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I wear make-up almost every time I leave the house because of my rosacea. :( I usually also wear eye make-up because I think it significantly improves my appearance, but I only wear lip color on special occasions because I get sick of trying to wash it off my water bottles. Once I cover up all the rosacea-related redness,…

My "breakfast casserole" of eggs, lots of spinach, potatoes, onions, ham and cheese. And a cup of coffee. I make a 6-serving 9x13 baking dish of it every weekend. It re-heats well in the microwave.

I actually didn't address the kind and encouraging things some posters said to the OP. I did not say I disapproved of that.

Monstergirl may be the most sensible person on MFP. OP posted on the motivation & support board because she wanted to vent her frustration and see if anyone else was feeling the same way. She did not post on a Genetic Disorders message board because she is not trying to say she has a diagnosable genetic-related medical…

I think this behavior, while problematic, is quite common. I have to struggle against it myself, and I know many of my friends do it or have to try really hard not to. I think it's so much harder to exercise self control in the evening when you are tired. Boredom doesn't help either. (I'm bored, but I'm too tired to do…

From a woman who has been blessed/cursed with disproportionately large breasts, my only advice is to be moderate when you choose your new cup size. At 5'3' and 139 lbs I'm a 34 DD or DDD (depending on the brand/style of bra) and when I was 115 lbs I was still a 34 D. I don't have kids yet, so I don't know what'll happen…

I believe the OP said she is only 23. Although I think we all know the typical human metabolism slows down with age (if age didn't matter, BMR calculators wouldn't ask for it, right?), I don't think a 23 year old should be experiencing a very significant age-related decrease in metabolic rate since she was, say, 17. Also I…

Bangles: Your lament sounds a lot like mine. I am always whining about why can't I eat like a normal person w/o ballooning up? I'm trying to lose weight right now, but 9 years ago when I was your age I was maintaining about 115 lbs (at 5'3') on a measly 900 cals a day. And I don't mean net. I was not eating back my…

Well, I've heard from several sources that most people who lose weight on any kind of diet will ultimately regain it. People try to say that you will not gain weight if you eat mostly healthful, nutrient-dense food, but I sure as heck have. Calories matter. It's better they are nutritious calories, but it still matters how…

For clothes sizing measure at the smallest point. For your "medical" waist measurement, measure one inch above the top of your hip bones. I had to do that for my health insurance. It was depressing. I assume they use that to gauge how likely you are to have a heart attack and cost them lots of money.

I also want to say that when I see chubby people running I never judge them. I mentally salute them because they are better runners than I am, regardless of jiggle. I do have to admit that I sometimes think "she could use a more supportive sports bra", but as a top-heavy woman myself I know how hard those can be to find!…

Me too! I jiggle and I don't want anyone else to know what a crap runner I am. I have a phobia about gyms and feel very fortunate to have a powerlifting and football playing hubby who has amassed a greater diversity of fitness equipment in our basement than can be found in most commercial gyms.

Me too. Okra and canned or fresh tomatoes in approx. equal quantities, with canned chipotle peppers is a favorite of mine. Although the last bag of frozen okra I bought I used in soup but discovered that some of the pieces were really tough and woody and completely inedible. Blech!

I used to work with (and share a single, unisex bathroom with) a middle-aged man who still hadn't learned to urinate into the toilet bowl, not on the sides of the bowl, the floor, etc. He was the big boss, too. Imagine how much I respected him.

I don't usually respond to people who are being snarky just for sake of it, but I'm just going to point out this: a funny thing happens when you live with a person and/or eat most meals with them. You start to notice portion sizes and food choices. If you are a veteran logger you can estimate calories. That is why I used…

I firmly believe that some people just get lucky with an amazing metabolism. I've known people personally who ate ~5000 cals a day, exercised little, and stayed skinny (although whether they are healthy is debatable). Meanwhile, here I am gaining weight on a meager 1500 cals/day. I've always wondered if these lucky people…

I have the same problem. First of all I try to keep all of the foods I find most tempting out of the house, which doesn't always work because I'm married to a very fit man who doesn't really have to diet. Second, I find I'm most likely to binge when I'm reading or watching TV and have nothing else to do with my hands. So…

At home, usually alone. My husband has collected pretty much every piece of fitness equipment a person could possibly want in our basement, for which I am very grateful because I hate working out with an audience. We have a treadmill, a rower, lots of weights and lifting equipment, and (most importantly) a TV. Of course, I…

I've come to believe that there exist a few people who just don't like or care about food. I find it hard to understand because I LOVE good food. But I have observed that a small minority of people only eat because they have to. Maybe their tastebuds just aren't very sensitive. I sometimes wish I were like that!

Does your gym have a rowing machine? Rowing seems really efficient for burning calories fast w/o feeling like you're about to die. I run (C25K) twice a week and row and strength train three times a week. Per my husband who is a powerlifter and fitness freak: lift as much as you can manage for 2 sets of 8 reps (the last few…

My mom has fibromyalgia as well as messed up knees and shoulders and she's been doing water aerobics for a couple of months and loves it. Her class is taught in extra warm water (around 100 F, I think) which helps with some of the pain and stiffness. From personal experience, I recommend yoga but listen to your body and…

Your food occupies a certain volume in space before you eat it. Depending on what it is, after you chew and swallow it, it will still occupy almost the same volume (excluding foods like whipped cream, meringue, and marshmallows that include a lot of incorporated air), only now it's in your stomach. There is no way to avoid…

I think this is a symptom of calorie-counting. First of all, you've reduced your intake and that takes some time to get used to before the hunger normalizes. Then, if you're like me, you're carefully planning all your meals and snacks for the day so that you won't exceed your goal cal/day. Then you have to worry about how…

I can sympathize! My husband is a competitive power-lifter and as such has much higher calorie requirements than I do. Now, he can't just eat whatever he wants and not gain fat, but he does get to eat (I estimate) 3500-4000 cal/day and maintain. Meanwhile I'm over here netting 1200 cal/day and still losing less than…

Most of the traditional herbal remedies to bring on menstruation also can induce a miscarriage, so I wouldn't mess around with those. Just because they're plants doesn't mean they're safe!

I "eat clean" because I feel much better when I keep my processed food consumption to a minimum. I do not take it to an extreme, nor do I conform to any particular pop diet (paleo, etc.) I think the fact that my ex-hippie mom raised me on a very natural, healthy and nutritious diet helps, too. I find that I get sick a lot…