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Life. A weekend away. A family birthday. A bender (what?). Something just comes up and you spend a day or 3 in that part enjoying yourself like it's a culinary holiday where you aren't giving yourself a headache thinking about calories and whining to people about how no, you can't have that glass of wine. And I'm not…

When I first started the pill I went low-hormone (Tri-Cyclen Lo) for this very reason, however I put on 10-15lbs in that time. I'm not 100% blaming the pill for this as I was basically finishing puberty when I started and also started working and eating a bit poorly. Some say that the pill does cause cravings though, like…

I keep a jar of it in my desk with a couple sleeves of rice cakes for easy lunch every day. Yes, every day. Some of it is pure love of peanut butter, but the majority is that I hate making lunches.

Nothing more than what others said, but I really just wanted to post and say that I wish all the best for you. I've been too close to this situation before and it breaks my heart and I know that it's not as easy as "get help, eat more". I'm glad to see you're at a reasonable weight and hope that the stress in your life…

These are all so amazing!! I'll post mine when I'm done. I'm only going into day 3 today but love seeing that it really works!! Keep up the good work everyone! :)

Haha I just started today too! Been working out hard for the past month but I still couldn't get through it without a minute break. I also label as circuit training, unless you have a heart rate monitor. Feel free to add and we can moan about it together! :P

Agree and disagree. I have bad feet - life-long flat and developing a bunion - and bare feet are ideal if you are uneven surfaces. Yes, we were made to be barefoot but we were also made to be wandering around dirt patches and grassy hills. With flat feet, you need the support otherwise all your foot will do is adapt to the…

I'm starting today! I won't be doing it EVERY day (since I share a 1 bedroom apartment and my boyfriend would have too much ammo on me if he saw me working out, ever) but going to do it when I don't want to go to the gym.

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Oh man, used! :P

Oh I'm awful, this is always on in the background. I'm a media planner for an advertising agency.

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^^^ Ditto. I've been skipping periods for years now with no evident problems. It's becoming a common thing now, especially with the introduction of pills that are designed for this (which are flawed anyway). This system would work well if you could do it!

So you're obviously still checking this thread. How about answering why, or are you just enjoying the attention? And wanted to see how many give-a-crap gifs there are in the world.

Thanks everyone! I may toy around with loosening up the calories a bit but thanks for the reality check. I guess I should be taking it as a good sign at this point.

Honestly, I'm not going to say a lot has changed in terms of my eating, just my awareness. Now I just look at something delicious and unhealthy and evaluate HOW much I want it. My boyfriend would always bring home pizza and I'd eat it because, hey, dinner, AND delicious. It would be tasty. But now if he says he's getting…

It's true that floor exercises are best, BUT, that's not what you asked for and I use "machines" all the time. I know no names though so here's some photos of what I use: Can also have a half-ball on the back instead My new gym has this but it's my first time seeing it so I don't know how many do. But yeah, I use all of…

I have the same policy here as I do about leaving on time (since most of my office will stay an hour or two late while I leave at 5). Yeah it doesn't look great to be leaving when everyone else is there, but who cares as long as the work is done? Just ask him if he's noticed a change in your quality of work and if he says…

I know this thread is dormant now, but I just want to put in my two cents. I found it annoying at first that it didn't input calories (like WW) and now I don't even track strength. However now I like it, because if I eat back my exercise calories (and I very often do) I know I still have my strength calories to keep me in…

"I've lost weight? Huh. Guess I didn't really notice. I was just eating like normal!" *eat a cookie size of your face* It's more fun and less ridiculous that way. But for real I did lose like 10 pounds in a week eating nothing but bread and pasta and even *I* hated myself.

Pasta, completely. And chips. I'm a carboholic so those are two foods I simply can't allow myself to enjoy when I'm trying to shed.

I'm done work in 2 minutes but every time I hear footsteps come near my office I'm positive it's someone coming to give me work.

I cannot get over how drop dead gorgeous you are in general. Great job on such an amazing accomplishment!

I don't trust digital scales, but the Weight Watchers one is great. Only maybe a pound off from the doctors' office ones. Pricey but never failed me. Miss that thing. Sort of. My current one if 3-4lbs under so I'm okay stepping on it when I'm scared

*bump* Need some Torontonians in my life! West end girl in Parkdale. Feel free to add if you're also in the core! :)

Not just egg whites - whole eggs! Mine is low carb unintentionally - hard boiled egg and two piece of Laughing Cow cheese (mine is light though so if carbs are your only focus, get regular) I also just used this recipe: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2009/03/broccoli-and-cheese-mini-egg-omelets-2.html - only eggs, broccoli and…

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I feel like I can't find a lot of Canadians (for that, Ontarians, which seems odd) - can I be an honorary member? :flowerforyou:

You aren't!! While yeah, 3 weeks isn't long enough to make a dent, it IS long enough to feasibly lose 5 or so pounds and that can be all it takes to finish off the zipper and feel great. I'm all too familiar with working my butt off and dieting into oblivion and the scale laughing at me after 3 weeks: "1lb down. Good job.…

Ice cream or any sort of frozen dessert. I can be so good all day, but I still think I'll have a scoop of Froyo at the end of the day and end up eating half a carton. I have to have (light) mayo here and there. It's a weird addiction. Regular cheese was so much better. I still can't go to the cinema without that ridiculous…