alireba88

Hello, all! 25 year old from Missouri here, looking to drop about 60 lbs. I usually log everyday and I love good food (no low-fat cheese here. I respect real cheese too much) and the occasional (using that term loosely) vodka or beer. I also love parenteses, apparently. I've been MFPing for a while now, but just recently…

Gawd, the struggle is real. Once, when I was an art student, we had to break into groups and make functional chairs fully out of cardboard for a 3D Design class. During the critique, groups were taking turns testing their chairs and sure enough my professor looks at me and asks if I'm going to sit down on ours. I got…

Thanks for the tips, all! Right now, I'm walking at a pretty slow pace (3mph usually) and I just got a new pair of Adidas on sale that seem to be ok. At the very least they're better than those darn Tigers I was working with. But I will be sure to see what specialty running stores are in my area and get fitted before I…

I'm realizing now that I'm an awful post-writer. When I say 'overpronate' in my original post I meant 'underpronate'. Brain fart.

From what I've read, overpronation is far more common than the under variety. You've hit on exactly what I'm worried about though; I don't want to end up injuring myself and making my goal harder in the long term. The problem is that I dont have particularly high arches. It seems that all insoles for underpronation are…

This. I'm not a fan of eggs either. I'll eat them with other stuff, like in a breakfast burrito or a scamble with veggies and potatoes... or, you know, smothered in country gravy. :wink: But I looove cottage cheese. My normal breakfast is cottage cheese, some sort of fruit, a piece of toast with a tbsp off peanut butter…

I'm there with both of you. Who on earth wants to eat "tomato snot"? I can do raw tomatoes on sandwiches and salads, but I have to cut the top off the tomato and "de-goo" them, first.

I can't stand a mushy banana. They have to be just a smidge still green on the ends and I'll eat them, but once they get further than that, I'm out. Luckily, my mother works at a nursing home, so if I have 'naners that are too ripe for my tastes, I just give them to her to take to work. The old folks love 'em! Also, kale.…

My motivation lately has been that I've started to feel physically stronger. In addition to my walking regimine, I do some body weight exercises every other day (squats, lunges, pushups, etc.). The first day I did them, I only did one circuit and woke up the next morning basically crippled. I legit almost cried whenever I…

I have a few: That after a weekend full of booze and fatty food (I.e. a big poker run benefit on Saturday and my mother's birthday on Sunday), I didn't beat myself up and feel defeated, but just got back on track. That's a big one in my book. I walked 69 miles in the month of June. Decided yesterday to do 2 circuits of my…

I like the Palermo's brand Ultra Thin crust pizzas. They're not horrible as far as nutrition ( I mean, yeah, sodium is high, but it's a frickin frozen pizza. Whatta ya gunna do?), and the Fajita pizza flavor is really yummy. They also have a Ham and Fire-roasted Pineapple one that I throw some jalapenos and sriracha on…

OMG! This guy looks so much like my Pittie, Vinny, only Vin-man has green eyes, instead of those pretty blue ones. I absolutely adore pit bulls. One of my favorite things is introducing people who have an aversion to pits to my big silly bull. He's just about impossible to NOT love. Also, he's my 3 year old niece's best…

" And the moral of the story is: WORK!" Pretty sure that's a lyric from a George Watsky song, but I have it written on the mirror in my bedroom. Sometimes I won't feel like getting my butt up and moving and I'll see that phrase and be like, "'Eff yeah, I'm gunna WORK for it!"

Calcium and protein are two of my favorite things! I honestly can't even say that I've given greek yogurt a fair shake. Ive tried it, maybe twice, as is, but never as a sub ingredient. I guess I wouldn't eat a big spoonful of sour cream, by itself, either though. :smile:

I'll have to try it with greek yogurt. I'm a bit averse to the greek stuff by itself (just haven't developed a taste for it, I suppose). But it might give me a better consistency than runny fat free sour cream. Thanks for the suggestion!

Cucumbers- Even the smell. Whoever decided that cucumber should be included in fragrances needs serious help. Oatmeal- The only thing oatmeal is good for is dumping it in the toilet, pretending its puke, to get out of going to school when you're a kid. Totally worked, too. Once. Blueberries- Taste like straight up aluminum…

The original recipe is: 1 c. Mayo 16 oz. Sour cream 1 pkg dry vegetable soup mix (usually lipton or knorr's with the peas picked out. They don't soften as well as the other veg.) 1 bunch of green onion, chopped 1/2 head of celery, chopped pretty fine 2 pkgs chopped frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed dry (not sure the pkg…

-Favorite "healthy" food: Avocados. Seriously, to me, a life without 'cados is not worth living. -Favorite "treat" food: My homemade spinach dip. It's heaven. Last year I made a huge batch for a family Christmas party (which happened to fall on my birthday), but ended up snowed in. I chilled in my pajamas, eating spinach…

I've had a pair of jeans hanging in my closet for a year that I've literally NEVER been able to wear. They were even too small when I bought them (a wishful thinking purchase, perhaps?). Today, I tried them on and didn't feel like I needed heavy equipment to button them. I'm probably a good 5 to 10 pounds away from being…