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And as one of her friends, she is a great one to have. Very supportive. You'd be wise to add her.

The worst thing wasn't anything I was actually called. To me, it was worse. It was high school lunch cafeteria. I have a genetic form of arthritis. Plus there is a slight leg length discrepancy between my legs. So I walked with an abnormal gait pattern. I was used to it since it was how I was born. But one day, walking…

I agree with everyone else (well except for the one with those really disturbing pictures of whateverinthellthatwas). Suit & tie, or sports coat, slacks and tie. Especially at a country club affair you can never be out of place. I get to attend a wedding on Saturday. My personal trainer's wedding (my friends here know how…

Myself on Youtube, doing This is the Moment, from Jekyll and Hyde.

^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^

Absolutely right. And you look incredible. Just what I said yesterday, but I had a difference of 23 pounds. but it looked like a lot more. You proved it even better with the same weight. It isn't the weight. The scale is useful for one thing: it's a great target when you want to beat the daylights out of something with a…

Looking good. Congrats. Out of curiosity, what's the timeline between the first and last pictures. But be proud of what you've done. No, you don't have to eat 1200 to lose weight. Not at all.

As the OP, I would like to ask those who have tried to derail this thread

But you can take my word from experience, it isn't easy being an international sex symbol, wanted by millions the world over. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Just a couple measurements between then and now. 23 pounds difference. 5.5 inches less in the waist. 4 inches less in the hips, 3.5 inches less in the thighs. The 3 places I store fat the most. Besides between the ears. Exercise isn't getting rid of that. :)

The reason there is no grid now is because the before pictures was taken at the gym I trained at with Chris, my trainer. A couple of months ago he left and is training on his on in a private studio, hence no grid. I don't think the club would let him back in just for pictures. Even though I'm still a member of the club as…

I was on my diet like white on rice. Every day, every calorie. Pre-logging almost every day. Preplanning most weeks. Luckily I am the worlds most boring eater. 3 of my meals every day have been basically the same since I started this 10 months ago (with only slight modifications to add calories now as needed). The logging…

For me, the best way to do it is if you have faithfully and fully recorded every single thing you have eaten. No skipping things because you were ashamed or because you forgot. You were trying to be as accurate as possible. For me that means weighing absolutely everything, but then I'm obsessive compulsive, so I know my…

^^^ THIS. Condescension, thy name is lauren3101. Along with arrogance and hubris.

Plays in a polka band every Saturday night.

It's boring, but it works.

That certainly isn't what you said in the very first post, was it? In fact, it implied that anyone using this website should only be using MFP's methodology. Why else would we be here.

Well there are certainly those here (and elsewhere) who cannot relate to someone who is. I'm very upfront about friend requests that I send (which is rare), but I do tell someone I am gay. And there have been people who have rejected the friend request on that basis. So yes, people cannot relate to me because I am gay…

I posted one I got stuck in my head earlier today on my news feed. Truly one of the most annoying, horribly and disgusting ear worms imaginable. It took a high speed drill to the temple to cure it. And you Light up my life. You give me hope To carry on. You light up my days And fill my nights With song. It can't be wrong,…

Yup. Everyone should. The human body is nothing to be ashamed of in any shape.

Gay man here. But I'm guessing the mods will close this one down real quickly because they will deem it to be political. Anything dealing with our sexuality, even just identifying ourselves is considered too controversial for some nervous nellies here and the thread will be closed, I'm afraid. Our mere existence offends…

You are making the rather bold assumption that we are all using MFP's guestimate as to what our daily caloric needs are. Which is far from accurate. A lot of us have been here long enough and successful enough to know that it doesn't work for every one. We know that MFP tends to shove way too many people immediately on the…

Dune Buggy

Midlothian, Virginia (suburb of Richmond, VA).

Thanks SideSteel -- Yeah, I just seem to be built upside down. I just crave protein the way most crave carbs. I did a 4 week cyclical keto diet a couple of months ago just as an experiment. I did carbs in single digits on the low carb days and didn't miss them in the least. My other macros are good I think. I just checked.…

Hi. My name is Lee, and I'm a protein-a-holic. Thanks Sarah for posting this. For me, the timing couldn't have been better. In fact, I just posted on my news feed the question for my friends: do I need to scale back my protein. Some people crave carbs. I seem to crave protein. It seems like I don't eat much but every day…

Which one? Oh, you mean the uniform. I was looking at the guys. lol

I'm wearing my dream clothing. My size 30 Kenneth Cole jeans. But the frightening part is that they don't fit so well any more. And KC doesn't make too many clothes in size 28. Yup, I'm going below my dream piece of clothing. I'm already in a size 28 jeans from Gap. KC cuts his a bit smaller, so when I can get into them, I…

An incredible song from the musical Jekyll and Hyde. "This is the Moment" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ5iKRpE41E

Oh ye of little imagination and stamina. You straights are so cute. Thinking in minutes instead of hours. :laugh: There's a good reason for doing all that cardio. And it isn't weight loss.