Kris0109 Member

Own it. Shave it or buzz it. Please don't try to hide it.

"Let's Pretend This Never Happened" by Jenny Lawson A bikini for motivation New pants (again) New luggage for a work trip next month

I was a best girl at my guy friend's wedding. I planned the best bachelor party ever. I say if he's important to the bride/she's important to the groom, they should be there

Starting weight training. Scared to death of the scale. BUT I HAVE A SERIOUS WAIST TODAY! I'll count that as a win

Don't think it matters as long as you're consistent!

I had similar experiences with the term "mama".

Per your definition, my current FWB is actually a lover. But somehow, guys never respond well to the title of "lover". Probably the first four letters. And it kind of creeps me out too. I prefer to refer to him as Mancandy and leave it at that.

Chin. The first "ohhhh look!" moment came when I had collarbones again. Although the first thing my sister noticed when I hadn't seen her for a while were my ankles.

I look at the additional attention I get as an added bonus to my triceps.

All 36 pages of this topic were like a trainwreck and carwreck and an episode of the Real Housewives wrapped in one ... It was painful and sad but you couldn't look away. I guess at this point I'm just very lucky and thankful that I never actually heard the **** people were talking behind my back and people were always too…

1. It takes time. 2. Make sure your ins and your outs of calories are correct -- it's really easy to overstate exercise and understate food. Ideally you're weighing your food and measuring your calorie expenditure via a Fitbit or some other device. This is expensive. If this isn't in your budget, find multiple sources for…

Me too this weekend!!! I almost cried. Then I shared with the only people you can say "hey! I only weigh 199 lbs" to: my MFPeeps. Super big 'grats to you!!!

Generic Yaz, no problems now (and it evens out the premenstrual crazy that usually results in the death of small chocolate creatures). I think they've changed it since last time I was on the generic, because it did make me gain a few lbs a few years ago. But that could also have been because I wasn't working out, was…

Fall in love. Write a book. Have all the conversations with all the people about all the things I never did. Really everything.

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I hit Aldi's for produce, hummus, whole wheat crackers, string cheese, etc. Chicken, no, but their super lean ground beef is good and their turkey italian sausage? Maybe the best thing I've eaten in a while.

When she asks "are you sure you want to do that?" she really means "I'm giving you one attempt at a better answer. Fix it or face my wrath..." :)

Just went out to the storage room and picked up two full 5-gallon water jugs, which each weigh about 40#. Wow.

FYI new profile pic is from last night -- this is me at 206

5'10 SW/SS: 282/20-22, XXL CW/CS: 206/12-14, M-L (yup, I'm a pear) GW/GS: 175 to start/wearing a size 8 would be ridiculous (and this is only 30 lbs away) but *actually* fitting into a 10 comfortably would rock too

Such a fine line to tread... you don't want to make her MORE self conscious and depressed, but take it from someone who now WISHES I'd done this before college, she needs to do this now. And while it's just 50, not 150. Does she like to dance? Do you have access to a gym with classes like Zumba or Sh'bam? Sh'bam seems like…

I'm weird, but what really seems to work for me is anything higher impact -- running, Zumba, now Body Attack. I joke that it shakes the gut loose but it's probably just because that works me that much harder.

Likes: What Zumba does to my butt Dislikes: That I can sit in front of the mirror and still feel like I weigh almost 300#. And that, while I've lost a lot of weight, people who look at me and don't know me from before will still think I'm "squishy" (Got told that. As a back-handed complement. By someone who's seen me…

5'10 209 Large frame, pear-shaped Size 14 in public, 12 in my bedroom (...soon...)

Credit cards. Oh, and a trip to Vegas with my mama to see my bestie who is working on the Viva Elvis show!

Fixed pics... right?

If you're just looking for a class-like DVD, you can get the one off DVDs on Ebay for cheap ... The actual EXHILARATE disc from the second one is kind of my go-to when I can't make a class.

I'd be interested in the comparison between those with HRM and what's on the site ... I ballpark it and rarely eat all the calories back, but it's still good to know! My teacher says we can burn as much as 1000 calories per class...

http://www.zumbacalories.com/ is what I use. Again, it's all about how much effort you put in -- I'm usually dying and a sweaty mess when I get done, and I use Medium for safety sake!