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Love this idea!! Hello all! My name is Alicia :) Age: 26 Occupation: Graphic/UX Designer. Currently for one of the world's largest banks, although I'm looking for a new position. College (alum/current student): Art Institute of Philadelphia Alum, Currently enrolled in a certificate program with UC San Diego. Location:…

Fantastic job! You look fabulous!

My boyfriend and I live 2,500 miles away from our family and normally for holidays, I will prepare a giant feast for the two of us. Yesterday, we decided to not cook a single thing for Easter. Instead we chose to hike the cliffs in Half Moon Bay, which is something we've both been itching to do since we've moved to…

At Christmas, I ordered a new pair of pants and was upset because I could barely pull them over my thighs. Today I am comfortably wearing them to work!

I'm planning on returning my Tory Burch leather Fitbit Flex band this weekend, as the leather has been rubbing off despite me barely wearing it. I'm planning on exchanging it for the Alta though!

I agree with everyone else here. I used to lift on a regular basis, but a new job threw my schedule off and I fell out of it. I started ballet last year and was worried about my ankles that have always been troublesome. My teacher recommended strength training to help strengthen all around. Since I got back into lifting,…

Turns out that I'm 35% smaller than I thought! I guess my mind really does need to catch up!

Yes!! I live in California, where our water bill is outrageous since we're in a record drought, and needing to run the dishwasher sometimes 2-3 times a day does not make the boyfriend happy! hahaha

Last night my boyfriend and I ordered pizza for dinner. Normally we would have gone with whatever 2 pizza special was available (2 Large or 2 Medium), but last night I ordered a personal size pizza and was completely content with it! I also accidentally forgot to push complete on the online order for the pizza, so the wait…

Then you must have some attractive friends as well!! And who doesn't love dogs? :)

That you're still a wombat? ;)

You can also add steps on your Fitbit dashboard that will automatically sync over to MFP. This way your charts and badges will be updated there too.

When my doctor asked if I eat healthy and exercise regularly, I was honestly able to answer "Yes" to both. I've been struggling recently to get both on the same page. I've been either great with my food or great with my exercise. For the first time in a while, I'm doing great with both. She was so excited for me that she…

This is one of my all time favorite chicken recipes and my boyfriend thought that I actually fried chicken cutlets for it: http://www.skinnymom.com/connection-recipe-skinny-chicken-parmesan-casserole/ I also do a lot of enchiladas, jambalaya with some shrimp or sausage, tortilla soup, tortellini soup, chili, stir fry, and…

Thanks! :)

In my ballet class, I was struggling to get the arm motion right. I needed to focus on moving with my whole arm over just using my upper arm to move and I was struggling to see the space between my ulna and radius move. I thought this was because my arms are still chubby. My teacher came over to help me and she struggled…

I have a few from the past few days. I grabbed a skirt from my closet and when I got to work, I realized that it was too big and thought it was my old side 18 skirt. Nope it was the previously too tight 14! The scale has barely shifted in the past few months, but I've been losing inches, so I've been setting a lot of…

Hello! I'm going to be turning 26 in a few weeks. I've been on MFP almost a year now. In that time I have lost about 34 lbs, over 40 inches, and I have completely overhauled my lifestyle. I went from being completely sedentary to walking for over an hour everyday, lifting 4-5 times a week, and doing ballet. I still eat the…

Thank you! :)

Today just hasn't been my day. I woke up with horrible cramps (thank you TOM), left the house without my fitbit or my lunch, and then got to work only to realize that I forgot my sweatpants for my ballet class tonight. My first thought was, "That's okay. I'm just going to skip it." Now on my lunch break, I just ran out to…

I'm originally from Palmerton and was planning on doing that one next year with my brother! I'll definitely train a bit harder now that I know that it is a tougher venue haha

I take a probiotic to help with my IBS issues, but I haven't seen more or less weight loss than I was before I started taking it. I also didn't start taking it to lose weight. It does help my digestion though! :)

I'm in a similar situation! I lived in Carbon County for 18 years, Philly for 6, and now San Francisco for 1. Not a single person here understands the greatness of Wawa, Sheetz, or Wegmans! Also there is a rumor going around that Dunkin Donuts will be opening here soon. I hope it's true!

I love everyone's successes over the past year. This is a great way to put things into perspective! This time last year my boyfriend and I had just moved 2500 miles away. I was miserable, homesick, and overwhelmed. I was at my highest weight ever and was without a single job prospect. I barely left the couch/bed and ate…

I normally eat something small before I go to my ballet class. Yesterday I forgot to grab something and was starving all throughout class. By the time I got home, 3 hours later, I was absolutely famished. My boyfriend had some leftover fries from his dinner and offered them to me. 3-4 fries in, I stopped. I realized that…

An extra thick yoga/pilates mat! Now that I'm losing all of the padding on my butt, the regular thickness just doesn't cut it.

Luckily for me, this year will just be my boyfriend and I. It's nice since I'll be doing all of the cooking, I can measure and log as I go. I'm also planning on making lightened up versions of sides and desserts for us. Less butter/oil, baked instead of fried, that sort of thing. It's the 2 weeks we are taking to fly back…

I just discovered this thread and haven't read through all the way yet, but I have been enjoying all of the pictures! I recently discovered a lot of bento containers and accessories on eBay from sellers in Japan. A lot of them have free shipping to North America, UK, EU, Australia, NZ and Asia and the prices are about the…

I picked up a probiotic to help with a lot of my IBS symptoms. Mine has 30 billion CFUs and it says to take with a meal. After about 2 weeks, a lot of my digestion issues cleared up. After about a month, I had almost zero bloating and my acne cleared up quite a bit. The only acne that I get now is right around my TOM. I…

That's a great NSV! Sounds incredibly fun too!