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Would pictures be better? :devil:

You may...but you might regret it. Unless you're a naughty naughty fellow :devil:

But you can't get a blumpkin that way! Close, but not close enough.

I grew up eating either 2 pieces of toast or a big bowl sugary cereal every morning, so for myself, yes, I've always associated needing bread/grains with breakfast. For breakfast now I usually have a single piece of toast with 2 eggs (and sometimes ham or bacon), or oatmeal with fruit. I find the oatmeal keeps me fuller…

My stomach. And that's a pretty big deal for me to say I love it right now :laugh: It's the first time in about 4 and a half years that it's been as flat as it currently is. Still need to strengthen and firm up all those other areas that I currently "like" (my butt and thighs) including my stomach/core, but I'm feelin…

I always thought that ensuring proper form when lifting weights (thus going slow, controlling the movements) was the best way to ensure the most of the workout?

SW - 155 (160+ before using MFP) CW - 135 GW - 130 (although I'm thinking of moving it down to 125) 22, 5'5.5", lightly active (desk job, workout approximately 3 times a week) I used the TDEE method, and I am eating 1700 cals/day. On the days I don't work out (other than my daily 20 min walk home from work during the week,…

This is just like the question of why girls wear makeup to go to the beach. It seems really silly to me if you put it on JUST to go to the gym, or if the gym is the first place you go before work/school. If you're working out and giving it your all, you'll sweat it all off and clog your pores. That just seems really…

I don't think I've ever heard any of my fellow Canadians use the word "soda" before. It's just "pop" here when generally referring to the carbonated beverage. If I ever used the word "coke" to refer to "pop" I would just end up with a coke, no other options.

Nothing is absolutely terrible for you every once and a while. I think that's the response you will get from most people around here. I'm a little biased because I've never been a big pop drinker (unless there's some rum going in there :drinker:), but if you've already given it up, why go back? I gave up coffee because I…

:drinker: :heart: This is absolutely wonderful! You should be a motivational speaker with a story like this! Definetly sharing this post with my MFP friends

This might sound weird, and I'm not sure how "healthy" it would be, but it is amazingly delicious: Salt and icing sugar. Pure sweet and salty loveliness :heart:

Yes and no. Being with a generally unmotivated person made me unmotivated. My ex was an extremely unmotivated person who lacked any long-term and short-term goals (unless you count waking up and playing PS3 until 3AM everyday as a goal :huh:) so as much as I wanted to be in better shape then, it was difficult being the…

Thats what I thought too! :laugh: It always surprises and shocks me to hear people ask why they need to drink it. It seems pretty darn obvious to me. Good information OP!

Basically, eating the TDEE -20%, so eating approximately 1788 cals/day (and still not eating back your exercise cals, since it's already taken into consideration in the calculation) will not only fuel your workouts, but make sure you are eating enough to keep yourself healthy AND have a deficit to lose weight. Actually, I…

I plan on just eating as light as possible at the beginning of the day, so I won't feel as guilty by pigging out at the dinners I'll be going to. I will try and be good with my portion sizes, but I'm not going to keep myself from eating stuff that I only get to eat at this time of year because I'm trying to lose weight!…

Anthropology undergrad student, co-op placement in the Business field of project management as an Assistant to the Director within the federal government. Come January I'll be unemployed and just a student again, until a new job is found. Those two things I'm currently doing are so unrelated, I question where I am leading…

I don't see the pic, but that's still awesome to hear!! I had the same thing happen to me a few weeks ago too! Guess that means it will be time to go shopping soon enough :wink:

Haha, that's great! I would be extremely amused and pleased if I were you!

The few comments I've gotten just surprised me at first, because they happened at a time when I didn't think it was noticeable. The comments I've gotten now that I can definetly notice it, yeah, it gets me all flustered and shy. I've never been very good at taking compliments, however.

Does being moist count? :wink:

Yes. Yes yes yes yes yes. I got this more from when I would bike on the bike path that is also used as a walking/running path (I'm talking about the bike paths in Ottawa - no side-walk equivalent to walking in such beautiful areas). It's like this: I ring my bell, and the expected response is to move to the right, but the…

I was taking a zumba class for 1 hour 3 times a week when I started using MFP until they changed the schedule for fall - now it's only 2 times a week. Zumba and walking were my only sources for work-outs until a few weeks ago, and I've lost 20 pounds doing it! Go strong and hard, and you'll sweat like crazy and feel…

I like hippies. :smile:

I go over most of my macros on a daily basis, and I'm still losing. There are a lot of people here that swear by the IIFYM method, but I find it difficult to cumbersome to focus so much on those numbers instead of just my net cals. Also, MFP counts all sugars, whether they be natural (like from fruits) or processed - I…

Probably not going to be what you want to hear....but here goes: Just deal with it. Humans need water to survive more than they food. What have you been drinking instead of water to keep you hydrated all this time? You could always add those Crystal Lite packets to your water to give it some flavour, but I find those gross…

If there's a processed/boxed meal that you really like, just make a non-processed/non-boxed version of it! For instance, instead of buying pre-made lasagna, make it yourself! Instead of buying a can of soup, make it yourself! Instead of buying pre-made baked goods or a baked-good mix, make it from stratch! I don't know if…

Sounds legit.

But why kill yourself faster when it's, I guess, pretty much a fact that tanning beds and exessive tanning in general cause skin cancer? :huh: I don't think anyone is bashing him here, just letting him know that it's not necessary and to try other methods (ie. spray tan, or developing more self confidence) that aren't…

and My thoughts exactly. Yeah, people with really nice even tans look great, but I doubt they will look just as great when they're another 10 or 20 years older with all that skin damage. I can't tan worth a crap either, so I can't help you on that. Tanning beds are just asking for cancer moreso than if you sit outside all…