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Ok - you won't like my reply - but here's my comment. Take it or leave it. 125 for a person 5'4 seems to be on the thin side. However, you may be small structured and young, so that weight may be ok for you. If you're eating WELL - then it's not an area of concern. If you DON'T eat well - then that weight would/could be an…

I wondered the same thing. Same questions for Pilates, Yoga and a Body Sculpt class. I think I logged it as Circuit training. However, if you can't find that - I'd list it as aerobics since it is aerobics, and aerobics + weights.

I peel a banana and freeze it in cellophane in the morning. At night, after I finish eating, I LOVE to end my meal with something sweet. If I eat the frozen banana - I'm full from dinner and the banana lets my pallate end on a sweet note.

My husband had TWO of the worst divorces in history. Lost a home, a child and a business in those transactions. We met and started dating about 2 yrs after #2 was over, but still dealing with paperwork. After a year of dating I asked him point blank if he had any intentions of us marrying. He said possibly, but wasn't…

A few notes - STOP LOOKING AT THE SCALE EVERY 20 MINUTES! Women who are still having periods are going to fluxuate 3-5 pounds week to week. Weigh once a week, after you've eliminated body fluids, first thing on Friday morning - since typically you've eaten well during the week (NOT the weekend), and have done the majority…

I thought you were so cute in your original pictures. BUT - when I saw the newest you? I thought - that is probably one of the prettiest women I've seen in a long time. You sound like such a wonderful person - so you are as nice on the inside as the outside. I know your journey is a long one - and you say you have more to…

Never tried any of the powdered ones - figure they're gonna taste nasty. I use the Muscle Milk liquid - lite vanilla or light chocolate. Put it in the blender w/ a cup or so of crushed ice, make it into a milkshake kind of drink. REALLY good.

Sorry - I do NOT believe this, and my 2 nutritionist co-workers agree with me. Eating 3 large meals a day causes your insulin/sugars to rocket and then freefall. It is better to eat 4-6 meals a day, well-balanced meals - several times a day. That keeps your metabolism, sugars, insulin and all the other digestive juices…

OMG - don't trip on it, or you'll be the next ex. IT"S JUST PICTURES. If he's calling her, seeing her - that's another story. And don't ask him to get rid of them. Unlike women who THINK IT TO DEATH - he probably doesn't even know/remember they're there. But if you want him to start looking at them again - then be sure to…

oh yeah - one more thing....you can have ANY FEELING that you want. What you DO with them is another story.

uh....actually yeah, it does. She obviously needed to loose it and did. So she chose a different way. Your way is harder and takes discipline, but that doesn't take away from her loss - and MUCH better health. having 3 CLOSE friends who've done it - I would NEVER do it. I can't give up all the things you have to give up…

60 min of Zumba burns almost 500 calories. 60 min on the Elliptical at level 10 burns about 600 calories. Walking an hour burns MAYBE 200. Love walking, but for the biggest burn - Zumba and Elliptical. Zumba is cardio and uses all your muscle groups - and it's not exercise when it's to great music!

Perhaps I'm the old fashioned one here - but here are my thoughts: They've only been having lunch 2 weeks. That's not really dating. They're just eating together. He is paying, so TECHNICALLY you could stretch it to be a date, but it's not really a date-date. They're in the get-to-know you stages - which is when you're…

I forget the name - but it's an autobio of some gal who cant' remember crap....and I'm feeling very dementia'ish having forgotten the name - but in the first chapter she's saying how she can't remember A STINKIN THING..yet 2 chapters later she's remembering a thread on a button on a coat at a party - and she remembers…

I'll play devil's advocate - and read somewhat between the lines. She's happy for you - yet she said she's not going to be as enthusiastic every day ...which led me to believe that she's hearing about it every single day. I'd be tired of hearing what a great sex life my best friend is having - regardless of whether I am or…

I think it's more common sense eating - DON'T eat junk foods. DO eat vege's, fruits and a little bit of everything else. If you're eating a balanced meal, and it includes some carbs - then it's still the calories that count. Sometimes when I've done my 1-hour Zumba class 4 nights in a row - I'd KILL for spaghetti, so the…

I'm hearing Vitamin D deficiency and to take Biotin. I am quite Vitamin D deficient and was taking 50,000 units once a week for a month, and now 2,000 units a day (.... when I remember to take them). Think I'll try the biotin.

I'm having a similar problem - since I took my acrylic nails off, about 3 years ago. Wore them for over a dozen years. They are wavey - looking from the side, there's waves in some of them. Others have definite lines/ridges going top to bottom. saw my reg. Dr who's sending me to a determatologist. Might be some…

I don't DIET. that's a negataive. It's automatic rebellion, closed-ended, and 99% of the time ALL the lbs return and bring friends. I wanted to lose 25 lbs - and did it by cutting the junk/crap from my life, exericise 6-7 days a week - but NO DIETS. YES - 6-7 days a week. I dont' have to sustain that level forever.…

While I don't have depression - my family and close friends do. I would tell my non-depressed friends the same thing as I would tell the depressed friends - you have to put one foot in front of the other, keep movign forward. Even if it's an inch. You know MENTALLY that this will pass. It's come and gone before, right? You…

Yes - because I'm at a desk job all day. I don't break into a sweat when I walk 25 min each day, or sweat going up 2 flights of stairs, but my heart rate increases. Since I'm at a desk all day - during the course of the day, I (per my Fitbug) walk about 2 miles during my WORK HOURS - but I don't log that as exercise. I…

5'4", currently 145. Goal is 140.

I'm from CA and I seem to have an ear for accents. My family is from the south so I'm used to their accents - VERY hard to understand most marble-mouths. New Jersey accents sound like they have no brains - or education. (Yes, you can thank Snookie and her posse for that) Mid-westerners sound nasaly. Northern states sound…

OMG - I just LOVE them. Check my diary - you'll see! I found them at Costco about a year ago - but only the BBQ (My fav) or the sour cream - it's ok in a pinch, but BBQ wins hands down. Now I'm reading everyone's post about the S&V or the Jalepeno - I'm in pop chip heaven! Target, Wal-Mart, Costco, Trader Joe's, Jamba…

I KNOW THE FEELING! If I can, I try to drink something (water just doesn't cut if for me) about an hour after dinner. That helps cut down some of the monster hungers. Some light popcorn if I want salty stuff, or a frozen banana if I want sweet. Or the fat free jello pudding cups. I finally broke down and bought a box of…

Add me, too! You're the second person to mention a "stone" as weight. Just added a gal who mentioned it and said a stone is about 14-15 pounds. Add me - I'm always up for great/motivated friends. Judy

People tend to get angry when the issue is something THEY are struggling with, or feel passionate about. If your mom has dropped 65 lbs, she's doing well, but it's VERY slow going for her. That's about a pound a week, which is GOOD, but some people have so much weight to lose (over 100 lbs) that they just are tired of…

Frankly - I could care less what anyone thinks about what I've eaten. Mine is open - and open to anyone on MFP. I hide nothing. I think people don't want others to see what they've eaten for several reasons - they're hiding stuff, not "really" working to lose weight, eat junk, and dont' want comments. Why do I look at…

I first gave up YoVille because I had Fish World and Farmville. Then I gave up Fish World because I had TWO farms - USA and UK. When I realized I was sitting for EIGHT hours on a Saturday on the Farmville farm - and my own yard was neglected - I cut it off cold turkey. Haven't played a game on FB since last summer. I got…

Usually, we gain from the bottom up, and lose from the top down. When you lose weight - your face is the first to show it's thinness, and wrinkles if you're 50+ and white. (White skin is typically dryer and less elastic.) Then goes the back-fat and the boobs. Sorry -but boobs are mostly fatty tissue. Belly is fatty, hips…