jboss1989

I put the cooked amount. If you search it when entering, it will usually specify cooked or uncooked.

Especially on this particular website, it is meant to be motivating, and people post these before and after pictures because they are proud of their accomplishment. If you did not feel good about your fat self, and feel better about your slimmer self, that is not shameful. Honestly, though shaming anyone for any reason is…

Well...I think everyone can see why you do not have anyone to help you with "taking care of business."

I too have this issue with getting my cat to exercise with me. Sometimes I manage to wake her, but she just stares at me when I try to encourage her to move.

This is so rude. You wouldn't say "why are you so fat? Stop eating, pig!" so why do people find it acceptable to tell you that you are too skinny? Same thing.

You look great, but you are not too skinny. People are silly. When I weighed about the same you do now, as a 5'5" woman, people would try to tell me I was skinny. And some of them were serious. Personally, I think that this is mainly because we are so used to being surrounded by obesity.

This is A) The internet, and B) A weight-loss/health management site. Nobody can really tell who is who and what they are like. Let people give you health and fitness ideas, and motivate you; don't worry about flirting with possible axe-murderers.

Speaking of bikini's.....who knows where I can get one with a top for a 32DDD? These puppies do not seem to be getting smaller with the rest of me! My criteria is that it must not be something that my grandmother would wear, it must not look like a burka, and it must actually hold them up. Anyone? :p

I cannot live without coffee. Often I will manage in the morning without, but then have some shortly before I head to the gym. I find it really helps me to work out a bit longer and harder. I just drink it black. There's not a lot of value to it besides the caffeine, but as long as I don't drink 6 cups a day or load it…

I have also noticed that when I walk my friends' dogs they stop to poop every ten seconds. Exercise, man.

This seems to be extremely common...I am trying to use it as more of a tool to increase my self-discipline. I'll eat something healthy right before my boyfriend gets home from work at night, inevitably with pizza or breadsticks or chips or something. I'll try to make sure that when we eat out, we go somewhere that has…

There are not really any crazy tips to make you way skinnier or healthier than you are now in three weeks. All I can see are your legs in your picture, but it certainly looks (and sounds, by your description) that you are already in good shape. Continue to do what you are doing, and add a little exercise in there if you…

Exactly. Even when in great shape, and a constant ballet dancer as a teen, I could never run more than a minute or two without cramps and burning lungs. Among other exercise, I have been working on just keeping my heart rate and breathing up while on the treadmill or elliptical, while still going at a pretty slow pace.…

I am by no means a weight lifting expert; in fact, I am looking for help with this myself. But I would say just to get you started, it is as simple as lifting what you are comfortable lifting. I wouldn't imagine age has much to do with this. Try 10-12 pound weights for your arms, 20-30 pounds for your legs, do some reps,…

I know what you mean! No matter how heavy I have been, I've always had a small waist, and I lost weight from my torso super fast-16 pounds off and I think it was all from my stomach. I'm definitely more of an hourglass since my boobs never seem to get smaller either, but currently, though my waist has gotten back down to…

Monday morning, every week. I occasionally get curious and hop on the scale at other times as well, but not usually.

I love certain ones...Usually I get Oikos in key lime, strawberry, or cafe latte. It is a bit of an acquired taste, though-I remember not liking it at first. Then, again, I didn't like coffee at first either, and now I drink it black all day long. I'm trying to get in the habit of eating healthier, which includes me…

Why bother? The people I know won't fault me for making a poor eating decision once in a while, and who cares what the people I don't know think? Yes, there are plenty of days where I forget to log, or l don't log my entire day, but just because I am forgetful. I usually over-estimate my calories if I don't know the exact…

Excuse: I'm tired. Answer: You know you'll feel better after you work out! Excuse: I wore my only clean workout clothes yesterday. Answer: They don't smell, and you are going to be gross again after anyway. Get over it. Excuse: Exercise hurts my knees. Answer: It hurts because they aren't used to moving! Get them back in…

Have you ever read the ingredients list and nutrition facts on the box? They're about as unhealthy as can be, and most of the ingredients don't even seem to be consumable...

These ideas are really helpful, thank you! I don't want to work only my upper body, but I have thus far really only worked my lower body at all. Even though I have gained a lot of weight over the past few years, I was a dancer for a long time, so my legs and glutes are still really solid under all the fat :p Because things…

That is weird to hear...I guess it must be because it is a franchise, but the Planet Fitness I belong to is nothing like that. They have racks and racks of free weights, you can wear whatever you want (within reason), and I have never once heard that stupid alarm go off. I do wish that they had a pool or a sauna in there…

I own a tv because my boyfriend cannot live without ESPN, but I rarely watch it. Like you, I have very little free time between two jobs, household maintenance, the gym, and everything else. When I do, I read instead. I would love to get rid of the TV and cable if I was allowed :p

Drink it black! Puts hair on your chest...But seriously, black :)