold every stretch for a count of 10 or 15. Get to the point where it hurts some (ahhh, pain!) but not so much that you can't bear it for the count. Stretch when your body is hot (I usually do it right off cardio, doubling as…

So amazing! You look fantastic. Not the point, I know, but I have to say how much I love the outfit with the grey dress-black belt-gold earrings-cool hat. You look utterly fabulous (even more than in the other photos!)

You look fantastic! You've got so much confidence in those photos it's dazzling. Good on you, for taking things at your own pace.

Yes, totally. I do try to come up with healthy, low-cal snacks (and making them is one of those diplacement, nesting activities that you do instead of actually studying...like sharpening pencils and cleaning...I guess that's less good) various roasted vegetables in various combinations (carrot, onion, mushrooms, eggplant,…

Yay, one can never have to many geeks!

Lol, that is hilarious. Some days are those days...I would love to have seen the expression on your face when he offered you that shake! Similar thing happened to me a few days ago - I had lunch at a seminar, and figured i'd gotten a good, not-oversized meal when someone came by with a bag of shawarmas (or kebabs, I guess,…

Me too! Me too!

Not trying to stick to a specific diet either, just the usual - fresh food, within calorie limit, balance of carb/protein/fat (I've started being more serious about strength training so I try to hit a high protein count though) and a mix of work-outs 5-6 days a week (swimming, yoga, and cardio+weights at the gym.) I try to…

I'm almost 26 and about 210, so 50 pounds by summer is in totally my ballpark (i'm not being too specific about numbers because a. I think in metric and all these pounds are confusing ;-), and b. I've historically gotten really hung up on numbers, lost a lot of weight very fast, and then gained it all back, so i'm trying…