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Ah, the well-intentioned but still back-handed compliment.

See those cute people in your profile photo? Ask them for help. After a certain time of night, don't be out of their sight. Tell them to try and keep an eye on you, and that it's really important that you don't binge at night. Work together to help keep you all healthy. Additionally, it would be wise to remove temptation…

*HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUG* Also, I feel like Russians might give cuddly hugs. Or Inuits. Or Northern Canadians. Somewhere where it's really cold and they have to huddle in furs for warmth.

If you aren't going way way way over on protein, it's really not too big a problem as long as you aren't going way over on calories, fat and/or cholesterol as well. Since you say you don't eat a lot of meat and cheese, it's probably fine.

Nutella and big slabs of romano cheese.

Heh, that reminds me of all the times my dad tells me I eat too many carbs and then asks "Do you want pasta for dinner?" or goes and buys bagels. *facepalm*

I'm not a tempeh person. I prefer to take tofu, squeeze all the water out of it, and fry it into tofu chips. Adds...well...a considerable amount of fat...but they're crispy and tasty.

So, uh, OP...you get a good answer yet? We seem to have devolved into the usual, hehe. Incidentally, I had another thought. You asked for why someone would be a vegetarian, and my immediate thought was to say why I was a vegetarian. But was that what you were looking for? Or did you mean why should YOU be a vegetarian?…

I'm also 23, been on here about a year now.

Well, OP, I have to go to work now. If you're interested in talking more about this in a less congested manner, feel free to send me a PM.

Eh, my thought is that we don't do anything natural anymore anyway, so I don't particularly mind bucking that one evolutionary trend. As it is, we stay up way too late using artificial lights, we sit down far more than is good for us, we eat and drink stuff with no nutritional value, we wear clothing made of plastics and…

I think, and I could be wrong in this particular case, that the reason some vegetarians get defensive quickly is because a lot of us are often presented with "Carnivore Trolls" who pretend to be curious about vegetarianism and then just want to bash us for not eating "real food" or whatnot. So, unfortunately, when someone…

I've been a vegetarian for 9 years, and honestly, it really comes down to taste preferences for me. I don't like how meat tastes. I don't like how it smells, and I don't like how it feels (either when I'm eating it or when it's sitting in my stomach). I also get creeped out at the thought of eating muscles when I myself am…

Hehe, thanks for all the encouragement guys, but I'm not actually self-conscious about them. I don't mind other people seeing them; my problem is that they actually scare me. They look like gore to me and I'm very squeamish. I'm going to look into some of your suggestions and in the mean time hope that I can get over my…

Most bread products that aren't just sliced bread (bagels, pasta, even dinner rolls and rustic loaves). It wasn't so much the calories as the sheer amount of carbs that floored me. Also, a trail mix I made that I thought was pretty healthy turned out to be over 400 calories.

This may have been mentioned before, but whole family activities would be great, as well as making sure you hold everyone else to the same nutritional and exercise standards as you hold her, whether you think they need it or not. The most infuriating thing for years was that my mother would imply and needle and tell me to…

Oh, yes, I should note that the color has faded on mine as well, so it's not that they're purple and gross, it's just that it looks all torn up there and it's creepy. I feel like I sort of wrecked my body.

Cheese balls, fondue, mostly anything with ungodly amounts of cheese.

When there is only one large curve, ie you become spherical, I would consider that past curvy.

I saw a great Before and After post a few days ago on here. The person had actually gained a pound between the two, but it looked as if she lost 25+ because of how toned and muscular she had become. The scale numbers shouldn't disappoint you, which is why when you do your check-ins here, they also take neck, waist, and hip…

Ugh...I hate the Veginazis. I've been a vegetarian for nine years and never once have I told someone that their choice to eat meat was wrong. I choose not to eat it because it's gross TO ME. I'm not going to tell someone not to eat meat if it's not gross TO THEM. All I ask in return is that meat eaters let me eat my rabbit…

I follow the "Divide by 2 and add 7" rule. So for my age, 22, the youngest I could date without feeling sketchy is 18 (22/2 = 11 + 7 =18). To find the oldest, do the opposite (22-7 = 15*2 = 30). It's an interesting formula for sure and I have quite a few friends who skirt the line but are plenty happy. Personally, I'm 6…

Oh right, nerdy things. I don't consider them guilty pleasures anymore because I do them all the time, haha! But I guess if I had to pick the dorkiest of the dorky things I do, it would have to be LARPing. It's so much fun and not bad exercise if you're questing and doing combat.

There are really easy ways to inject a little health into your favorite foods. 1. Cut the breading. I love eggplant parmesan, but traditionally the eggplant is fried and breaded. I make a version that uses eggplant, tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and just a drizzle of olive oil. Cuts the fat and the carbs, and is still…

I've never watched My Fair Wedding because I'm getting married next year and I know it will drive me berserk!

Thank you for being honest and realizing that being thinner thinner thinner does not mean being healthy. I'm sorry that you had to bring yourself this far to realize it, but the fact of the matter is that you did in fact catch yourself before it was too late. Just like losing weight, gaining weight should be a gradual…

Anything on TLC/Bravo. Especially stuff like Say Yes to Dress, Pregnant in Heels, or Hoarders.

So, interesting story. I wasn't getting many comments either after dropping 20 lbs, and then my fiance told me that our friend asked him if I was really ill. She said I looked great but she didn't want to comment to me in case I had "some sort of wasting disease" (her exact words apparently). Perhaps for one reason or…

Noooo, my sweet, beautiful Nutella. Sigh...I don't understand people...

@skinnylove: I always appreciate a good Barbossa reference. *deep breath* The more I think about this, the more I'm coming to realize that I think I'm starting to project my personal anxieties onto my eating. I've been under a fairly unrelenting amount of stress lately, and I think I'm now applying it to food as a means of…