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Jeez that's a lot of anger. It may not be intentional sabotage, but as long as she's already asked her mom not to bring her these things, it is a little rude and suggests that her mother doesn't want her making these healthy choices. For example, if your friend is an alcoholic in recovery, and you're well aware of this,…

55% fat? really. I mean I know its not the early 90s and we're not terrified of fat anymore, but I guess how to you get "enough" food without spending all your calories very quickly?

I don't follow the diet because there are very few vegetarian recipes. I do the calorie estimate for no workout and workout days, and I have my fitbit, and manage my macros. To be honest I focus mostly on calories and protein, particularly on workout days.

Tofu can taste great or like flavorless gelatin depending on how its prepared

I know I'm late to this party, but I am thrilled at this Arrested Development reference!!!

Love this!

It's likely the caffeine. As a stimulant the effects and withdrawals are similar to that of nicotine and cocaine (though, there's a continuum of strength of the effects and withdrawals). Try substituting with fruit flavored green tea and stevia. I'm a diet coke addict, and I've gone from drinking 12/day to drinking 3-4 or…

I used to "earn" my calories ahead of time so I had an excuse to binge, but I had a few problems with that: a) I accepted the "estimated" calories burn that MFP WAY over inflates. b) I would find myself trying to "earn" calories every day to excuse my eating, so that I would log just normal walking around the office, etc.…

:) yay! I did 3 x 10 at 135 and some large beefy man at the gym told me that it was the most he had every deadlifted :-D

I would love to look like Christina Hendricks: But realistically unless I am some day reincarnated as Christina Hendricks, or get massive amounts of surgery, that won't happen. So I'm aiming for this:

I mix a scoop of protein powder in to a cup 1% or fat free cottage cheese and eat it with berries. It makes the cottage cheese taste WAY better, and its a TON of protein (25-30g for the protein powder, another 24-30 for the cottage cheese)

update: I was the one who posted the picture in the purple dress a few posts above... This is between March 26th and April 21 (only about 5 lbs): I'm not there yet, but I'm on my way!

TL;DR I CAN'T GO TO BED! SOMEONE IS WRONG ON THE INTERNET!

... I don't know what she said, but I don't think this thread is necessarily in retaliation, I just think that saying "___________ friends only" (insert religion, race, sexuality, gender, sex, political beliefs, etc) here is like saying "if you don't believe what I believe we can't learn anything from each other about…

SUPPORT!

Someone already mentioned sexuality... Oooh! And I'm going to nitpick here, but don't forget sex! And yes, it is not the same thing as gender!!! :)

....what?

me! me! me! I started a thread about a week ago looking for LGBTQ and allied friends with minimal response :-\. I'm so tolerant I don't even like the word "tolerance" cause it sounds like I'm putting up with something negative, lol :)

Look up body weight exercises (there's more than just pushups!) Also, are there any universities or technical colleges around you? I get to work out at the technical college nearby since they have an agreement with my work, but even if I didn't it's something really cheap like $30/semester... (protip: with a lot of schools…

When the hell did I say that? I said to measure your food. I net around 1800 a day. I plateaued like a motherF-er when I was eating under 1400...

Haha the big brawny guys can be helpful! Today one randomly helped me with my form on deadlifts (I wasn't sticking out my booty enough), and noticed that I'm deadlifting the highest amount he's ever done (145!) I felt like a total badass :)

Agreed, I do portion control (pizza, really anything with cheese) and make sure I have room for it in my calorie goal (i.e. I know that I'm going to be going to a bar and have several drinks, I make sure I have fewer carbs earlier and reduce my calories/increase my exercise to approximate how much I expect to have).

This! When I started logging I "estimated" a lot. Now I'm a crazy person who wields cup measures and a kitchen scale for everything that's not "single serving" that I put in my mouth (except vegetables). Also, you may want to try doing some heavy lifting. I lost my first 30-35ish doing cardio and counting calories, but I…

Of course! I try to net 1800ish. I aim for 35% protein, but its difficult because i'm a vegetarian.

Good job! I'm not done with stage one yet (still have Workout B 10 rep set x 2, Workout A 10 rep set x 2 and both 8 rep sets x 2) but I was so psyched about what has happened to my body already I posted some results from one month of progress (see thread not even done with stage 1...) If you don't mind my asking, why did…

Look up body weight workouts. Aside from walking/running there are all kinds of strength training you can do with just your body weight (not just push ups!)

Make sure you regularly take pictures. I know that is what has been keeping me motivated. Also, looking at pictures in the "success story" thread always makes me inspired because I get jealous and can't wait till I can post my "before and after" rather than my "before and during"

@anna_louise90 Is it weird that I can identify a headless Jillian Michaels by her body alone? I saw your profile pic and thought "say... she looks familiar" lol

take cinnamon pills (seriously, it helps keep your sugar in check) drink even MORE water. keep small pre-portioned healthy snacks on you (i.e. a ziplock baggie with one serving of nuts) see if there's another "reward" other than food you're getting when you're triggered to eat (i.e. when I leave my office to go to the…

Do you have before and afters? Look at those, take a photo of where you are and compare! I know when I'm slacking its usually because I'm in denial about what my body is really doing. I had a scale that told me I was 205 no matter what, and I wouldn't let people take pictures of me cause I looked terrible in them. It took…