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  • Ditto- you could do so so so much better!
  • Oh, I hope that your husband is ok! Sending prayers your way. Be kind to yourself, stressful situations like this are hard enough without beating yourself up about something little like a meal at Wendy's!
  • DC is a great city! I've been living in the area for about 6 years (just across the city line a few years ago, but still work downtown) and really love it. But Europe is still my favorite - if I could find a job I would move back in a heartbeat! Doesn't really matter where... Italy has my heart, but I'd try London or…
  • That's fantastic! Congratulations to you, and your son!
  • OMG congratulations! You look beautiful, and it looks like everyone had a wonderful time!!!
  • I have to admit that this never crossed my mind when we picked our date, largely because I don't own a car! We live in DC though, so I take the metro to/from work. My fiance does have a car, but I believe it was a spring purchase, so renewing its tags shouldn't overlap with the anniversary/etc!
  • I can relate so much! Not only with the calves, but also with the tan... I can pick up a tiny bit of sun on my arms and face if I'm outside enough, even through my sunscreen, but I have the palest legs (even with tinted moisturizer). Wearing shorts is always a last resort for me, and I only do it when it's really hot or if…
  • Haha, that's great. I told my fiance the other day that he's going to have it either really easy or really hard - we're getting married October 3, and my birthday is October 23. So if he remembers one he should be able to remember the other! haha
  • That's awesome! My calves are just big enough to be a problem in boots, and last year I was able to buy regular (not wide-calf) boots for the first time since college. That was such a great feeling!
  • Agreed, your arm looks amazing! Now I'm going to have to troll back through this thread to try to find the arm workout!
  • All right friends- my boss has kindly agreed to let us leave early for Memorial Day weekend, so I am out of here. See you all next week! Try not to fill up too many pages that I'll have to catch up on, since I'll have no reception at all while camping this weekend!
  • This! If you are sure that you are tracking accurately (weighing your food with a scale, using accurate entries, etc) and have entered all of your information into MFP correctly (weight, activity levels, etc), you should aim to eat as close to the goal that MFP gives you as is comfortable! There's no need to cut back even…
  • Now I want a tiny cat sombrero to send to my sister... she has two black and white cats named Carlos and Pepe. Carlos spent a few months with me once, and we renamed him Carlos L. Gato.
  • Hahaha that's awesome. We often refer to Tadpole as our 'chubby bunny.' It is d**n hard to get a cat to lose weight, especially when you have another cat living in the same apartment that can't afford to lose weight. Sometimes I think it's just karma for having named him Tadpole - he was the runt of the litter, but you'd…
  • I love the name too! I'd definitely call it a people name, since Antigone was the protagonist!
  • Good for you for recognizing that something is wrong! You definitely don't look overweight from your photos, and 110 for someone 5'4" seems to be at the very low end of healthy. I hope that you can find a medical professional that can help - we're all rooting for you!
  • Definitely don't give up! I first started losing weight in 2013 after having torn my MCL in my right knee - I gained a lot of weight while I couldn't do anything and finally realized that it was out of control. I ended up losing 20 lbs during my 6 or so month recovery, and then continued to lose another 20. I reached my…
  • I always find it so interesting what people name their pets! I've had pets with people names (i.e. my first dog was Sam), but my current pets have 'animal' names - my husky in the photo is Jazz, and my cats are Tadpole and Purranha (long story- started with a cat named Catfish because my dad waded into our creek to 'fish'…
  • So sad, I love those Cadbury mini-eggs (and find the Christmas ones disappointing - they taste different)! I still have one of the giant bags leftover from Easter, and I haven't let myself open it yet. I also haven't taken it to the office - because for some reason I can ignore candy at home, but heaven forbid it's in my…
  • Hahaha, that made me laugh out loud! Reminds me of the time we thought our cat was stealing treats out of the dog's container, only to find out that my little cousin had decided they tasted good! (they were tiny chewy apple flavored treats)
  • Agreed! That doesn't make him a better parent than you. Some of my favorite memories from my childhood were from when my sister and I would spend a week or weekend with my uncles or grandparents. Gave my mom a chance to unwind and take a vacation, and gave my sister and I chances to experience new things and develop closer…
  • Missed the water part! You can definitely get water once you get through security. You can also carry through an empty reusable water bottle, and then fill. Lots of airports have started to install water fountains that are compatible with water bottles, so you shouldn't have a problem refilling!
  • Yes- they do sell travel blankets... I think that I got mine at Target, it came with a neck pillow and an eye mask (I've only used the eye mask once, on a Transatlantic red-eye flight). But I also have a cheap one that I think I accidentally stole from an airline! whoops... I guess that's a confession in itself! And good…
  • Hahaha, that's amazing! I might try this... maybe that would keep my fiancee from finding/eating all my ice cream! (He claims he's helping me because I'm lactose intolerant... but I find the lactose free ice cream very unsatisfying, so I help keep the Lactaid company in business by taking lactaid pills with my ice cream!…
  • Congratulations on your belated honeymoon! I'm sure you'll have an excellent time. My biggest flying tip is to drink plenty of water - I always get soooo dehydrated. And make sure you have a sweater or little travel blanket, planes are usually cold (at least for me, I'm always cold though)!
  • Yes- I wash my hair every three days or so with a sulfate free shampoo, the other days I just condition and rinse. No brushes at all! Just a wide tooth comb for me. New confession- I really wanted to be caught up on this thread, so I procrastinated making my speaking notes all morning. I hate public speaking, so I was…
  • Agreed - a diffuser and good products go a long way. I use gel (they make some now that won't make your hair too crunchy) and a volumizing foam because my hair is really fine and gets flat otherwise. I like the DevaCurl products best (I get them on Amazon, cheapest place I've found them), but used drug store products for a…
  • I agree- his hair is great! My hair didn't get curly until I hit my 20's, and I was at a real loss for what to do with it! I probably damaged it greatly for the first few years trying to straighten it! Then this year I finally found a hair salon that specializes in curly hair, and changed to some new products - healthy,…
  • Finally time for my confession! I've been following this thread for ages, but telling myself I wouldn't post mine until I got to the end. Took a while! Often I'll eat under my goal for a few days telling myself that I'm saving up calories for an event or something I'm looking forward to, like the baseball game I went to…
  • Peanut butter is my solution for the dog as well! Once you get it onto his tongue he can't spit it back out even if he wants too. I recently had to give our cat pills for a couple of days because he had a gnarly ear infection - our vet suggested covering them in cream cheese, and the cat LOVED it. Now he begs for cream…
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