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http://dairyfreecooking.about.com/od/cupcakes/r/Recipe_Veganchocolatecupcakes.htm I've made these multiple times and they are soooo good. I made the peanut butter frosting (which I think can be found through some links on there) and it was also delicious!

I'm 5'2 and was 120-125 (lots of muscle) in high school. If I could get back to that I would, but my goal is 135-140 as I've actually seen that weight in my 20s and know it's attainable and that I'd be happy with it.

THIS. Being so close to your goal you should start eating more now. If you stay at 1260 and then suddenly jump to maintenance, you will gain weight. Your body is now used to eating 1260 plus exercise calories and your metabolism has more than likely slowed down some. The key is to start building up SLOWLY so that your body…

You could always figure it out with using sedentary and then just continue to log your exercise like you do now?

You're new to exercise and you did an hour and a half of cardio? If I were you I would've stopped when I got worn out the first time (55 mins of cardio is impressive in itself). You can't run your body into the ground and expect it to cooperate with you. Where you're getting such big burns during your work outs you…

For the record...eating your exercise calories still allows you to come in under (or meet) your daily calories. Your deficit remains the same as if you didn't exercise and ate the original calorie goal.

I'm the same way. Any other time I've tried to lose weight, I've gone into it thinking I would do it in a couple of months. I'd get frustrated because it wasn't happening quickly, and I'd give up. This time I went into it with the mindset that I just want to get healthy. If it takes a year, it takes a year...it's still…

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Dude, you are a little obsessed with the Rock. 2 threads in 1 day?

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Just wanted to say, I started here in November at 172lbs and I'm 5'2 on a good day. It only took me 4 months or so to lose 10% of my weight, and I'm down at 153lbs 5 months from starting. You can do it! AND I bet you'll do it faster than you think! I'm a slacker too...and don't eat clean, or exercise as much as I should,…

Eating more is a way of ensuring that your metabolism won't get slowed down during the weight loss. If you only ate 1200 calories and lost all your weight...then bumped up to say 1800 for maintenance...obviously there would be quite the period of gain there before your body adjusts again because it has gotten used to such…

I got fitted like 4 years ago (before most of the weight gain) and was a 32E. I had been wearing a 32 DD. I've been able to wear all of my bras throughout my 25lb weight gain..which I find kind of weird...but anyways...My boyfriend got me a gift certificate to the Swimwear Hut last year, but I wanted to wait until I lost a…

I was doing 1200 plus exercise calories..but on days that I didn't exercise but DID work, I felt ridiculously hungry and 1200 wasn't enough to keep me going.

I agree with the above poster. I know that I personally don't work up a sweat or have any increase in heart rate while preparing my food. If this were back in the day when we would have been chasing down, butchering and cooking our own food then yes...yes I would log it haha. But I am pretty sure I don't burn many calories…

Is it almost that time of the month? That would explain the belly and the boobs haha. Also, if you've just increased your exercise recently, you could be experiencing a gain from water weight, due to the increased fatiguing of your muscles...in which case it should go away soon.

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I had the same question as someone else..is it a long distance relationship? I haven't had long phone conversations with someone I was dating since I was in high school. Mind you, I hate talking on the phone so that could be why. If you don't live apart and see eachother fairly often, why not just skip the long phone…

As for 1 calf being 1/2 an inch bigger than the other, do NOT worry about that! So many parts of our bodies are not symmetrical. I bet one of your feet is bigger than the other. I bet one of your arms is longer than the other. That's just the way it goes..fat doesn't come off the extremities at exactly the same rate. It is…

Everyone keeps saying she gained muscle..which is impossible since she already responded that she's NOT WORKING OUT. I'm kind of baffled as to how you can gain weight but lose inches while not working out. Like another poster said, it must be water weight or something...but then she'd also be "puffier" from that, and…

All cellulite is is the fat cells (adipose tissue) pushing against the sheath between it and your skin. The bumps come from areas of the sheath that a weaker, allowing the fat to bulge out. The only way to fix it is to minimize the amount of fat you have in that area. Many will notice it diminishes as you lose weight (I've…

This logic is sort of right, but most likely not what's going on here. When you are eating at a deficit (a low amount of calories) then it is very hard to build muscle (there's not enough extra calories to use for that purpose, since there's only enough coming in to really maintain the important functions). And even if the…

To add to everything said above, often people lost a bunch their first week (water weight), and then struggle the 2nd week. Just keep doing what you've been doing and BE PATIENT. This is about the time a lot of people quit...don't be one of them! Push through and you'll start seeing results soon. What's better, losing 10…

100-500??? Was it like this all along, or just since you've switched to 1000-1100 calories a day? Net calories is the most important number you should be looking at. You really should have at least 1200 NET at the end of the day. 500 calories is not enough to fuel your body, and that's all your giving it. Just because you…

It really depends how long you do it for. If you do it for months..your metabolism will slow down and your maintenance calories will become a much lower number than it would have been had you eaten more throughout your journey. I understand that you're frustrated, and there is a lot of negativity on here...but I do think…

I forgot this when I posted before, but I actually forget to eat sometimes because I get so drawn into reading threads. Not really a positive thing, but kinda funny haha. I will sit here and read through recipe threads for like 3 hours and then realize...S*%T, I haven't eating anything in like 8 hours...and by then I'm so…

It's replaced all of my previous obsessions. I used to go on Perezhilton.com multiple times a day (sad, I know, but I love me some celeb gossip), now I check it maybe twice a week. I basically only go on facebook now when I've gotten bored of the message boards here haha. I think that's part of why MFP works so well...I…

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Make sure if you stretch that you do it AFTER your bath, so your muscles will be all warm and pliable haha. I've also heard good things about bananas after a workout...the potassium possibly? And like others have said, make sure you do some light activity tomorrow..even just a slow walk..it'll help so much!