gauchogirl Member

I've never seen anyone hating on Subway at MFP. But, since you're asking... It has no real flavor or appeal. It's boring. it's the vanilla milkshake of milkshakes. And some people like vanilla and that's okay with me. I'm just not a vanilla milkshake girl. BUT, and this is IMPORTANT: don't fool yourself into thinking it's…

I concur. My elliptical machine even picks up the signal from my HRM and in theory should be the same (height, weight and gender are entered into both and it reads my heart rate the same as my HRM watch.) But my HRM is always about 100 calories less, per half hour, than the machine. And the machine is always less than the…

I didn't count. BUT, it was enough that I woke up at 2:00 AM throwing up and haven't eaten since. I feel like **** today, like an actual hangover. ETA: that's pretty much the first candy I've had since February though...

Both genetics and environment have to come into play. I have three daughters. The first two are from my first husband. he was 6'5", lean/athletic build. The last one with my current husband, who is very stocky with short, massively muscled legs (naturally, not from bodybuilding - never seen anything like it), 6'0",…

me too. I knew today was coming, I reserved a large portion of my weekly calories for it. And still exceeded it. And It was awesome. I won't do it again until next year. Which is awesome because I USED to eat that way every day.

I gave birth to them.

Today is potluck day at work for halloween. I made a Jalapeno Popper Dip that consists of cream cheese, mozzarella, cheddar, parmesan, jalapenos, green onions, mayo, crushed ritz crackers and butter. It's probably only a bazillion calories per TBS and I am going to eat the **** out of it and all the other dishes people…

I set my towel and ipod with headphones on an elliptical and ran to the bathroom. There was no one else in that area. When I came out, a woman was on THAT elliptical, with all the others empty, USING MY IPOD AND HEADPHONES and had the towel around her neck. I walked up and motioned for her to her, she pulled one headphone…

F. I call the dog over and point to it. Without the dog, I pick up and put the things in my pocket.

ding ding ding, we have a winner.

It doesn't "really" matter in the long run. ALL calorie counts are ESTIMATES, all calorie needs are ESTIMATES. All calorie burns are ESTIMATES. You can't really eat down to the calorie, you need to eat less and burn more over a period of time to make a difference. If it's medium/large count it as the maximum count you find…

heavy weights 3x week, 30 mins cardio, 30 mins 6x week long walks or hiking (or snowshoeing once winter hits), 3-4x week random squat sets or pushups, maybe 3x week, whenever I need a boost of energy. I work 2 fulltime desk jobs, so I gotta move as much as I can to counteract all that sitting.

"From Dusk 'til Dawn" hands down.

Eating fat does NOT make you fat. In fact, you need to eat fat in order to burn it. I have my macros adjusted to get no less than 60% fat and I am losing just fine. For health though, you should have those fats be healthy fats (pastured butter, pastured animal fats, olive oil, coconut oil) and not high PUFA vegetable or…

Check out nerdfitness.com. He has complete workouts you can do in any hotel (or dorm) room. They're all bodyweight-based multi-joint moves like squats, pullups, pushups, lunges, planks, etc.

Mine got a full size smaller and I don't need "wide" anymore.

LOL, I"m watching Walking Dead right now, that would have gone through my head too. It is AWESOME that you finished. The place you finished doesn't matter at all. You STARTED, a big enough hurdle for most people, and you FINISHED, even better. Way to go!

In my experience, yes, but it doesn't matter. My health comes first.

^^^ this. You sound like you have awesome self-confidence and that will take you far in life - farther than such negative people can ever hope to go.

All you can really do is lead by example. I never said a word to my husband about his weight and after about 8 months and a loss of 30 lbs (me), he started making small steps on his own. He saw enough success on his own that it helped him stay motivated and then co-workers started noticing and he's lost 40-50 himself now.…

I have always been super lucky that T-day isn't a big problem for me. I don't love mashed potatoes, don't like gravy, cranberry "sauce", stuffing (gross), saucy veggies OR pumpkin pie. The rolls, will be a problem, since I don't eat grains anymore, but I might try to let myself have 1 or 2 and a ton of yummy turkey (dark…

We don't have to tell you that cutting off a limb is a bad idea either do we? It helps you lose weight too...

It's NOT actually 1000 cal. You're estimating that a bite = 50 but in reality, only high calorie foods would be that high. If you're eating veggies, which you know you should be, they aren't equal to 50, so you're overestimating. If 50/bite IS accurate, then you're not eating foods your body actually needs to get/stay/be…

You look SO GREAT girl! And I'm thrilled to see my perfect comparison post. I am also 5'6" with a goal weight of 140-150. I am currently 195, so right where you started. The only difference is I have already lost 70 to get to 195, so I won't end up with a toned bikini body like you, too much extra skin (and I'm older), but…

SO to summarize, being a starving, divorced, flat-chested, no-*kitten* skeleton standing with my legs apart will give me thigh gap? Awesome, totally worth it.

You're both partially correct in your descriptions. There is NO such thing as toning. Muscles already have tone, otherwise they wouldn't work. "Toning" is the incorrect way to describe "seeing" the muscles. Which would mean having less fat on them. You can have bigger muscles or smaller muscles but neither are more or less…

@Rugbyphreak I LOVE your weightloss ticker image. I love it so much it makes me want to play rugby just so I can wear that shirt. Sounds like a kick-*kitten* sport! ETA: with 70 lbs lost, I've gone down 5 sizes, from 22/24W to 12/14, so that's avg 14 lbs per size. But sizing is so varied among manufacturers and cuts that I…

I don't have a problem with them making me crave sugar, BUT, I "use" them like you described. A diet pop is a treat to me and I might have 1 or 2 in an entire month. And IMO only diet root beer and dr. pepper are even drinkable so if I can't get those, I still go without. Like anything else, in moderation.

For about 45 minutes, yes. No longer though.

People who won't help themselves first before demanding everyone else help them. See them daily on MFP, unfortunately.