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How much sodium do you have in your diet? Sodium is one of the top reasons for water retention. How much water do you drink? (Myself, I hate water but I know it's crucial for weight maintenance/loss and skin clarity, so i'm forcing myself to drink 2 liters a day. I'm making trips to the bathroom constantly, which is…

Yes. Let it cool. You have no IDEA how many houses have caught on fire because of a soaking-wet but hot tea bag in the trash. XD Nah, you're fine; I always throw mine away hot and haven't burned anything down yet! ;)

Me too; I've been wanting to lose 20 for like....years....but granted, I haven't been more than half-a**ing it. But I'd always get discouraged because I would put in that I wanted to lose a 1.5 lbs a week, the calculator would tell me 1200 calories and that my projected loss was 0.8 lb/week - but going lower than 1200 is…

Good for you, girl! If they're laughing and giggling and smirking at someone who is putting effort into working out and getting healthier, they're just a pack of dumb kids - doesn't matter how many years they've been on this earth. Good for you, for staying true to you, and good for your trainer for finally saying…

True...it would mean getting up between 430-5 to still have my a.m. writing time. I tried writing in the evenings before, but it's hard to say "okay hon, turn off the movie (or whatever we were doing together), I have to go write and have me-time now." So mornings are easier for that. The time together IS nice, I guess I'm…

I really liked 30-day shred; I wish I'd stuck with it! LOL My boyfriend and I just started p90x and it's an AWESOME workout, but so far it's a minimum of 90 minutes every day and since we do this after we get home from work, it's a giant chunk taken out of our evenings - I'm thinking about going back to Jillian. She's…

THIS. "Dancing" by loosely jiggling around at a club while you're drunk and stupid - not really a workout. But actual dance is DEFINITELY an exercise. It's not strength training, no, but that doesn't make it "not a workout." One of the fittest people I know personally who doesn't work at a gym is my cousin, who has been…

Or tofu or tempeh or seitan, for the veggies out there ;) Those stir-fry really well too!

True that - and lucky for me, I love tofu, quinoa, beans, lentils, nut butters, tempeh etc - the classic veggie protein sources. Technically I'm a lacto-ovo-pescatarian (vegetarian is just easier for people who don't know the Latin roots LOL), so fish is a protein option for me too. I usually try to eat about a 2:1:1 ratio…

Thanks for the advice you guys! About a year and a half ago I was super-active, was taking fitness classes at my gym 5+ times/week, but then they cracked down on the lunch "hour" and there wasn't enough time to go when the classes were being offered, then I went through a divorce and fitness slid by the wayside, and most…

If you were diagnosed with IBS and have developed an eating disorder around it, that's two reasons to work in tandem with your doctor and nutritionist to help you discover and understand the foods you can have safely and the amounts you need to be eating to get to a healthier place. "Starvation mode" is when your…

Even though I'm not a medical professional, nor do I know anything about the Hep B vaccine, I feel like I need to say: NO WAY, the Hep B vaccine should NOT be mandatory, they can't tell me what to put in my body, I eat right and exercise, and I'VE never had Hep B so I'm not going to pass it on to my…

I'm 5'6" and right now around 145 lbs; my goal weight is between 128-135. The lightest I've been as an adult is 124, which wasn't "too skinny" on my frame, but was too hard to maintain and still be eating enough to maintain my health. I'm currently a size 6-8 in my jeans; I just want to be a "true" 6 - i.e., fit into 6…

vacuums suck ;)

It sounds like you're doing the right things - it might be time to talk to your doctor if they're not working. Your body might be trying to tell you something.

I'm open to new friends too - welcome to MFP! Feel free to add me ^_^

This. My life has gotten so much less stressful since I stopped bowing down to the scale. As long as I'm within the healthy weight range for my height, I'm more interested in having my clothes fit well than in carrying a weight measurement in my head all day.

^This^ LOL I only have three friends on MFP so far and they're all women, so not a lot of flirting. But if someone told me "hey, you look great," or even "hang in there, sure you screwed up and ate way too much today, but tomorrow's a new day and you're a cutie!," I wouldn't say no. I'll admit to being a flirt; it's fun as…

Cheerleading is closest to gymnastics; I don't know if that's available in the fitness database. Alternately, if your net goal for calories is over 1200/day, you could just not log it at all and then not eat back those calories - which is safe to do as long as you don't net under 1200/day.

^^This.

Sex: F Age: 29 Weight: 138 Height: 5'6" How many calories you NET per day: 1200 How many times per week you exercise w/ minutes: Cardio (zumba) 2-3x/wk for 40-60 minutes each; strength/yoga 2x/wk, 20-40 min

This is something I struggle with too - but one thing I know is that each day has its own set of calories, and there's really no rollover. It's SO SO bad for you to limit yourself to something outrageous like 500 calories a day for five days just so you can binge on the weekend. You're supposed to NET a certain number of…

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Love this. I used to have a t-shirt that said "BAD SPELLERS OF THE WORLD UNTIE." Which was especially funny b/c I used to win spelling bees. See if you can get the characters to translate into something offensive or disgusting, that's always a good bonus. XD I have one tattoo. It's awesome. I don't feel…

This is fantastic and amazing - I don't know you but I'm so proud of you!!!!!

^^This. It's one thing for your boyfriend to eat junk food on his own, if he doesn't infringe on your freedom to make healthy choices for yourself. But it's another thing entirely for him to tease you constantly and force you to eat junk with him. I don't know the guy, but you mentioned that he's welcome to get a job so…

A tablespoon of peanut butter. YUM.

While I agree that his money to be there is just as good as anyone else's, good money doesn't excuse him from behaving with respect, and if he's really doing some hardcore staring at the women in the gym, every time he's there, that's just disrespectful.

What are you having for breakfast? And keep in mind, with regards to your chicken Caesar salad, that Caesar dressing isn't exactly a diet food! Set yourself an eating schedule, plan your foods ahead, and stick to it. So, for example, you could do: Breakfast: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, maybe an egg if you're going to work…