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Look, if you're happy with your body shape and you're within a normal weight interval, who gives a flying fig about the exact number on the scale? Also, if your friends give you stick about being the heaviest, get new friends. If you're obsessing about your weight in comparison to theirs, stop.

Not so much a weightloss/dieting confession as a confession about a confession: I finally told my dentist that I've had some disordered eating issues going on and that's why my teeth don't look so great. (There's no major damage, but they're worn from the acids. My teenaged Pepsi Max habit (several liters a week for years)…

I'd like to invent a browser add-on that lets me deliver sucker punches to any article writer using the phrase "boost your metabolism" or variations thereof.

What puts me off is a) the thought of the shame caused by not passing (even though I know there's lots of people who don't pass on the first go; I'd never shame them for it, but somehow I've decided I don't get to fail ever) and b) the sheer cost of the thing. Getting your driver's license here will set you back almost…

So for a Gemini like me, it's... uh, macaroni and paste? And possibly raw potatoes (for printing!). But but but DEM EBUL CARBZ! :scream: Pretty sure sequins and yarn are nothing but carbs, too. How am I supposed to meet my protein macro, huh? Can I take down another scavenger or is that cheating?

I count any food I haven't dropped on the floor as "clean". It's also "clean" if it's been on the floor less than five seconds or if no one saw me drop it. :D I think that's why I have so few colds - I keep my immune system on its toes! Seriously, why do people feel the need to torment themselves with needless restrictions…

I don't have anything of value to add to this thread, OP, I just wanted to tell you that I love you so damn much for spelling "ad nauseam" correctly. <3

I just posted a snarky gif in a wtf thread. I feel like I should feel bad about it, but I don't.

Mine's a little bit different from that, but I do recognize parts of it, especially the escape bit. It's really interesting - I've never thought about it like that, that it's a kind of me time when I don't have to think about other things. Confession: I don't know how to drive. Full stop. :disappointed: I'm 34, and I've…

It's all food, really. And yeah, it's probably to keep people from judging me. I really don't like eating in public, I always worry that some stranger is going to comment on it. Even light-hearted comments from friends like "Where do you fit all of that, that burger was huge!" or "Wow, you really were hungry, weren't you?"…

Hey now, it's not uncommon for us to get films MONTHS after they premiered in the US and we're expected to just suck that up. Cut us a little slack. :wink: A week is nothing. (Confession: I've toyed with the idea of spoilering the hell out of a Marvel film just to annoy the people (mostly North Americans) who've spoilered…

I have considered it, on and off, but I always wimp out. :/ Thank you for the tip about designating an "eating place" (for lack of a better term) with clear rules - I may try that out. I love reading while I eat, though, mainly because I want some kind of mental stimulation. Sadly, it often ends up being the distracting…

I actually only have a younger sister, and I can't really recall there being any fighting over the food when we were younger. Unless you count my dad, who would (and still does) just grab seconds without even checking, let alone asking, if anyone else wanted some. :disappointed: Mostly, I think it's a shame thing. I don't…

Yay Nordic countries! (Finland here, so people are even more introverted and surly.) I didn't take offense at the attention at all, I was just honestly baffled. Like, "Why are they all paying attention to me? Do I have something in my teeth? Why is everyone so keen on hanging around with me? What have I done?" :D I like…

1) I spent most of Friday evening and Sunday reading this thread. I'm now up to page 250. 2) I have issues with mindless eating. I wouldn't say I binge, but I sometimes eat rather aggressively, just shovelling stuff in to finish all of what I have on my plate/the box I'm holding. And then I feel a bit sick and…

Don't even get me started on trying to convert my European size to US sizes. :P It's bad enough I go up and down in cup size willy-nilly between EU brands even without changing the band size (stupid bottom-heavy boob shape makes cup fitting a nightmare)... trying to figure out the US cup makes me want to cry.

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but cup sizes are not static. A 34D is not the same cup as a 36D. Confusing, I know. :) It took me a while to figure it out. So if you went down a band size AND a cup size, it doesn't necessarily mean your boobs got (a lot) smaller. Here's a useful chart:…

See, I love beets (especially the pickled kind!) and I've NEVER had this happen. Like, ever. Not even when I've had closer to half a jar's worth. (Freaked out good and proper the first time sweetcorn sailed right through, though...)

I can't even stand cream in my coffee*, so coconut oil and/or butter is right out. The mere idea of the greasy mouthfeel makes me gag. But to each their own! (*full disclosure: I do take 2% milk in my coffee. And I loathe nonfat milk, so apparently I prefer some but not too much fat in my coffee.. :D )

Ritz crackers, topped with brie and drizzled with agave syrup. An abundance of fat AND carbs... :(

I seem to recall reading that the dehydration thing is a myth. Sure, caffeine dehydrates you a little bit, but the water that you used to brew the coffee basically rehydrates you. Aha, here we go: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0084154 -> "No Evidence of Dehydration with Moderate Daily…

I weigh myself every day, even though the way I react to it tells me I would be better off not doing it. (I let it determine how I feel about myself. If the number goes down, I'm happy. If it goes up, I shame myself and set an entirely unrealistic calorie goal to make it go down, only to self-sabotage the next day while…

I'm absolutely vicious when it comes to fat-shaming myself. I know all the weak spots, so there's no mercy. I'll even use the words my bullies taunted me with in school. I'd never, ever say the things I say to myself to another person. Oh no. But to myself? Sure. I get to do that, because this is me. Not someone else,…

Second place. :D Mine are 24.8" currently (which makes me horrified when I see all these "My thighs are 20 inches and I want to die" posts), which is a wee bit too much for 5'8" even if they're not all fat. :/ I've always had bulky/strong legs (which I suspect will remain that way even after I slim down since that's where…

I've found the wrist measurement to be quite inaccurate in my case, though. I have broad shoulders and broad hip(bone)s, but my wrists are really thin, so if I only measure my wrist I get a wonky reading. (One site I tried asked for wrist and elbow measurements, and according the wrist one I was small-framed and if you…

I think you've misunderstood. What I see is a lot of people encouraging a more permissive attitude. Very few, if any, posters urge people to eat "crap". Just because they point out that you can indeed have junk food if it fits into your calorie allotment, it certainly doesn't mean they're saying you SHOULD eat junk food.…

I have a few, including the time I saw a sneakily-taken picture (I was facing away from the camera) of me at a family get-together and realized my backside looked wider than a barn door! Another was when I actually hit 80 kg (~176 lbs) which is definitely too much for my 5'8" frame. :/

Us taller girls can have big calves, too. :) I'm 5'8 and my calves are around 16.5 inches, Then again, I bike everywhere all year round and have done so for about... um, 20 years or so. I'm not claiming my calves are all muscle, but all that biking has paid off. I'm hoping they'll shrink just a bit once I lose the 20 or so…