Lasirenn Member

You have a beautiful figure. Congrats on your weight loss. You look very happy.

I might have to try these. Cheesecake factory makes the best veggie burgers I've ever tasted out of black beans and, I think, brown rice. I actually prefer them to beef burgers and I used to be all about getting giant hamburgers when I went out to eat.

I'd just also like to point out that as relatively quiet as it's kept, obesity is a rising problem in Europe as well. Some countries are thinner than others, but there is a good number of people in Europe who are overweight too. Obesity seems to be a modern problem. Even Africa is beginning to see a rise in obesity,…

Easily available bad foods. So many people have bad habits like drinking coffee loaded with sugar and/or cream every morning and probably accompany it with a scone, large muffin or over-sized bagel. Also ignorance. Your most reliable customer is one who is ignorant and food companies know this. People want the results of a…

Haven't you ever seen the threads here or on any other weight loss site where spouses are either the #1 motivation or prevention of successful weight loss? Some people lose weight with their spouse which can make it a lot easier. Other people have spouses who are discouraging and do things like suddenly fill the house with…

There are many reasons why men lose weight faster (and more easily) than women. They tend to be taller and have larger bodies in general (typically the larger you are, the faster your BMR), they naturally have more muscle, which burns more calories while you're sitting around doing nothing, and I don't think men experience…

Vegetables, as someone else said, are somewhat of an acquired taste, but really the secret is learning how to prepare them and finding ones you like. There are way too many vegetables to choose from for you not to like any or feel like you have to choke down ones you do not like. Spinach tastes good lightly salted and…

So if they don't exercise, do YOU gain weight as a result? If not, who cares. If they otherwise exercise often and eat well, a few days off avoiding pad/tampon rash, gushes, aggravating nausea etc., isn't going to kill them.

We should be so lucky if more people would even eat fruit to begin with...

Well if you were (or are) overweight yourself, I'm sure you can think back to a time when you were like them. A lot of overweight people "want" to lose weight but don't want to give up their trigger foods. I still struggle with it myself. And it's easy to go to fast food restaurants or your favorite ice cream shop and see…

Thanks for this! :)

But really, how much is your metabolism going to slow down? Probably not as much as people think. People gain the weight back because they fall back into old habits and usually worse than before. Right now, at my weight my BMR is roughly 1700 calories. At my goal weight, it will be around 1400, those 300 calories "lost"…

I was once told you can't beat temptation. You can only avoid it. And that's always been true for me. If I buy cookies from the store, I'm not going to eat them in moderation. I'm going to eat a whole sleeve. If I leave them at the store, I won't eat any. When I'm out and about, it's less tempting unless I'm starving. Food…

I'm in. 5'3" and 208lbs. Going to do the 30 day shred.

Congratulations on your progress. My friend's bachelorette party is this weekend, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to be the fat girl out of the group. I'm trying not to feel to sad. The night is about my friend, not me, and I haven't seen my friends/old roommates in so long that I've been lonely. But always feel out of place…

Don't worry about period weight. I gained 3lbs during my last period and the day after it was over, the scale dropped down to normal. The first month is the hardest. Keep doing what you know is right and you can't fail.

I'm a sales associate. At work, I call nearly every woman "ma'am" unless they are clearly my age (22) or younger. Then I will call them "miss." But really calling any one more than 5 years older than me "miss" just seems disrespectful. It would be like someone calling me a little girl.

I'm 5'3" and currently 210lbs. Earlier this year I was 220lbs. At the end of March/Early April I was 215lbs. I want to lose weight slowly to build good habits/avoid gaining it back. So far, I can't see my progress visually though. But I'm going to try to exercise 4 days a week now instead of 3 and limit my carbs to help me…

I am here secretly. My sister knows but I only told her because she is non-judgmental. I never tell people if I'm trying to lose weight because suddenly everyone becomes a fitness "expert" when really they don't know squat.

I thought squats and lunges were supposed to develop your thighs and glutes...I've never heard of anyone doing them to make their legs smaller...firmer yes, but not slim and small.

Well food companies are out to make a profit. True, there's no magic ingredient out there that turns people into mindless eating drones, but we naturally crave sugar, salt or fat (with most people tending to have a preference for one of the 3) Snack foods *are* made so you can't eat just one, which is why it's usually best…

That's exactly what I did yesterday. I also saw The Avengers and couldn't resist the theater popcorn. Then later I ate a lot of candy. I wasn't taking note of how much I ate, so I couldn't log it. But I did exercise yesterday and will again today and tomorrow to make up for it.

This caught my attention: "Taubes' most controversial theories in the book are these: that there's no evidence saturated fat and cholesterol do anything for us, either positive or negative. They don't cause heart disease, he claims. Nor does salt cause high blood pressure and hypertension. He says fiber is not a necessary…

Like someone else said, if I can't log it now, I usually don't eat it. The only exception is Sunday dinner. I'm usually at work so mom cooks. I typically have a good idea of everything she puts in, so I can estimate my calories, but I usually don't log them. I just stick to small portions. So far doing that hasn't kept me…

I was supposed to walk/run on the treadmill today, but ended up falling asleep on the couch with my dog. I have to do activities like running or the elliptical in the morning or it's just not happening. But I am still going to exercise! Right now, I'm loading some workout videos on YouTube. I'm going to do a 20-minute…

I get mine from Walmart, but I'm sure Costco carries it too. I have to eat it in a salad, because I tend to overeat it by itself as a snack! I love salty/sweet snacks.

It sounds mostly fine to me. I would ditch too many dried cranberries though and watch how many pistachios you eat. I think they're lower in fat than other nuts, but too many nuts can really sneak excess calories in. What I add in salads sometimes is a dried cranberry trailmix made by a brand called Ann's house. The mix…

Strength training. A muscular body burns more calories. But there's likely nothing "wrong" with your metabolism. Excess calories not burned will eventually make you overweight. It's not "normal" to be able to eat loads of excess calories through junk food and never gain weight. Today, we may see that as fortunate or lucky,…

Your stomach looks great. I hope that's what my after looks like.

Mine don't really bother me. I've been overweight my whole life and have had stretch marks on my upper arms since age 10. Over the years, they've faded and are barely noticeable. They're really close in color to the rest of my skin. Some days, I am slightly irritated that I have them at my age, and with no kids, but…