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I'm thrilled with any finish time less than 45 minutes. I'm a pretty slow runner though, according to most... But I can only compare myself to myself, you know? :-)

Sigh. To the folks against the fat acceptance movement because they think that fatness is unacceptable: STOP JUDGING PEOPLE for their appearance!!! It is not anyone's job to be acceptable. Whether or not a person is fat, or skinny, or healthy, or unhealthy, has no effect on whether or not they are acceptable. This is my…

Really? The worst disease you can get? :noway:

I'm offended that you compare obesity to cancer and MS. Those are legitimate diseases. Obesity is how much one weighs. Not a disease.

I consider myself to be both practicing HAES and actively losing weight. I think that the two aren't always exclusive. The difference for me this time around is that I honestly love my body right now, at a very heavy weight. I don't want to lose weight because I don't love my body, rather I want to get healthy because I…

Would eating it send you into a downward spiral for the day, or would you be able to stop after the cake? If you want the cake and don't think it will cause you to binge later or anything, I say go for it. Cake is great, and can be a part of a healthy diet in my opinion.

This. I am flattered, especially when all of their friends are hotties. It must mean that they think that I too, am a hottie. That being said, if I accept their friendship and then they send me creepy messages, I delete immediately. But that is pretty rare.

bump! Making some kale chips soon, looking for new recipes...

Another great validation for my decision to go from vegetarian to pescatarian (though I know that there are vegetarian omega 3 options, too).. Thanks!

I started the NEW Sonoma Diet today. I started it because I need to stop eating so much junk food, and because it's how I want to want to eat (if that makes sense).

I just want to fit into cute and affordable clothes that I can try on before I buy. If this could be accomplished at my current weight, then I would already be at goal. Unfortunately I need to lose a few more inches to get into those 14's... So I guess that my goal is a number (14 US pants size) and a look, but mostly a…

Okay, now I'm pissed that I don't ALWAYS get carded! :laugh:

I'm 28, but I have been told by many that I look the same age as my fellow interns, and they are all 20-22... Shocked faces abound when my age comes up here. I feel like I look about 25-28. My boyfriend is 44 and constantly gets told that he looks my age. I hope that eventually he starts to show age, because I would hate…

Yes, please.

I think that it's amazing progress just to know the difference! I'm still working on that one. Right now I'm trying to only eat when truly hungry. If you aren't really hungry, maybe try to distract yourself from whatever is triggering you to want a snack.

I'm in the "everything in moderation" camp. Cutting things out always backfires for me.

listening in... I am also a treadmill runner training for a race!

Great job going back to school! I went back after several years in "the real world", too. :flowerforyou: FLASHCARDS are a must for me. I use them for every class, and I especially love flashcard websites, such as proprofs.com STUDY SCHEDULE is another must for me. I use a daily calendar with the times listed, and put in…

I understand what you are saying. I'm considering stopping with tracking, too. My reason is that I still struggle with EDNOS tendencies, and I refuse to get sucked back into the ED world this many years outside of recovery (8 years ago - hospitalized and "recovered" but still kept the obsession up, disguised as dieting…

I'm so glad that I found this group, and I hope that it stays active! One of my fears of stopping tracking is that I will no longer log on to MFP, where I have lots of supportive friends. If I'm no longer tracking my food, then what's the point of MFP? The answer to that question can now be: my friends, AND this group!…

I think that the point of IE is to one day not to have to think about it. But in the beginning, we do need to think about it, because it's a new way of eating. I hope that in the end, when I am an intuitive eater, these critical thinking parts will be worth it. I think that they will be. :flowerforyou:

I guess that I just never understand when someone says "eat things found in nature!" and then says "only non-starchy vegetables". Starchy vegetables are also found in nature.

I feel like I will only be able to not log and still lose weight (or maintain once I get to my ideal size) would be if I only rarely ate junk food. Right now I enjoy eating it every day alongside my healthy foods. Junk food (chips, cookies, not-homemade pizza, etc. for me) is really hard to eat slowly and only to…

I don't know you, but I'm super proud of you!!! I know a thing or two about evil roommates, and a thing or two about people not liking me for no reason that is my fault. Some people just are haters just to hate, and it will NEVER make sense no matter how many days you spend trying to figure out why they don't like you...…

It must be all about confidence because when I am having one of those "I feel pretty oh so pretty" days, I feel like the world is noticing it, too, and I get lots of smiles, nods, and sometimes hit on. But when I'm having a "I'm so ugly and fat" day, no one notices me.... yeah, it's all in my head.

I liked her a lot in Shallow Hal. And I agree that she is beautiful. I don't know much else about her though, outside of I think she named one of her kids Apple?

Try to act as if. Meaning, when you are reaching for that emotional snack, say "Nope, I don't do that anymore. I will eat it when I'm actually hungry." It's possible that eventually it will become habit, and then you won't be an emotional eater anymore. This has helped me a great deal with my emotional eating. (It also…

I go to the gym at night, and don't remove the makeup that I put on that morning, so I guess technically i do wear makeup to the gym, but I put it on 14 hours prior and I wear the cheap stuff so it's mostly gone by then.

It seems like the line men like in these parts is "Are you married?" I have started to say "yes" because saying "no" makes them think that I am open to being asked out, which I'm not because I am in a long term and loving monogamous relationship, though not married. I like when men or women randomly compliment me, no…

I lost a lot of weight on WW but did not keep it off. For me, it was not sustainable for life and once I stopped tracking points, I gained... I find MFP to be better for me now, but WW was what I needed back then. I say try it out if you have the money to do so, it is a great program, but for me... not sustainable. Many DO…