CristinaL1983 Member

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It will take some time but it will go away a good bit as you lose weight etc... Mine started out looking like yours and now it looks like My daughter is 6 now but I would say that after the first year, my belly hasn't really changed much. You can see that I still have loose skin and stretchmarks (maybe not, my phone has a…

Sure, when a kid is two it is a bit different than when they are walking and less than a year old or even less than two. When my daughter was walking and less than a year old, I couldn't even reach her hand. Plus kids that age have very limited verbal skills and part of my fear was that she would either get lost (and not…

Maybe OP will only listen to MILFs and doesn't think other people give valid opinions. But, yeah, I was expecting something different when I got here.

This is pretty much the reason I got one. And as someone else mentioned, my daughter was 9 months when she was walking. I couldn't reach her hand so I would watch her like a hawk or carry her. When we went somewhere that was crowded with lots of things to see, I would put the backpack on her, see how I felt and then if I…

I always have fun with chubbies... :wink: :devil:

I normally practice IF but during my period week, I don't. I'm also super snacky so instead of just eating one or two large meals, I do nothing but snack all day. I try to make sure that I still hit my macros (especially protein) but I spread it out throughout the day. I might cook some chicken strips in the morning and…

First of all, nothing you posted here is proof of starvation mode. Second, cite your sources, PLEASE! This is specifically referencing the MSE where already lean men were starved for 6 months. That isn't "starvation mode" that is literally starvation. The study was originally done to determine how to best "refeed"…

I want to know when this weight loss plateau is supposed to happen. I'm 5 lbs over my initial goal and 10 lbs over what I changed my goal to. I'm in the healthy weight range for my height, at a fit body fat percentage and have done this for 4 months with no plateau. I'm so confused. I guess I lost half a pound less over…

Here are some studies done that show compositional changes http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/47/1/19.full.pdf+html http://jn.nutrition.org/content/133/2/411.short http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0026049594900051 http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/35/2/155.short…

Excellent read! Bump!

Quoting because this gif is awesome!!

Guess I should just open my eyes, look up to the skies and see.

^^Truth!

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My daughter and I both "indulge" in some form of fast food about once a week (if I include pizza nights). We are both at acceptable, healthy weights/body fat percentages and have not suffered from any ill-effects. I can't see anything about fast food that makes it any worse than, say, a frozen meal bought at the store.…

I have yet to see any actual study that showed weight loss that was 50% lean mass (that was conducted over a longer period than 2-4 weeks). In fact there are a great many studies done on VLCDs that show that LBM can be MAINTAINED with strength training and adequate protein. I can't remember off the top of my head what the…

Below most days though on very active days above. I maintain a specific deficit rather than a specific intake. I haven't lost any LBM yet (after some time and many pounds lost), haven't plateaued (and I'm in the acceptable weight range and healthy/fit body fat range so the likelihood that that will happen with the vanity…

I practice intermittent fasting and don't eat early in the day. I typically don't start eating until mid to late afternoon. Aside from the fact that eating really early makes me feel ill, I find that I am constantly hungry as soon as I eat breakfast so it's just easier to wait and eat later. (Check out leangains.com).…

But as far as the OP, I generally eat pretty healthy but have definitely had days where I was just too tired to actually cook or had wanted pizza for a week and indulged. For me, part of the process is figuring out how much I'm actually eating even when I'm not eating "well." I guess to reiterate what most have already…

Since it was started as a variation on the word "Gene", I always pronounced it in the same manner. Meem

You still haven't given your height. Even if people wanted to play your game/ feed your ego/ whatever, there isn't really a way to do that with no frame of reference. You could be 3'9'' and weigh 55 lbs or 6'5'' and weigh 210 lbs.

I do 24 hour fasts or so. I wasn't talking just about doing it for a day or two but for the "some period of time" OP mentioned. For a day or so, you can probably do whatever. If you start doing it for several days each week or 3 days out of the week each week etc... It would probably be bad. I'm sure it also depends on the…

Seems like a quick trip to malnourishment. On days you only eat fruit, how are you going to get enough protein? How are you going to get to the right amount of b, d, and other vitamins? How are you planning to get enough fats to maintain appropriate hormone levels? A balanced diet is called a balanced diet because it is…

I don't understand this mentality. Making healthy choices for life is obviously important but denying that weight loss is a temporary phase of a healthy life doesn't make sense. I'm hardly going to eat at a deficit forever. I'm going to go from eating at a deficit to eating at maintenance at some point. The only way this…

I have a BodyMediaFit and it gives me a moving end date. I'm down to the last 11 pounds so it's telling me that by the end of June I'll be at goal. If I had started with a end date in mind when I started losing, I would be 3 weeks behind right now (because it would be based on a 2 lb per week loss). I've had a couple…

My hero... :flowerforyou:

Breast cancer gene means 87% chance of developing breast cancer. No natural breast tissue = no chance of breast cancer (which can metastasize into deadlier forms). I have an aunt who did the same thing.

Who has the chicken little with the tin foil hat? Edit to add: I'll eat my bacon and die happily of cancer in my 80s...