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I sat at home alone with a bottle of wine I purchased reading a book and taking a bubble bath. I know it sounds lame, but it was what I wanted. Just after I turned 18 my older sister gave me her old ID. She turned 21 the month after I turned 18. So since i was 18 I had been living the life of a 21 year old and once my 21st…

i wish this was the case for 99% of us. If it was Texas wouldn't have the 4 fattest cities in America.

Please don't listen to this kid. parallelism is a joke. squat like you're pooping in the woods. chest up butt down knees out.

Gap. long legs, small waist. Or if you're like me and have long legs, small waist and thick thighs, again Gap is excellent, but Paige also makes their jeans with bigger than "normal" thigh room. I wear a size 4 in most jeans, but my thighs need a size 6 (damn you squats!) I can squeeze into AE size 4 jeans but they're just…

That's 7 calories of pure sugar. So it's not guilt-free.

Isn't Baruka the whiny little brat's name from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?

I weight train regularly (heavy weights, not 10# dumbbells to be clear). My coach recommended that I use whey protein or whey protein isolate to increase strength and decrease recovery time. I asked her about creatine and why she doesn't recommend I take it. She said basically it kind of depends on my personal goals, which…

Um, whoa. This so cannot be right. I have a medium to large frame. (Meaning, my index finger and thumb do not touch, but my middle and my thumb do.) So I checked out ideal weight for both categories. I am 5'8 at 145lbs. It said I was underweight for medium frame and significantly underweight for large frame. That cannot be…

Could be the way you're standing on the scale. I've got a digital $20 scale from Walmart. If I stand on it with more pressure on my toes, I weight anywhere from 1-3 pounds lighter than if I stand with more weight on my heels. Be conscious of exactly how you're distributing your weight on the scale. I've found, through…

I've been told not to wear skinny jeans because my thighs are too big.... My thighs are 23" around at their widest part and are primarily muscle -- I LOVE squats. - my sister told me that one this past Christmas while we were at Church. One girl used to call me "cheesy" in high school because I had cellulite on the back of…

I can enter in the salad, veggies and approximate the rolls. But MFP doesn't have Hoffbrau's at all. And there's such a difference between like a Saltgrass sirloin and a Walmart sirloin that I don't know how to log it.

Someone told me, like a week ago, that I shouldn't wear skinny jeans because my thighs are too big. I do have big thighs, sure, they only fit into a size 6 jeans or bigger and my waist is a 4. So I have a difficult time finding jeans. but these thighs have pushed me through countless miles on the pavement, through sprints…

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have any of y'all ever done squats or lunges in bikini, boy shorts, grandma panties, anything other than a thong? Every time I wear anything other than a thong, I'm ALWAYS doing the pantie-up-the-*kitten*-grab dance. It's frustrating and really annoying. Keep it simple and keep it light. And no you don't run the risk of…

1. stop eating white bread. 2. stop eating anything white that's processed. 3. Eat ONLY whole grains, if you must eat grains at all. 4. I would recommend cutting grains out completely. It's difficult to cut grains out completely, some people can do it, I on the other hand choose not to because it's the easiest source of…

There's a good handful of us Paleo-ers on here.

depends on the exercises and whether you're inside or outside and what time of year it is. Go look at my profile pictures. When I'm lifting/ squatting I prefer my shorty short spandex shorts. They dont move at all, which is important when i'm lifting. I'm not constantly tugging and pulling at my shorts to quit rubbing and…

LOVE SOFTPAWS!! I used them on my kitten for about 6 months, they would come off every now and then but mine came with like 120 caps per pack so it wasn't a big deal when she lost one or two. Then as she got older I let her slowly transition off them, got her a 5 foot tall scratching post and one that lays on the floor so…

Ugh. I'm image retarded. Can't figure out how to load pictures on here. Someone message me with directions please!

You can burn serious calories weight lifting. Just depends on how much weight you use and how fast you lift the weights. I did a 5x5 @75#, 3x3 @ 95#, 1x1 @125# set of clean and jerks within probably 10-15 minutes. Burned almost 200 calories. Move your *kitten*, move heavy weights. You'll burn a lot more than you think…

I keep my log at 1300 calories/day. But I eat more than that. I like to keep it there so that I can get at least 1300 calories of good clean food. I normally give myself an extra 300-400 for any spare snacking, dessert, that second scoop of almond and walnuts. It's more of a psych thing, really.

I never want to see 148 or higher unless I'm pregnant, of course. My heaviest was 175 and I didn't know until the day I stepped on the scale. I thought I was still mid 140s. My goal weight is 133. Because I remember hitting 133 in high school and thought how fat I was when my older sister was only 115. Now i'd kill to be…

Almond milk- original. It's sweet, it's liquid. it's the ****. I use it in my coffee.

I'm not a mom, but here's my answer from the child's perspective because my mom did the same thing you did when i was growing up. She focused all her attention on raising me and my sisters and didn't even think about going to the gym. She now have diabetes, thyroid problems and is overweight. Honestly, i'd rather of spent…

i resent this. Just because i'm female doesn't mean I can't kick your *kitten* with some weights. >: / I'm bitter about men thinking women are inferior in the weight room.

I agree with dad106. I don't know why you'd go for raw food anyway. that means no meat, no eggs, no good source of protein. Sure veggies, particularly mushrooms have good protein but unless you're planning on eating about 3 pounds of mushrooms/day i doubt you actually get enough protein. I went grain/dariy/sugar free for…

does the ab circle pro really work? I love watching the infomercial and have almost bought it a dozen times but I can't bring myself to actually buy it because it seems like such a fluke.

Hey i have lower back problems too and hovering over the saddle (seat) and standing used to bother me every time, and after a few months of spin class my back doesn't hurt all the time now. it's only occasional, typically depending on what i did the day before. Keep your abs engaged while standing, but don't keep them so…

wrong. stay off the treadmill. that's only going to cause more harm that good. think ankle, hip, knee, back problems. ew. If you must run, go outside in the grass or on a track. I'm 5'8 at 140. I do not run. I hate running. Running and I don't get along. I'd rather eat frog legs than go for a run. If you're happy with your…

running. ew. I'm jealous of those than can run a mile without having to walk at all. No it's not that i'm out of shape, I'm just not a runner. And no not everyone was born to run like Christopher McDougall says. He's wrong. Running + Me = i'd rather be fat. :) but thanks for your input, I wouldn't think keeping your HR at…