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Went to Sephora to buy some makeup to contour my face. Looked in the mirror and realized my face is becoming more angular and I don't need it so much.

This depends pretty much entirely on where you live. I stock up on salmon often but I too sometimes get sick of it. If I were rich I'd eat halibut and sea bass everyday. In other parts of the world these may be cheap but they sure are not where I live. Other fish are certain kinds of snapper (smother in olive oil and salt…

err, there are definitely life circumstances and culture and lifestyles that make it easier, though. Like it's going to be way easier for be to lose weight backpacking through Central America for four months than it would be trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle at my desk job in Chicago. It's still doable, but it's not a…

lol so this is what it's called. An avocado with salt, cayenne, and fresh lime juice hits the spot for me.

I've been saving dinner for right before bed time to solve this very problem. So it's dinner and then I go running off to bed asap before I get hungry again. But this is one my hurdles too. The fact is that you're eating at a deficit so by the end of the day, that's when you're really feeling that deficit, because it's…

I'll +1 on sports doctor and physical therapy. Chiropractors often give short term relief but they don't fix the problem of alignment. I'ld also suggest certain yoga classes (and be careful with this, because many aren't appropriate for all people) that focus on restorative or iyengar yoga. It's not the type of yoga that…

Distraction is good! I always think that one of the reasons I always lose weight while traveling is because I'm focused on so many other new things having to do with the environment.

When you're already in great shape and you don't have much sub cutaneous fat, a small difference in fat shows up, while for the rest of us the change is just buried under blubber. You look great! Congrats.

Kale is great but it has to be paired with something high acid to be tasty. I would say protein powder. Sure there are some shales that are good but only because the shake has other good stuff that masks the flavor of the protein powder. In every situation, the shake would taste better without the protein powder. And often…

Oh, how awesome that this thread is still here! Welcome back, Shalu! I just made a big pot of Indian vegan stew last night, too. I substituted some ingredients that are common here in the US. Dappalam - Cook two cups of pigeon peas (toor dal) and put aside. - In a large pot of water, partially cook lots of vegetables. I…

The only part that's evaporating is the water in the butter. The fat and calories are still there.

These step tracking bracelets are pretty cute: https://ringly.com/

Of course! You don't have all that padding there. Congrats. Maybe switch to a memory foam mattress.

The one thing that irritates me the most about food labeling is that they don't list the different kinds of fiber. Soluble fiber adds bulk and slows down digestion. Insoluble speeds things up. Insoluble fiber is the one that will help with constipation. We can't even track the different types on MFP. When I'm low on…

He sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing.

This really has nothing to do with anything anyone wrote though.

So what kind of trainer do you need/want?

@kace_kay yes! He's a german shorthaired pointer.

Well, she's a personal trainer, not a physical therapist. My gym has three levels of trainers - "expert," who have 100 hours of coursework and are certified, "elite," who have that and also an area of specialization and extra coursework, like injury prevention or sports training or yoga or something, and "specialist"…

This makes sense. It must be pretty hard to deal with all these folks with their neuroses and body image issues and insecurities and demands!

yes! exactly. There's so much on the internet, and reading that can help inform the choices you make, but those are not customized to you. Plus you get no feedback. I mean the suggestion that you can just figure it out from the internet is like saying you can participate in sports by just watching youtube and copying…

I guess I'm in a different place. If I just want a killer workout there are plenty of ways I can get it without a trainer. And I've done them - boxing, marathon training, dance, bikram, mountain climbing, the hardcore classes at my gym, etc. Those make me fitter and get me results. There are also a ton of hard workouts I…

Omg I had my first meeting with her and she's officially the best one so far. So relieved. Looking at credentials makes a difference! Her background is in psychology and CBT and she has almost two decades of personal training experience and nutrition counseling. I think I've found a winner. This is not the a**shole I've…

But do your current clothes fit better? I find that mine do with small amounts of weight loss.

I find it's hard for people who were raised on sweet/fruit yogurt to make the switch. But I like salty yogurt. Plain yogurt with a good serving of salt, straight up. Or I make oatmeal with just flaxseed and salt and eat it with plain yogurt. Also, (and this is very Indian) something called raita, which is finely chopped…

What about healthy restaurants? I just discovered a restaurant called Sweetgreen - a regular lunch place - in and it's amazing. And it's only two blocks from where I work! They have a bunch of locations, but I go to the Chicago one. http://www.sweetgreen.com/menu/?region=chicago

He rarely washed his hands and when he finally did he didn't wash the back of his hands. Really? A grown *kitten* man who doesn't know how to properly wash his hands? Yuck. This is something you should have learned in kindergarten.

Not sure if you're still buying plus sizes but there are a lot of plus size options out there now. It took some time but companies have caught on.