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I refuse to touch the scale or the tape measurer anywhere near my period. I bloat so much. I literally look several months pregnant during the first few days of my period. I crave sweets and junk food. If I just HAVE to have something sweet, I like fruit and the chocolatey flavors of Special K bars. (I just ate one…

I try to burn at least ten calories per minute on the elliptical, but in my "zone" I usually average at least 12 or more. Typically I will try to burn at least 200 on lighter workout days (15-20 minutes of cardio plus strength) and 350-400+ on heavier days (35+ minutes of cardio, sometimes strength). Today I did like 27…

It's not for everyone. I eat 1200 calories a day plus most of my exercise. On rest days, I eat 1200. Some days it's hard for me to stay within it, some days it's hard for me to meet it. Usually when I plan my meals the night before, including all three meals and two or three healthy snacks, I'm only at 1000 or so. I can…

Yep, it's a bit racist. The whole "Chinese = broken English, no articles, telegraphic speech" thing is pretty offensive.

When I got my braces off my orthodontist gave me a syringe of bleach to use in my retainers. I'm sure dentists have it too. Mine was free, I guess a "parting gift," but I'm sure you could purchase some from a dentist or orthodontist.

I went over Christmas break and I tried my best to stay healthy but our hotel charged for internet (lame) so I didn't get to track. Always get water with your meals, and remember most of the menus are marked with "healthy options." A lot of places have grilled chicken sandwiches and things like that. I went to the space…

If I have a cold, I'll usually try to stick to my budgets but take it easy on exercise. I have a bad habit of not realizing how awful I feel (especially if I'm feverish) until I'm trying to work out and can barely move the elliptical. I sleep and lay around a lot more but I try to at least keep my daily activity to its…

Yay! I wish my dog would run with me. He's only around ten pounds, some kind of terrier mix, and his little legs just won't carry him as fast as my little legs carry me. Plus he loves to just stop in the middle of the trail/side of the road when we're walking.

When you can walk up the 8,000 stairs to the third floor of your school with a 20 lb backpack on right after lunch and not want to vomit right there.

I've had two different shades of bright red, one is current. I've also had hot pink, turquoise, purple, bright orange and some others that I can't think of. I always use Manic Panic. I don't have many good pictures of all of them but here are a few. All of these photos are over a year old. Some closer to two. Pink in bangs…

Bananas!

Since I started, which was with my current boyfriend in September, I think eleven days. I don't know how we're going to do the whole long-distance thing while I'm in college.

Domino's pizza with both kinds of Italian sausage, pour-over cheddar popcorn, french fries and this amazing hamburger vegetable soup my stepmom makes, and her broccoli, rice, and cheese casserole. And my dad's buttermilk biscuits which aren't actually terrible for you but loaded with sodium.

I have one now that's two weeks old. If I can afford it, I'm getting my next one in a few months.

Pretty much all of my cardio at the gym is elliptical (save for a five minute cool down on the treadmill). I don't remember what I started out at, probably 10 or so, but I remember it left me incredibly sore. My thighs and butt were really bad. Now I do 30-35 minutes each time, and every now and then I will do more. I…

It's between $3.50 and 3.60. most places in Dothan. I fill my tank up every two weeks or so (20-ish mpg on most days, 13-ish gallon tank) so it's not awful but higher than I'd like.

I keep something like a peanut butter and banana sandwich with a special K bar in my purse and just buy a bottle of water. I've been meaning to branch out more, though.

1. how tall are you? 4'9 2. how old are you? 18 3. how much do you weigh? 90-92. 4. how many gross calories do you eat? 12-1500 a day, depending on exercise. 5. how many net calories do you eat? I try to net at least 1000. I can almost never manage to eat back all my exercise calories in a healthy way. 6. are you still…

They're silly. You're gorgeous. Don't listen to them.

Wholeheartedly agreed. There is a difference between being a troll/stupid and having actual issues with food. This girl has likely been exposed to a lot of pro-ED weight loss advice (aka eat x calories a day, eat nothing at all) and expects it to work. What everyone should be doing is offering healthy advice and a friendly…

I went out for frozen yogurt with my sister and got half of it no sugar added and loaded it up with fruit, no candy. Last time I went I ate 2-3x as much, loaded with junk. But it was delicious and didn't send me over all my limits! (There was even some protein in it too.)

.16 is NOT 1/16th. It is 16/100. 1/16th is .0625. Divide 1 by 16.

My name is Paige and I'm addicted to raisin bran and probably taking naps.

I made a new friend tonight and he's really nice. My cat is laying behind me tickling my lower back with her nose.

Thanks everyone. I just found an old beginner's level pilates video so I might try that out. When I'm doing push ups, etc, should I just do as many as I can manage?

You had me at "Nutella."

I like to plan ahead. If it's a chain restaurant, I'll try to find the menu/nutrition online and decide on healthy choices in advance. If we're eating local, I'll typically eat a small, healthy meal beforehand and just get something small and pretty healthy at the restaurant.

I'm really pale, freckled, and redheaded. So I don't tan, I just burn if I'm outside for ten minutes. I actually got a second degree sunburn back in August. My sister just started tanning because her prom dress is a really light pink and she thinks it will look better if she's tan. For me, I just bought a dress that is…

My sister got annoyed yesterday when we made biscuits. We don't follow a recipe, it's just "How much of this? Umm, about this much." but I made her let me measure the ingredients so I could log it. Other than that, I used to get made fun of a lot by my sister's boyfriend. My family is kind of used to it now. If it bothers…

I love my dad's chili but it's so bad. I'd love to try it lower cal. Do you have a recipe for the banana bread? edit: Oh. Messaged. :)