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Hi Kayla, I stopped coming a year ago too and then started back up on Feb 10. I felt bad because a year ago, I was at the weight I am right now, meaning I gained 10 pounds over a year's time. I'm much older than you and my reasons for losing this weight are not so much about physical appearance but because I want to be…

I'm going to SDCC in July, for the second year in a row. We get a beach house and it will be fun to rock a few new outfits for sure, both on and off of the beach.

Oh, I didn't leave nor did I sit at the back of the bus, girlfriend. I just don't have the appetite to watch a nice person get thrown to slaughter every time an innocent question or comment is posted, usually by pathetic people with no self esteem at all. If a person actually has real self esteem they won't torment, bully,…

Hi Otterluv. After reading the original post, which seemed innocent enough, I read the comments and realized why I stopped coming to the forums a year ago. There are a bunch of people on here who take great pleasure in making fun of people. It turns into a joke every time. Don't bother with the forums. They never end well.

Oh my gosh, can you see my food diary? I ate every single thing on your list of foods that make a person retain water! Hmmmm I'll take that under advisement! :) also, another poster said to go to the pharmacy and get a diuretic. I didn't know there was such a thing over the counter? Where the hell have I been for the past…

So, all this time I thought sleep apnea killed a person in a different way. I didn't think your bed partner did the killing!

Me? No I'm not teasing, I'm serious. Back in my wilder days, I was just that. Now, I'm a straight laced 50 year old woman working for a very conservative corporation in the legal department. I would never ever come clean, and I sometimes lose sleep over worrying if anybody every found out or connected the dots of my "old…

My dirty little secrets are all so awful I would never even be able to repeat them...even to strangers like you guys. I would be fired from my job if they ever came out. I would probably get divorced over them. My siblings would certainly disown me. I'd be kicked out of the church.

It IS tempting, but one thing we all hate, as a group of well behaved MARRIED or TAKEN women, women of all sizes and fitness levels (don't assume we are all just a group of fat old jealous bats) is women throwing themselves all over men, acting like desparate pathetic human beings. I will be willing to bet that the friends…

Where I live, sometimes it's hard to get a date because of religion. I have seen several friends NOT date a person because of the religion of that person, although they think the person is great in every other facet of their lives. Is that shallow?

Maybe I can lend a different angle to this. I have lost and gained weight many times. Right now I am on a losing streak. I have a friend, I'll call.... Sue. I realize that she has been a bigger gal most of her life but when she turned 40, she started a diet and lost a lot of weight. She and I have been dear friends for…

Hey look, it's the OP! I don't necessarily think they should be..... banned. I am just unable to comprehend why someone would want to get fake compliments from strangers. Most of you know that if you were put in a room with 75 others from this site, you wouldn't prance up to them and say 98% of the stuff you say here, in…

I don't know what an IPA is, but take the hit. Like my father in law used to say..."**** your pants and throw your shorts away--don't worry yourself sick over it". So, ya...just take the hit.

Sure it will make you lose weight....when you scald your rectum so badly you don't dare eat solid food for a year. You'll lose plenty.

Man that's awful! It would have scared the heck out of me for my husband to flip out like that. It seems to me that something much more is bothering him. Hopefully he is feeling bad at work for yelling at you and throwing a fit. When he comes home, tell him if he wants that crap to eat that he will have to go buy it…

Thanks for the help. I read this nice man's post and am shocked at the much higher number of calories the website he suggests I look into tells me to use. I have been STARVING TO DEATH using the calorie guidelines MFP suggested...and not losing weight . This website he suggestes gives me about 500 calories more per day. I…

So, I have a similar question... for you who lost using only the calorie counting method. Did you use the calculator here on MFP to arrive at your "goal calorie" Intake? Do they differ at different sites?

I'll be the one who is actually foolish enough to believe your post is true. Be happy for your wife. My husband, years ago got all weird about "other men" looking at me bla bla bla when I got a fantastic job with nothing but men doing lots of traveling and having to be in close quarters with these men at all hours of the…

What a lovely post. Thank you for giving me the little pep talk I've needed. I have went to several of the different topics on here and there are quite a few people who are just plain MEAN. It has made me scared to ask questions, make comments or even express any frustrations. Your nice post gave me hope and insight into a…

Everyone has done so well. PLEASE tell us newbies how you lost that much weight as well.

I don't know if it is right or if it is wrong or even if it is special. All I know about...very little about... is human nature. People who have struggled and worked hard sometimes get on a high horse so to speak, because they worked hard and are proud of that. I, like KathyPBiles before me, hesitate to ask questions…

Well....what did he say that was so horrible? I dislike a lot of women and my husband (of 32 years) will say "she is X" when he clearly knows I am not "X". I am an old woman though so I guess it doesn't bother me, because he is right, she is better at some things--a lot of things-- than I am. But doesn't mean he doesn't…

I just want to tell you that you were absolutely BEAUTIFUL even before you lost the weight. I wish you well in your new thinner, healthier life. Keep up the good work.

I don't get it. Why the hell would I want to be friends with any of you?

Oh I just pray that this scandalous thread is still here tomorrow. I want to read it but I have to go to bed...and I can troll all day on here at work. IMHO... Heck what do I know.

Bucky83, I guess I was supposed to guess you too... I think you are about 30 *just because it says 83 in your username* but you look about 21. You're taken and work at a flower shop. This is a fun game, but I keep posting and then someone comments on MY status, so the next person skip me and go to the person above me. I'll…

wow, that's pretty nice. I am FIFTY, married and I have a business that trains police officers in crime scene investigations. But I will give you all my money and all my kids and my husband just for telling me I look like I'm 32. THANKS, I am so on cloud 9.

And RaeRae1993, you are a very very pretty young woman and I think you will go very far in this life.

I bet you are "taken" but not married yet. I think you are about 20 and you are probably a college student and a part time waitress at IHOP.

OK I'll give you my opinion. I've been married 32 years. I have six brothers. I have a houseful of men. I have worked with nothing but men for the past 30 years. I think I have a pretty good idea of men. The advice I can give you men is, keep your wives happy. Don't compromise on things you sincerely care a lot about,…