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Welcome to FL! My fam moved from NY to Orlando in 98. Then I moved to Broward County in 2010. Palm Beach Gardens is beautiful! Just don't move any further south or you'll end up hating SoFla like me! (Can you tell I miss NY and Orlando?) LOL

I saw her eat 51 bananas in a day. It was crazy but entertaining lol. Then I saw her "thigh gap" video and she lost any and all validity in my book. Stick to the diet (and by that I mean lifestyles) that are encouraged by nutritionists, not extremists. (And she will be the first to say she is most definitely NOT a…

Alabama explains a lot. Not an insult, but their perception maybe greatly skewed as it is #2 in the country for obesity. Most women there are a "Southern healthy" weight. But I feel you, my family is horrified at my goal weight even though theyve seen me at it. Im Puerto Rican and Dominican, so culturally being even…

Or open two pictures up side by side and use the "snip tool" or Print Screen (PrtSc) button on your keyboard which takes a screen shot. Then paste, save, host, and post. ;}:bigsmile:

*sigh* I ask that all day, everyday. LOL

I definitely was not calorie counting back then. And that may have been my problem. I'm hispanic and as such, genetically predispositioned to be on the thick thighs, big hips, and big booty side of the scale lol. My upper body was a lot easier to tone and define, but south of that was blah (except for my calves which had…

Thanks for clarifying, I was about to ask how the heck you could be 195 bc u look just like my husband at 145-160 LOL.

It IS sexy. Just a different kind of sexy from straight. Some people feel they can pull off serious and seductive with curly, others with straight. Some people think somewhere in between (beach waves) make them feel like a Victoria's Secret model, LOL. It's all personal preference and confidence is 90% of what will give…

Vanessa (Ursula as a human) from TLM

Uh, glad his true, superficial, and primary (seeing as there's no depth to him) colors showed before anything got serious. I can't even begin to comprehend the mindset of "They used to be fat? Ew, not gonna bother." He's a weirdo loser that needs some help getting over his own insecurities. Anywho, I'd be more concerned…

You were beautiful then, and what makes you more beautiful now is your confidence. Its so visible in your after photos! Congrats on the hard work and achieving a successful weight loss!!!

The OP's pizza is nothing compared to Domino's new pizza with breaded chicken as the crust, LOL.

Sure! As long as youre burning enough calories to put you below your maintenance calories, it's great cardio to help out with weight loss! Heck, even walking can do that!

Ah, understood. I hope, lmbo. :blushing:

Thanks guys. So just by bumping once, it brings a post up to the top for easy access and stays up even if it isnt my own OP? Is there some kind of forum code that keeps it up? (Im trying to find out the difference between bump and a post simply coming up bc it has been a popular post to reply to.) What keeps someone from…

WRONG. Its all in the genetics. Just because it happened to one woman doesnt mean it will happen to another. There are women whose skin is resilient and recover without a stretch mark or sag. Don't contribute unless youve done the research, your sky-is-falling response was absolutely ridiculous.

I think the key is to remember that there is a clinical definition and a vernacular definition. The vernacular (our societal norm) for the term "obese", usually applies to people that would actually be considered, clinically speaking, morbidly obese or even super obese. We tend to generalize and throw lots of labels around…

You look great!!! I had a baby in Sept. of last year and felt the same as you. Only I didn't stop feeling bad for and about myself until the beginning of this month. I made so many excuses for why I will get fit "later." Thanks for the inspiration! I'm on my way down to 125 from 178. CW at 170. It's the little victories!…

All I can say is you won't know until you have your baby. Eat well and maintain good weight gain (don't over do it with the cravings), and stay active when pregnant. Depending on your activity level just before you get pregnant, your doc or midwife will gauge how much activity you should continue doing to ensure you…

Mybodygallery.com is a great visual resource for specifics like that. You'll see how every woman is truly different in muscle, bone and fat distribution even with similar body shapes. For example, some women at that height still look great under 115 and some at 135. For me, because I'm pear-shaped, I lose most of my fat in…

I believe it has more to do with swelling than weight gain. Noses do swell and go down. They may be shaped by cartilage but there ARE blood vessels and muscles there. They especially can swell during pregnancy (where EVERYTHING swells). It just happens to those who are more prone to swelling in their face. My sisters and I…

My cardio is Dance Dance Revolution, so I'm dancing the whole time and trying to keep the beat while jumping and stepping to super fast music, lol.

DANG IT! How have I never thought of that?! Anywho, thanks all! I figured as much about guestimating. I don't eat out often at all, but the past week has been random with days of ppl either treating me to dinner or making it for me and I was freaking out over whether or not I was doing it correctly. :tongue:

Pretty sure you just missed the sarcasm from that one lol.

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Honesty is always the best policy, especially when it comes to being honest with yourself. Track accurately. Like someone said earlier, it would be better to over estimate the calories you take in and underestimate the ones you burn rather than vice versa. But accuracy and truthfulness (even when you know it's not going to…

Currently 5'6 171lbs. Measurements: 33-27-44 (pear-shaped), hoping to get back to my goal measurements: 31-23-38 (yes, Even as a twig, I had big hips, lol)

Big difference visually, hun! GREAT JOB! Go ahead and be proud of that!!!

Their* Person above: DANG IT! It didn't work! I was supposed to turn GREEN TOO! *Hulk Smash*

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