GingerRunner

Thank you for your reply Magdaloonie! We have very similar overall goals. I'm around 170ish (buying a scale tomorrow--moved and left my old one in storage). I need to be around 130ish. Something along those lines. Anyway.... No. I have no access to a microwave during the day. i basically have to eat in my car. Oy! So, I am…

More protein! :)

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This! *and* I'm proud of you. GO YOU!

I think the put-down-the-donut to pick-up-the-heavy-thing ratio should be the only calculations we should worry about.

THIS. What if you're rock solid muscle super swole? :D

Pick things up. Put them down. :-)

Nice! thank you. :-) I did it. I'm assuming it worked.

True story. This is exactly how I quit sodas several years ago. I substituted it for sweet tea made at home. Then I backed out of the sugar. That kept me from going bonkers "needing" a drink that had more flavor than just plain water. Fast forward several years (I guess my final good bye to sodas was about 5 years ago) I…

Ok, now I want to feel your arms! :D

And let us not forget...if we all ate correctly, walked long distances half the time, ran short powerful bursts of distances 25% of the time, lifted heavy stuff 25% of the time.... "physio's" would be outta work.

Suffice it to say that if you're above me, we'd better be dating. ;-) Hope everyone is having a successful week!

Hiya! First of all, Kudos to you for your successes. Obviously, I only know what you have provided in your post but all I can see there are two things: 1. what kind of calories are you consuming on your "cheat days." (your weekends and holidays) 2. are you including any strength training? i.e. weight lifting. Our minds…

BAHAHA! *so* hilarious and so true. I agree with above poster that none of us here are of property authority (i'm betting) to really be able to tell you what you should and shouldn't do. But I gotta say, it sounds like a bunch of hullaballoo when I hear "lighter weights more reps." That's the misogynistic claptrap of…

YES there is a difference. Looking fit and super fine! GO YOU!!! So proud of you and am hoping I can channel some of your strength. Thank you for sharing!

AWESOME! GO YOU!!!! :D

WOWZA YOWZA HOLY SMOKES both of you!!! WAY TO FLIPPIN GO!!!!!!! *so* inspired!

*AND* for a woman to look "butch," well, now, there's some of us who just downright like that! ;-)

Chicks with muscles are SMOKIN! Super-swole me, please. :D

HOOAH!!! *WTG!*

You are 100% normal. I am exactly the same way. One doughnut is too many and 1,000 are never enough. For me. Always. It is *exactly* like alcohol to an alcoholic. The book referenced in another reply, here, "The End Of Overeating" will shock you when you read about how addictive the substance is. Mix fat and salt with…

Hi. I have been falling off as many times as I start. i joined a gym, yesterday, and woke up with a horrendous cold (flu?) today. I went to the gym, anyway. I had to just for my mental state of mind. Only managed 10 minutes (one mile) on the treadmill, a short lunge walk, and 10 air squats. Hardly a workout by normal…

I have completed the 60 Day Bikram Yoga Challenge (60 practices in 60 days). I can say without any hesitation it was the single best thing I've ever done for myself in my entire life. I like lots of things (running, CF, walking, etc) so I wouldn't say you should ONLY do yoga...but I definitely think one SHOULD do yoga.…

You FAB creature!!! GO YOU!!!! Cheese-smile till the cows come home. You deserve it! :-)

hahaha! you rock...that made me laugh. "I WON'T BE HAPPY UNTIL MY SKIN BARELY STRETCHES OVER MY BONES." That's what I will say if I *ever* have this problem. :-)

TRUE STORY about Madge. Have you ever seen this chick in real life? She's RIDICULOUSLY TINY! omg. like ITTY BITTY! The word "bulky" is just a word. A Muscle is a MUSCLE. "Toned" and "bulky" and "defined" are just dumb words with either positive or negative emotions attached. The bottom line is too much fat is unhealthy.…

haha.... totally agree! (minus the "i'm just joking!!!" part). :-)

I want to lift heavy sh#t! Whether or not women "get bulky" is just hogwashery in its most misogynistic form. The photos being posted are dopers. The end. The natural gal lifters ya see in pics are just super swole from a very recent blood pumping workout. If they don't have a fat layer and you see them in "clothes" (i.e.…

YOU ROCK!!! We can see how you look.....tell us how you fee! Tell us how you did it. Tell us how you DID it....not the food or the math....how did you dig in and stop the old behaviors. That's where (so far) I have failed every single day....

It's great that *you* would rather be one way than the other. I think her question, however, is how to help her do what *she* wants to do. Not what you'd rather do.