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That just shows we're all different. My starting weight is 155lbs and I'm currently 149lbs and I'm still flabby with lots of rolls of fat. I think I need to lose about 30lbs of fat, but I guess with the extra muscle I'm working on I'll be about 130. We're all different (I am also 5'5'')

Isn't that just one dominoes pizza and a couple of protein shakes? Easy.

I don't get how the logic on weight fluctuation makes it more sensible to weigh yourself LESS. Surely it's pretty demotivating if, for whatever reason, you don't weigh yourself for a week and you've put on the four pounds from water retention or having a big dinner. Surely it's better to weigh yourself more often (say,…

Pizza. Always pizza. I never understand why a serving is a half pizza or even one slice in some cases. Pizza. I can eat a whole large one, plus dough balls, plus chicken wings... I'm surprised I'm only 20-30lbs overweight!

Thanks for the responses everyone! I have had a tour of the machines and I can do them just fine, but my ex-housemate was a PT and she said (a while back) that they're not really as good as free weights or yanno, the other bits and bobs that lie around the gym because the non-machine free-standing stuff works more muscle…

I have lots of goals! Reach a UK size 8 (also for a pair of skinny jeans that fit me...) Weigh around 120-125lbs (a loss of 25-30 lbs) Be able to do 10 push-ups (I can't do any at the moment) Have a completely flat stomach with some abs!

I'm 5'5'' and I want to be 115-120. I weighed about 108 when I was about 19 and I liked how it looked, but I was "skinny fat". This time I want to be a bit more toned so I think even anything up to 125-130 would allow me to be the same measurements but with a tad more muscle. I'm 150 now.

It's Pilates, but www.blogilates.com saved my life.

I'm 24 in two days :)

I only log cleaning if it's a full house clean (1 or more hours), otherwise I leave it. I also walk 1-2 miles each day just getting around - don't log that. I also don't log coffee - I have it black (no sugar) so it's only 4-5 calories anyway. Squash I will also not log for the same reason. I also won't log vegetables…

You can liken it to what you want - I'm studying for my PhD in biology and if you eat less than you burn, you'll lose weight.

That's what I always think too....

Agreed, except certain "racial groupings" can be useful for medicine, etc. Like Ashkenazi Jews and people of African descent suffer more from certain illnesses, and I *think* there's a certain type of heart disease which requires different medications in Afro-Caribbeans.

I'm surprised anyone refers to your appearance as anything apart from a complete "stunnahhh"! You're so pretty!

Nah. We use Caucasoid to avoid having to use Mongoloid, so science has just adopted Caucasian. Words can have two different meanings, for a start, and I've never heard anyone from Russia or the Ukraine (where I worked) use the term Caucasian anyway. Plus, the "people of the Caucasus" involve about 40 different ethnic (or…

I think my favourite example of this is a blog I read once about an Irish guy who went to stay in the States. He mentioned how he said he was Irish, and a bunch of the Americans he was with said "ooh, me too! on which side?" and he was like no...I'm actually from Ireland.

This is what I don't get. I agree with most of your points, but the Americans do seem to always have a lot of knowledge about specifics of their family. That's great, in a way, but separating out British, Irish, German and French in that way is a pretty nonsense way of looking at things.

It's not, it's a biology term. In population genetics, our databases are Caucasian, Afro-Caribbean, Somali (very unique genetic structure), South Asian, East Asian and some places will have very small databases for things like Native American or Maori etc. In science, it's not a "social term".

For me, this is the MOST FRUSTRATING THING about Americans for a biologist like me. Yes, appreciate your genes and yes, discuss it in detail with people that care. However, you can't be "Italian-American". You can be Caucasian-American, and you can hold dual citizenship in Italy and the States. Unless you're one of those…

5'5'' and started at 154 (now 149/150) - would like to be 130 soon (old weight) then will probably change it down to 112-115.

It's not the brakes, that's the first thing I checked. I might need more iron/protein in my diet to be honest, I don't eat extremely well. I usually have a rest at weekends because it's primarily a mode of transport, but I generally walk at least an hour both weekend days - it does depend. I'm not really trying to get…

Hmm, I guess you're right. I just like a guide on what to buy when I go shopping...I've just started doing my grocery shop online though and bought myself some more things to help me weigh and measure things out more easily, so I guess I'll try this one more time... ;)

It's not me in the picture - it's someone at the weight and height I used to be when I was 18. Anyway...thanks for the tips, but I think I really need something which tells me precisely what meals I should eat or I just end up failing :(

Some people in my family have it too, and from the way you said it came across to me as if she had been told to tell you what she said and therefore kept insisting upon it when you pointed out she was wrong, and that's what my cousin does - that wasn't a bad assumption on my part! I've just heard so many horror stories…

I meant that the woman in the shop who was being a little insensitive might have Asperger's, not the OP/respondents.

She was just trying to help you and now she might lose her job and her ability to pay for her family and her home? And as I presume you're American, her health insurance, meaning she might die because she tried to help you? Great. Also, for all you feel like she's judging you for being 'fat', you've judged her, and her…

I'm a UK size 10 (is that a 6-8ish in US?) and my thighs BLEED when I wear skirts or my tights fall down slightly during the day. That's why I want a thigh gap. It is the most painful thing in the world to have chafed thighs.

I would like to join for June :) I'd like to set myself a target of 200km - 5km runs 3x a week and a 10k 1x a week and the rest through walking...

That article is offensive to my biology degree

I find that as long as I'm not passing a tonne of other runners, it's OK. My tips are to go late at night (especially now it's getting warm) - I sometimes go at 10 or 11pm, and also to GO SLOWLY. For me, I would rather run a really, excruciatingly slow mile (which is what I often do) than have to stop. I feel like people…