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1. Have a better relationship with food 2. Run a 5K all the way 3. REAL pushups!

OMG! hahaha

Deviled eggs or buffalo chicken dip.

YouTube is a good start, too.

Squats Step ups Box jumps Mountain climbers High knees Lunges

I have a Polar Ft4 and feel it's pretty accurate. I wear it during personal training sessions and burn close to 600 calories in 60 minutes, which makes sense to me. But MFP would log it as almost 1,000 calories which I'm not convinced at all by. With lower impact stuff it has me at about 350 calories for 45 minutes on the…

14 inches.

Love mine!

Not a movie, but have you watched A&E's series, 'Heavy'? It's pretty amazing. They took it off Netflix Instant, but I believe full episodes are still on A&E's website.

arms, ugh. No more bingo wings!

Amazon! Seriously. I got a Kitchen Aid mixer last year for under $200 at Target. Best purchase ever. Even better? My brother went and got it for me, I just paid him back ;) ETA: Check out sites like Fat Wallet and Slick Deals, lots of discussions around leaked Black Friday ads so you'll have time to plan ahead on what's…

Listen to lots of Dashboard Confessional, watch TV shows that make me cry, dye my hair haha

Agreed, you could temporarily see some tightening, but it will go away (do a quick google search of people using preparation h for muscle tightening, same thing). Also with saunas and body wraps, you are only dehydrating yourself! It will all come back once you drink water ;)

Goldfish: http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2011/03/whole-wheat-goldfish-crackers/

I think it depends on preparation. I don't like the taste of baked pork chops, but grilled? oh man, I wanna eat them all! :)

Fitness comes in all shapes and sizes, you should do it! I walked/ran my first 5K and am planning on training to run a full 5K next May with my brothers. Everyone starts some time, you can totally do it. As others have mentioned, no one cares what other people are doing while they're running other than people will…

Seriously, this is why I hate doctors! Find a new one, this person is CRAZY.

I've compared my heart rate monitor to MFP and MFP definitely over-compensates!

beef and barley soup, courtesy of skinnytaste.com

olives, beets and runny eggs. I think I'm the only person out there who cannot stand a runny yolk--bleh!

I'd rather train with someone who believes in me and listens to my goals and wants, but knows how to motivate me as well. I've had several trainers who were totally in shape but didn't know what the hell they were doing. Super buff dudes trying to tell me to work through injuries or to not rest a sprain, are you kidding…

I used to do this ALL THE TIME in my many (many) attempts to lose weight. It doesn't work for me. The way I see it, I need to work on my relationship with food and do allow myself "bad" foods because otherwise I would go crazy. I've used a similar approach now where I do reward myself, but it's with other things like…

JB ALBERTO'S!!! YESS!!!

Didn't gain weight when on birth control, but it shot my blood pressure through the roof.

I've only gotten upset at people who don't drink when they've made it a point to act holier than thou and judge me for drinking. Like, seriously? cool, you don't drink, but I do and I'm no less of a person because of it. Honestly, whatever other people do is their business, as long as everyone can still enjoy themselves,…

I'm surprised so many Chicago pizza fans like Giordano's. It's all about the Lou Malnati's...get the butter crust with sausage and green peppers, yum! I think you know what my answer is ;)

I also bought New Balance minimalist shoes and was specifically told those shoes were NOT made for long runs. I tried to do miles on them and regretted it completely! Maybe after I lose more weight and there's less stress on my body for running I'll give it another go, but I'll stick to my regular running shoes for now.

Agreed. I think fat acceptance is a very slippery slope, at least for someone who has struggled with their weight their whole life (people like ME!). On the one hand, I love the idea of loving yourself at every step in your life, why shouldn't you? I wish I could! A lot of people, myself included, have at one point or…

One of my closest friends was a guy, we were best friends since like fifth grade. Then he got a crazy girlfriend who was super intimidated by me and so he stopped talking to me. Even after they broke up our friendship was never the same. We've never had sexual tension, and was definitely more of a brother to me than…

Yep, I've always been a chubster. I have NO clue what I look like thin...can't wait to find out :D