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MFP doesn't actually make sense here. At least the way I see it, your need for fibre and fat shouldn't change if you exercise more, only your overall calories, carbs and proteins. :/

What is it with people becoming vegetarians or even vegans because of their cholesterol? Being overweight gives you high colesterol, not eating meat or dairy products, I thought? I read a while ago that the high cholesterol in eggs was thought to be bad for you (giving YOU high cholesterol) which is why people have said…

I was a vegetarian for 7 years, but not for weight loss or health reasons. It wasn't good for me, because vegetarian doesn't equal healthy eating. I just ate a ****load of carbs and sugar, too little protein and no veggies. It was easy actually, even though I'd loved meat before. I just ate more of the other stuff I really…

I had my dad tell me one day that my but really looks nice in those jeans. But before I could be all pleased about it - I had just managed to finally loose all the extra weight that put a damper on my teenager years - he added: but then, it used to be pretty huge! And that after years and years of him telling me not to be…

Funny enough, I follow that rule exactly... because when I wake up in the morning, I'm always really hungry and find it really hard NOT to eat at least 450 calories right away. Take away my breakfast and I get really grumpy. :p But because I'm only allowed 1200 calories a day, that means I really have to cut back the rest…

I've had an accident before, I tripped on the treadmill and you can still see the scrapes on my legs now, three years later. But it never occurred to me to sue them... I always considered it to be my own clumsiness. Okay, they could have better informed people about those safety lines on the treadmills that are always…

I'm also 5"7, currently at 124 pounds and trying to get a little lower, because I want to reduce my body fat percentage. And I've also been stuck at my current weight for weeks and weeks in spite of intense exercise and always being close (usually slightly over) my calorie goal. This has been posted before, but: You must…

Oatmeal, my favorite... I usually mix ground almonds with the oats and eat it with milk and honey and some vanilla flavoring. Or honey and cinnamon and apple slices instead. Mmmmh :D

I'm already very close to my target weight (a kilo to go that just won't budge) and simply can't NOT eat my exercise calories back. My body seems to know very well how much it wants and if I don't eat at least 1600 calories a day, I feel horribly deprived and am so hungry at night I can't sleep. I could never keep that up.…

Spicy Chai Latte!! Not healthy, but I just love that stuff. Now that I live in England, I have friends from California send me a couple of boxes every now and then, so I can enjoy a cup and relive my amazing time in San Diego.... And I always used to buy the granola cereal (vanilla almond), and the olive hummus...

Shakira! She's got the perfect body AND knows how to move it...

My belly is nearly as round as it was at worst times, and so are my thighs, but all my rings are too wide now, my wrists look freakishly thin, and I have dropped two shoe sizes. (And my feet were tiny to begin with.) GREAT. :S

I've only lost 10 pounds, but compared to how I was four years ago, I am incredibly fit and healthy now. The whole thing worked a huge change on my entire life. I am WAY more outgoing and confident, even my hobbies have changed from loner-activities to more social ones, loads of my habits, opinions and tastes have changed,…

I guess I'm really lucky then. =-O I have no changes in appetite at any time of the month, I don't get pimples or bloated at or before THE time, no 'symptoms' at all. I feel light stomach cramps, sometimes they can be a bit stronger, but other than that I'd never even notice it's that TOM again.

I'm 5"7 and want to get to 121 lb, because that's the lowest I've been at before, and I loved it. Currently I'm at 124, but those very last pounds are excrutiatingly hard to lose... And once I'm there, I'm determined to stay there.

In the case of my sister I KNOW she's jealous of my weight loss. I love her and we get along great, but she's always been the beautiful one and I've always been the brainy one. Now I'm still brainy, but I've lost weight and she's gained some, and I'm skinnier than her on top of it. So she constantly tries to get me to eat…

I know the problem... I'm perfectly healthy and fit now, not the least bit overweight, but I used to be fat and I don't want to go back to that. Also I want to tone some more and lower my body fat percentage. But when I mention going to the gym, decline a piece of chocolate, complain about there not being any healthy…

Been here since April this year and 'only' lost 5 pounds, but that's not bad since I am not overweight, just wanted to get into better shape. I virtually never manage to stay under my calorie goal, but at least I don't go over by much... And sometimes I tell myself, even if I'm not actually losing, I work out so hard that…

I'd been unhappy with my bad physical shape for years, hated always doing worse than everybody else in gym class back in school. Hated looking at myself in changing room mirrors. Never wanted my photo taken. But the turning point for me was three months after I found out that I was going to move to California and three…

I love vegetables too and am regularly amazed at how little my friends eat, have in their house or how very little fresh stuff people pack in their shopping carts. I love eating, and if I didn't stack up on veggies, I'd be way over my calorie limit everyday... Go veggies!

Is anyone ever going to mention nutrition? That is at least as important as exercise when it comes to changing your body. You obviously don't eat too much, being at your goal weight, but maybe there's other improvements to your diet you can still make?

I think it's really all habit... If you're used to flavoured drinks, you'll gag at the thought of drinking just water, but once you get used to it, you learn to appreciate the purity and the benefits it has for your health. I drink about 2 litres of pure water every day and it's not an effort in the least, now that it has…

I'm still the same cup size (C), but I used to be close to a D, now I'm close to a B. I blame the shinking boobs not so much on weight loss as on a reduction in body fat - I've done a lot of weight training and cardio. However, I'm only 24, and they've started to sag a bit, too. At least I think so. I like them a little…