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Great job! I'm sorry if anybody attacks you but you have every right to be very proud of conquering a food trigger. Congratulations! :flowerforyou:

Something I just thought of...I had a friend (great start right?) who has the tendency to get extremely jealous when guys pay attention to women other than her. Your friend maybe used to the attention and even expect it but if you're the nice friendly one of the two hot girls standing there guess who the guy is more than…

I spend about $400 a month for myself and my two kids full time and my best friend and her two kids about half the time (she takes care of my kids during the day at my house so I feed 6 people breakfast, lunch and snacks and then three people dinner most nights with occasional company. I shop sales as much as possible and…

I'm in a similar situation and it can be really confusing and a bit intimidating. I have a favorite bar that I go to regularly and have for about a year now. It's allowed me to set up a bit of a comfort zone but the attention I get has gone up as my weight has gone down. I'm also finally (although not always) started to…

Definitely want to be wanted!

I have the double belly, yep it sucks and no it's not likely to go away without a tummy tuck, It has gone down a fair bit but it's never gonna be flat. :grumble:

I'm not sure it counts as a fit person problem or just a lost weight problem but I'm no longer invisible. :laugh: My girlfriends and I go out every other Friday and sometimes manage an additional night here or there. We almost always go to the same bar because it's close, friendly, and safe. So this weekend my girlfriends…

I've had this happen and I don't think of it as annoying, I like it since it means I must look good and since my head space hasn't really caught up to my weight loss I really appreciate the compliment. If they are rude about it I just smile politely, say thanks no you can't have my number and should me kids witness this I…

I moved several times for my ex-husband but then he was military so we kinda had to. When he was getting out I told him I didn't want to go back to our home state and explained why but he refused to listen to me. We came back...and everything I had brought up as reasons not to come back happened. I fought for over two…

I actually got to do this. It felt so good, still does actually!

Brussel Sprouts- Still not a huge fan of the smell but they taste good. Cooked spinach- used to make me gag, love it now. Fish (any kind)- used to refuse to touch it, now I'm working on trying different varieties and different ways of cooking it. Still struggling with peas :laugh:

It's not super weird judging by the other posters but I love peanut butter, honey or chocolate sauce, and banana. Also good is any kind of meat sandwich from ham, to turkey, to bbq pulled pork with coleslaw. Add chips to a sandwich makes it instantly better.

I log most of it because of sodium or other macro content but I don't always. It can be handy to have the info available for the doctor or just to check for myself how many crutches (calorie laden or not) I'm using. Some times it's worse than others based on what's going on in my life but being able to see what I'm putting…

I like my bum and my legs, mainly my calves (thank you high heels!)

I've got two kids and while I don't always eat as great as I'd like but I feel that I do pretty good (feel free to check my diary). Just because you're going to a birthday party doesn't give you an excuse to eat crap. It's a reason but not an excuse. A little planning and the party doesn't even have to be an issue. This is…

It's a work in progress, it can take the mind longer to catch up to how your body looks. It sucks but keep working at it because it does come. I am getting better about it myself but it's taken a while and I can still back slide pretty fast. Great friends who have been supportive have saved me from quitting. Also trying to…

I didn't lose my morals...I left them on the floor next to the lace, blindfold, whip and handcuffs. :wink:

Eating habits having ever been the reason I ended things with a guy,I have had it cause issues, but never enough to warrant ending things over.

I like it too, but both a daily and weekly would be pretty cool. Of course I still kinda want a like button *shrug*

skinnytaste.com allrecipes.com Those aside I tend to take chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces and season according to what I'm craving that night (sweet,spicy,Italian, Thai) then cook in the skillet. It can be served with veggies and whatever carb (if any) you want or it can be tossed in a soup or on a salad. Also…

Everybody is different, we women are as varied as men. I like....nah, I don't know you well enough to share that. :blushing:

About half of everything already posted :sad:

Can I be a 4 and a 5 at the same time if 5 is looking for a 7? :laugh:

Thanks for the info, it's useful, especially right now at this stage of my fitness routine.

I do it and think it tastes okay but not quite as good. I compromise when I can and use unsweetened vanilla almond milk, it helps it taste creamier without as many calories as regular milk.

I'd already had both my kids by the time I was your age. Unfortunately that meant college got put on hold but I don't regret a single second of my decision. My kids are my world and they give me so much strength to keep going. Now at 27 I've got a good job, a great support network of friends, two beautiful wonderful kids.…

Pizza and birthday cake at two separate parties on Saturday. The cake was so worth it! The pizza not so much but oh well I've moved on.

Where have you been all my life? :flowerforyou:

I used to say age is just a number but now I'll say it's all about maturity. I don't really care how much older or younger (up to a point, nobody under 21) a guy is so long as we're on a similar page in life. I married older and age wasn't a factor in our divorce. I just dated a guy almost 6 yrs younger and while he was…

Sorry babe, I'm a hardcore JM fan so I haven't tried those, but check the reviews on Amazon I've found the ones in the mid star range to be the most helpful.