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I agree with editorgrrl. One day of low calories isn't going to harm you by a long shot. Don't eat if you don't want to. :) Just means more cake tomorrow. ;)

BMI. Drop it. It sounds like you exercise extensively, so you should stop using the BMI scale. It's really meant only for the average person, who maybe (or not) works out a total of 3 hours a *week*. Your muscle tone is going to blow that scale out of the water because you have so much muscle and muscle weighs more than…

Thank you, all, for your suggestions! I'll look into them. :)

Yeah, I tried going with two pieces. :) Unfortunately, I had the problem of the tankini tops rolling *up* above my navel. It's one thing if your navel is showing because the top is purposefully short.. it's something else altogether though, when it's showing because the hem can't stay down... And I'm too body conscious to…

Portion control and shrugging my shoulders. By portion control I mean buying lots of little baggies, and by shrugging my shoulders I mean, "I had a bad day and ate six doughnuts. Guess I'll just have to stay away from doughnuts for a while." Not to make it sound easy, because it's not, but I couldn't live without the foods…

A 10! Now that would be a miracle. :) I think I remember wearing those in high school. Good luck to both of us!

Lord, I wish I could see some pictures. :( My stats don't match up at all with what I've been reading... I am 5'6", and currently weigh 155 lbs, down from 171. At 155 I can barely fit into a 12 size jean and usually wear 14s. (Levi's) At 171, I barely fit into a 14. (Probably should have gone to a 16, honestly.)

Your husband is verbally abusing you, emotionally manipulating you, and isolating you from your support network. Please, find a therapist and someone you trust. Before he critiqued your weight, and emotionally manipulated you into having a costly, invasive surgery. Now he's criticizing you for the procedure (under the…

Thank you!

All calories count. Sorry. Unless you meant by "Net" that staying in your calorie limit counts most? If so, then yes. I had to learn to cook, too. It's work, but nothing else can make up for it, unless you have a personal chef in your pocket. Start simple and work your way up. I recommend sandwiches to start with, then…

Are you taking vitamins still? Keep it up if you are. When breastfeeding (or carrying, even) vitamins will be leeched to feed the baby so you want to get all the calcium and other stuff you can! But otherwise, If you need quick things, here's what I do when I'm feeling exceptionally lazy or pressed for time: -peanut butter…

Bump for later!

Sorry, but I don't own a scale! And volume is much more easily estimated by me than weight if I don't have measuring cups in my back pocket. It would be nice if someone could go back and add a measurement to a food item once it's in, so nothing has to stay only as originally entered. It would present options at least.…

I hate heels. If God wanted me to walk on spikes he'd have given them to me at birth. I always feel like I'm on the edge of breaking an ankle. That being said, when I watch women walk in heels, I almost always see a slight wobble in the ankle. Sometimes it's enough to make me nervous for them. How do they go up stairs in…

Honestly? I make smoothies to increase my vegetable intake. I really, really don't like vegetables. I could easily go a week without touching more than two servings. (Sprinkled liberally throughout the week, at that.) Since starting my smoothie making, I easily eat twice as many vegetables now as I would otherwise, even…

I *love* swimming! I have arthritic hips and knees and swimming is great for that. It's a full body workout and nearly as effective as running as a fat-burner, but spread out all over the body instead of focusing on just legs. Different strokes will work different muscle groups so it's an all around great cardio workout if…

For the first time in months?? That's great! I never make it 2 months without binging on something. :) I think we all feel guilty and somewhat worthless after letting ourselves go like that. But keep that chin up! I binged just last week on awesome, mouthwatering cinnamon coffee cake and I felt like a waste of space. Half…

I am 5'5" and a half! I don't know my frame either, but I *seem* to be built like my mother and when she got to 120 due to medical issues, people wondered if she was on the way out. Granted she's older and she didn't get there through exercise. Unlike my mother I am a total Pear-shape. Thinner on top (Just filling the Bs)…

I live with this. When it first came on four years ago, and I let it get to its worst before doing anything about it, walking was excruciating and I limped everywhere I went. As you probably know, It's hard to limp with both feet! My mother's doctor told her and myself (both afflicted with PF) that you can't wear sneakers.…

I had to change shoes. I wore sneakers my entire life until PF entered my life. I had to buy Dansko clogs. I hate the look of them and the soles are *hard*, which made the adjustment difficult. I could barely walk, so it took a month of walking in them before I was doing so pain-free. I see a lot of folks wearing them,…

If I can feel comfortable in a two piece swimsuit, that will be reward enough for me. I've never worn one!

I don't refuse anything. I log everything unless I have no earthy clue and have no way of getting said clues. :)

Breaking from sugar is hard. Very, very hard. I hope breaking from sugar works for you, but be careful in your early stages. Here's my own story of warning, in case it helps: I was 160 a year ago, and had been so, reliably and steadily, for six or seven years, but wanted to lose weight for a wedding in June of last year.…

I've been a moderate tea drinker for a couple years now. I find it relaxing, too. :) One of my favorites is Lady Grey. I admit though, I do like to put cream in my English/Irish Breakfast... Heh heh. I also like to drink chamomile in the evenings. Very mild. I have at least 5 kinds of tea sitting on my counter!