violettatx Member

You can add me as a friend if you want. I know from experience if someone is addicted to something (in my ex's case it was alcohol), if you try and try to help them and they refuse help or play games surrounding the issue, it is not worth it. You are worth more than that! Congrats on losing the 19 lbs. Keep up the good…

There is a group here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/13110-40-to-50-year-olds Feel free to join!

Amarone della Valpolicella. Not that I can afford it.

Hi and welcome! From Houston.

Awesome progress! Congrats! It truly is amazing that lifting can change your body composition so drastically, isn't it? Keep up the good work!

This is me. I am in the moderation camp. If I abstain from eating favorite foods, it only makes me want to eat it more. What I do many times is tweak recipes so they fit into my macros and calories. For instants, I buy whole-wheat pizza crust dough from Trader Joe's and divide it into single servings (and freeze the rest…

Me too! But mine had coconut. Fit right into my macros!

100% whole wheat is just that. 100% whole grain. Breads that are labeled "multi-grain" can contain anything, including white flour. Check the ingredients on any bread, no matter what claims are made on the label.

New Rules of Lifting for Life.

This.

Don't skip it. Once you start it will make you feel better. Just do it!

Wait...so we're all vampires now?

Loved the interview! You are amazing with the hoop. Congrats on the awesome weight loss and good luck in the contest!

Add some vodka to your fruit. If you do it enough, you'll forget all about water.

I've got it and I've just started doing the first level. I'm really liking it so far. We'll see how I feel about in a few weeks.

4 right now. Sometimes 5.

Yeah, that's kind of how I feel about it. I've done a lot of research on juice vendors and try to buy the highest quality I can, but no one really knows how safe they are since there has not been any long-term studies. But it has to be better than smoking.

I quit smoking a little over a year ago. I have an Ego-C by Joytech. It is a tank system and you can reduce the nicotine over time.

Yeah, I've added hip thrusts too (along with squats and deadlifts). They really do help! I'm no longer a tall girl with a flat butt.

But don't sniff too many times or they'll think you're a creep.

Slices, not salt (yuck), seedless/seeds-don't care, with utensils unless its outside and then face.

Shoulders for me. I too have a left arm that is a bit weaker than my right.

My goal is a look. I don't really care how much I weigh. Also to deadlift my body weight.

Why so much cardio? If you are trying to improve body composition and weight training you don't need to do all of that cardio. Also, how are you tracking your exercise calories? Are you using an HRM or relying on MFP? The latter notoriously overestimates burns. I might also add that all of that exercise is causing your…

Nice work, dude. You're making real progress. And of course you should be butthurt. Its the MFP way!

5' 11" CW 182 Thighs 23" Calfs 15" BW-I think about 28 right now? Not sure.

butt and lose a bit more on my abs

tone, metabolism, loose

The first one. Too much baking powder is why we can never have nice things!

You can add me if you want. I will warn you that I don't tolerate slackers on my FL though. :laugh: