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GREAT ideas! Thank you!! And thanks for the encouragement!!

Wow!!! Great work!!! Keep it up!!

This is why it is important to plan ahead. Most chain restaurants have nutirition information online and you can do your scouting before hand and decide what you are going to eat. Restaurants that aren't chains at least post their menu online so you can still get a general idea by using the database. Log what you are going…

^This. Beg her to call her doctor IMMEDIATELY. Although she is ignorant, It is not something to be angry at her at. What she is doing is very dangerous.

:noway: :noway: :noway: :love: Fabulous!!!

^This.

What a great idea! Thanks for keeping it off the regular boards!! :drinker:

56 GREAT VISUAL!!! I feel a bit grossed out though thinking of all that butter. :sick: Thanks!!:drinker:

:happy: Congratulations and welcome!! It's crazy isn't it?! :drinker:

I'm glad that you feel happy with your body now, but I think it is really sick and sad that we live in a culture where women feel like they have to undergo SURGERY to get PLASTIC put into their bodies so that they feel like they look good. :sad: We shouldn't need unnaturally big boobies to feel beautiful and sexy. There is…

First of all, 1,200, while it may be to low of an INTAKE, is often times NOT too low of a NET. For example, if you are just eating 1,100 cals a day for an extended time that probably isn't good, but if you are eating 1,400 and working off 300 cals to get to your 1,100 cals, that is perfectly FINE. There is ALOT of mis…

:laugh: Awesome!! :laugh:

Yus!!

I just peed a little. :laugh:

Anyone who says seasonal depression isn't valid is an idiot who has never lived very far north of the equator. Perhaps it isn't DIRECTLY influenced by the short sunlight (although people who understand cicadian rhythms would disagree) and cold weather, but indirectly it most CERTAINLY is because it is hard to be active. I…

Great non-scale victory!!! I was sunk in depression a couple years ago for awhile...thinking back it is hard to even remember it because it was such a sad, black time. Eventually, with a major intervention from my family, I went to counseling and took prozac for about a year for it. I used to live in Bozeman Montana, a…

Because your BRAIN is fighting you. Brains like patterns, they LIKE the old way of eating, even if it is unhealthy for you. Will power is like any muscle. You have to strengthen it over time. If you test it too much at once you wear it out and won't have any left over. That's why alot of people yo-yo diet. Slow and steady…

MANY studies have shown that crash diet programs are highly correlated with putting the lbs back on afterwards. It is VERY common. So yeah, maybe there are A FEW out there that actually kept it off, but I doubt it. If you don't learn to function in the real world by eating/exercising properly, you ARE going to put weight…

Rule of thumb: if it comes off quick, it goes back on quicker

We all carry weight differently. Unfortunately carrying weight in your tummy may just be the way you are. Building muscles in your abs is not going to get rid of the fat sitting on top of them. My old roomate in college was about about 110 and 5'4". She didn't like being that skinny, but whenever she gained weight it would…

Most peanut butter has some protein, but also alot of fats. You are probably better off eating some almonds or cheese. You don't have to eat any one thing to be healthy. You just have to learn what your body needs (protein, vitamins, iron, carbs, fats, etc) and find sources of it that YOU like.

You can eat them back or not if you want, if you don't eat them it will just add to your cut. YOU NEED to make sure you are logging them accurately with a Heart Rate Monitor, not some crap average estimator.

Your net cals is your intake less your burned cals. For example, if your goal is 1,100 and you eat 1,300 and work out 200 cals daily, then your net is 1,100. You don't necessarily have to have your net cals over 1,200, but you should certainly be using exercise to get to your cut instead of just eating less. This is common…

Never thought of it that way before...might have to cut out the cursing.:ohwell: Thanks!:smile:

What a great idea!!!! $25 is a SMALL price to pay for a tangible motivator. FRAME THAT BABY!!! :bigsmile: And congrats on your great sucess! Remember not to focus too much on the self loathing of who you were, focus more on how proud your are now and learn to love your new body and all the things you can do with it.…

The frustrating thing about weight loss is the more you lose, the slower it goes. It is frustrating, but don't lose hope!! :flowerforyou: Big question for you: 1) Are you using a HRM to track your burns? Frequently I see people, especially who are somewhat in shape, using average estimators and logging unrealistic (700…

If I'm not at work or around my mom, I curse like a cranky sailor.:embarassed: I honestly think it is silly for people to get offended by "bad" words. They are just words. But, some people do. Ce'st la vie. :indifferent: When I used to go to a gym, mostly I overheard *kitten*-metal blaring from headphones. :sick:

No. There is nothing to wrong with saving over some calories for the next day. Your average defecit is still under goal. Sometimes I plan ahead for a big meal tomorrow by doing a intense work out today. It's called making smart decisions. :smile: Don't stress. :flowerforyou:

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1) Those guys, although they were in a STUPID way probably trying to hit on you, are *kitten*. (and if they were honestly trying to show how much stronger than you they were, that is REALLY REALLY pathetic) 2) This is why I don't go to the gym: I don't like to be under the scrutiny of others. That sucks lady. I hope your…