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How to get a beach body: 1) Have a human body 2) Put your body on a beach Congrats, you have a beach body!

I love everything about this thread. Glad I am not the only one who refuses to give up good beer! Beer, bagels, and bacon: three things I will always, always, always make room for in my diet. :)

Sad, I loooooove (cooked) cauliflower. I can eat an ENTIRE head of roasted cauliflower (with lots of Old Bay seasoning...mmm). But I also am tired of the "cauliflower-as-substitute" trend. If I want mashed potatoes, rice, or pizza crust, I will eat those foods. Although I have to admit, I do sometimes put marinara sauce…

Come on you guys, don't you know the scientists are in on it? Everyone knows science is just a conspiracy that you shouldn't trust. (...joke.)

Honestly, I don't feel it has that much to do with weight. I'm not overweight, but am not in very good shape at the moment, so I'm sure there are plenty of women who weigh 10, 20, or 30 lbs more than me who look MUCH better in a bikini than I do! I think it "looking good" in a bikini is more dependent on body fat…

Sounds great! Literally nothing, uh, "cleanses" (*ahem*) my system like a 2am jumbo slice after a night of drinking. Seriously, my colon is EMPTY by the next afternoon. ;)

I almost always eat at restaurants without nutrition info as there are very few chains in my city (aside from the usual Panera-type lunch places)--and the restaurant scene is so great here I wouldn't eat at them even if they did exist! I eat out a few times a week, and just pick something from the food database that looks…

I don't consider anything I do food-wise to be "cheating." Feeding yourself isn't something good or bad; its a neutral activity. Yes, some days I eat over my calorie goal or outside of my macro goals, but that's life. I make it up by balancing my calories or increasing my exercise the rest of the week--or not. This is how…

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I'd think he could eat the same things as you, just larger quantities. If he doesn't like what you're eating on a certain night, can't he just make his own dinner? My boyfriend and I often make separate dinners when we're craving different things.

I think it is good to go to the table hungry. "Working up an appetite," so to speak. So I think it is fine to let yourself GET hungry, but it isn't fine to let yourself STAY hungry. When you feel hungry, eat. I think it is also important to remember, too, that a lack of nutrition doesn't always manifest itself as hunger…

Wait, is having a flat stomach when sitting now "a thing" I'm supposed to care about? Between this and a "thigh gap," I just can't keep up with all of the physical insecurities I'm apparently supposed to have.

I'm also in the pro-egg yolk camp. I genuinely don't understand the point of eating eggs without throwing at least one whole egg in the mix--pure egg whites don't even taste like eggs.

This sounds similar to me, and I count myself as "lightly sedentary." I had a hard time figuring out how "sedentary" I was, so I am glad someone asked this question! I have a desk job and sit for most of the workday, but I live in an urban area where I don't need to own a car, so I walk to the bus stop, to run errands, to…

I log everything--it's important not to forget the butter and oil. However, I don't obsess over accuracy. I eat out somewhat regularly, usually at local places that don't have calorie information, so I just pick something that seems in the right ballpark from the MFP database (which is why my tracker always makes it look…

This is a pretty brilliant ad--does a great job of capturing the backlash against the "war on obesity"/health puritanism so many people are sick of. I'm going to send it to my firm's health marketing team this morning, they'll dig it. :)

Eat more. If you like smoothies, add something more substantial than almond milk (which actually doesn't have much protein)--yogurt, nut butter, protein powder, silken tofu, etc. Or just build a 9am snack into your day.

(Disclaimer: just had lots of coffee!!) Honestly, the thing that has helped me most with motivation--in all areas of my life--is to stop worrying about trying to be motivated. Because really, there are going to be plenty of times that you are NOT motivated at all. Learning to not feel guilty about that and just trudge…

I also get sick of meat (not physically--I just don't crave it multiple times a day), and I don't think eating tons of meat is very environmentally responsible anyway (hippy alert--yeah, I know). I rely a lot of non-meat protein sources in addition to meat (as you can guess from my screen name)--beans, nuts, eggs, yogurt,…

I don't add anything to my tea--too much sweetness in tea grosses me out (as you can see, I am NOT from the south, haha). There are so many teas infused with fruit and spice flavors that I don't think added sweetness is really necessary. I love fruity herbal teas after dinner.

I'm trying to get a half marathon PR (sub 2 hours!) in March or May this year. After that, my goal is to take a bit of a distance running break and focus more on strength training and swimming for a bit. But I reeeeeeally want to hit my time goal first, dammit! I've run 4 half marathons and weirdly, my best time was my…

I am also a treadmill hater. I mix it up by doing different kinds of intervals and challenges, which is good to be doing anyway if you're training for a race. For example: Intervals: Alternate sprinting (or fast running) 400 or 800 meters with jogging or speed walking the same distance. Start at 4x400 and work your way up…

Most of the expensive slip-free headbands (Lululemon and the like) don't actually work for me--they are so tight that they pop off of my head MORE easily (I have a small head, maybe?). The stick slip-free lining does nothing for me. My favorites are the wider, looser cheap kind you buy at drug stores. They stay on my head…

A new experiment today: carrot cake oatmeal! Old-fashioned oats Milk Shredded carrots Raisins Walnuts Vanilla protein powder Cinnamon Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Here are some of my favorite cheap/healthy meals: Cabbage is, in my opinion, the #1 budget-friendly vegetable. It is insanely cheap (if you buy it by the head, not pre-shredded), full of vitamin C, lasts forever in the fridge, tastes great when cooked (really!) and is very filling. I make an easy/cheap fried rice with…

I think its pretty funny that coconut oil is the latest health/weight loss trend. I used to live in Southeast Asia where it was a very common cooking product. Trust me, it doesn't have any magical weight loss properties; its a pretty ordinary food in much of the world--and plenty of people who cook with it regularly aren't…

I would just seek at recipes that don't require cheese to begin with, or still taste good without cheese. If you're making a recipe that you'd usually top with cheese, try upping the seasoning or spice level instead--that way, you still get a lot of flavor without adding cheese. I haven't liked any cheese substitutes I've…

First quarter goals: 1) Join a gym that has proper strength training equipment and begin a lifting program 2) Cut 3 minutes off my half marathon PR (which would put me under 2 hours) when I run my last one (for a while) in March 3) Eat real, normal-person meals instead of haphazardly snacking on things (i.e., no more…

I think I'm one of those weird decorative gourds.

Why do you think you can't enjoy life? You can literally do anything you want. There is no law saying that overweight people can't eat the food they want (you, and only you, chose what you put in your body), can't talk to strangers (??), or go (most) places (excluding, I don't know, maybe tiny airline seats or something).…