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I can't even keep bread in my house, because I will eat way too much of it. I like it with local, natural jam/preserves and butter. I also like it with melted cheese and marinara sauce, like "pizza toast." (And I'm lactose-intolerant, so all of these are BAD.) Or an egg sunny-side up with some Sriracha sauce. Or just some…

Awesome story! I love the hair change, too. The light blonde looks really good on you! Great job on losing the weight and best wishes with your marriage!

Wow! you look amazing! I love that you have on basically the same outfit for both pictures. Great job!!!

In most situations, I do feel very judged, but I am lucky to have some very good MFP friends who are not like that at all. I make my diary visible to friends only and am careful about who I add. If someone was too negative or judgmental, I would just delete them, but I don't think I've ever had to do that. I log everything…

Hi, Rebeka! I love the way you spell your name. I've never seen it like that. I'm female, 23, 5'4", and currently weigh about 121. I started at above 140 pounds. I'm hoping to get down to no less than 108, but my main goal is just to eat healthier and exercise on a daily basis. Feel free to add me! :)

Rice! I love it with Japanese food, Chinese food, Thai food, Indian food, Cajun food, Mexican food, Spanish food, etc. It can take on so many flavors. Yellow, red, black, white, brown, wild . . . I just love it all. I could totally give up bread and other starchy foods if I could just have an unlimited amount of rice…

I don't eat the frozen pre-prepared meals anymore, but I do love frozen fish filets. I live in a place where the frozen fish is "fresher" than the "fresh" fish. I love getting the flash-frozen, individually-wrapped filets from Kroger. Wild-caught pollock is the cheapest, so I get that a lot, but I also like tilapia,…

[/quote] I never left the house without making sure my hair and makeup were perfect and I was dressed nicely. Funny now that I've lost weight I'm not as particular with how I look when I go out lol. [/quote] Well, I guess that theory goes out the window, then! lol. I guess people really do just judge immediately people by…

I've only lost 20 pounds, and I wasn't necessarily overweight to begin with, but I do think people treat me differently. However, I also think people treat me quite a bit differently when I have on more makeup, have fixed my hair, and have on some fancy shoes or whatever. And I honestly think that attention to how I'm…

I'm so sorry you're down. I think a big part of it, in addition to the stress of your move, might be seasonal depression. It's just hard to try new things when you aren't getting all that happy vitamin-D from the sun. So my advice is find an exercise routine that makes your HAPPY, rather than focusing on one that's going…

People are cracking me up, though. Water DOES have a taste, and it varies from place to place. If it's from a well, it might be earthy or taste of minerals found in the area. Every city water company adds lots of stuff to cleanse the water, too. Fluoride, chlorine, calcium, sodium, sulfates, and the like can lend certain…

That's why they put the quotation marks around "recipe," obviously . . .

I've heard this often, and I never quite understood it because personally I LOVE the taste of (clean, filtered) water. However, do you drink a lot of other things (soda, milk, juice, etc.)? Sometimes your tastebuds can grow so accustomed to the wide variety of sweet, rich or super carbonated drinks. Maybe cutting out other…

TOTALLY depends on height and body type. (And also, are we talking American size 12 here?) For me, I would have to be quite overweight to be a size 12. I'm pear shaped, so I do tend to be bigger on bottom, but I'm barely 5'4". A healthy size for me is for like a 4 or a 6. And, of course, sizes in different stores vary…

Although, like someone else mentioned, I do think yoga is a good idea. I also did dance classes and was on the dance team years ago, and I do think my body had a leaner, more long, toned look then as compared to when I was solely doing gymnastics/weight training. Now I do lots of yoga, and it still builds muscle in the…

This has happened to me in the past, too. Especially my thighs-- I build muscle in them really quickly. I used to be a gymnast, and there was really no way to avoid it, although there were plenty of other girls doing the same regimen I was without gaining the massive muscular thighs. It's just body type, and you basically…

This. This is the only real reason I try to avoid sugar; when I eat a little of it (even like part of a banana or something), I immediately want more. For the whole day. Which can end up putting me over on calories. And also it's just better for the teeth and possibly skin to avoid it. But I think you gotta allow yourself…

I love guys who are in shape, but to me abs don't really mean that much. You can be really strong and not have much visible ab definition. But the ideal for me would be a little definition. I honestly am not attracted to guys with washboard abs. Don't know why. It just looks kind of plastic and fake to me. (Not that I…

Wow! You look great. I love your new glasses, too. :) Great job!!!!

I'm 5'4" and currently weigh 125. I wear between a U.S. size 4 and 6 in pants, but that's partly because I'm much bigger on the bottom than on the top.

People don't realize it because the serving size is sometimes listed as smaller than what people would have, but quinoa is actually very high-calorie and it's full of protein! You can eat it like oatmeal and add fruit/cinnamon/honey/butter/etc. or you can scramble it with eggs and veggies in oil. Yum!

I get carried away sometimes, too. Lately I am really noticing my weight loss, and it's weird. Like, I can't really see it so much in the mirror, but my clothes are all WAY looser and some of my bones feel different when I'm sitting/lying down. I've only lost 16 pounds and I'm still in a very healthy BMI range-- I'm…

Pictures really do help. I take some of myself every few months in the same bikini, and while I didn't have a lot of weight to lose, I did have a ton of cellulite and a little extra fat that has drastically changed. And honestly, I might not have believed it myself if I didn't have all the pictures to show for it. And I…

Furthermore, my lactose-intolerance is NOT self diagnosed. ASSUMPTIONS EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I understand ALL of that, really. I know that misinformation abounds. (Although I must point out that I didn't say all my knowledge on the topic comes from the Internet; it doesn't.) And honestly, I just threw the almond milk thing in there as a suggestion. And it WASN'T a suggestion about dairy milk not being good for…

I certainly knew that was coming. I have seen that statistic time and time again. Look it up for yourself. Of course, I don't think statistics can be trusted much, either. But I personally know a LOT of people who feel better when they take dairy out of their diet. When I personally consume dairy, I am constipated for days…

Rude! I was just offering an opinion, and, as you can see, I said that skim milk is fine if her stomach handles it well. Also, I didn't say that flavor WAS a nutrient. I'm not an idiot. Almond milk naturally has less sugars and more iron. Both of these things are important for me personally. I get all my vitamins/minerals…

Sounds great to me! What do you mean by "healthy" whole grain cereals, though? Most whole grain cereals still have high amounts of sugar, so you may want to check the label if that's a concern to you. Then again, if some cereal in the morning is the most sugary/treat-like meal you have all day, then it shouldn't be much of…

I have been using MFP for as long as I've been serious about losing weight. I wasn't "overweight" to begin with, but I wanted to shape up. I'm a 23-year-old female, 5'4", and I started out at my highest weight-- about 140 (actually a little higher, even). I now weigh 125 and am hoping to lose 10 or 20 more pounds. I follow…

I'm just under 5'4" and currently weigh 125. My goal weight is no lower than 108. I think 115 sounds ideal. I want to have a healthy BMI, but get my fat percentage down. When I do weightlifting, I tend to weigh more, but I haven't had much time lately to do weights. I'm super pear shaped, so I have a small waist and chest…