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I prefer biking...I love it and find it loads of fun actually when I have people to go with (even climbing a giant hill being sweaty in the heat then feeling like I'm goin to vomit at the top of the hill), but my parents ride way longer and faster than I do and with my work schedule being M,T,TH,F and every other weekend…

I consider myself lucky in that my parents are on this journey with me and we have lost 118 lbs combined....but as for the rest of the world I am constantly getting crap for losing weight. As a matter of fact I had to have a scan on my gall bladder in the hospital yesterday. I had made a comment about how gall bladder…

I personally use wheybollic from GNC but it is flavored....my parents however use Unjury which you can get flavored and unflavored. Unjury is a medical grade protein so there are more options to buy...recently I tried a clear liquid diet for my gall bladder issues and unjury had a chicken soup flavored powder you mix with…

Honestly my first one, the only planning was deciding what I want and where to stick it...then the next one was a little more planned but not much...the next was a memorial tattoo for my grandma...so I went the opposite direction :-P but they also got bigger as I went. My brother is a tattoo artist and owns his own shop,…

[/quote] honestly, the more tats you get the more they lose deep profound meaning. whenever people ask me about certain tats, the more recent ones i'm like "it looks cool/i love mermaids/etc" [/quote] See I don't think they need a big deep profound meaning...not all of mine have a deep profound meaning...but they mean…

I think the actual content of the tattoo and the placement play a big role in sexy or turn off. There are some women who get them and wind up looking like a man and vice versa because they can't pull it off and that to me is a turn off. But then there are some people who can pull off everything! Like Kat Von D....i…

Actually I'm an ekg tech for a hospital and I do the paper work for the one's that come through ER. I actually see a lot of people that check in for only drinking beer (sometimes liquor). But there's an underlying thing there....they're generally alcoholics so in this case they don't count!! (and they have more issues than…

Thats awesome! That's where i am at with a couple pairs of jeans from the buckle. I can button them again!!! Too bad they're still to tight to wear in public :-/

Also....I saw these things on tv (you can get them at bed bath and beyond in their as seen on tv section). You wear them on the lower part of your torso and it looks like you are wearing a tank top under your shirt and gives the layering effect. Just a thought....

Ok try Maurice's. They carry silver jeans which I noticed you said you like and they have a punch card system and awesome sales regularly. I am 5'9" with a 35" inseam so I feel your pain! But they're shirts are also pretty long. When I put them on they come down an inch or two past my belt. They do have some shirts that…

Thats amazing!!! I keep trying on some of my smaller clothes just to see how much farther I have to go before fitting into them. I get super excited and have to take pics and send to my parents (theyre doing MFP with me). It's the best feeling in the world!!!

When I went into GNC I basically told him that I wanted to keep calories as low as I could while keeping up protein so I get 90 cal and 20 g protein!!

Tuna salad (or chicken or ham). All of those come canned in water, you make it all the same way. Add some hard boiled eggs whites for extra protein. That's something you can make alot of all at once and easily store. It's healthy if you make it right. I substitute some of the mayo for yellow mustard and make sure to use…

Here's just a thought. Do you have ankle weights or something you could use to maybe do legs lifts or lift small weights with your arms? Even if its a couple of heavy books. If you do something like that you are still exercising and keeping active without having to do something that will make you short of breath and start…

^^ bubble baths i also enjoy reading. If it's a really bad day I watch finding nemo. Or crafting....if I don't have supplies I get on pinterest for new craft ideas. I really like making things for other people because seeing them smile makes me feel good.

How truely easy it has been for me to stick with it. I mean don't get me wrong I cheat now and then. But I had tried the low carb/no carb thing...quit after a week or two because it was too hard. Tried appetite suppresants (sp?) well I failed there too because I can't remember to finish friggin antibiotics what makes you…

A lady brought in cupcakes from a boutique kind of bakery and offered me one. Well she had gastric bypass years ago so she can't have much sugar so we split one. OMG! Tasted like heaven and then it hit me. I have scheduled an ultrasound to see if I have gall stones....yea the pain in my side is definitely keeping me on…

Thanks for the recipe!!! I have about 5 pages of different recipes I have been trying out to find my fave. So far its the cake batter shake from dashingdish.com only instead of using vanilla pudding mix I use white chocolate. I have also tried almond milk which I am finding an easy replacement for regular milk on certain…

The only reason I am concerned about calories is because by the time I add in my cottage cheese or fruit or whatever it is I want to add my shake has 300+ calories!! Yesterday i made two shakes. One for me and one for my dad. Mine was 280ish caloires and his was 200. Same recipe except for his I used unjury whey protein at…

Thanks...that kind of helps me head in the right direction. Basically I am making "smoothies" with things like cottage cheese, fruit and all that and then adding the protein powder for the extra protein. So I'm not solely relying on the powders for my "food source". But I'm not against unnatural things personally (I'm…

pinterest.com has a lot of good ideas. I have pinned several to try later. I was recently on dashingdish.com for shake recipes and I believe that there were other foods on there too. The only other place I can think of is allrecipes.com. I'm not 100% if they have "skinny food" recipes or not but I know they have a ton of…

Ok so does nobody have any input on choosing a protein powder!?!?

my sister in law bakes hers in the oven....lay a thing of aluminum foil on the bottom rack under the bacon...lay bacon directly on top rack and bake.....or you can use a cookie sheet

I saw somewhere on facebook I think "Life is a terminal illness and there is no cure!" and "Life...the most deadly std"

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This is exactly my point!!! I have a friend that's got asthma, lung cancer, wagners (i know it's not spelled right), throat cancer and diabetes...she is 25 and have never smoked, doesn't drink and has always eaten relatively healthy. She just apparently has some bad luck. Like you said cancer doesn't discriminate and you…

I honestly think I am more likely to get struck by lightening than to die from cancer caused by what I eat, or from lotion for my dry skin or whatever. If I get cancer I am going to bet it will be skin cancer from being in the sun or it will be genetic. I am tryin to eat healthier but by golly I am going to enjoy life…

I have been doing some research too but it's so overwhelming!! And if I could get free shipping I would be ok with ordering. I'm just so confused all of a sudden.

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I haven't ever tried the premixed shakes you can buy in the store but I have noticed the calorie/protein count of them is about the same as protein bars. I used to eat those with some yogurt for breakfast. What I would suggest is making them yourself. I have snooped through the recipes message boards and gone to…