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This. Birth Control pills work by messing up your hormonal system. This could just be because yours is messed up haha- but you should talk to your doctor.

I second this, as well as the posts about wearing clothes I like and fixing my hair and face - but nothing makes me feel as good about myself as reminding myself of my dignity as a child of God. Seriously.

You are beautiful! Congratulations!

I think you should tell the school that you will go by your (the child's) pediatrician's recommendations, and have the child checked by her pediatrician, letting the pediatrician know what the school said. While it's true that there is a lot of variability and that the family knows the child better than the school, the…

This is true. I am 50. I have lost weight (I'm about 35 lb down from where I started in Jan 2006) and KEPT IT OFF. MFP has helped me a lot. I strongly recommend weight lifting- I started last year and it is really helping me reshape my body. I don't look 20 for sure- but neither do I look 50. Seriously. But we lose muscle…

This is great advice. Now from me- I have been at maintenance for a while so maybe I can offer a little encouragement. I did not set my goal at maintenance initially for all the reasons you said- I put it at -250 ("lose half a pound a week") and kept it there - but I kept losing, so I bumped it up to maintenance. At…

This.

The year before I was on MFP I went home for Christmas and gained 5 lb in one week. I thought that was impossible, but in fact it took me 6 months to take it back off. I joined MFP in October 2 years ago. I had Thanksgiving dinner that year with friends, NOT my mom's dinner, and I thought I didn't eat much- but when I…

Hello folks: I'm a surgeon and just wanted to thank all you blood and blood product (platelets etc) donors out there! If you didn't donate I wouldn't be able to do my job...:smile:

This.

All of the above! I particularly recommend: 1> Try to think more of others and less of yourself - thinking about ourselves is often depressing or anxiety-provoking. Instead focus on what you can do to help or cheer up others. 2> Exercise! It releases natural endorphins that give you a true physiological "high". I had a…

I like this idea!! I have also added unflavored protein powder to soup.

Well my weight has been up and down pretty much my whole adult life- and this is the FIRST time I have really succeeded in keeping it down! I think with all the changes in your life in the past year in a way it's not a surprise that you have had trouble keeping it off. The main thing is 1> you didn't gain quite all of it…

This depends on how you set your activity level-as others have implied. I have a job that has a varying activity level. Some days I am sitting all day working on the computer, other days I am on my feet almost all day. So, I have my activity set as "sedentary" and then if I have a day where I am up all day I log it as…

Well seriously I like the kitty dress you look cute.

Tara Stiles yoga on YouTube.

It's good just with fruit. However it's REALLY good mixed with vanilla protein powder - makes a rich vanilla yogurt to eat alone or with fruit, Also you can mix it with chocolate protein powder and it turns into chocolate pudding.

A Nicaraguan farm mutt!! She's the best!:laugh:

There are some decent yoga videos on YouTube.

Haha you and I are opposites! I like to have a routine and stick to the routine. For what it's worth, my trainer is always telling me how good it is to change things around and confuse your muscles! So keep at it!

One of my professors in residency was a former college football player and only a little chunky. He was very blunt (in a good and funny way) about everything in general, and would often go in to talk to postop patients and tell them the same thing: 'You and I have the same basic problem, we're both TOO FAT!" He was so…

I agree- great post! I met my first goal- which was to do one push up by my 50th birthday, first one in my life, I did three! Now I want to be able to do lots, and with better form. Also would like to be able to do pull ups. Oh- and I'm in for the Caribbean diving!!:happy:

Ah well- it wouldn't be my first choice either BUT- if he and his dad and his trainer want to do it, I'd ignore it and let them. The most important thing is I think it's GREAT that a dad and a 16y boy are doing something like this together- this is GREAT for your son in the big picture. Let them be.

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One time I saw an article that referenced a website where you could put in your measurements and it would tell you what size would fit you depending on the brand. Problem is I have looked for it since and can't find it. Anyone? I need to do some shopping soon too!

I have been eating a little above what MFP calculates as maintenance and doing weights for a little over 6 months now, and have succeeded in maintaining the same weight and building muscle while losing a little of the leftover fat. It's a slow process but it works. I did not want to increase my calories too much and gain…

1980 - graduated high school, weight about 130. A doctor told me I had gained too much weight in the last two years and if I continued at that rate I would "waddle down the aisle for my wedding." Later I learned that that was a stupid comment- weight gain in adolescence is normal and expected. I was and remain about 5'8…

If you are otherwise healthy, take no medicines and eat a balanced diet including fruit (like bananas) you probably get plenty.

do you count chocolate? :laugh:

GREAT topic! I have been thinking about this too. My current schedule has allowed me to go to the gym most days, and I have been working with weights to try to get stronger and tone up some. I also have wondered how long I will be able to keep it up and what will happen when I can't. Also, the trainer has advised me to…