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I pre-plan multiple snacks throughout the evening. Since evenings are my worst time, I make sure I have plenty of planned things to eat. All I have to do is wait another hour for the next snack time. Nuts, bowl of berries with whipped cream, frozen juice bar, crackers w/peanut butter or celery with peanut butter, 1 oz of…

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Every so often, we go out for homemade ice cream. A waffle cone, dipped in chocolate with one scoop of cherry wowza ice cream is about 600 calories. And worth every single one of them. :heart:

If I did those at my gym, I'd have an (unwelcome) audience! I already get loads of funky looks doing deadlifts and pendalay rows because I have to take the bar from one of the benches and set it up mid-floor. Oh the stares from the bench crowd (benches are all they do)!! But maybe I can set something up with my personal…

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My partner introduced me to gaming. Everquest, specifically. Eventually, I became the guild leader and our guild was ranked in the top 5 for the server. At one point, we each had three accounts and could duo box a full group. I began to branch out and played Wow in beta as well as a number of other games, such as LOTRO,…

I see no changes in me whatsoever. Not in shape, not on the scale. I am just this> <close to quitting entirely. I mean deficit eating as well as heavy lifting. I work out 6 days a week - 3 high intensity cardio and 3 lifting. I've been doing SL 5x5 since April 9. This should accomplish SOMETHING, shouldn't it? I…

MFP DOES utilize your BMR. Go to Home > Goals and see your TDEE (otherwise called calories burned from normal daily activity). This figure is a calculation of your BMR x activity facter (which YOU entered in your diet/fitness profile). As you lose weight, MFP reduces your calorie needs since your BMR goes down with your…

I use a Fitbit. It is designed to be worn 24/7. It even has a sleep monitor, if you choose to use it. As said above, the calculations are based on the usual TDEE calculations, so if you have any anomalies, the device will be inaccurate. For me, it is helpful to see when I'm particularly sedentary vs more active and lets me…

I think you look great!! Wonderful job on the loss!

ROFL!

I was having a really bad day recently and since my usual pics are all smiley and bubbly, I decided to snap a webcam shot to capture the pissiness. Depending on how things are going, my profile pic will be one of the smiley ones or a scowly one, like this one.

I had one when I was a teenager. I also had no muscles or curves, and was built very much like a young boy...lanky and slim. I developed curves in my 20's and can tell you that curves got one heck of a lot more attention than boyishly slim with a thigh gap. Now...I'd be perfectly happy to NOT have too much excess fat.…

Tampa Bay - couple miles from the beach. Lived in Pinellas County for more than 30 years. I used to love it, but I think I am too old for this heat anymore. I'd rather be in the cooler mountains now. Maybe when I retire, I can move to NC or VA or something.

All are me except the one of Storm from the X-Men.

From Georgia (Smoky Mountains), currently living in central Florida.

Rode bikes, climbed trees and mountains and built swimming holes, rode horses, did heavy farm work (hoeing, mucking barns, etc.) and generally played outdoors. We didn't have a TV, so my entertainment always revolved around the outdoors or books. As an adult (pre-children), I played volleyball, went whitewater rafting, did…

There is a guy who is in my gym every single time I'm there (I'm there 6 days a week) for the last 3 years. He is a skinny little thing, wears a woven choker. Does hours and hours of isolate-type exercises. Some of them are so obscure you can barely detect any movement on his part. Never ever does any compound lifts. I…

The advice you got in the other thread was helpful to me, as well. Thanks!

I'm 5'5", 150 lbs, size 5/6. I do SL 2x a week, and isolation exercises the 3rd weightlifting day. Then, I do cardio (zumba x 2, kickboxing x 1) three times a week, with one rest day. I have been doing SL since April 9th (prior program was something I created - three day split). I eat a variety of calories, from 1200 on…

It used to always be...Stormy, the one who is built like a brick sh*thouse. Then I got fat. So then it was like, Stormy, the one with the funky purple/red hair and green eyes.

I don't feed my kids junk. They eat healthy, just like I do. My 6yr old has never in her life had fast food or soda/carbonated drinks, but they are not deprived. I make pizza from scratch, and organic burgers, and we love our turkey bacon, among other things. Homemade ice cream and fruit smoothies/shakes are amazing! Why…

Only thing that annoys me is people crowding my a**. I'm in the front row, people. I can't move up any further, so give me enough room to not frigging trip over you. My teacher is awesome and we roll for 58 minutes straight, with hard core moves. I just wish the latecomers would move on into the room instead of hover by…

Today- Squats 5x5 #90, OHL's 5x5 #45, Deadlifts 1x5 #145 I've circled the safety bar in red: Some don't have it or they're fixed. Sucks when that happens :grumble:

Lose it now...cuz it won't get any easier when you hit 50! :mad:

Move over, guys. Make room in that boat for me! I'm at a complete and utter loss. Ready to ....something. :explode:

Well, my idea of "clean" is probably not as clean as it could be. That said, for me it equals - nothing with artificial additives, preservatives, or enhancers. No colorings, GMO's, HFCS, MSG, nitrites, or chemicals. No hormones, no antibiotics, no pesticides - organic, if possible. Little to no added sugars of any kind. It…

I do. Haven't quite figured them out yet, plus one of the measure points is on your back, which clearly you can't do by yourself.

What's "big"?