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You guys remember back in your school days, how there were those kids who always had to make a perfect score on every test? And you knew they did it because they loved the asspats? That's the same kind of person who has a bikini body, and has to ask for reassurance about how hot they are. Personally, I feel sorry for how…

Looking through a few days of your food diary, I would suggest, since you like almond milk, get off of almond breeze, and switch to unsweetened almond milk. Also, you eat a lot of chicken. Switch to thighs instead of breasts. It'll be easier on your pocketbook, too. Chicken thighs are crazy cheap as far as meat goes. :)

While this may seem flippant, are you getting enough healthy fat? Fat creates a feeling of satiation when you eat it, and is harder to break down, so it slows digestion of foods that might digest quickly. Less is more sometimes, it's not always about volume.

I disagree STRONGLY with point number 4. Those of us who are emotional eaters need to BREAK cycles of deprivation/ reward. This creates yoyo dieting. "Well, I've been reeeeally good, so I will have this cheesecake." You find too many reward justifications. I would, however, modify it to say that you need to fit food you…

Same here, and it's genetic with me, too. But hey, EMBRACE those legs. I love my legs. Imagine having the opposite problem of little bird legs! You don't want little bird legs. You want nice solid legs that keep you supported all your life. Legs like that won't let you down. Also, they are ****ing sexy. (At least I think…

...Man nevermind, I just screwed up this post so many times. lol.

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rock on

It could also be a change in the product they're using. For instance, if they were getting chickpeas from one source, and then that source changed, the caloric content could have gone up. Believe it or not, plants are not all universal. To make an example: There were a couple of weeks in my early diet where I lost NO…

This often happens when there are too few tines around a stone. Advise your husband that every stone should have at LEAST six things to enclose it. Not the four you sometimes see. While that is aesthetically pleasing, a diamond is the last thing you want to lose. Six is best.

One Nature's Own Wheat Bun: 130 calories 4 oz of 95% lean ground beef: 150 calories - running total, 280 Vegetables: Another 50 if we figure calories generously- running total, 330 A tablespoon of Ketchup/ BBQ sauce/ Mustard/ Guac/ Any condiment OTHER THAN MAYO: 50 or less - final total, 380 All I'm saying here is that a…

If you don't want to tell him, and he knows you're losing weight, just keep saying, "It doesn't matter, because it'll be different in a month." And then you can tell him when you hit your goal weight, if he bothers you then. I say, don't tell him if it makes you nervous, and don't bother pretending you are. Just say no.

You should eat when you're HUNGRY. Not before. Not after. What you eat when you are hungry, should include proteins, whole grains or fruits, and vegetables of course. But that's a no-**** statement.

Why- EXACTLY- is it that the two of you don't research different areas where you could both work in your respective job fields? You speak English, that much is clear. Unless you speak Italian, so must he. That opens up a TON of really HUGE countries to live in.

Last week, I was retaining 7 lbs of water, from starting a new, VERY hard workout, which looked like a five pound gain. (Seriously) Even with all the intense cardio I've done, and sporadic strength training, never did I have a problem dropping weight. I freaked out for a few hours, but I calmed myself down. Reassured me…

Has no one said exercise? No. Really... since you want to lose weight anyway, if you've got mild depression, just make sure you work out HARD five days a week, and see if you improve. This has helped me a lot. Doesn't make the depression vanish, but I'm 90% more functional than I was.

Triple Signed. Lose body fat.

And when you were doing it, you had an incredibly inflated sense of entitlement.

Nah. Waitstaff with idiotic mentalities like this are the horror stories. Maybe if you applied yourself to something, you wouldn't be living off of tips at places where people with real jobs go to eat for celebratory meals. Now, don't think I haven't been waitstaff. It's VERY typically one of the milestones on the road to…

Why does it matter if you were slightly rude? You were a parent, feeding your child for her birthday. Restaurants and servers- trust me- do NOT care if you are slightly rude, socially awkward, ugly, smelly, or weird. Short of being intentionally offensive, they just want your money. It's a BUSINESS. Those servers have to…

Dove works well, but unless people can smell you across the room, I wouldn't bother. It's the gym, not the office. Anti-perspirant is bad for you. Personally, I only ever used it during dates and things like that where it was SUPER important to smell okay. You might try swabbing your armpits with alcohol beforehand, with a…

Actually, quite the opposite for me. I started off my weight loss at 276. I'm now 242-3, depending on how you read my scale needle. My calories for most of that time, said I should be losing about a pound a week, but I've been able to lose 2-5 lbs a week, depending on the week, by doing high intensity workouts. Usually an…

Good luck, and don't worry! Although it's never a minor thing to have surgery, in terms of personal safety, I imagine having some skin removed is one of the safest surgeries there is! Nothing more than removal of excess and letting the incisions heal up. Okay, probably more than that, but not much. Still, I have the best…

I think whether or not the MFP calories are overestimated depends not on the website, but the person in question. You have to know yourself a bit. You have to think about how your workout went, and say, did I really put a lot of effort in today? Or was it a lower intensity? You have to be honest with yourself, so that you…

Yes. This.

Less than 10 lbs? You could easily burn that off in a month, but you'd have to eat next to nothing. Be aware that those of us who lose a lot of weight very quickly, are usually very overweight. Your body's only burning an extra.. maybe couple hundred calories at that point, every day. It takes most people MONTHS to take…

Yeah, I agree with this one. My first thought was safety. Not only of the guy in question, but also of your company. If this guy is hurt on the premises, they may not have insurance for that. So there may be a no-non-workers policy. Just inquire as to why this is, and express your frustration maturely. Communication is key…

Just accept them and move through them? This morning, I was crying, because I have gained 3-5 lbs or so, after a whole week of Shed and Shred. I know intellectually that it's water, because my calories have NOT been over at all, but it was still emotionally jarring. I didn't know how I was going to cope, and cried for two…

This. There are calorie goals, but if your stomach is making loud growls, it's telling you it burned up what you ate today. Your stomach has usually been empty for a LONG time by the time it starts to growl. Just eat a normal snack, log it, and move on. I would recommend an apple, or a cup of apple sauce. The cup of…

I disagree with cheating. I think a better strategy is just not to expect to eat healthy 24/7. Eat the things you like, calculate them into your daily calories, and keep going. I had fries yesterday afternoon. I would have had a chicken sandwich with it, if the F***ING MORON working the drive-thru wouldn't have given me a…