WhitneyAnnabelle Member

My friends think I'm vegan because I want to lose weight. They tell me I'm extreme. I tell them to STFU.

There. For anyone who wants to see my before, it is in my pictures. I didn't realize how weirdly compact and squat I am, hahaha.

For real, I am 35 pounds lighter now than I was in high school. I don't believe it either. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

I'm at 22%, too. I would like to get to about 19, but I would also like my period back. It's a conundrum. Sorry if that was an overshare for some people, haha.

I know a lot of people are saying, "JUST DO IT!", but the reality is that there are so many steps to it that it can be daunting. My husband always remarks that I get into these fits where I'll say I'm going to eat this way, and workout that way, and do all kinds of stuff at once. Start with one thing and work your way to…

Wow, you look amazing. When I was that weight (and same height), I was dastardly. Great job!

Water. Going through the same thing. Push the water out with more water!

My first day of Shed and Shred (did the double workout). Phew. I'm probably going to do the first one for awhile, then the second. It'll almost be like I'm doing 30DS!

And Polar Seltzer water...yum.

Green tea and water. Used to be wine, too, but I'm cutting it out.

I know I'm probably in the minority, but I wore a dress like the first one to a wedding last weekend, and I loved it. So comfortable. I'd go with that one. One shoulder ones can be tricky. Been there, done that.

I agree with the whole "go to an instructor if you have pain" thing. If you are a seemingly healthy individual with nothing that really bothers you, doing the DVD's is usually fine. If you're having back pain, though (and take it from me, with a history of herniated disks and blown disks and cracked spines in my family),…

Definitely list it as circuit training, though the calorie count may be low depending on your intensity. As a side note for people who don't really use them, kettlebells=awesome. I feel so strong when I use them. On the other hand, be careful of your shoulders with some moves if you have messed up/weak ones. I have…

Hahahaha.

Definitely should have been sent to Ty. Also, I don't think that's called "chickspeak." That's called "I'm too lazy to type out thank you" speak

Um...THANK YOU FOR THIS

Today it was pasta. Usually, peanut butter. And I usually eat it at 3 in the morning. Blah.

5'2 3/4'' (close enough, right?) CW: Fluctuates from 104 to 108 GW: I want to lose fat and build muscle! I'm tired of being skinny fat after all of my weight loss.

You drink it? I thought it was an injection... Sorry, I have nothing constructive to say. I'm just curious about that.

I've been able to go off of two medications since becoming vegan. There's just something about it that works for me.

Creepy van for the win

I think this says a lot about the city in which I live Edit: Damn. I guess it's a gigantic f'ing picture. It is a picture of the Portland Museum of Art sign with "sign" graffitied on the ground with arrows.

Okay, I love spaghetti squash more than most things, but in all honesty, it is no substitute for pasta. That's just reality. My suggestion would be to eat the pasta on days when you're training and/or training hard (you may always train hard). You can afford those 400 calories for two cups. Two cups is quite a bit.

Sarcasm and homophobia don't mix, and they are not synonymous. It's not a matter of not being able to detect sarcasm--it's a matter of being able to distinguish between the two and knowing that one can offend someone on a level that the other can't.

For a forum with so many seemingly self-proclaimed English experts, there are a whole lot of grammar mistakes, hahaha.

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One issue I have with this (and someone may have pointed it out, but I'm lazy, so my apologies) is that 15% BF on a woman is considered "smooth," while 25% is considered "moderately obese." What about 20%? Shouldn't THAT be smooth? They make it sound like women who are 15% BF are actually carrying around noticeable…

Ever gone down an icy highway at night backwards on four bald tires with your left blinker on?

I'm vegan

Candida just means white in Latin...remember that and you're golden