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Get different parents.

You titled the thread "Did Sephora call me fat?" You asked in a follow-up post if we think it's okay for Sephora to call you fat. But you aren't taking it personally, and you didn't mean to make this about you? Nice try. Let's be rational about this. Sephora didn't name the product, and they don't pass out samples of it…

I'm gonna need more than one plate ... A 72-oz ribeye Couple pounds of french fries A pound or two of grilled shrimp A large pizza with all the meats A chocolate cake A dozen or so plain, glazed, HOT donuts A half gallon of Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla ice cream A dozen chocolate chip cookies A whole pan of brownies If I'm…

I don't know where y'all are shopping, but unless you are insisting on organic everything, fresh produce is not expensive, especially the in-season stuff that doesn't have to be shipped from a foreign country. See if there's a farmer's market or any "pick your own" farms in your area. It's usually even cheaper there. Meat,…

Find something else (i.e. something active) that you enjoy doing. This really goes for anything in life, but when you love something, you don't need "motivation" to make the right decisions. But there's no way of getting around this. Losing weight and being fit are not easy things, and people who don't find something to…

Pros: Tries to make it more obvious that the information is for A SERVING and not the whole damned container. Includes Vitamin D and potassium. Finally stops bothering people with the "Calories from fat" nonsense. Cons: The percentages on the left make me twitchy. Protein is not at the top where it belongs.

That's a good point. To paraphrase the old saying, being born on third base doesn't mean you're an expert on hitting a triple.

I think rather than categorically denouncing or taking as gospel the advice of people based on your assessment of how they're "doing," we should maybe just learn to read and evaluate a person's usefulness a little better. For example, in America's finest prisons, there are a lot of people with a lot of great advice to…

I'm basically in the same situation with my brother and sister, although in reverse. I was always the chubby one. I played sports, so I wasn't unathletic, but they were both tall and thin, and I was short and, while not fat, nobody would've called me thin, either. I was always in the "a little overweight" category until…

And, ironically, that wanting to lose weight and be healthier means you hate yourself. Because if you loved yourself, you'd be happy being morbidly obese. Or something.

My main goal is to feel great about myself. There are a lot of factors that go into that. Looking good (according to MY definition), being strong, feeling energetic enough to do the things I enjoy doing, being "healthy" ... those are all part of it. I don't feel the need to put them in any certain order of priority.

I think the better question is why aren't there fewer women involved with this? Spend any amount of time in the fat acceptance blogging community, and you will come to understand that it's not about "loving yourself at any size." It's about castigating people for wanting to be thinner and healthier. Those people live in…

There is a difference between restricting caloric intake and restricting what kinds of food you eat. Having certain macro percentages doesn't eliminate ANY particular food from your diet.

I'm officially right-handed, but I tried to make myself left-handed once, so I do a lot of things with my left hand. I drive almost exclusively with my left hand. I tend to reach for things with my left hand. And I'm not even sure I'm capable of opening a jar with my right hand because it just feels weird.

Yeah. Eat the candy your boyfriend was nice enough to get for you. And next time, be more specific.

Nothing says love like a marriage proposal that comes with conditions. I'm just mystified as to how you reach the point of nearly becoming engaged to someone who is such a *kitten* that he would require you to get fake body parts because the ones you were born with aren't good enough. There must have been signs way before…

It's a decent list of things that could probably help total beginners. But, and this is just my opinion, I don't think having a mediocre audience justifies giving them mediocre advice. Telling people to stop watching so much TV and work out intensely every day and don't skip breakfast doesn't address the root of the…

In the grander sense, yes, I agree with it. But I'd modify it to "You're not losing weight because you don't want to do the work. When you really want to do the work, you will." For me, the epiphany was WANTING to work out and change my eating habits. I knew it was going to be really hard and that there would be days when…

I rarely ever feel like eating when I'm actually supposed to eat. I'll eat a 1200-calorie dinner and a 400-calorie dessert because I just finished lifting, and I need to eat something An hour later is when the urge to eat actually kicks in. It's a problem.

There is some level of sexism, but there is also bias toward attractive people, in general. If you're an attractive female, most parts of life will be easier for you. But it's a double-edged sword, too, especially in the workplace, where you may be more likely to get hired if you're good-looking, but you're also less…

What does having "a chest" have to do with dropping sauce on yourself? What, do they jump up and get in the way of your mouth? My guess is if you didn't have big boobs, the sauce would be in your lap instead.

I don't know how much you weigh, but if your ticker is any indication, I used to be your size (I'm 5'0 ... I've lost about as much weight as your ticker says you are trying to lose). It took me about a year and a half to lose 100 lbs. I've kept it off for nearly 3 years, and that is far more important than how long it too…

Do not care. Just give me the pizza.

Shampoo is for your scalp. Conditioner is for your hair. It is fine to clean your scalp every day, and if it gets sweaty and smelly, you should. Spend the money on a quality shampoo and conditioner. Make regular trips to a good salon to get trims. Problem solved.

When I was growing up, my parents never let me quit anything. They pretty much let me do whatever extracurricular things I thought I wanted to do, but the deal was, I could not quit until it was finished, and if I didn't want to do it again the next year, then I didn't have to. What they always said to me was "Once you…

If he's unemployed, it depends on the circumstances. I mostly want to know whether or not he can pay his bills and has the work ethic required to be able to keep paying them in the future. Hopefully, if he got laid off, he had some money set aside for that purpose and is actively looking for another job. If he's just sort…

Don't speak for all women. Lack of confidence and "But I'm scared of rejection" bull**** are way up there on my list of turn-offs, and it's not because it makes someone less of a man to not want to see his ego bruised; it's because he must be self-loathing to an almost pathological degree if he's going to give up without…