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I was in 3rd grade and I was demonstrating to my mother my high kick...in socks on a polished floor. It must have looked like those cartoon banana peel falls. I bruised my tailbone so badly that I could barely walk for a few days, and I couldn't run or jump for almost a month. My pride hurt even more...

Right. As long as he is reciprocating in one fashion or another and you are both satisfied.

Really sick of the insecurity answer. How about because it's only natural to want to appeal to the opposite sex ... it's called sexual selection. If only we could admit to ourselves that we want to secure a sexual partner instead of berating other women for wanting to do exactly that. Disclaimer: not to be mistaken for…

^^ What she said. These foods are high in calorie because they are high in fat. Fat is ENERGY, even more than carbohydrates so it is a win-win. One thing I'll mention though, there's nothing wrong with having a few days that are under. There's no need to force yourself to eat more than what satisfies you, unless you find…

I prefer to call it respectfully non-romantic. I have yet to experience a completely platonic relationship that never began, ended, or momentarily experienced some sort of tension.

Hips mostly, hamstrings, and butt if I did some sort of exercise prior to squats that activate my glutes.

I'm not quite sure why you are blowing off the advice of doctors, trainers, and bodybuilders. There is nothing invalid about getting your exercise in a pool. Swimming is a fantastic form of exercise and it is a sport. You will build endurance, burn calories, and it's probably the safest form of exercise out there (as long…

I think it has less to do with number of weeks and more to do with proportionality; how much you need to lose in the first place. If you need to lose 20 pounds, it will likely be noticeable after 10. If you need to lose 70 pounds, it will take a bit more for people to notice.

You sound just like my mother! Always a beautiful woman, when she put on years worth of weight she felt as though she could never achieve hotness again and just let herself go completely. Part of why it took her so many years to decide to lose the weight is BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT she could never be sexy again. In that way,…

Me too lol

YES

Of course, being consistently way under is probably not a psychologically or physically healthy way to go about your dieting. If a healthy woman is eating 800 calories a day without supervision of a doctor I'd be concerned about an eating disorder or something of the sort. But there's no reason to panic about eating 1100…

Other MFPer's have said it and it's worth being said again - if you are not starving, you are not in starvation mode. It's very simple. The study that set off this whole "starvation mode nonsense" involved participants who were carefully monitored and consumed somewhere upward of a 60% calorie deficit, not to mention their…

lovely photos

Drama club or band. I totally see performance arts for some reason =P

Xtra sweet! lol :P

She looks very mysterious

For your sake, no lol

I like compression sports bras for high impact. I have the same problem as you with most bras, I find that other sports bras are either too tight and/or stretch out after a few months of wear. Compression bras for me are tight to get on but once wearing them they don't squeeze, are comfortable, and keep everything right in…

I have some "fantastic" thigh gap photos from when I was on the verge of an eating disorder and was underweight. Now I am a healthy weight with touching, muscular thighs. Would you like to see those instead?

I can't get past how you ate an onion for dinner :laugh: I think you have wonderful eating habits. Lots of fruits and vegetables, lean protein, and grains. You probably have a fabulous immune system. Foods going in are great, it's the amount you should think about though. I agree with the others that you should increase…

OMG, that is an incredible accomplishment!

Clearly thongs are not an option if they give you UTI's. Wear seamless panties or seamless briefs, or if you're comfortable in shorts, wear running shorts with lining and go commando.

Thank you for sharing your story. You are obviously a very strong individual to be so conscious of your disorder and to try to find solutions for it. I don't know what to make of your most recent experience, if it's really recovery or not. What I have noticed after a brief encounter with anorexia (I began weightlifting to…

I started weight lifting with the impression that my body will end up looking a certain way as long as I kept at it long enough...bigger butt, thicker legs, keep my arms slim and trim my waist...in the end our bodies will do what they were meant to do. We can change our bodies to an extent, make our small butts a little…

When I'm not hungry anymore.

Thanks, that was really helpful. I think I'm only going to log my cardio workouts from now on and just ignore the weightlifting. I'm going to eat with a slightly low deficit but definitely much closer to maintenance than I have been doing in the past, and I'll see where it goes.

So how should I go about tracking my calories? I do get in at least a half hour of cardio. What should I be eating back? Should I not log my weightlifting at all? Eat closer to maintenance?

You said you have muscle under your softness, which I assume means you are not "skinny-fat" and you're not starting from nothing. So in my opinion I'd think you want a relatively low calorie deficit, not a surplus because I think you can still build on what you have while cutting away fat. For example if your maintenance…

The dumbest thing I've heard at the gym? HUUUUUUUURRRRRAAAAAGGHGHGHGHFDGHGHH. GGGGUUUUUURRHHHUURRRRRRAAAAAAGHHHH.