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For me they are motivating. I currently have both wrists, above my heart, side of my left leg, and whole right calf. I want to get a very meaningful quote on my ribcage but obviously not while I'm so overweight so it's a goal that when I lose 100lbs I will get it.

I'm pale. Practically see through. And my hair is naturally very very dark. I can't tan (wouldn't if I could)...the most that happens without a burn is that I get this goldeny brown type color (like toast!) and freckles....I like being pale. I just need to up the SPF haha. I have an albino friend. Now that is difficult.…

On cardio days when I push myself I can do 500 calories in less than 50 minutes. When I lift it would take me an extremely long time.

I do not have the source currently, but I was reading that the healthy average is actually only once every 1-5 days. So even if you go only once in 5 days, you're considered in the healthy norm. This changed for me when I started eating healthier and was aw weird thing to adjust to one ever 2-3 days instead of more often,…

The whole purpose of working out is to make your body healthier, not necessarily to lose weight. I do cardio for heart health (hence it being called cardio) and I lift for bone strength as well as muscle strength and that helps burn fat. If you aren't comfortable with it you don't have to eat ALL your calories back. I…

Yes, I have fluctuations frequently. Sometimes I know about it ahead of time, because I ate late at night the day before or ate poorly or like today I knew I'd be up because of tom bloating, and sometimes I don't. Your body isn't in stasis and does not remain at one specific weight even if you work at it. Be prepared for…

I think being consistantly low or high, by more than 100, could be bad if your week doesn't average out. If by the end of the week you are pretty close to your weekly goal, I'd say you're doing pretty well.

My grandpa is dieing as a direct result of smoking and still can't manage to stop. Basically immobile and still manages to go outside to smoke (he lives with us now and cannot smoke in the house) so I can understand how hard it can be to stop. I was only a social smoker as a teen, so it was easy for me to quite cold…

I've been writing my whole life. I started what I would consider a "Book" a year and a half ago (it's looking like it might be more of a novella in length). I do it as a hobby and I don't force it when I'm not feeling inspired enough to write properly. But I did start a review type blog if anyone is interested:…

When I started I was barely squeezing into a 22 so I'll call it a 24. It took my about 30lbs of cardio and diet control to drop to a 20. It's been another 15 but I lift and I just got into 18. So I dunno. I think it depends on lots of things.

I stopped drinking entirely because it was hard for me to control. I would make poor food choices not only during the time I was drinking, but the entire next day as well. It was getting harder to just have one, and I didn't like how that made me feel. I have only ever been flat out drunk once, but I was spending more of…

Yes, and I'm not being insane with it. 30-45 min of cardio 4-5 days a week and an hour or so of lifting 1-2. Counting calories makes me make way better decisions and is teaching me to think critically. September 7th 2012 I was my highest weight ever at 307lbs which is also when I started counting calories. I started with…

There is a huge range of price and effectiveness. If you want the most basic but accurate look into Polar. They have some cheaper one. Basically though you need something with a chest strap because having the heart rate is what makes the accuracy increase. I myself have a Polar RS200 that I've had for years and I love it.…

If I was told before I was ready to accept it, then I would have been hurt and withdrawn and most likely would have gone to the other extreme of continuing to hurt myself by over eating and under working. When I heard it when I was ready to hear it, it helped get my butt to the gym. It all depends on how you hear it, and…

That was my exact thought. I don't have an "enemy" because I don't exist in a novel and I sure as hell am not some heroine here to save the day. Do I have women I don't like? Yes. Are they better than me in some ways? Yes. Do I mind if my bf points that out? Well if we are arguing and he uses it against me, then yes, but…

I'm working during the day but after I'm making him brinner (breakfast for dinner) because it's his favorite thing ever and since we both have been eating better there's been a serious lack of pancakes. Then on Friday we are going to the Chicago auto show with my parents and uncle, and dinner downtown.

Well. I usually eat a bar or something when I get up then I don't want to eat until about 11. I usually eat light at 11 and then real lunch at 1ish and a snack at 330ish. So yeah I eat the most of my calories earlier because I'm at work. After work I work out, usually drink a protein shake, and then laze around all night…

The lowest weight I remember at my full adult height was 180, so I set that. I'm still far away from that, so when I found out my lean body mass after getting my body fat tested, I was able to calculate what I would weigh at 20% bf if I maintained LBM and that came to 183. I figure that means I'm guessing right, and I'll…

I always drink while I eat; always have always will. It switched from copious amount of coke to a glass of water per meal, though. It's gotta be like the difference between cold water and room temperature-negligable. in my opinion.

It's kind of annoying. I can go down but not up. 15 floors is a lot but I would try to do it at least once a day if I could. Maybe not on my way to work because I'm always running late, but still. That's not a fire hazard?

I don't take the elevator in my parking garage because I'd rather do the stairs, but in my actual building I'm on the 15th floor and they lock the stair wells from the inside anyway after floor two. BUT I have some insane pet peeves about these crazy people... Standing awkwardly close to me when there is enough space for…

I feel quite the same way. Also This person is my favorite:

Feb 7th will be five months for me and to date I've lost 45 pounds. I lost fast at first, and basically nothing in December, and now it seems to be evening out again. But I'm also quite tall and started over 300lbs, so it would come off someone like me faster than someone smaller than me. Don't set a weight goal, it sets…

I'm 5'11'' barefoot and my boyfriend is 5'4''. I just started wearing heels because my knees can actually take it now. I'm usually between 6'1'' and 6'2'' and he LOVES it when I do. In heels I'm 8-9 inches taller than him and he wants me to go higher! Otherp eople look at us strange but hey, someone is going to be taller.…

I was just wondering how much freaking diet coke that chick had to drink to suffer aspertame poisoning....Seriously I think your teeth would decay before you got sick like that..

In the winter I'm lazy and do underarm and lower leg only since my work out shorts go a bit past the knee. In the summer full leg because you never no. Never arms, it's not dark or abundant enough to bother me.

Tell you what. Take six of my inches. Then I'll still be 5'4'' which is decent for a woman and better yet I'll be the same height as my boyfriend then!

I think you *should* tip, just less if service is bad. However, I have sometimes not left a tip if someone else at the table was leaving a tip large enough that it was intended to cover mine. sometimes my group splits things up like that. The comment was an unnecessary addition, but sometimes people are mean, that's what…

mmm prociutto

Depends on what I'm doing. Lifting, nothing, I need to focus on form and music distracts me. Running...music. Elliptical or stair master, I watch Netflix because my body is shaking around less than on a run.