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I may be able to understand you not being able to keep up with the physical parts of the class but not being able to go in for nutrition? Ugh. I HATE the BMI scale, it really doesn't say much in my opinion. I'm sure you're overweight (like most of us on here, myself included!) but there's no reason you can't sit in a chair…

Yep :) But to avoid pissing yourself off with water weight, watch your sodium and drink lots of water :)

Go for it! Honestly, it was a great experience for me. The people in my game (I did it on that site too) we really encouraging and weren't afraid to share their failures and successes. Everyone is there for everyone else. It's a fantastic environment :)

I turned 23 on the 15th. That still makes me early 20's right? God I feel old lol WHAT HAPPENED TO HIGH SCHOOL?! lol

I don't think we had no junk food policies when I was in school (not too many years ago lol) but our teachers just didn't do it. Except for one... and she was morbidly obese... huh--I actually never made that connection before

For me, there was high calorie and low calorie. I just assumed that everything I put in the "low" calorie side was like 25 calories and the high calorie side was like 200. It was one or the other so pretty much everything was a calorie shocker lol

Honestly, I'm in the same boat right now but just a step ahead of you. I was on between 1300-1400 calories after I declared I wanted to lose weight (what MFP gave me) and I lost about 10 lbs BUT I just felt off. It wasn't bad, just off. I was researching and one website said my BMR was right about 1800! I did it in a few…

I do Dance Central :) Loads of fun!

I did a DietBet and I LOVED it! I lost 11 lbs (starting around 250ish and got down into the 230's!) and it kept me super accountable. For me, the money was a huge motivator though... I make around $750 a month (with about $600 in bills) so putting down $35 was a HUGE chunk of my "me" money for the month. I ended up getting…

I'm not looking for sympathy. I was looking for anything that could help my cat who was in pain and people over reacted to me not explaining myself correctly. You can think whatever you want for putting his nose next to pee and telling him no and I DON'T CARE. He loves me and is not afraid of me because I don't abuse him.…

so question then, what are you supposed to do if a cat scratches on your couch? Pet him and say, "now sweetie, none of that" and give him treats?

ya the testing is really expensive... The initial apt for my vet was 48 plus about 50 for the testing and about 60 for the medicine. My parents have been using this place for years and it's super small. They just like to help animals.

Let's see how many times I can write this in a day: "Please read the whole thread before you say anything :)" As I've already said, it was two weeks of occasionally (like every two days) peeing on stuff. I didn't physically rub his nose in it and there was essentially nothing in the glass. I think from now on, I'll just…

I wish! I called petsmart to see what they could do for me and quoted me over $200 just for seeing him and doing the tests not including the medicine. My vet charges more for the first time visit (I got his shots and everything from the shelter where I got him) but I still got out at $158 with medicine.

Read the whole thread before you let your jaw drop and judge me :)

THANK YOU. God, I know I was stupid but cats pee on things from time to time. People are treating me like cat hitler for not taking him to the vet the first time he peed on a towel. It's not like he was doing it every five minutes, or even every day. It was probably once every couple days so I didn't think it was anything…

Thanks for the responses guys but he's already been to the vet now. His physical showed no blockage and they his urinalysis is coming back today. The vet was positive it was a UTI so he started him on the meds.

I don't look like I weigh this much (which I didn't) but it shouldn't have mattered because I still looked like I weighed 250 lol

Now that I'm 99% sure he will be ok and I'm not freaking out and crying all over the place, maybe I can use better words to describe my discipline as my meaning was OBVIOUSLY misconstrued. --rubbing his face in it: I picked him up, put his face NEXT to the spot (I would never actually rub him in it, that's disgusting) and…

Trust me, I don't mind CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Reading some of the things other people wrote made me physically shake because I was so upset. Anyone questioning how much I love him needs to come and see what I do for him. I'm literally not going to be able to buy food for a week because of the vet bills for this. I only…

Yes, he's neutered, but he was neutered at about 3 months old, when I adopted him. My aunt watched me when I was little and she had a cat who did what yours did. It was a PAIN! He did it from maturity till he died 12 years later. He was actually the reason why I didn't think it was a big deal.

[/quote] Please read the link I posted earlier. Please. At least to educate yourself in the future. Cats are completely different species than dogs, if you can take anything from the posts in this thread at least let it be knowledge of how to care for Chester! [/quote] I did earlier today. I want to be the best parent I…

I got Chester to the vet today AS SOON AS it opened. They said he has a fever but physically is ok. I got antibiotics and have started giving it to him. They are doing a urinalysis and are going to tell me tomorrow what the results are. Just FYI, I have had cats all of my life. I have NEVER had ANY issue with any of them…

When I do it, I'm not fishing for complements but rather just REALLY proud of myself. I'll tell anyone if the conversation gets even close to it. Right now, my life kind of revolves around weight loss. I have the opportunity to turn 100% inward and do things for me and I'm freakin taking it! Other people can either deal…

I'm pretty jealous of you right now! I live with my sister and we are both losing weight. She is larger than I am so I give all of my things that are too big for me to her. I have to keep those things around and it's almost like they're mocking me.... "You'll need me again. I'll just hang out."

well that didn't work lol tried to quote but it didn't show up! Oh well :) I can vouch for people not knowing better. I would NEVER eat under 1200 calories per day consistently (I simply can't eat when it's too hot) but MFP told me to eat 1300ish. I did that for a while and was losing weight but I was super tired and I…

I have heard that if you eat a meal and are tired right away, it's too many carbs. If you get tired in about an hour, it's too much protein. I don't know if that's true, but it might be worth looking into :)

Do NOT feel bad. You've worked so hard and, while I completely understand why the label means so much, don't let the label mean so much, you know? The absolute roof for me on the BMI scale for healthy is 165. With my body, I look like I haven't had food in 3 months at 170. It sucks but I will never be in the normal BMI…

OOH! Pick me! haha I started at between 90-100lbs overweight. I've lost 35 so far but am always looking for people to encourage me/give me recipes for good, healthy, veggie filled dishes! What's the group?

lose body fat % and if they get smaller, it was most likely fat :) I've lost 35lbs and my legs have gotten *smaller* but I'm still at 18 inches