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:heart: I am partial to men with custom half-sleeves (particularly if they are complementary).

I am up and working out from 5:30-6:30 a.m., then from 6:30-7 I help my son get ready for school and either I or my husband runs him over to school. I pack my lunch, shower, check my schedule, and get any dinner prep (crockpot, defrost, etc.) taken care of and try and be on the road to work (9-5) by 8:40 a.m. I'm usually…

I do what RavenNevermor does--lay out EVERYTHING the night before--including ponytail holders and headband, etc. I actually lay it out in the hallway so that I have to stumble out of the bedroom to put everything on. When the alarm sounds, I think to myself "everyone else is asleep, so I'll have accomplished more than them…

Mine sniffs AND pees on every lightpost!

You look terrific, and I can't wait to hear all about your 1/2 marathon training! So awesome to see another working mama being good to herself!

1.) We had to move some furniture from our second floor all the way down to the basement. I used my new quad strength and arm strength to help stabilize a fairly wide desk while my husband and moved it down a set of circular stairs. 2.) We store our fall decorations on a high shelf in our basement. In the past, I had…

As a working mom, I just want to say thank you for this. Clearly, your parents have done many, many things right in raising you. :flowerforyou:

Red licorice twists--not Twizzlers or Red Vines, but the old fashioned kind (there's a brand that you can buy at Tractor Supply Company called Home Town Candies--so good?). Pretty much all sugar--not a lot of nutritional value at all.

I have worked my son's entire life (he's 12), so he was in either childcare or in school when I was working. So my evenings with him were very valuable to me when he was very young. I didn't want to miss that stage. However, I would say that whatever decision you make should be based on what's best for you and your family…

I didn't have a lot of weight to lose when I started my fitness journey, but I am currently maintaining at 5'1" and 100 lbs. In the maintenance forums, a good rule of thumb for most people is "shoot for 5 lbs under your goal weight and that will give you flexibility to adjust caloric intake and macros." However, going to…

Initially, my boys didn't "get" it when I started eating healthier, but then my husband did a circuit training DVD with me and my sis and realized that he needed to make an overall change at the beginning of July. I do the meal-planning and cooking for dinner, which is a great help. I try to be fairly flexible because my…

It depends on what I did that day and what I plan on doing the next day--if I lifted, I would grab something with extra protein (and if I plan on doing a HIIT workout the next morning, etc. I would try and fit in a complex carb). Either that or just grab some ice cream....mmmm.....

I am 5'1" and maintaining at between 1300 and 1700 (lift heavy and circuit training & some HIIT). I just averaged out my TDEE over the past 32 days, and it puts me at 1590. FYI, I am 100 lbs. I suspect that I am probably not eating enough for more strength gains, so I may be upping my calories/revisiting my macros.

I've always wondered this whenever I go and input my activity level in any TDEE calculator--for me, being 5'1 (and now 100 lbs I feel like I have to be accurate). Ironically, I just did the average over 32 days per Lee's suggestion--and that TDEE is actually 10 calories away from the IIFYM estimate!

Mine from yesterday--I coughed while looking in the mirror and saw my external obliques flex. Core work and heavy lifting has been good to me!

My son would LOVE this--he loves seared tuna AND BLTs! For me-I just had a homemade chocolate muffin that I made over the weekend (egg whites, mashed bananas, oat flour).

I'm about to get in mine (a BRZ) to drive out for a lunchtime hair appointment. Before that, I drove a WRX!

My husband and I have always had at least one MT in our garage since even before we got married. Hubby is an amateur race car driver/regional race director, so we are a bit biased. I personally prefer it--more control off the line and you can accelerate through the apex if you want to. I think driving manual should be a…

Joining the chorus of people thanking you for your service, Mateo. I personally tend to stress out a lot too--but having focused on my health has given me back a lot. Of all the things in my life, it is one of the things over which I have near-complete control (and for that I'm extremely grateful), and so every daily…

That reminded me of this:

zeebruhgirl: Agnes from Despicable Me!

I'll pile on to the pulling up of an old(ish) thread--it's getting to be about that time for Candy Cane Joe-Joes!!

I think Rose Leslie (Ygritte on Game of Thrones) is one of the most gorgeous women on the entire planet. Redheaded guys make me do a double-take whenever I see them. Yum!

Wedding cake ice cream or cinnamon raisin toast with butter. Edit to add: My answer was based on the original question of having leftover calories at the end of the day. If it was an entire meal, I'd have to say Indian food.

We are pretty active in our family but didn't really pay attention to nutrition and fell into a habit of relying solely on running for fitness. One day, I just looked in the mirror and noticed that more fat was just happening to settle around my middle. My interest in better nutrition and in lifting heavy actually was…

I know you will get this a lot if you end up hanging around MFP, but I would recommend strength training and again a progressively heavy lifting program. It may be that you don't actually need to lose fat but rather gain muscle. I was happy with my weight loss, but now am ecstatic with the muscle definition from…

Awesome idea. I am biased toward custom ink because that means that no one else will have anything like it, so I would say get it custom designed together with your wife.

Things NOT to do: rush through bench press reps at maximum weight. It was a big pile of suck for me today.

Add me to the deadlift fan group. HIIT--rounds on the punching bag

I have a tendency to save my calories until the evening so that I can fit in a glass or two. Although, I will say that since I've started my fitness journey I tend to drink less--so my tolerance has also gone down, thus making me a cheap date! :flowerforyou: Sometimes, I go for lower calorie options like Stiegl Radler (110…