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I appreciate all the shopping advice you guys, but finding a swimsuit isn't the issue, I have several very flattering swimsuits at home (all of them with a lot of coverage though), I love shopping and fashion so I know how to mask trouble spots and all that! However what I was really hoping to work towards is having a body…

I have IBS-C and strongly suspect gastroparesis though have not been tested for it but all symptoms fit, and I cannot do insoluble fiber. Raw veggies and most fruit give me terrible pains, bloating and gas, as does protein in most forms except yogurt, which has been a struggle trying to increase it. I really do the best…

I have a ton of cover ups, skirts, shorts, tankinis, swimdresses, you name it. I have no problem masking problem areas and making myself look decent to others. But at the end it's still hiding and being self-conscious, and I really just want to get to the point where I could just wear a regular bikini and know that I look…

Unfortunately I just burn, badly, and with my super white skin and tons of moles, I stay out of the sun as much as possible as I'd prefer not to get melanoma. I suppose I could try a spray tan but I've been afraid of it looking overly fake

I tried on a whole bunch, this was actually the least horrible of them lol. The others were way worse. Also tried on some one pieces which were pretty terrible too :/

Wow that's a huge difference in only a month!! Awesome job. What have you been doing?

Erm, no, people repeatedly stated "there is NOTHING wrong with Doritos/ soda/ fast food" and that there is no point or benefit in trying to avoid these foods as much as possible

Mm, I consider juice to be a much better choice than pop, assuming it's real all-natural juice with no added sugar and not one of those 'fruit drinks'. Yes, juice is still sugar but at least it's natural fructose, has some vitamins, and is not full of artificial flavors and colors and high fructose corn syrup, with zero…

I had to bring up this thread again today as I remembered it trying to take progress pics, how in the world am I supposed to rely on them, lol! These are about three weeks apart, same weight and about two weeks of working out three times a week, so really not much obvious reason for a huge difference, I don't think there…

I don't know the biology, but from personal experience of what I see around me, plenty of young women effortlessly maintain a trim body with no exercise and lightly active or fairly sedentary lifestyles. But only very very few older women keep the same shape, and those are usually ones who are hardcore into fitness and…

They may have changed it since, as others. I was.getting it probably eight or so years ago. I just distinctly remember getting their baked potato soup and the glancing at ingredients and seeing artificial flavor among a long ingredient list, and wondering why on Earth would you need to add artificial flavor to potato soup.

The point is not how much it costs and whether it's 'fancy' but what goes into it. Good bakeries use only the same ingredients I would use at home, and presumingly good quality ingredients - real butter, real eggs, real vanilla and flavoring agents etc. Next best thing to making it yourself. A good croissant, for instance,…

Buttered toast with cheese is my go to comfort food when I'm sick too, or just a slice of crusty french bread with butter and cheese, together with strong black very sweet tea - just like someone else mentioned, I never drink sweetened tea any other time or tea in general. Also when i was young my mom would make me drink…

My position has nothing to do with what myself or anyone else can afford, or even chooses to buy. It was more of a general debate question. I was curious about people's opinions about the quality of food, as an extension of the natural/ artificial debate. As I made clear, I believe different foods have their own ineherent…

I've heard that before but honestly myself and everyone who knows our kids have seen them go nuts whenever they have something sugary, inevitably ending in meltdowns. My oldest especially was sensitive to swings as a toddler, and if I fed him a carby breakfast, it was a guaranteed god-awful meltdown a couple of hours…

We are financially comfortable and I definitely don't skimp on food but we also don't stock our fridge with a ton of the most expensive foods. We don't eat large portions in general and we don't eat out often (more for health reasons but still), I do comparison shop and look for sales and good deals as a rule. Some foods…

Speaking only for myself, this is a good weekend/ special-treat type breakfast. Homemade waffles, pancakes, cakes, baked goods, French toast, are all I consider as foods to be eaten in moderation as a weekend or occasional treat. This in contrast to, say, Pop Tarts, which we just never eat period. Regular daily breakfasts…

Shrug. I don't know why everyone seems to think eating the way we do requires some sort of militant policing or why it's 'extreme'... It really doesn't feel that way to me. Like I said, it takes no effort to eat this way especially because thankfully it is much easier nowadays. I also don't really 'give it a second…

Who said stores don't stock them? They do; however more and more aisles are stocked with all sorts of healthier or 'natural' alternatives to traditional snacks etc; there is also a large emphasis on stocking organic, local, and seasonal produce (with signs/ marketing); stores advertise, for instance, local wild-caught…

Just to note, I don't 'cross-examine' anyone about their habits either, it just so happens that as mostly moms of young kids, these topics come up in chit chat often. The way others eat doesn't concern me in the least. It was just so normal to me to see people avoid junk food additives, try to make good choices with…

Hm, maybe that depends on where you live, but I'm actually noticing WAY more awareness now around healthy eating, for both kids and adults, and way more healthy choices and less junk given to kids than when I was a kid. We don't buy or keep junk in the house, no soda, no crappy fast food etc aside from special occasions,…

Genuine question: do those of you who don't care about artificial additives in food also don't care about the source of the ingredients? As in, where your meat, produce etc comes from, whether it's organic, if seafood is imported and farm-raised etc? Again this is something that is very standard where I live, everyone…

I remembered this thread today. I'm in the middle of my cycle (tmi sorry haha) and the older I get the worse the bloating seems to get :( I'm up three lbs (was up 6 at the start) and I just feel big and fat, my regular jeans are tight all over and today even my shoes that fit perfectly fine last week felt really tight. I…

Same. The difference between my highest and lowest weights has only been about 18-20 lbs. Even at photos with only a 15 difference, I look like a dramatically different person because so much of the weight is in my face and it's extremely unflattering. I hate it, it makes me paranoid of gaining even a couple lbs because…

Go for it. Fresh air, exercise, certainly sounds like a healthier choice than eating Doritos ;)

Because there isn't evidence DISproving harm either. If I had read multiple large-scale independent longitudinal studies demonstrating clearly that absolutely no ill effects were shown in individuals consuming significant amounts of xyz additive on a regular basis over their lifetimes, I may believe it. Until then, I will…

There are studies showing that even a glass of wine a night increases a woman's risk for breast cancer, for instance, along with increased risk of mouth and throat cancers with moderate drinking; then there is the effects on the liver. Yes, there are also studies showing benefits for heart health or whatever. That's the…

I've always wondered whether the rapid weight gain that comes with steroids or other medications or disesases such as Cushing's is actually all water or not. People will literally blow up on these and get the dreaded 'moon face', I knew a very fit lady who gained 90 lbs in three months. Whether water or not it sounds…

I didn't because i haven't eaten it since I was 12 and we were broke just-arrived immigrants getting our food from a food bank (in case anyone thinks my 'elitist' views stem from being privileged all my life). But good for Kraft. And again proves my point. More and more companies are now doing this and increasingly these…

Have you seen many studies looking at the effects of consuming laundry detergent? I'm not sure there have been any done, nor am I sure you would experience "measurable, observable" effects from consuming a minute dose even daily. Neither are there many studies looking at the long-term effects of regularly consuming…