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That's kind of how I am. I can 'pretty up' and look decent, or I can just walk out of bed and look decent. In the sense that not everyone is Anne Hathaway, I just don't have a beautiful face, not when I'm 120 lbs, not when I'm 160lbs. But, I feel like I know the value of that, and I'm OK with it-- it's just not that…

Yep! But it makes total sense and works for me to eat back my calories, and doing it with protien keeps me fuller, so it's no problem. :)

Ooooh, I see we've moved on! I've always thought sweet potatoes were healthier, though regular potatoes are not as bad as the rap they've gotten in the last decade. I thought it was about different nutrients (though potatoes are still full of nutrients, esp. the skin), and the gylcemic index? I'm not really a student of…

Whoa, you might regret that someday! Poke the holes. If you're using russets or a potato with a thick skin, they will explode. Trust me, my husband didn't, and lived to regret it. It doesn't always happne, but it can. There's no "recipe" for a baked potato, poke holes, put on it what you want, bake. The end. LOL I like to…

Wow, where are you finding chocolate eclaires that low in calories?!?! LOL I log, so I have watched the calories in my wine, along with everything else I eat lately, and a glass (which technically is 5oz, though I & most of us fill them fuller, and drink more than 1) of most of my usual wines are around 100. I'd be hard…

I haven't, I'll put it on my list next! The names that first jump to mind are of course The Alchemist, then The Devil and Mrs. Prym, Veronica Decides to Die, and The Zahir. I read The Alchemist long ago, then the others probably only a year ago, and I meant to go back and read everything of his I could find, but I must…

Oh, I loooooooooooved all of his books. The Alchemist was one of those life-altering books.

I did love those! Can't you use your Nook on a plane? Even if you turn off the internet connection part? (I have a Kindle, but I'm techno-dumb and don't know that kind of terminology). Anyway... Have you read the Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin? That's always my first recommendation, I think. Well deserved.…

You know, I've never thought about sleep that way. Thanks for the info! (eta: Any tips to get my kids to agree to letting me get more uninturrupted sleep? LOL)

OK! We had a nasty cold run through my whole fam, coupled with shin splints-- it was actually kind of convenient, b/c it forced me to rest, and my calves are feeling ready now. I made it to Spin on Wed, but otherwise didn't work out. So I missed 2 days of the 30DS, but got back into the swing this morning (it hurt!). That…

I think she's making the problem by even having Oreos in the house, but I also know that parenting just looks SO darn easy, and we just have ALL the answers, until we actually are parenting the child who has X Y Z issue. LOL Fact of life. So yes, it's ridiculous, but I don't think it's likely to be a problem YOU can solve…

Hm. It probably depends on your area? And some, who you hang around with, so who you end up meeting peripherally, to some degree. ? Generally, I see more accusations of cattiness than I see actual cattiness. FTR, I consider "cattiness" to be mainly one woman (or a group) being mean to another woman (or a group) for mainly…

I'm the first one to make sure my DH gets to relax after a hard day at work (even though I work my butt off as a mom, too! LOL), but if you're sick and he's not, he needs to step up. If he's a good guy, let him know and just talk to him about it-- good guys can be clueless sometimes, and they're not a-holes, and nothing is…

I'm going to be honest, but don't worry, it's not brutal. I think you'll be wise to be honest, but I totally agree with the other posters about not being too pushy about exploding with all your past info. It's who you are, and you're becoming better-- sounds like you're on the right track, and that shows strength and…

Great job! You're looking awesome! Your dd is adorable, too!

For me, I feel like needing to do it in person is that farther step. If you feel differently, honestly, that's fine! Maybe your favorite color is blue and mine is red, kwim? It's OK for us to have different opinions and view the world a little differently. Personally, I want my DH to want to do his in person sexual things…

Who's husband said "I don't like looking at other women naked."? LOL Mine didn't, he just doesn't rutinely pay them to stand in front of him and get there, and I'm glad. If it's not how you guys roll, good for you, differnet strokes for different folks! :) But no, I'm not worried that my dh is gay because he doesn't…

Well, I guess I'm just lucky that it's not the hangout of my DH's buddies, then, b/c I guess I'd have to cross the bridge of that second paragraph when I got there. :) I know there are temptations everywhere, I agree with you. That's part of the point I was trying to make-- my problem isn't that I feel like he'd suddenly…

I guess to answer that question (& first, I don't have a RULEBOOK for my husband, or anything, I just would be surprised and yes, hurt, if he felt he had the need to pay other people to get naked for him-- because I think our sex life is way fullfilling, I guess LOL), I don't have a problem with him going to the trivia…

I just downloaded "My Tracks" by Google onto my Droid, it is a really great program that does all of the tracking and calculating, free. :)

Oh, yes, I get where the OP is coming from. I guess I'm just explaining where *I'M* coming from, too. It honestly never occurred to me to critique someone's diary-- I assume most of us are here to lose weight, and I only have a few friends, I know losing weight is the goal of all of them. So I know they hope to hit…

Aw! I HOPE my husband feels that way! I'm sure he'd say something similar, but I don't want to draw attention to them by asking, but I hope he really feels that way! As far as men, it's really laughable to think of turning down a likable guy because of stretch marks! Women are much harder on ourselves, and I think we think…

Hm, I've never noticed any. I wonder if your more abundant body hair hides them? I must have missed when we established how men feel about stretch marks! Fill me in. I'm hoping to hear "hella sexy," because mine are here to stay. LOL

I see that a lot of you change a lot! Some of these are fun to see, with obviously different pictures now! LOL Mine says I'm a momma. It's in the locker room after our last swim of the summer, at our gym's pool. I have 3 girls, and this is my baby. :)

Yep! This is how I think. That said, sometimes I will say "good job" just at finishing under caloric goal. IIt wasn't me making a philisophical statement that I think that person's diary that day was perfect, honestly, I don't look at others' diaries all the time, just their updates. I guess I *kitten*.u.me they're happy…

Eek! Sorry, double post!

Exercise of course matters-- that's what the "calories out" part of the equation MEANS, doesn't it? Your BMR + how much you MOVE. I think it's so much easier to work out hard than to eat less, I also think it's easier to eat right when I'm working out, and further, I find it much easier to stick with the 1700 ish cals I…

me too! I like my body, but I'd pick christina's. It's one in a million to be able to keep on extra lbs as just smooth, rounded hips & thighs, with big but perky breasts, but a tiny, flat waist. Most of us (ME!) keep extra lbs as love handles and nasty lumps, sadly! I'd absolutely take that genetic luck if I could! Eta:…

mine are from running, but they are exascerbated with all the jumping in the shred... I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but I am going to keep up with the shred, follow my run plan tonight, and take a day or two off from jogging starting tomorrow. I ordered some 5 finger shies after trying out a pair the other day, and…

Love that idea, Leobaby!