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Bless your heart! I was 190 something just before labor, 178 just after birth, and my max weight was over 245. I hit that weight around the time my son qualified for his learner's permit. I weigh 124 now. If I can do it, you can do it.

Try 5 baby carrots then. See if the same thing happens. If it does, try three. Or two. Or one. Then a few days later, work your way up one at a time. If you really want to do this, remember that even victims of antifreeze poisoning can develop a tolerance if the would-be murderer is dumb enough to start off with really…

I never could get away with sleeveless. At least not since puberty. I guess that should make me feel resigned. Instead it just makes me bitter. Before my upper arms were fat, they were burly. On the plus side, there was only one boy in the seventh grade I couldn't beat arm wrestling. Now I just call them my cougar flag.…

Actually in my case all of the above are true except 'stupid'. I'm so smart, even my excuses for not moving will run circles around this site's intellectuals. We didn't get out of the trees by being athletic, we got out because we have big brains. Now no one who is up on the latest anthropological research better come in…

I introduced several tummy trouble vegetables through the medium of pizza when I was younger. It worked pretty well. I can eat a lot more of them than I used to be able to. Now I'm just trying to add new ones one at a time. However, carrots never did like me either, I'm skeered to try. And I suffered revenge of the…

:flowerforyou: Thanks for giving a damn about more than your mortgage. Gives me hope that someday I might pick myself up off the mat and try again for what I believe in, too.

Oh nice one. Shhh, I get seasick at the mere sight of an ocean wave, don't tempt me to go join Greenpeace, not if you value their work.

I picked up a horrible stomach bug after eating Brach's hard candies once. Haven't been able to eat them since. Kind of tempted to figure out a way to repeat that conditioning with everything chocolate...

True. But dogs and cats have sneakily evolved their skulls to do the exact same thing to us, at least according to some theories. Come to think of it, though, the Siberian fur fox farm evolution kind of kills that theory, since didn't they develop dog-like head shapes (along with curly tails and spots) simultaneously with…

True crime stuff on youtube. It's like the opposite of porn. It guarantees you'll be afraid to ever try to meet someone new again.

As far as we know. Possibly not, though. Dolphins have been known to save human beings from shark attacks. For all we know, they do it consciously and for species preservation reasons. How do they know there are billions of us buggers on land?

My mom has. Several times. Each time it's nothing. Some women just have breasts that enjoy confuzzling X-Ray techs.

Seriously, this thread was created in October of 2013 and it still has the power to piss me off. Not all of us are young, tall, athletic males who enjoy excessive gym time. For instance, I'm a short old woman with the habits of a well-rested, comfy sloth, and 1200 calories is more than sufficient for my weight loss needs.

So does my belly. I'm pretty sure my keyboard is also crawling with the stuff. It's really the association of infection that pus has that rightly disgusts people.

Granted! You will be the best sewage treatment plant worker ever born! I wish I had something better to do on Saturday night than reply on MFP's Chit Chat forum.

If I think too much about it, I might develop a serious eating disorder, and it will probably end up named after me. Or they'll call it grossarexic and scorn my attempts to make it into medical texts. So unfair! On the other hand, knowing I am the one who will ultimately be eating what I buy and prepare, I'm quite careful…

It is correct. Masai as well. Now you're ready for any bizarre, totally out of left-field Jeopardy questions. But I do wonder why no one ever mentions mare's milk among the people of Mongolia. Different type of milk? Or always fermented? Or some other reason? And what about goats? Who gets credit for goat milk and when?

I would consider him extremely sensitive and dateable. Right up until the breastfeeding part!

Don't forget the ones in your face whose untimely deaths may well be responsible for rosacea. But really, even given all that, I still don't want to ingest the grossness of other creatures' effluvium. Is it so wrong to want to cut down on all around ick consumption?

I didn't know that, but I believe it. Generous tipping = prosperity = mate!

Come to think of it, I got mad at someone for saying a male judge wouldn't give anyone a break for anything while a woman would, but why is this thread headlined by pointing out that the driver on trial is female? Is it so improbable that a male might pull the same dumbass heartfelt move?

Love that link, going to use it every time I'm hungry and over calories. But I still want it on the package. In plain language. Seriously. I do. I think food manufacturers would slack off a lot less if they had to label something, 'contains less than the FDA permissible amount of cricket legs per serving!' :laugh:

You know, this whole thread has decided me: I will welcome our google AI driver overlords. No really, I will. Humans are just too fallible. Also good at hacking things, though...I sense trouble ahead.

I know how this song and dance ends up. With me on some other creature's plate. I will not be taken in again by that kumbaya song and dance!

Has seen a cat play with a mouse. Therefore, agrees. For heartless, felines win. I have no doubt they are amoral creatures who will kill anything that moves. But they also win for cuteness.

You're wrong. If you were right, no jobs would ever rely on tips. We are partially self-centered, but we are also partially cooperative. No offense meant by my bluntness, btw. I just think we are a really, really messed up species. Sort of split personality by nature.

As soon as I got control over what I could and couldn't eat. So age 15, when I got my first job. After that, it was an easy matter to stroll on down to the store and buy whatever the hell I wanted.

You do make a good point. Not only that, but modern humans are the least heartless people on Earth. Do you think the Romans cared how many people their legions killed? The rulers used to erect statues bragging about the slaughtered non-combatants. But that doesn't make caring ignoble or foolish. Merely very, very rare.

Dead on. This is indeed rule #1. But if humans were all sane logical beasties who followed sane logical rules, there would be no need for rule #1 at all, would there? Okay, okay, fine, unforeseen mechanical failure would still necessitate rule #1. Fine. Be that way.

It is possible to eat so little that you end up in ketosis even if most of what you eat is carbs. Ketosis is welcomed by those on low carb diets because it kills hunger pains. As such, it is a useful tool for some people with a tendency to overeat. However, some say ketosis was originally used to stave off the weakness and…