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Thelonius Monk

I make egg custard using truvia instead of sugar and flavor it with various things like lemon, pie spices, or chocolate. It's like eating a "dessert" that is protein packed!

I'm 5'4", weigh 134#, and MFP tried to set my calories at 1200 but I wouldn't let it! This site (below), which put me at 1326 including a slight deficit for weight loss, was recommended to me by a couple people whose information and opinions I trust. I prefer to have my TDEE based on sedentary, since I do sit at a desk all…

I breastfed both of mine, but my production gave out after about 6 months. Congrats on keeping it going for as long as you have! I can help with the dairy and soy free stuff, but I don't know much about egg-free. I sent you a FR :)

Be careful using it on your face. It is rather high on the comedogenic scale, so if you are prone to acne, it may not be best for you. Some people can tolerate it, others will break out worse. Of course everyone's skin responds differently, so just use with caution. I personally use it as an overnight hair mask every week…

wolfsbayne - I might be able to do some kind of workout on my lunch, there is a park very close that I could utilize, but I don't go to gyms (personal reasons) and I don't know where I would put the weights at my office LOL... Is it really terrible to lift on back-to-back days or should I just stick to a Mon/Wed/Fri…

Maybe this is too obvious.. but is that 800 before or after you log your exercise? I don't have input either way, I'm not near as knowledgeable as some others, but I'm sure the difference would matter. Edited to add a cheesy hug image, because that's what you said you needed

I get it!! I use baby powder on that area, also because tend to sweat there and constant chafing + sweat = extreme discomfort! Or this also works well: http://www.monistat.com/products/complete-care/chafing-relief-powder-gel?gclid=CNLe8r77uMACFYZaMgodhDUAJA

Didn't "binge sample" while baking cake and cookies last night. Self control is improving, yay!

Well that brings up another issue... my schedule is jam packed. I get up at 5am, am gone from the house from 7am to 6:30pm during the week, and pretty much only have about 20 minutes in the morning M-F to work out. So I need to maximize that time.

Neck injury is from a Christopher Reeves-type horseback riding injury when I was 12. Woke up paralyzed on one side of my body the next day, went though years of PT and went back to mostly normal life for a long time. But I now have arthritic spurs on 2 cervical vertebrae and narrowing between those discs. Take a very…

Maybe I'm just ignorant... I thought strength training was for *after* you lose weight? And cardio/HIIT type stuff was for the fat loss part??

Wow, not where I live! I can get ground turkey for sometimes 1/4 of the price that ground beef goes for. I can't stand the taste of ground turkey by itself though, so I make a very similar recipe but with half ground beef mixed in. Mostly just for the flavor!

Good question, I am kind of wondering the same thing. I do think you have the term muscle memory confused though, it has to do with your muscles "remembering" how to do something but not necessarily impacting the actual impact it will have on your weight loss or fat %. For example, once you've learned how to ride a bike,…

wolfsbayne - I like the "take one day at a time" approach :) and yeah... I just want to get rid of the jiggle over the muscle! Well, for now. Then I want that muscle to look spectacular lol Chaskavitch - I would love to start lifting, but I'm afraid of hurting myself or exacerbating my neck injury. Plus I really want to…

What are your strategies, goals, motivations?

I wish I had your problem!! My boobs are the first thing to go every time lol. Thighs take forever though. I can see and feel muscle under there, but that layer of jiggle doesn't seem to change much. I am definitely heavier below the waist.

I absolutely understand. My thighs will always be a bit squishy, my *kitten* will always be bigger than any other part of my body, and the more weight I lose, the less boobage I will have. For a while I idolized people like supermodels, Kate Middleton/The Duchess, and others whose bodies I will never ever in my wildest…

Finally! :) me - 33, 5'4", cw 134

"But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams." William Butler Yeats

I'm in the same boat. I work a 9-5, but I also have a long commute, so I leave around 7am and don't get home til as late as 6:30 sometimes. I make dinners for the week every Sunday so that when we get home M-F, all we have to do is warm it up. It sounds like a hassle, but it's really not that bad once you get used to it. I…

I second this like a million times. For a while I was eating a ton of carbs, mostly my homemade bread (because it just tastes so damn good!) and yet I felt like a could never get enough to eat. When I started focusing more on fat and protein, the issue was resolved.

Having been in a position to hire, train, and fire people, I will tell you that - unless the person you are interviewing with is a total a-hole or B**** (which you wouldn't want to work for anyway) honesty is ALWAYS the best policy. Employers hear crap like "I tend to get very caught up in my job and neglect my home life"…

Welcome! I've been on here for a while, and we have similar goals. Search the forums for lots of info, and don't take anything too personally :)

oh yeah, that! also, potentially restless leg syndrome? I didn't realize it, but that was severely interrupting my sleep until my husband noticed (because it was interrupting his sleep too LOL) Not to get all hypochondriac on you... just another idea

Motivation ebbs and flows for me. Right now I'm okay weight and size-wise, and I can fit into a few articles of clothing that I couldn't last month, so I've gotten a bit lazy. Looking at images of bodies that appear the way I want to sometimes motivates me. That and reminding myself of how much more energy throughout the…

Bi - and married to a man by choice, several family members are queer in different forms Atheist - but I do find paganism fascinating Gamer - Skyrim rules Roleplaying - um yeah, for my husband lol although I'm DYING to go to a Star Trek convention dressed as a Vulcan at least once in my lifetime Music - to the Nth degree!…

I just sent you a FR. I have some experience with a thread post being taken the wrong way. The internet is a strange place sometimes lol

Maybe this is too obvious, but how much do you normally sleep? It could literally be something as simple as not getting enough sleep. For me personally, I *have* to sleep 8 hours a night. In bed at 9pm, and up at 5am Monday-Friday. On weekends that gets shifted later into the evening/morning, but I still try to always make…

For the record, I am now going to try exactly what you did with the apple because it sounds AMAZING and is a much better option than eating the *actual* Dutch apple pie that is sitting in my fridge at home because we didn't end up going to the friend's house for whom made it in the first place. As far as the laugh and the…