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To answer the title question, "building" muscle (really it's retaining muscle since I have spent very very little time consuming a calorie surplus) has made me fit into a smaller size at a higher weight. The last time I reached my current weight through a VLCD and extreme cardio, I was wearing clothes 2 sizes bigger.

Nothing, because I don't restrict anything, so I can't really call it a craving when I don't yearn and pine for and write love letters to whatever food I feel like eating in the moment. It's a pretty fabulous system.

Liberating is the day where you don't really give a damn about your cellulite or stretch marks anymore :happy: That being said, the cellulite on my legs and bum has definitely reduced since I started losing weight in January 2012, and I've been strength training heavy since March 2012. You've only started 5 months ago,…

DO NOT USE NAIR FOR A BRAZILIAN! I REPEAT!!! DO NOT USE NAIR FOR A BRAZILIAN!!

I'm pretty curvy, so I'll go with tamarind shaped.

Years ago I was having a cigarette outside a bar and I noticed a guy making the eyes at me. His friend saw him checking me out and "whispered" something like "Dude, but she's so much bigger than you!". The part that annoyed me wasn't that the friend called me fat, as that was nothing I hadn't heard before, but it was the…

I don't know how long you've been at it, but these sort of feelings I find can happen when you're still pretty new to losing weight in a way that fits your lifestyle, or if you're losing weight fast and are accustomed to seeing quick and steady progress. My weight loss has been pretty slow, but it's also allowed me to go…

In the realm of food porn, 'cauliflower oatmeal' sounds like a cold shower.

This. Shorts come in different lengths, so find a pair that you feel good wearing and werk it.

- Your friend complains of her back rolls getting all sweaty in the heat and you stay silent because you can't relate anymore, and what do you even say to that to not sound like an *kitten*? - You start tripping over your pant legs, but you can't wear any of your belts to help because they're all too big. - You start…

To be honest, I'm a 5'8 hourglass, and it took me 50lbs over the course of 16 months to lose 3 inches off my hips. But my *kitten* looks much better so I'm not too sad about it.

bumping for the canadian celiac version soon pls, thanx!

Poutine

Find an activity that you hate the least, and do it. Then do it again. And again. And again. And then you will have a rest day or two and actually miss doing it.

Nah.. You look great! Amazing job, congrats on your loss :flowerforyou:

I'm natural and at the point where I don't mind sacrificing a good hair day for a killer workout.

Is this the kid of the kid from Jerry Maguire??!?

This perfect response :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

This reminds me of all the fuss over Karlie Kloss' Steven Meisel shoot. She is incredibly long, lean and athletic, with some muscular definition, and supermodel thin. The magazine chose to photoshop out her ribs, which is bull**** because it's presenting another unattainable body type; most people can't get down to that…

Actually no, it's time and a butt-load of hard-*kitten* work.

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Full-figured means ample T&A, end of.

The thing is I don't know how to respond to that because that's kind of a stereotype, in my case it's really not because of my chest that I get back pain, but I don't want to go into why or the history of my back pain so I just don' say anything. In any case, it isn't an anger inducing statement. I get offended at many…

I was at a friend's the other day and was talking about my back pain. This dude who I had just met piped up "it's because of your big 'ole BOOBS!" and there was kind of an awkward silence for a minute after and then everyone made fun of him. It was hilarious. But to answer your question, no I don't get upset if someone…

But they don't, because spandex.

Eat a later breakfast/lunch, eat less during the day, and eat a big satisfying dinner at night.

People who haven't gone through a moderate - big weight loss tend to be clueless about what it actually entails. And people have an idea in their heads of what 'losing 50 lbs.' looks like, not taking into account lean body mass, height, fat distribution, etc. And when they think like that, it's not at all based on logic or…

My gym, and the new health food store that opened up, both the staff and the customers, it's kind of odd. ETA: Art shows/gallery openings.

I tried quitting for all of the "right" reasons before and would eventually go back to smoking. I found that getting really into a certain cardio routine, whether it by C25K or Zumba or biking helped me not pick up my smoking habit again. Having a crappy lung capacity really held back my progress at improving cardio. May…

My curls are gorgeous (not gonna lie) now that I know how to work with and not against them, but I get sick of my hair sometimes only because true kinky curly hair (some people posting here really have more wavy/loose than kinky curls) that actually looks good can take a lot of effort when you have long hair (with the…