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I'd have to say my goal is normal/athletic, I'm currently curvy/chubby lol And I don't think the "normal" girl looks anorexic at all, she just doesn't have as much meat on her bones. I don't like the use of the word normal to describe her body either, but I'm not going to get offended by it. If I looked like that, I'd hope…

FANTASTIC progress!!! That's an amazing job right there :) Keep up the great work!

I love your quote can I steal it? Lol

I went throught this!!!! I did a diet detox for 10 days where I only ate fruits/veggies/smoothies... then I started adding foods back and realized it only happened when I consumed wheat or gluten or milk! So I am now mostly gluten free with a mostly happy tummy :) I had that problem all of my life and had actually come to…

Please define a "real" muscle as opposed to a "not real" muscle :) If the elliptical does not work your muscles, then tell me why my thighs burn after a new level of resistance, changing the direction from forwards to backwards, and digging in with my heels vs on the balls of my feet?

Not going to flame you lol, but honestly it depends on the elliptical. I have one that kicks my *kitten*. It's a solid beast which takes two full grown men to move! It uses a HRM and has a very reasonable burn. It has up to 25 levels of resistance and a stride which is adjustable from 18" to 24? I think inches (I don't…

Don't speak too loudly.... You'll be berated about the lack of "moderation" in your life. Haha Congrats on resisting the temptation :)

Thank you! But that's instagram all the way lol

Dayum. People are rude. You are not gross! :heart:

That was fun! Of course my model doesn't have cellulite or stretch marks lol

So frickin scary! :sick:

Wow, some interesting responses! :) just for clarification, I'm not asking if I SHOULD tan, I'm turning 35 next month, so I've banned the bed. I only tanned a couple of summers pretty regularly for weddings, and it took me forever to build up a tan so I figured it wasn't worth it. I know better now :) I'm just curious if…

Glad you beat the melanoma! :heart:

Just want to let everyone know while the flavor if my experiment was very yummy, it turned into oatmeal soup lol.... Probably too much liquid. But I still ate it. I added an oz of slivered almonds for crunch. You ready for the stats on this breakfast? 550 cals, 46 grams protein, 24 grams of MONOunsaturated fat, 43 g carbs,…

This is inspired me to try it with my quick oats so I just put this all in a jar: 1/2 cup quick oats 8 oz unsweetened almond milk 1 scoop vanilla protein powder 1 T unsweetened cocoa powder 2 T PB2 I really hope it turns out well with the quick oats and I also hope it tastes like the no-bake cookies I used to make as a…

I live in a town, where if you go for an evening walk, about every block you will smell fried food coming out of someone's house. And like that nasty fry daddy smell, not some southern fried chicken that is near and dear to my heart lol. It is so disgusting. Nope, I do not crave fried food. The smell of it turns my stomach…

That looks AMAZING :love:

Some great answers here everyone, thanks!

You are spending way too much time fixating on water weight. That's all it is. You have to understand that those numbers don't matter and there is no reason to track them. Weigh yourself every morning if you must, but stop with the rest because you will drive yourself crazy. Who cares how much your poop weighs? I only say…

Yes :) I still have the occasional craving, but I used to be a horrible sugar addict. The less junk you eat, the less junk you crave. I truly believe that.

Hi Tyler! You're the reason I signed up with this site ya know, over a year ago! :) My very first MFP friend :smile: You rock. Nice to see you post :) ~MaryAnn

Carageenan is a plant based thickener derived from seaweed or algae.

Yes! lol. The refrigerated cartons taste so much better in my opinion! I use silk unsweeteened, but I also have used the blue diamond unsweetened, and I'm still unsure which one I prefer, I just buy whatever is on sale. I really like it. Cow's milk always left a nasty sour taste in my mouth. I would love the taste at first…

Here seems to be my new pattern, I'm new to lifting.... I lift heavy, I come home and all I want to do is SLEEP. Later that day or the next day, I seem to be really hungry. And I'm eating at a moderate deficit, nothing extreme. So I've been curious as well if this is just psychological or if others have had the same…

I agree that she should track her fiber or a different nutrient instead, but unfortunately with as much processed and fast food as she is eating, her diet is more than likely full of trans fats, but the database is flawed. You can't go by the database for trans fats here. Trans fat is not in most food in their whole and…

Yuck. You are better off without her! And if she's drinking (a lot) 5 nights a week, she may be in shape and look good now, but chances are she won't in a few years, while YOU on the other hand, by taking care of yourself will look fabulous :)

Cold hard truth for me was this: To really start seeing results from my efforts I had to stop drinking. Pretty much completely at first and now I will only have a few drinks every couple of weeks or so. Not only will your body not effectively burn fat if you're drinking all the time, you will as you've learned, make poor…

I can't choose! Lol

Great job!!! Can't wait to see the after pictures! :)

Does your HR go back down quickly? Its prob nothing to worry about, but you might want to check with your doctor. Mine often gets into the 160s when I push myself during my intervals :) During a good workout it stays in the 150's and my cool downs it goes into the 100's. I've gotten into the 170's before during a tough…