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Also, this is a good read http://andevidencelibrary.com/topic.cfm?cat=4089&auth=1

All I know is when I gave up my afternoon can of diet coke I didn't crave sweet things in the late afternoon/evening as much. I also slept better but that could have been because of the caffeine. I'm not convinced that aspartame is bad for you in such small quantities, but why don't you try giving it up for a fortnight and…

Theirry Mugler's Alien; Honey and the Moon by Tokyo Milk or Sugar Skull from BPAL :)

I don't know what your cal allowance is, but I'm in the same boat as you, if I don't have time to eat before the gym I buy Bounce energy balls from the health shop. They're like little chewy peanutty protein bars, but at 230 cals and eur3.20, they're not cheap. But they're small so you don't get that full, sick feeling and…

Same in Ireland. (Well, not homosexual people, but sexually active gay men, who have EVER had sexual contact with another man, even if a condom was used. It's a disgrace.) It's difficult, because I feel like if I am healthy enough to give blood, I should give blood (it's not the fault of the people who need blood), but I…

Love them! my favourite pizza topping is olives and mushrooms, but i'm happy just eating a bowlful.

If you're in the UK, try this site http://www.b-eat.co.uk/, for people who suffer with eating disorders, I think there's live chat as well, so you don't have to talk face to face, you can just instant message. Also, if you don't feel personally comfortable talking to your counseller, ask your GP to refer to another one, if…

I love snack-a-jacks! The salt and vinegar ones are so nice!

Tofu is a good idea, actually! idk why that didn't occur to me. I'll check out whey protein and protein shakes as well :)

I didn't but my cousin set a date for her wedding: May 2014. It's in Sydney so I can't get away with sleeves or a structured dress. I know it's aaaaaaages away, but I lose weight very slowly and I've got 70lbs+ to lose.

Same, I do what makes me feel good about myself, I don't look for outside validation or welcome unsolicited opinions on my body/appearance, no matter if they are positive or negative.

All of this.

Try maybelline to start, it's decent, relatively cheap and the brush it comes with is ok. I find gel so much easier than liquid, I'd never go back,

There's a few of us around! I'm from Dublin :)

This. Every woman is a real woman, whether she looks like Rachel Zoe or Melissa McCarthy.

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Going for 50km!

this sounds awesome! aw, no ireland team. ok, i joined 'team any country' with the name louised88

Are you making sure to spank him in full view of everyone so that they know you're teaching him that the correct way to respond to other people's bad behaviour is to hit them? (Make sure he knows that that's only applicable if that person is smaller than him, completely reliant on him and lacks the life skills and…

I'm so glad the responses here are reasonable. Children have not yet had enough experience of the world to reason or react logically to things; they are tiny little lunatics and sometimes they will act like it. I probably would have brought him home and put him to bed or sat him in his bedroom by himself till he calmed…

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lol, I just shamelessly do this wherever. Nothing more annoying than the feel of it falling down your arm.

I love you two. Guys are complaining because the woman they;re pretending to be friends with and who they would rather try to manipulate into sleeping with them rather than being upfront and asking them out (and then accepting either as yes or a no as FINAL) are not 'nice guys' who've been 'friendzoned', they're creepy.

This. Women are constantly being held to completely unrealistic physical ideals and I'm fcking sick of it, to be honest. Super skinny or super fat, all women are 'real women' and are not worth any more or any less than other women. Respect shouldn't be contingent on whether or not someone thinks you're aesthetically…

OK, I'm 5.4'' and 15stone, so I'm very similar to you. Does your gym have trainers? Maybe they could put together a basic program for you? I still can't go for ages while doing cardio, so instead I put the incline at max and go as fast as I can for 250metres, wait till I'm recovered (even if it takes 5 full minutes) and do…

I put the €1 I would have spent on a Diet Coke or the €4 I would have spent on Starbucks away and buy a new nail polish or something small whenever I lose an inch or 5lbs. Home manicures/pedicures are great, you can use olive oil and brown sugar for a scrub and soak your hands or feet in warn water for 15 minutes, and…

I need 7 or 8 to feel and function as well as I can. I usually get about 3-6. Insomnia's a bit crap.

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