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My favourite workout decidedly feels like one (running), but my second-favourite feels more art, although it's definitely a hard one: dancing. I do flamenco dancing and would love to try ballet but am afraid of embarrassing myself. When I dance I have to concentrate so hard that I don't even notice how the time passes and…

It occured to me a while ago that there are a few people in my life who consider me a "naturally thin" person who "can eat" anything and all day long and not gain a gram. ~ My obese coworker sees me grazing all day long at the office. Some days it's an apple, carrot sticks and nuts, other days it's chocolate and/or…

*copy/pasting an old post of mine* I quit over four years and it was tough the first four or five days. For about two months after that, habit made me reach for my (nonexistent) cigarettes and lighter when I sat down at my desk, when I got off the train, when a class had ended, … But it was just out of habit and not a real…

I got zero chocolate and candy for Christmas this year. The only one in the family; everybody else got loads. :sad: My family is somehow under the impression that I don't eat sweets, and I grew tired of begging for suitable presents by the age of fifteen… :angry: Anyhow – I went to a Haribo factory outlet a week ago and…

I'm thinking about spicing it up by ordering meal plans from Happy Herbivore or Meghan Telpner and do three or four days of super-clean eating to rewind and reset my body and mind, so to say. I've also ordered the book "Thrive" by Brendan Brazier earlier, because I need something to make/keep me exited about nutrition and…

I went on a 3 hr hike through the woods with a friend. We took one break and ate cookies and chocolate. And apples! :happy:

I count two!

I mean that just because judging by your own taste you find yourself ugly, doesn't mean you _are_ ugly, or disgusting. There is no such thing as _being_ ugly in a non-subjective way, only being unattractive to a given person. (Even thought the media and peer pressure are doing their best to make it otherwise.) You might…

:frown: This thread makes me cry. OP! It would do you well to remember that not everybody has the same taste as you! :tongue: Same here. Only I've never been obese, so it's always been me. Every compliment I get for my looks is like a punch in the guts. If my looks aren't the reason that I'm still alone at age thirty, I…

LOL! That would definitely be something to feel awkward about!

I'm going to take a break on Christmas Eve and Day in the sense that I won't log calories and won't think twice about what I'm eating. But I won't stuff my face on purpose or eat anything within sight in an effort to "make the most out of this cheat day". And also, since I'll be at my parents' house in the country, I'm…

2 or 3 kg to go, and now that Christmas is coming up and the Christmas markets with their caramellised nuts and potatoe pancakes won't be there for much longer, it's getting hard to stay motivated! :[

I once lost 30 lbs with WW, and then 15 more a while later (just using the points system; I never attended a meeting). The reason I gained ten of them back over the last six years is not that it is not that the system is not sustainable, but that "stuff" happened in my life (I quit smoking, I graduated, I lost my sense of…

Aww, stop it! :3 (And so can you!)

BMI is meaningless if you are a woman and have the slightest bit more muscles than the average princess, or a body type that doesn't fit in their narrow frame of what is "average". Coming from an unhealthy place, I'm sure you are able to tell quite correctly whether you are healthy now or not. If you think you are, just…

I'm really working towards a day three weeks from now – the day I turn thirty. But there are a couple of reasons why I need/want to lose 2 or so more kg before Christmas, too. - I'm going to take part in a small, private running event with super-athletic people at the end of next week, and I don't want to be The Chubby…

I rotate Brooks PureFlow, Nike Free 3.0 and Saucony Virrata, depending on the distance of the run and the quality of the ground. They all fall in the "natural running" category, but the cushioning is different in each of them.

My mother always notices weight loss before it actually happens. XD

Aches like that are often a sign of some vitamin/mineral deficiency or other, particularly if you exercise a lot and restrict your diet at the same time. In my case, pain in the leg muscles usually means magnesium deficiency. It disappears overnight as soon as I take a supplement and/or eat more. Try and give it a shot?…

This may be self-evident, but – posture makes a world of difference. There are a number of instructive videos on youtube for better dance posture. You might find something there which you hadn't thought of before. Dancers are among the best-toned people on the planet, but without posture they'd look like nothing much…

onions grapefruit radicchio red wine raisins ginger stuffed wine leaves And I’m beginning to like mushrooms. I’ve always liked the taste, just not the rubber-like consistency. But it’s getting better. :)

Why not? You could be simultaneously burning pounds and gaining muscle mass. That would result, after a while, in a visible change in your figure, but not necessarily in weight loss. Go and see what the measuring tape says! I’ve had a lazy stretch this winter: exercised far less than I used to and overate consistently. As…

I love hiking! I used to always go on several long hikes in the course of the summer. There are some spectacular hiking grounds near my hometown (high moors, vulcanic lakes and such). But two years ago I moved to another town, which is only 30 miles away from where I used to live, but it might as well be at the other end…

My old starfleet uniform. :glasses: Their skirts are tiny!

If I ate dairy products (and anything containing dairy, like most cookies and crisps) on top of everything else, I'd weigh a thousand pounds!

Easiest and fastest cookies ever: Mash the banana and mix in rolled oats until the mixture is sticky enough that you can make individual cakes out of it that won't dissolve on the baking sheet. Add or don't add sweetener and extras of choice (like chopped nuts, chocolate chips, dried berries) and bake the cookies at 360°…

I quit three years and three days ago (happy anniversary to me!) and it was tough the first four or five days. For about two months after that, habit made me reach for my (nonexistent) cigarettes and lighter when I sat down at my desk, when I got off the train, when a class had ended, … But it was just habit and not a real…