charneus

You're quite welcome, and you're quite right. The people who don't support you, who aren't there for you or ridicule you for trying to lose weight just don't need to exist in your life. People are inconsiderate of how a person feels, and they may not realize how much an impact their words have. Even "good-natured ribbing"…

There have been times I simply hadn't been in the mood, and I've turned it down. We're not all "sex sex sex", you know. Just like women, we need to be in the mood for it. So yeah, there are guys that turn it down. I'm one of them.

Honestly, it's a case-by-case basis. If you broke up with no anger in the breakup, you stand a good chance of reconciling differences and making it work. An example of this would be a couple who decide they want to see other people. After being apart, even dating a person or two, they realize where their heart lies, and…

Quite awesome! I probably should do something similar, only getting a tattoo after I've lost x amount of inches or something! Way to go!

You'd think these were well-known, and maybe you're right, to an extent. However, I do know a lot of people (at least, in this area) who seem to think that if you're not broken by the end of the day, you didn't exercise hard enough. And have you read through the posts on MFP? You'll find quite a few people who believe in…

Reading a couple books, so here goes... "Phantoms... In Your Pants" "A Necessary Evil... In Your Pants"

Go to marriagebuilders.com - Great site, and might help save your marriage anyway. Just a thought. Good luck in whatever you choose to do, though.

In my defense, I'm doped up on pain meds and I actually did catch it much later. :P

Haha, it's okay. At least I didn't bust your chops on "sol" vs. "so" ;) and that it should have been "do" anyway. I'm slipping! :p

That should be... "Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light..." For a bald eagle pic... you don't know your Star Spangled Banner...

I'm guilty of ending thoughts with "so" despite my every intention not to, and it drives me crazy, too. I'll sit there and say, "Last night, I drank a beer, so..." or "I'm going to go take a bath now, so...." As for staring sentences with "so", as many others have pointed out, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.…

I actually just posted a status on this very topic. How ironic. Some things to try: 1. Remove 200-300 calories from your intake, as LONG as you don't drop below 1200 calories. 2. Double the time you exercise. Your body is used to what you're doing now, so you need to push it a bit more. 3. Add resistance to your exercises.…

It scans the information for the package, which, if I'm not mistaken, has the serving sizes and whatnot on it. I need to start doing that myself, though. Not sure if it works in the UK, but I don't see why not. Also, you kind of have to question... if it's coming up as different stuff when you scan it, are the stores…

Of course there's a secret! We just don't let people know, otherwise we'd all be super fit and MFP wouldn't need to exist. Geez, now I feel like a prick for not sharing, and I was coming here to chastise you about revealing it! Thank goodness that was avoided!

Bumpity bump bump, bumpity bump bump, look at Frosty go! Er, yeah. This gives me a reason to get a blender. Great find!

Thank you for this, seriously. I'm at 385ish, and I need to get down to about 200 myself. It's nice to know approximately what I'll look like after I lose almost 200 lbs. That is awesome on your part.

@missbaker89, you've got a 9 from me.

@kasarin -- I'd give you a 7. I'm comfortable in my own sexuality that I can rate men just as well as women.

Yep, if it looks like a duck, it surely has to quack like a duck, and therefore, they're legal game! Seriously ladies, if you're wanting to look sexy for pictures, there's no need to distort your face... that looks disgusting, not sexy. :p

I have yet to send out a friend request, but that's for my own personal reasons. About 90% of my friends sent a request to me based on a few posts I've posted, as they were motivational in topic and it seemed a number of people were looking for friends like that. That's what makes me happy. I'm not going to turn down…

You want to lose excess weight? Get a colonic. Most times, you'll clear out an extra 5-10 lbs of excess weight. But seriously, don't kid yourself into thinking you're going to lose all that weight at 2lbs a week. You'll wind up hurting yourself in the end, and that's the most frustrating part.

Key points here. You don't want to eat too little - you'll wind up starving yourself, and that leads to binge eating. Yes, you can set your calorie goal individually, but it's not to set it lower than what it should be. MFP offers a generalized goal that you can modify based on doctor recommendations and precise…

There's a difference between telling people what they should do (because it "obviously works" for them) and making suggestions based on what they have seen/experienced. Everyone's body is different. We break down foods differently, we store fat differently, and our energy levels are quite different. My 385 lb frame and…

Hehe, I may try bumping it every week instead. ;) Every word in that is true, though. I'm here, even when it seems no one else is. :)

Glad to have been of some help. I know it can be frustrating at times, which is why I posted this. Keep your chin up, and take each day in stride! :)

Check out my post in this forum called "Why you fail at losing weight" -- it might offer some great insight to you. With as much exercise as you're doing, you're probably building up more muscle than anything, which is a good thing. The most important thing is not how much you weigh, but if you feel healthier and can do…

You're fooling yourself if you think that eating xx amount of calories only is going to cause you instant weight loss. 5 lbs a week isn't weight loss; it's undernourishment, and you're going to suffer greatly in the end. Please, don't try to lose all your weight as if it's a race. You're going to harm yourself in the end…

I'm truly awed in this... your face is... gone... your body is... gone... wow... Great job! I can hardly wait to see what I'm going to look like after I've lost my weight!

Just looked at your profile, and holy crap you're close to me! I live in Hanford. Scary, scary, scary! Anyway, to comment on your comment, and to add comment to this: It's a lifelong event, keeping healthy. It's not something that's going to stay the second you become healthy. It's something that's going to bite you in the…

What I mean is that some people are so worried about going OVER their calorie goal that they'll purposefully eat as little as possible to stay UNDER. So my suggestion to those that aren't coming anywhere near their calorie quota is to strive for at least half of their calorie goal, if not more. It's not a healthy thing to…