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I've found it easiest to shop at places like...I hate saying it...Walmart. They have jeans that come in enough at the waist to stay up without the gap and yet still fit my hips. I DO love my butt and hips, even if it means my thighs are a touch bigger. I like being curvy, just want to be healthy curvy. What places have you…

5'1 3/4" (it counts, I used to be 5'2 and a quarter :( I'm getting older) 191 lbs, size 16 (I think? I'm almost to some of my 14s) pants. Large/XL shirts depending on brand. I have a 34 inch waist, but very hippy. Note: The last time I was a size 10 I was 145lbs or so. I haven't been in a size 8 since I was 10 years old or…

That is actually part of it. Now for me, I've been 230 lbs and in a size 26, then later, 230 lbs and in a size 22. I'm in a 16 or less now...need new clothing so I'm not sure. I've only lost 16 lbs, but a lot of clothes are starting to fit better...or be way too big. I lose mostly in my middle first, and later around…

No. I'm not selfish enough to say that if he wasn't right with me he can't be with anyone I know. I'm not saying you're being selfish. Women are weird. For the most part, I don't like the majority I've met that are of my own gender. There are exceptions! As far as I'm concerned, if two people don't mesh well it's highly…

^^^ This!

My honey baby is a little different. He's HUGE on form. He wants form to be perfect so much that he drives me nuts and I'm self conscious to exercise in front of him. He's gone through all the training, all the planning and prep to learn the right ways to do EVERYthing. The difference is...since being with me and a bit…

Exactly, as I said ..See your doctor. I said it many times. So no real need to point out I'm not a doctor when my main advice is...Go see your doctor. :) People ask advice online a LOT. They do it for all kinds of medical and personal conditions. The only thing we online can actually do is say...Go see your doctor and if…

I don't think it's an eating disorder so much as a body that isn't handling food well at all. I deal with IBS and can understand. My best friend has Crohn's so I have seen major issues come about from certain foods. You clearly want to eat more. Increasing in small amounts is good. Also, find out if there is a protein or…

You could just be direct and discuss it with her. Find out how she's feeling, if she's badly hurt, if she's feeling overly jilted and if she was KIDDING or not. Talking is the best. If you were only together 4.5 months (which is diddly short) there may not be a huge issue with being friends. The only way you're going to…

I'm learning to log in the morning, at night, and if I'm dealing with a meal that I'm uncertain about and don't want to go overboard with. My guy is very supportive.

I prefer night because it gets rid of the stress from my day at work. However, I'm shifting schedules to even later now, 2pm-11pm at work. So I'll likely have to go earlier. I don't like earlier, because my body aches so much more earlier in the day.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lie to Me Wire in the Blood (British) Merlin And we're almost done with Being Human :( I'm going to miss that BADLY. UK version. Every time we find a great show, we devour the episodes.

I count only Water and the water I use for my protein shake if I go to the easy route that day.

I fear fire the most, and losing those I love as I've lost so many people. The first one, they think it might be so irrationally strong because I was 3 years old and saw my mom electrocuted by a power line outside. She was smoking etc (she's fine, some nerve damage and the most amazing woman ever.) I don't remember the…

No, because the BMI calculator by itself is faulty. It doesn't take into account your actual body fat percentage. You need to use calipers to measure and other things as well to accurately calculate. Anyone who uses only the BMI calculator is buying into the same stuff that gave us the Food Pyramid and all that other…

I was going to say, it shouldn't become suddenly inaccurate if you're doing weights versus cardio. Heart rate is heart rate. But what the last poster stated about elevated heart rate due to cardio first then weights is true. If you want that kind of burn, this order can work. I do it either way, but usually if I do cardio…

For my daughter when getting her off of her grandma's kick of pizza and nuggets only and changing how she ate, she had to eat all veggies on her plate to get to the stuff she found desirable. Veggies were the only thing she had to eat before she could eat the rest and was able to stop and it was a reasonable portion. Kids…

It's absolutely a parent's fault when a child is overweight. Sometimes the budget is hard on families too if there are many kids, but this mom was horrendous. My daughter was thin. She never really wants soda, candy, cake or anything like that. I taught her what to eat even though I was far from perfect. I grew up with…

Gorgeous and this amused me GREATLY :) So many girls seem to think that weights mess up how they look. I love how you posted this.

You can follow me too and I've added most of you. Shelah Dow. I love recipes, but am wanting to add a fitness one too

That's sooo awesome! You're doing great and I can see a HUGE difference, especially in your face. But everywhere.

That would be me :) Love the Aquarians

My earliest memories were when I was a year old. We lived in a pink house that to this day I could draw the floor plan for. :) The only room I could not map is the bathroom, since I was too young. I remember watching old OLD music vids with my dad, trying to remember the song. I just remember a yellow baby chick in one. I…

When I'm stressed and can't eat, I manage protein drinks, cream of wheat, and toast. That's all.

Mine is my waist. I always end up with a small waist before anything else goes anywhere. I've lost 1-2 inches everywhere, but in my waist, I've lost close to 4.

I always bear in mind that men do NOT think like we do. Some might, but more often they don't. He's probably thinking, "I posted on facebook, it's sufficient" and is doing his normal guy stuff and handling what he has to handle. Most men don't immediately think, "I need to -talk- to her about this too." Women are…

Yeah, in this case, surrogacy has nothing to do with sex, but with medical procedures that allow you to be a carrying device for a child made of someone else's DNA. So the example someone used of a guy impregnating another woman was way off.

I've had 2 of those marriages. I'm out of those now and with someone I adore who adores me. I'm 37. It can happen.

I don't know, when I was in school my endometriosis was so severe I could NOT participate for several days in PE and my asthma caused severe migraines as well if -running- and they didn't encourage walking or anything else to take its place. Rather than working with me and finding ways I could participate and be active,…

My guy and I do not say "I love you" but we say "I like you" or "I like you very much" and have our sweet little expressions. He is an actor, so will do this French accent where he says I love you in French, which sounds like "Shoot the door" so in time that evolved into something as simple as "door" or "windows" in texts…