dbratton87 Member

Doughnut. And I am American. Born and raised in the South. Honestly, I have JUST started noticing this "donut" trend. I thought it was just an improper abbreviation like "drive-thru". It's not formally correct and it gets auto-corrected or marked by spell check. So, the answer is "doughnut" is the correct, formal spelling,…

I'm pretty good about just doing things in a light/joking way and people typically get the point. Just something like, "Girl, please. You know I'm trying to do something about all this" (pointing to belly) If they keep insisting just nicely explain, "Seriously, I wish I could but you have no idea how many people tell me…

Thanks for the replies. Anyone with any medical knowlegde on this? Should I be concerned? I need to see my lady doc soon so I will ask her for sure but in the mean time, should I worry? I'm a bit paranoid about health. lol

Eh, I say it's no biggie and it's none of your business, really. I would slip out of a class if I didn't enjoy the substitute (with the exception of yoga. That's different from any other fitness class. I actually stayed for a whole class where the sub was AWFUL.) And in a Zumba class I would not feel bad about coming…

Sorry, thought this was a thread about hating SANTA and I wanted to see what kind of heartless freaks would respond. Carry on...

Naked? lol, I'm pretty much to a point where I will wear anything I wanted to wear before. Now I would just like to get to a point where I look GREAT in short shorts, a bikini, and naked instead of just okay. I feel okay in short shorts and a bikini (finally!) but I need more muscle definition and bit more fat gone before…

Sounds like exercise induced asthma. Happens to me too but only when I push myself super hard. You CAN work through it and it will get better. If you keep it up and just push but not too hard. It will slowly start get to where you can work harder and harder without the symptoms flaring up and eventually they will likely…

Oh my, have to try!

I don't know. I NEED to figure out how to explain this to my husband. I have lost 40 lbs and I DID cut out certain foods completely for most of that time just cause it didn't feel worth it but I never had the intention of NEVER eating those again. So now that I am 15 lbs from where I want to be I am starting to eat sweets…

You must be a really boring dresser. lol.

How incredibly negative. I totally disagree. I did have to deal with feeling hungry at the end of the day but I don't starve all day. I also did not learn to live my life without the pleasure of food. It took me a little bit to adjust but literally, after just weeks my appetite and tastes had changed. I just had to adjust…

I agree, disease. Some people's attitude toward overweight people is very sad. Like someone above said, a very insignificant number of people maintain more than 15-20 lbs of weightloss. It is simply not as easy as eating less. Some people are very genetically predisposed to weight gain. The genetic risk factors alone would…

Your profile pic just made me really sad..... Charlie :'(

Exactly! That was shocking to me! I am 5'3 3/4 and I can't even imagine weighing 130. I'm currently 150, which was my original goal but I have now lowered that to 135/140. Anyway, my BF% is like 27 right now which is right in the middle of average. If I got to 130 I think it would be closer to the low end!

Umm, so do I. I AM losing at a healthy rate (about a lb or less a week) and this is permanent. Once I reach maintenance I plan to stick with pretty much how I eat now but maybe loosen the reins a little more often or up my cals to 1,400 or so. I can't really eat more than that anyway and there's no need to. That's a…

Exactly! I have lost 36 # since Jan 1 eating 1,200-1,300 cals a day and I'm still consistently losing. I weigh less every week. And I'm not starving in the least. Believe me, I KNOW what works for me. This ain't my first rodeo, I have been at this for years. Nothing has ever worked for me before. I tried eating more and…

My thoughts exactly! I have always used a hard "g".

Wow, this is incredibly misunderstood and blown up. The byproduct is NOT toxic at all. It's even safe for consumption, it just cannot be (and IS NOT) discarded into water or any old environment because it would result in an increase in sugar-eating bacteria (because they would have an abundant food supply) and THAT would…

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Getting your heart rate up DOES NOT have zero bearing on whether or not it's "cardio". Every source I have consulted defines cardio as an exercise from moderate to vigorous intensity that significantly raises you heart rate to a target range for an extended period of time. So yes, you are right that just because your heart…

It's not had any affect on us. Well, I am happier so we get along better and, despite what he says, I feel he is more attracted to me (although he has always had a pretty high....drive iykwim). But we have always had our own things going on. We spend plenty of time together but we have always had different hobbies and we…

I don't know if they are the devil but they are no where near being like almonds. They have about half the fiber, twice the carbs, three times the saturated fat, and more calories. Pretty much none of their numbers match up besides protein.

Banana ice cream (just blend some frozen bananas with a little vanilla and cinnamon) with a few fat free nilla wafers?

Okay, I laughed and laughed at that! Lol

What a jerk. Some of us are really overweight or out of shape and could not dream of just solid running a 5k without working up to it. That comment was really unnecessary. Why rub in our faces that we can't do what most people can? I could never run a whole 5k without training. I can barely complete day 1 of the C25K…

My power breakfast is an Ezekiel english muffin with 2 whole eggs sprinkled with a little salt and fresh cracked pepper (maybe some green onion)! I like to make an "egg patty" with the eggs by cracking them into one of those small egg pans and cooking them low and slow or just throwing them in the microwave. Then I put it…

Dark chocolate :) I don't have it every day but almost. I just discovered Theo's dark chocolate (70%) with orange! Fabulous.

Usually get a wrap or a fruit smoothie with whey protein. Sometimes, when I will be out for the whole day at school or running errands I hit up tropical smoothie for a combo (smoothie, wrap, and banana) and split that food up and that's my whole day's worth right there (minus the breakfast I already ate). The wrap is not…

Or you actually ARE gaining muscle so you are getting smaller but not losing WEIGHT. I don't understand what you are complaining about? You are ranting on and on based on a technicality? TECHNICALLY, yes, muscle weighs more than fat BY VOLUME. So, they are leaving out that part but everyone knows what they mean. When…

25! I always get 18 or 17! lol