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Definitely. I'd like a FitBit for a more accurate TDEE measurement? But I went with the Polar FT4, found a good deal on Amazon ($80 at the time!) and it works like a dream. I'm less concerned with steps counted than I am with what I burn during my workouts, since I have a desk job and I'm largely sedentary unless I'm…
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Very, VERY first? An undead holy priest named Guimauve - for some reason I thought it was hilarious to have a zombie named "marshmallow" in French. I was just borrowing a friend's account that first time, checking it out, exploring a little. She eventually became a human holy priest named Columba, who I love dearly to this…
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This! Brussels sprouts are my favorite vegetable and this is why. A little squeeze of lemon juice or balsamic can really brighten them up, too! I personally prefer to shove 'em in a casserole dish and roast them, though - they get to the absolute perfect texture, perfect mouthfeel, so ****ing good.
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For a lot of folks, the magic ticket to fatland wasn't stuffing their gobs indiscriminately, but actually not eating much of anything at all during the day and making up for it by overeating calorie-dense foods at night. It's a weird pattern our society seems to have developed, and it's a problem. Taking time to sit down…
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If/when I start getting obsessive or too focused. I'd rather be chubby than mentally unhealthy, and there's more than one way to skin a cat anyway. I don't really intend on sticking around forever.
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Honestly? I move on with my life. I'll try to fit in an extra zumba session or something to make up for it, but I don't fast the next day or anything. The occasional indulgence happens. It's not the end of the world. Maybe my progress will be slower for a few days, but I'll take a small delay over messing up my body or my…
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I've always carried my weight pretty well. I'm still 195, but most of my friends think I'm a lot lower than that. To be honest, I'm not too worried about the numbers themselves. I'm just gonna go until I find what looks best on my frame. I set my goal weight pretty high for just that reason - I don't think I wanna go any…
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The How To Train Your Dragon 2 soundtrack. Don't judge me.
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Wearing a GORGEOUS new dress to work and feeling attractive as hell! Buying a huge brownie, eating some of it, realizing I didn't really want it and throwing the rest away! Going out with the sort of-boyfriend and having the confidence to meet his friends and let him buy dinner and not second guess myself every single…
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Also, OP, did you crunch the calories for the ice cream bread? The recipe calls for two cup ice cream, yeah? That's about 548 for generic vanilla. A cup and a half self-raising flour is 600, so 1148 total. Half a loaf would be 574 calories. Not GREAT, obviously, but there's absolutely no reason not to eat within your…
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Super Mario Bros was the biggest deal in the world to me, def the spark that lit the fuse, but I think the game that truly did me in was Chrono Cross. I fell into that world and lived there heart and soul for a few weeks. That was the game that made me understand games as an art form.
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Yeah, it happens. Tonight I went a little overboard at a work potluck. I don't think I even cleared maintenance and I'm not worried about having a few off days, but sometimes you just get so into the rigor of it that occasional derivations feel like weakness or failure or falling off the wagon. It's rough, but I'm trying…
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Yeah, the week of my period, I don't even bother weighing myself. Seriously, I can "gain" up to seven or eight pounds that week just through water retention, and it's not worth freaking out over. I shrug my shoulders, try to stick to my deficit but don't kick my own *kitten* if I go over, try to squish in an extra zumba…
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Lemon squares! They're my biggest weakness, I love them so much.
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Zumba! My instructors cut our session short by about fifteen minutes, but I was teaching for the last three songs and pushing really hard, so it balances out. About fifty minutes all told. I also got to stand on my feet all day at work! I'm normally pretty sedentary, but I got to spend seven hours walking around in little…
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Try to make friends, if you can! Or put a party together if you know anyone who plays. It'll be a lot easier than PUGing it out every time you want to run an instance. Find a good, small, sociable guild. Makes everything so much better. Only roll what you want, and ignore anyone who *****es about your class. Everyone…
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For me, it got easier in increments. The firs two weeks sucked because I wasn't even sure it was working, but once I saw the numbers on the scale start to tick back, I was like, okay, I can put more effort into this. Then when I found a free zumba class, everything got LOTS better very suddenly. Larger deficit, something I…
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I saw the words "hunger means it's working!" somewhere on this thread and went oh HELL naw, but it's ultimately up to you. I feel kind of sick if I eat before a workout, so I usually hit zumba fasted, then come home and bolt down some eggs or chicken or something. That's what works for me. Listen to your body. Be good to…
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Okay, first of all, I want you to know that you're awesome. You're super awesome and worthy of love and respect exactly as you are, no matter what your body's up to or what victories you score or how many bad days you have. These are immutable properties. You're an awesome person no matter what decisions you make for your…
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Also squatting. Also lifting in general. You're going to fart in public is what I'm saying here.
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Also ShopKo, surprisingly. I just snagged a pair of judo pants for ten and some quick-dry tanks for five a piece. Plus some cute new zumba shoes for thirteen! They started life at eighty, so I'm happy. Check the clearance section!
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Good thing it's her body and actually neither your business nor any man anywhere. This thread is seriously the most bull**** thing I've seen all day, and considering the bull**** levels present on this website, that's pretty impressive.
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Fry sauce. It's ketchup, mayo and pickle juice, and it's friggin' DELICIOUS. I'm a Utah girl and everyone I know loves the stuff, but anyone not from around here is pretty repulsed by it :>
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Honestly, I wouldn't be mean about it. No "I don't want to look like you"s or leaving carrots on their desks or **** like that. I know it's annoying, but don't be snide. They're probably REALLY insecure about their bodies, and that isn't going to help the situation. If you start acting like you're better, they'll just put…
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This! Weighing in daily actually really helps me get to know my body's rhythms and the correlations between what I eat, when I weigh in, how my cycle affects things and what kind of little progressions my body makes day by day. I know it makes some people crazy, but seeing the pattern in the little fluctuations is really…
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Two eggs scrambled with some sriracha and oregano and a cup of fresh spinach stuffed in a whole wheat round of chipotle flatbread : D it was DELICIOUS. Favorite post-workout breakfast.
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This, definitely this, and I'd also call planned parenthood and see what they can do for you. Often they can get folks into an OB on a sliding fee scale, so they only expect you to pay what's reasonable based on your circumstances. Clotting can be indicative of something being wrong, so I'd really try to get in to see…
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I don't have that much to lose - maybe fifty at the most, and that's from my starting point of 214 - but I started late February/early March, and I just got my first "hey, have you lost weight??" last week. It was from someone I don't see very often, so I think that played a part in it. I expected it to start coming a lot…
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Brussels sprouts. BRUSSELS SPROUTS. I would eat them EVERY SINGLE DAY if they weren't four bucks a pound!
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Still not worth it imo.
