ThriftyChica12 Member

i LOVE my soft feminine belly. i love my hands and arms. also love my face, esp. eyes and lips. love my feet. love my breasts. but, then again, i am kinda vain :devil: i am an EXTREMELY body positive big girl, even as i work on losing weight. KNOW that you are dead sexy TODAY...that's my motto!

ooohhhh, been to a couple caverns in PA, and they are GORGEOUSSS!:love:

these are all fun and cool! yessssssssssssssss!

my half marathon was done entirely walking. wanted to move on to running, but a bad knee prevented that :grumble:

This awesome...hells yeah!!! Loved yourself back then + continue to love yourself now = a lifetime of joy, success, and health!

such great answers all around!!! even though we are losing weight and have future weight goals, we still rock NOW!!!! I've learned: if we don't give ourselves permission to be be bold when we are big, we STILL feel timid and scared when we are small... (it's still possible to feel "unworthy" of a bikini when thin if we…

::bump:: seriously, no takers out there??? :huh:

whether or not "normal" size is "good".... since mannequins are meant to show WHAT CLOTHING WILL LOOK LIKE ON A HUMAN BODY, shouldn't the mannequins therefore LOOK LIKE AN AVERAGE HUMAN BODY? whether we have gotten too big or not, what's the point in seeing something on a mannequin that looks nothing like us? and since…

and your replies don't have to be just "physical stuff"...anything u are proud of!

For a DIFFERENT way of looking at this, check out THIS thread: all the things you HAVE done, WHILE overweight!!!!! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/929714-what-have-you-done-even-though-you-are-were-overweight

feel free to add me; i am a "friend of Bill W" :)

great job!!! and maybe some of the sleeves of the long shirts can be cut shorter for spring and summer...cut jersey knit (ie: cotton t shirt fabric) does not even need to be hemmed if u cut neatly with a fabric scissor. cut both sleeves at once to ensure exact symmetry of length :wink:

i chose to use 1 T of earth balance instead of 2T. i scheduled my day around making dinner at home, even tho it meant having to voice to others that i did not want to eat out today. i tried on some "skinny" pants, and they are SUPER close to being wearable i took a nap today instead of grazing in the afternoon i am playing…

another idea: do some extra exercise that day to earn some extra cals, and eat those?

Hi! i am a recovering overeater and OA member...there is even a group of us here on MFP: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/683-overeaters-anonymous-oa- feel free to add me :)

Cliff bars..... :)

NEVER heard that one; I am laughing out loud! definitely, that one takes the (vegan) cake! someone asked me how i justify eating yeast (in breads, etc) since yeast are alive. it's like: Yeah, so are al microorganisms...they even live on our skin and in our poop, and we have no way of avoiding them. since when do people…

maybe i should SWAP monday and saturday?

great work!!! so inspiring!!!

i have the guidelines of my abstinence posted on my profile page under: "my food plan / what works for me"

read "Living Among Meat Eaters" and "Vegan Freak" for a look at why people react this way, and how YOU can respond lovingly and stay sane :)

i am vegan, log and post daily, workout a few times a week :) add me

i've cooked rice, quinoa, millet, and amaranth in my rice cooker (and other stuff) just do 1:1 ratio rice:water in cooker: ex: 2 c quinoa, 2 c water :)

had one; best thing i EVER did!

thats a GREAT victory! yay!

i started at well over 200 pounds, and injured my knee training for a half marathon (walking only). then, a trainer encouraged me to RUN...this compounded my knee further. i know from whence i speak. they say every pound of excess body weight is an added 4-8 lbs of impact on a knee. this is why running is best reserved for…

though getting active is a good thing, your knee is telling you NO RUNNING. seriously, u will damage your knee if u run at this point. walking is good, swimming, pilates, yoga. lemme guess: your friend is a "normal" or low weight? well she may love and support u, but she aint a doc and does not understand the pressure on…

from my experience, and the experience of many people i know who have lost large amounts of weight and kept it off, the key is to KEEP measuring and tracking your food, basically, FOREVER. BUT, DON'T think of it as "forever". if you think of it as "one day at a time", that is do-able. several years ago, i lost 70 pounds by…

for me, foods that exist in nature (fru, veg, beans, nuts, grains) and foods that are MADE FROM this natural foods with MINIMAL processing (juiced veggies, tofu or hummus, nut butters, healthy oils, breads from WHOLE grains, etc etc) for me, refined sugar, vegan versions of junk foods (soy ice cream or prepackaged onion…

hello and welcome! i am an compulsive overeater, been in OA since 2005...some periods of recovery and loss, some of relapse and return to disease. currently abstinent a little over a month.