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I spoil my husband any chance I get, and since I make barely enough money to get by, Christmas is nothing impressive. Every year, I get him a different colored flannel shirt. That's practically all he wears, so I know he'll love it. :happy: If I can scrounge the money to get him his favorite cologne too, then yay!

Lalamontour - Merida

I had a toxic friend once. She was my best friend for half my life, but everything always revolved around her. I spent all my energy trying to maintain our relationship, but if I ever wanted to reach out to her, it was tough luck. What happened? We're not friends anymore. I wouldn't keep putting myself through that. I…

Avoid prepackaged foods, especially frozen or canned. Almost anything that is convenient to make or buy is loaded with sodium. Even without blood pressure or heart issues, sodium can make you very bloated. I would recommend making your meals as much as you can. If you limit your "fast foods" to only one meal a day, your…

It could also be too much sodium, not enough water, drinking carbonation, eating excess carbs, etc. It doesn't have to be something serious. I got bloated by midday every day until I started eating fresher and drinking more water. Now I only get bloated when I eat a big bowl of spaghetti (or two). :smile:

We pretty much just kiss each other before work and before falling asleep. It was much more frequent at first. Now, the amount of times we say "I love you" every day is almost innumerable. We've been married a year today and have never been happier or more confident in our love for each other.

Oh, I wish I had a dollar for every story like this. :wink: Me and a friend from high school had both been recently dumped by our fiancees when we started hanging out as friends with no romantic interest. But hey, funny things happen, and now we've been happily married for a year. Just when you stop looking, you can find…

I hated serving. Customers could either make or break my day. My biggest pet peeves as a customer are not filling up my glass when it's been empty and taking -forever- to drop the check, which doesn't even make sense. Why wouldn't want to fill my seat with a new table or even go home sooner?

Hahahaha Prego. :laugh: Nice. I rarely sweat at all, but when I do, it's a small river down my spine and nothing else. Thank goodness!

23 here and an open diary, if you're still looking for friends OP.

I eat over 200g of carbs a day and have been maintaining beneath my original goal weight for over half a year now. Though I do aim for 90g of protein a day, it rarely happens. Carbs are not the enemy, and they boost your mood. Eat what you want in moderation.

Yay! It's not just me! Lol. "Sulfurous" is the perfect weird. As if the texture isn't strange enough, the very smell makes me never want to eat anything ever again. :sick: I think the only other thing I can't stand is mayonnaise.

My goal isn't a weight, but the last two times I have used my body fat scale, it has said 21.0 and 21.5. I've never seen it read anything but 22.0 at the lowest, so this is telling me I'm in the right direction.

Almost anything with coconut in it does this for me. My beachy scent is "Coconut Craze" by Victoria Secret right now. I wore it to the pool with a friend once and she said I smelled like sun screen. :laugh:

"Happy" by Clinique instantly reminds me of summer. I also love "Forever Orchid" by Mary Kay--it's vanilla and orchid. A perfect balance of sweetness and muskiness in my opinion. This thread is great!

I so agree OP! Since when do you have to be overweight to have a big booty either? My 39" inch hips are plenty of badonkadonk for little ole me. :tongue:

I'm a sucker for Seattle's Best. I like their "level 2" currently, which is a light-medium roast, and just use my regular old $10 drip coffeepot. :laugh: I wish I could make a pumpkin spice flavored coffee at home though.

It can if you're still growing. I grew an inch when I was 20. I think your self-perception needs to be readjusted if you thought you needed to lose weight at what is considered the lowest healthy weight for your height. I'm just trying to help you.

That you obviously just don't know any better. At 5'3", there's a miniscule chance that 97 lbs is a healthy weight for you. I'm your height and have a small frame, so I know how unreasonable that goal is. Why don't you take it slower and pick a healthier weight to shoot for first, and then lower it later if you feel it's…

I love green lentils with bacon. :happy: A bit salty for my taste, and I usually stay away from red meat, but it sure makes those lentils tolerable.

I'd laugh if it weren't so sad. :frown:

OP, I really don't think that's something you can control (aside from plastic surgery). I've gone beyond my goal weight at 112 at 5'2", and even though I have nothing left to lose, my hips are a huge 39". I only lost two inches on hips despite my 20lb loss. It really is genetics. Whatever your shape is now will be your…

Ignore those haters. Like OP said, it's about genetics. I, for one, will never have cleavage. :laugh: Glad to have my thigh gap though.

I feel kinda special now. I've always had one, even at my top weight. :embarassed: I can't help that I have such wide-set (and proportionally gigantic) hips.

How short and small are you? That might help you get some answers. I know plenty of stores that may carry what you need...

My ideal cheat meal is a large McDonald's french fry and a hot fudge sundae to dip it in. :embarassed: Sweet and salty with chocolate. Yep, I don't need anything else.

I loved the documentary and considered vegan as well. I can't imagine giving up my fish though, and I don't eat much meat to being with. It inspires me to lower my dairy intake though and replace my meat-and-dairy-based proteins with plant-based ones. Good luck whatever you decide to do with the new information!

USA here. Florida girl uprooted to Tennessee, so very southern. :wink: *Edited to say my family in Florida are natives, not Yankees. I wasn't being sarcastic when I said I was southern. We all know Florida is a Yankee state. :laugh: For my UK friends, "Yankee" here means up north, not American.

I can do what I like with my own free time, thank you very much. :wink: And no, I'm not at work because I don't have a cushy desk job.

Woah! Lady, you are my hero. :flowerforyou: