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I'm 5'4" and my goal right now is 140, I look pretty good at that weight, but once I get there I'd like to try to get to 120. I have very broad shoulders and a hardier frame, so I think 120 might be a little thin (my boyfriend already voiced concern that would make me way too small, but I think he's just afraid I'll loose…

You aren't going to die and if you keep with it you'll totally loose weight, but it's not a sustainable lifestyle improvement. You don't really have that much to loose, if you do it the easy way (eating right w/ a reasonable calorie deficit and exercising) you'll be much better off. I think most of us on here have lost…

I love avocados too! I grew up in a town that boasted to be 'the avocado capital of the world' (in all reality they don't produce the quantities that places in South America do, but probably the most for the US) and have eaten them in every way imaginable. With that said, slicing them has always been a problem for me- that…

Yes, but you'll probably turn into Mr. Peanut. He's got a sweet monocle, so I wouldn't be too worried.

Just do it. Even if it doesn't work out in the long-run, it's not a big deal. Marriage doesn't mean anything in today's society anyways, not everyone even has the right to it.

See a doctor, of course. But in my experience- I thought I was losing my hair when I started losing weight and it freaked me out! I don't think I'm losing my hair anymore, so I don't know if I was freaking out for no reason and was just shedding my hair as one regularly does or what. To stop myself from freaking too much…

It doesn't seem that sketchy to me, she's basically telling you to consume less and gave you options on how best to do so. I'd opt for not eating back my exercise calories.

I totally keep clothes that are too small! I love trying on my too small clothes periodically and see how much closer I am to fitting into them. Sometimes I forget about something and by the time I try it on again it's too big, which is a bummer, but a good bummer. I even buy things on sale that are too small just to hold…

I never thought to weigh at work! I'm going to weigh myself out in my shipping department right now. That will probably keep me from doing it more than once a week, out of fear my shipping team will think I'm crazy =) Thanks for the input folks!

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Not to be a jerk, but Long Island doesn't even make the list of top 10 most expensive places to live. I actually live in one of the most expensive places to live (coastal north county San Diego) and I'm not paying anywhere near 1300 to live in house a block from the beach. Regardless, I get not wanting a tiny portion of…

I know personally I don't loose weight if I eat back all the calories I burned exercising. I'll eat a couple hundred more (my calorie goal is set for 1200), but no more than 1500 a day. I know it's a heated subject on here, but I know what works for me. I'm not starving myself and my weight-loss is consistent long term…

I know from personal experience the more I resist urges the easier it is to resist them in the future. It also becomes easier to resist/continue other things because I know I did it successfully with something else. For example I quit smoking, once I did that I found it immensely easier to ditch other bad habits like…

Self-control is a muscle, if you don't use it you lose it. It's hard, but just stop your binging- sit on your hands if you have to, anything! It will get easier every day. Also remember if you have a bad day, just start again the next day, never stop striving for a better day than the last.

Most of my veggie meals contain a lot of protein because I don't eat enough (I'm not vegetarian, but I don't eat much meat and I love veggies), but there are so many ways to prepare just veg. I roast a lot- brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, cabbage etc. (basically anything hardy.) Just chop, toss with some…

I really enjoyed your post. It was super sweet and well written! =)

I forgot to add, if it's fruit or veggie juice (therefore no fiber) then it's pretty much like drinking a pop as far as your body is concerned.

I believe the fiber in fruit allows your body to metabolize the sugar slower and use it more efficiently as fuel, so you don't get the sugar spike like you would from candy which can cause the excess to be stored as fat. With that being said, I try my best to keep my sugar intake down, but when I'm in the red (which is…

I can't be on any hormonal birth control due to my migraines. My doctor told me if you get migraines with auras being on hormonal bc increases your risk of stroke by 20%. I'd get off it if I were you, I'm surprised your doctor didn't take you off of it already. I was on the pill for a while when I was younger and when my…

I just wore jeans and pulled them down to expose the cheek. I'm not a very modest person, so I didn't really care who saw what. I wasn't planning on getting it, it was a spur of the moment kind of thing, and it's not very big.

I get bored unless I listen to podcasts or watch tv (Netflix on my phone is a godsend), which I alternate with some fast paced songs to get me to push my heart-rate up (or I do things like go as fast as I can for a couple minutes when they switch scenes or something.) I love to exercise, but if I didn't have something to…

Agree!

This is an interesting post. I have a feeling you will get a bunch of b*tchy responses, but I'm interested to see what someone with some helpful educated advice has to say. I don't eat a considerable amount of meat just by happenstance, as I prefer veggies and plant based protein, but I often force myself to eat some fish…

Sorry you're going through all this, being in constant pain is the worst! I don't have much advice, unfortunately. That's really what I find most frustrating about endometriosis is there is pretty much nothing you can do about it, I'm constantly harassing my doctors and scouring the internet for some cure I must have…

My parents never had an official talk, but explained things as they came up (movies, conversation, etc.) I don't think I ever didn't know what sex was and how pregnancy resulted in one term or another (obviously more broad when younger, more specific when older.) I think it should be an ongoing conversation that starts…

I add some laughing cow cheese (a portion or two depending on how many servings), butter (a little), parm (also a little), and of course salt and pepper and stir it up so it gets all melty. It's kind of like an alfredo version.

Gather the lower leaves around the head and tie it with string. I don't think cicadas eat cauliflower, but you'll get nicer heads that way regardless. You used to have to do that to all cauliflower to keep them white, but now they breed varieties that don't require it.

I hate the snooze button with a fiery passion! When my alarm goes off I just get up, the snooze is a waste of time and the sleep you get in that 10 minutes is worthless. My boyfriend will hit the snooze over and over again and it drives me insane. I don't have any advice besides to stop being lazy and just get up, it's not…

This may not help, but whenever I find myself becoming emotional when hearing news of other people having children I remind myself that their joy is independent from my struggle with infertility. I try my best to share in their joy and I find it really helps me overcome my negative feelings. It can be a struggle to do, but…

I thought the point was that he's up and active in the morning, not what he was actually eating. Everyone here is so critical, sheesh.