Brittonloves

Such a wise statement!

Girl, you look awesome. I'm 5'3" and started out at around 170, and my goal is 120ish. Thanks for another example that it's do-able with time and dedication! You should be so freaking proud of yourself and your hottttt bod. There's nothing quite like earning it, eh?

While waiting for the day I can buy an HRM (soon, I hope!) I use this website: http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc along with MFP's estimations, and average the two. I also tend to log exercise very conservatively. If I do an hour of circuit training, I log the average of MFP and that website (which let's you break…

Wednesdays are "free" days for me, where I allow myself to go over my usual calorie limit and eat/drink things that are not a part of my diet the rest of the week. A few Wednesdays ago, my calories for the day clocked in at almost 2,500 OVER my daily calorie limit (thanks to Italian night with family). This past Wednesday,…

I've done something similar to make an icing before. Thanks for the idea & reminding me about that... Hmmm maybe I'm overdue for one of those diet coke cakes...

I log the big three meals, an afternoon snack, and a nighttime snack, and try to leave myself some wiggle room so that if I am hungrier than that I don't have to stress it. It's funny, but I actually forget sometimes what I'm supposed to eat and pre-planning takes the guess work out of it. I'll hop on my app and see what…

This is a great thread! I've taken pictures of my food before, but I've never taken pictures of ALL my food the WHOLE day. I have found that I can eat SO MUCH when what I'm eating is healthy. But for me, it's about balance-- I try to squeeze in at least one dessert a day. I'm not perfect, but this is for life-- so why…

I just have to say... this is the most inspiring success story I've seen on here. I usually look at the posts and think "Damn, that's so awesome that they did that. How amazing and strong they must be! Too bad I'm not ____ or ______ (fill in the blanks!)" I looked at yours and it literally choked me up. I thought, "Hey!…

I JUST started logging my exercise on here (though I have been exercising with a trainer 3x a week for 2 months now) and am trying to watch my net calories instead of just food calories. But I have to admit... it's kind of scary! When I see that I've eaten 1800 calories in a day, I definitely have a little moment of panic…

I saw this and thought, "That's funny-- I'm training for the Warrior Dash in November. I wonder why hers was canceled. That's a bummer." Then my intelligent side said, "Wait a second, her username says 'SC' and you're in SC! Maybe YOUR Warrior Dash got cancelled!" And when I hopped on the website, my heart broke. I'm…

Aussie Cheese Fries at Outback. My weakness without a doubt! OH and pasta that is really freaking pasta, not shirataki noodles.

*Hugs* Instead of focusing on the food that you're eating during these binges, I think you should focus on the binges themselves-- and more importantly, the true root causes of them. I don't know if you are open to it, but it sounds like you could benefit from participating in a 12-step fellowship like OA. Some of the…

So awesome. Congratulations and best wishes! I popped in to log my exercise for the day, and here I am-- crying happy "that's-so-freaking-wonderful" tears in my sweaty gym clothes. Ha! Seriously awesome and amazing and wonderful. I don't know either of you but you're obviously really fortunate to have found each other and…

I struggle with the same thing, especially because I work "strange" hours and am always awake until the next day has technically started! I'm only a few days into doing it this way, but I already LOVE planning my days/meals ahead of time. Knowing that I am more comfortable when I eat the bulk of my calories later in the…

Thank you. I still have too much squish on my sides (those stubborn love-handles!) to really see it well, but the pelican has probably two sessions left to finish the tail and last bit of one wing, and once that's complete I'm getting the peacock fixed and the symbols touched up. The symbols were SO gorgeous when I first…

You look great! I can't even imagine being an XS but my friends keep picking at me saying I'll be there soon. Seeing your pictures makes me wonder... :-) Excellent job, you should be super proud!

Looking GOOD girl! Keep up the awesome work and be proud of yourself for how far you've already come!

That's what I'm sayin'! LOL. For at least a year after my reduction I was STILL known for my boobs, even though they were gone! Boobs are huge identifiers for women, especially when men are doing the talking!

Before I had my reduction it was, without a doubt, "the chick with glasses and the giant tits" Immediately after the reduction it was "the chick with glasses who got rid of her giant tits" If that didn't clarify things, someone would throw in something about me being chubby, or having tattoos and a twin and that usually…

I'm off track, but not because of numbers-- just effort. All these amazing summer things are making me WANT to be more focused than ever, while at the same time making it that much harder to stay focused! Beach days and barbeques and all kinds of fun things are distracting me from workouts and I need to remember how much…

First time ever wearing a bikini in public-- this past Friday for Memorial Day Weekend... ^^ on the right in both pictures.

I'm naturally an all or nothing type of person, too. The last two months I've been trying to live by the 80/20 rule. Eating healthful foods 80% of the time, and indulging in foods that are all about taste instead of really fueling my body 20% of the time. Not perfect at it, but I'm moving forward. Progress not perfection--…

I've been surrounded by naturally thin, GORGEOUS girlfriends my entire life. I have always always always been known to my face (which makes me assume that it was probably worse behind my back) as some variation of "the fun chubby chick" or "the fat feminist one" or "the big girl with tattoos and glasses" or my absolute…

Burpees and bear crawls are hands down the worst in my book. My trainer had me doing one legged bear crawls the other day and I literally cried. The exercises I hate the most do the most for me, but still-- ughhhh

I have kept ONE pair of my "fat pants" and I keep them tucked away in my closet. I don't think I'll ever get rid of them, not because I plan on going back, but because they're such a huge reminder of exactly why I don't want to. I've only lost 5 lbs since I joined MFP, but overall I'm down almost 40, and when I pull those…

I'm surprised how many people are saying they DON'T correct people. I don't think it's rude at all-- just clarifying! I think of it this way-- he obviously doesn't KNOW he's mispronouncing your name or he wouldn't be doing it. So LET him know. I wouldn't want to call someone by the wrong name and never have them say…

Great ideas!!

This exchange literally made me laugh out loud. Probably way more than in should. Thanks for that! :)

I have SEVERAL that I've been playing around with for years. I already have an appointment to get "Always" done in a pretty font with the 'A' actually being the Deathly Hallows symbol. My twin sister will be getting the same one after she pops out her second baby in November. It was SO hard to narrow down my HP choices,…