Amanda4change Member

I wasn't scared of clowns as a kid, but as an adult they terrify me

Thankfully my daughters (19 & 14) know they can come to me with anything (and they do) they know I'm not perfect (both can and have done the math an know I was 17 when I got pregnant with my now 19 year old). My 14 year old goes to a charter school because she got into so many fights in "regular" high school. She has her…

To be fair it's been 20+ years since I worked in fast food as a teenager. However when I worked at Taco Bell during training in making the food they did make us weigh the portions out, and would randomly break out the scale (because the profit margins were tight they were obsessive about not having heavy servings). I think…

This thread is awesome free therapy! A few more confessions: 1) my middle child is in her first year of high school and she keeps asking about my high school years, I almost feel guilty for telling her I'm old, it was 20+ years ago and I don't remember much. Then I realize that telling her I rarely actually went to school…

If you are using the app, it's under progress. Once you click on progress (bottom of the screen) click the plus in the upper right corner. If you are using the website I have no clue and hopefully someone else will tell you

Unless you have a medical reason there is no need to track your sugars. The issue with MFP is it doesn't differentiate between added sugars and sugars in fruits, vegetables or dairy. ETA: I go over my MFP sugar "limit" everyday and have lost 31.5 pounds

Lmao when doing the search for the green only, I found the box of watermelon (my favorite) only, and ordered a box.....

I live in California so outside activities aren't seasonal. My Akita/Shepard mix is my running buddy and goes for a run or a walk 6 mornings a week with me. He's so well trained I could take him without a leash (but I don't because he looks scary). The Shepard we are fostering goes in the late evening (when less people are…

But you can buy a box of green only online; http://www.candywarehouse.com/colors/green-candy/products/green-apple-jolly-rancher-hard-candy-160-piece-box/

During the day isn't bad at my gym, but as soon as 5pm rolls around it starts getting busy from 6:30-9:30 (they close at 10) it's insane also there is a huge issue with not enough parking. This is why I usually go around 1-2pm there's almost never anyone around then.

I had it out with my hubby's sister almost 15 years ago when I finally snapped and physically shoved her out of my house. I don't care that she doesn't like me and honestly don't give a *kitten* what she thinks or says about me, but screw with my kids, hell *kitten* no. I told my husband I don't care about whatever…

My confession for today. I despise my sister in law (thankfully I rarely have to deal with her) so much so that the only way to make it through any interaction with her is to imagine her head exploding and most of the time I totally ignore her, even if she's talking directly to me. Several years ago she lost a lot of…

Being stressed kills my appetite (actually it makes me nauseous and eating will make me sick), right now my life is insanely stressful. Cardio is my way a dealing with stress, I take "run it out" to heart. If I can go running, I clean, reorganize closets, If it's super bad and none of the above work I drink. I've tried…

I don't know how many friends I have on here, I've never bothered to check. There are about a dozen on my list that I interact with a lot because they are just freaking awesome, have a similar sense of humor as me and it's fun. I generally delete those who don't log in for awhile, anyone who try's to sell me crap or who is…

I didn't last year on my birthday (I had meningitis and couldn't do anything but lay in bed on my birthday). This year I will (just like I did on thanksgiving, Christmas and new year) because I like to and its "my day" so I get to do what makes me happy.

Cool. Does that mean it's going to be easier for me to get back where I was, than if I hadn't been there before? And by several years I mean about 10 years, since I've lifted heavy.

My teenage daughter is on steroids for asthma. She gained 12 pounds the doctors swear it's water weight (due to the rapid increase as well as comparison body fat testing they did, we were warned it was a possible side effect). They have told us it won't go away until she's off the medicine, which since I prefer my kid to…

As a relative newbie can I ask a question? I've been eating at a deficit and working out cardio and light weights since October, 6 weeks ago I got cleared to lift much heavier weights by my orthopedist. In the past 6 weeks I've lost 6.6 pounds (actually should be higher but I've got water weight from TOM right now), I've…

I usually get between 4-6 hours of sleep a night (usually getting up at least once). I'm a horrible sleeper and always have been.

Since I'm losing 2lbs a week pretty consistently (which is my goal) it's working pretty accurately for me.

I have the Fitbit flex, I bought a replacement band that's not as ugly as the one that came with it. I participate in several challenges at any given time, this weekend I averaged 17K per day, though my normal numbers are closer to 12K but have been as high as 35K per day and as low as 7500. I have a few days at less than…

I don't understand the craze around Gitl Scout Cookies, I've tried a couple different types and think they are gross! Even my kids won't eat them. It drives me insane that my husband buys them from his coworkers and brings them home where they sit on the shelf in the pantry for months before I end up tossing them in the…

My cycles have shortened from 28 days to 21-23 days since I dropped the first 20 pounds. According to my doctor it's normal and nothing to worry about since they are regular. However I have no cysts. Personally I would keep track and check with your doctor at your annual appointment, unless something else changes (such as…

Not knowing the accuracy of my burns completely (even using an HRM) I opted to switch to the TDEE method instead.

When I hit 30 pounds lost I got a cartlige piercing I've been wanting, it wasn't a planned reward more of hey it's ok to splurge on myself every now and then. When I hit 60 pounds total loss (aka goal weight) I'm thinking of treating myself to a pair of wireless headphones that I really want.

LMFAO! I get deleted because people get offended by my profile photos, though a vast majority of my friends love them. I recently got one removed because someone reported it.... I figured I'd "clean it up a bit" for a few days (hence my current lame profile photo)

Diaphragms are still available in the US, though I'm not sure about other countries.

I weigh every morning and log it on the Hapoy scale app. I log on MFP once a week. I like seeing the fluctuations in reference to workouts, what I eat and TOM. By doing this I know when I ovulate I gain 2 pounds for two days and I gain 7 pounds the day before my period (and it takes 5 days for that to drop off). By knowing…

I think men have physical and hormonal differences that make it easier compared to women to see and get results. However I don't think that makes it "easy for men to lose weight".