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Exercise really has very little to do with weight loss. Weight loss occurs when you eat less calories than you burn. If you haven't lost weight, you're eating too much. Get yourself a food scale, figure out how many calories you need to eat per day to lose about 0.5 pounds a week, weigh and measure everything you eat, and…

I do think it also depends on what part of the country in which you live. When I was in the southern Midwest, people would assume I was a lesbian and a few kids asked if I was a boy or a girl. When I moved to a more progressive part of the country, a lot more women (straight women) had short hair, and no one even looked…

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Oh yeah, I'm sure. It was the cafe I was at. It always helps if the barista knows how to actually USE the espresso maker the right way lol

I'm something of a coffee snob myself. I like to play around with different types of roasts and beans, but one thing I make certain is that my beans are 100% Arabica and as freshly roasted as possible. A while ago, I had been buying green beans from Sweet Maria's and doing home roasting, but the kitchen isn't very big and…

Best coffee I ever had was in New Zealand. Have no idea what sort of bean it was but damn those Kiwis sure do know how to make a flat white.

Real books only.

It would be pretty rare for this to come out of nowhere. Sounds like a pretty toxic and long-term dynamic has been going on. Probably best that you get your own place anyway.

I admit, every time I'm in the store and hear a kid throwing a screeching tantrum because mom said no to whatever he wanted again, I smile inside because I get to go home to a clean quiet house. Growing up, I watched how miserable my parents were, yes, with me and also my two siblings, and learned: Nope, it's not for me. :)

Nope but I would have alerted a supervisor somewhere of an out of control customer. Been there, done that. People always looking to get something for free and they'll raise a stink trying to do it hoping they can embarrass you until you say yes.

I'm sure you can find something to do.

I did a 10K and walked probably about half of it. And I didn't even finish last. There were people behind me. The point is I did it - so did they. It's not a competition.

Don't waste your time with someone you can't even trust. Trust is the bedrock of a relationship.

Meh - why? If it's only a week or a few days why worry about it? How many times in your life do you get to go on vacation? Just get back to it as soon as you come back to real life. How much can you possibly gain in one week? One miserable pound? Big deal. Life is too short!

Are you using a food scale to weigh everything out?

Yeah but you guys have that to chase the taste of the rotten shark lol!! I understand though because anyone I meet who's not from the US completely hates root beer. It's an acquired taste, I guess.

Yeah I was too chicken to try the shark when I was there. You guys have some - ahem - interesting foods. :)

Salmiak. It's salty licorice candy I had in Iceland. Completely disgusting.

It isn't morals, we just recognize crap when we hear it. :smile:

Not going to happen.

Yeah, well that's the thing, men in general think clearer AFTER sex, women BEFORE sex. So his hormones calmed down afterwards and he was able to think clearly, and he decided he wasn't really all that interested in the first place. And this is why you have to be aware of the consequences of sleeping with someone maybe too…

Well, you'll know more Wednesday. Just don't continue to pester the guy and be clingy and need constant emotional support. If you're ready to sleep together, you also have to be ready to accept any consequences that may come with it. I'm not saying wait until marriage, I'm saying be smart.

That's not an eating disorder... that's falling back on bad habits.

I also co-sign that you may want to check with a physician for sure if you have any serious concerns. But I can tell you I experience the same thing, on again, and off again, because I'm going through the early stages of menopause, where I won't have a period for a few months, and then I will have bouts of serious gastric…

I got down to a size 2-4 and still had a bit of pudge. I lost it everywhere else except there. I decided to just live with it because that is my genetics and unfortunately that's where my body holds onto its fat.

If all you need to lose weight was to drink vinegar do you think there would still be fat people walking around? No it doesn't do anything for weight loss.

The first thing I thought of was rhabdomyolysis but yeah, definitely see your doctor.

I had that happen once. I just answered in deadpan, "No, I'm just fat." I was in a really bad mood and I know it made the other woman feel bad but I didn't care. It's completely inappropriate to ask a stranger that question.

Nope. I don't hang out with people's kids unless it's discussed ahead of time. My sister is famous for inviting her children along last minute without an invite. I get it that baby sitters are expensive but it was her choice to have kids. And it's the being purposefully deceptive that bothers me (and everyone apparently…