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^^^^^ This. This too. It's WONDERFUL.

One thing that changed is that I feel much more confident in almost all aspects of my life. With family, friends, at work, and especially dating. (Which, coincidentally, I'm doing a LOT more of.) I have more energy and just generally feel better. I crave exercise. I have a date tonight, so not going to the gym and find…

The older you get, the less it matters. I've dated as far as 13 years younger than me and 15-20 years older than me and had fabulous times with most of them. Edited to add: When I was 30-ish I went out with a 20 year old guy. HE could get into bars, but couldn't drink. That was wonderful for me because he could keep track…

Kind Maple Pumpkins Seed bars Coffee Vanilla Soy Milk Asparagus Salmon

Salt-N-Pepa Pandora station. Sliding around my training lab......

Pal me! 5'2" at 137 now, want to go to maybe 120-ish! But a tight 120-ish.

[/quote] Best gif I've seen all day.

:# Yay! You can do it!

YEAH!! You look fantastic!!

You go ahead with your scary movies. The last time I watched one was right after I moved to Virginia (50 miles from the border with West Virginia) and I watched Wrong Turn. 11 years ago and it was enough. Devil's advocate can be a hard role to play sometimes.

Wait, no, no... ungoogling that from work.

And of course, I am immediately googling I Spit On Your Grave... ;)

Approximately two-thirds of sexual assaults are perpetrated by someone known to the victim. I believe the stat is that 40%-ish knew them enough to have referred to the attacker as a friend or acquaintance. But... what was your point with the question? I can't see that it detracts from the statement above. No one said that…

Win.

I'll support you! Sending a friend add.

This is such a great post!!

You just made my whole day better by stating this. :) Too often after assaults, abductions, etc. we see articles on what women should do to protect themselves and avoid dangerous situations. While there is value in that it would be so much more valuable to have a culture and environment where so much wariness and suspicion…

The best part is that also along my route, there is a giant poodle that tries to lunge through his invisible fence to eat me and I get nerved out every time he is outside. Their dog is a 50-ish lb pile of wiggly, cuddly, kissy Pitbull named Luna. She makes me feel better every time I see her, but I don't know how much…

My run route (which is always the same and terribly predictable) takes me by this house of about 5 twenty-something guys who , when I started running by there, would say things. Not precisely catcalling, but being smartalecks. I continued the route for a good 6 months, occasionally flipping them off if I was particularly…

I'll run in the morning then log the meal to the best of my ability. My ability may be impaired because... the itis (postprandial somnolence).

I do 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, 1 cup frozen strawberries, 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 3 tblsp plain greek yogurt, 2tblsp PB2 powder, 1tblsp ground chia seeds, a couple thin slices of avocado and 1/2 tblsp cocoa. Sometimes I'll add in a packet of truvia. I hated the chia seeds at first. Now, it's not right if I…

For me, I often don't want to go to the gym at the end of the day. OFTEN. So, I drive straight there while chanting in my head: 10 minutes, 10 minutes, 10 minutes. Because I know that after those first 10 minutes, I'll keep going for 10 more, and 10 more and so on... Getting started when I don't feel like doing it is the…

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4_ymRxOqo8U Hopefully that posts right. Also, thank goodness this was the first thing that came up. Googling "The Butt Test" from work may not have been my wisest decision ever.

LOL'd for real.

Most awkward/uncomfortable, happened at the same time: One fairly passive-aggressive coworker: You need to stop this, you're starting to look unhealthy. (By the way, I JUST reached the top end of healthy BMI.) Another co-worker who I am afraid has an eating disorder/is anorexic: No, she's doing great. She's 20 pounds from…

^^^ This. I still have a massive crush on a guy whose nickname is, fittingly, Big Tony. It's all about his swagger. Confidence, humor, he teases and plays. His size doesn't detract from his attractiveness at all. And he is a REALLY big guy.

^^^^^ This is the most inspiring post I've seen all day.

OMG I am 50 shades of jealous of your butt.

[/quote] Wait so the first one is after 50 pounds lost and the second is 10 less than the first? [/quote] Ohhhhh no. So excited I left out words, sorry. The first is from when I started in April at 184. The second is now at137, which is about 10 lbs from goal weight.

Soooo, 5'2", but still a shorty piping in! 6 months in, almost 50 lbs down, before: Turrible, turrible, turrible. And now, (probably 10-ish lbs but who knows since I've started lifting, which I LOVE) from goal: