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I agree with pretty much everything you said! Owen is amazingly hot and a fantastic actor - couldn't believe he's the same guy from Trainspotting. And you have to hear him speak in his native accent and you will swoon. I also love Avery. He has absolutely beautiful eyes. Don't like him with little grey though...she just…

Yes! I love them to get my sugar fix without going overboard. The chocolate covered pretzels are my favorite. I've never considered eating more than one, but if I just had an open bag of choc covered pretzels, I'd definitely eat half.

90% of my wardrobe comes from JCrew, White House Black Market, Ann Taylor Loft, or the Limited.

I started a few weeks ago, but had to take a couple weeks off when I pulled my calf muscle at kickboxing. I hate running and have terrible knees, but the program really helps you ease into it and progress slowly. I only use the treadmill because I like to have the speed controlled so I don't run too fast, I like to have…

I eat them 3-4 times a week for lunch. I'm not a fan of leftovers in general, and because I work at 2 different locations, it's impossible to keep food in work fridge without it being thrown out. I think they're pretty tasty and filling enough for lunch until my afternoon snack of greek yogurt. I make sure to eat ones that…

My annual doctor's appointment is in the winter and they had me step on the scale in my sweater and boots. I was pissed off because I knew it wasn't taking an accurate reading. Plus the nurse was so quick, she didn't even let it stop swaying back and forth. As long as you know what your real weight is and you keep making…

The best Jim Carrey movie - Once Bitten.

Your first post basically said that you were on vacation and you couldn't find a "real restaurant". That's a blanket statement since you didn't define where you were or other issues, and of course people are going to get defensive. It'd be like saying I visited Notting Hill and British people all have terrible teeth -…

Complete word on the terrible search function. I've searched for things on here and usually get between 20-50 pages of hits, 90% that aren't really helpful, so reading through them is just a waste of time. You should be able to search by topic title and posts, to eliminate the amount of hits you get. Most forums I've been…

Yes! I love that movie....have it somewhere on VHS....not that I can watch it since I no longer have a VCR. 2 of my other favorite forgotten 90s movies -SFW - Swing Kids

For sides, try to get black beans or beans "a la charra", instead of refried beans. Refried have a lot of extra fat and calories and they're usually topped in lots of yummy cheese.

Where does MFP give you 2 numbers for days you workout and days you don't? I went into change/update profile and it only gives me one count of 1410 to lose .5 a week and tells me how many calories I'm hoping to burn with my workouts.

Our one cat is the same way - she jumps on everything - tables, counters, television stands, my bedside table, etc. Spraying her with water or charging her with a menacing stomp seems to do the trick when we're watching her. Problem being, when we're asleep or gone, she clearly knows she's alone and jumps on everything, so…

Under cardio there is a "strength training" category, which is what I use when I take a Body Pump class. I believe there are also a few for calisthenics, push-ups and sit-ups. I actually don't understand the point of the strength category at all - unless it's just to log your progress over time?

I was doing W3 until I pulled my calf muscle in step class. Doing a speed drill and hit the step wrong and instantly felt it so I'm taking a break from C25k until I know that it's 100% healed. Been stuck on the bike and some basic aerobics since even the elliptical pulls at my muscle. Hope to be back soon since that was…

I ate jars of applesauce and some yogurt for about 2 days. Then I worked my way up to peanut butter sandwiches, so you could just have peanut butter. I had 2 impacted wisdom teeth taken out, and I couldn't have anything hot for 2 days - I tried to have DD coffee and I started bleeding, so beware of hot soup - maybe turn it…

I am always hungry on Mondays. On the weekends I have a different eating schedule, which includes bigger breakfasts, and especially on Sundays when I consume lots of beer and wings while I watch the Pats kick butt! So I'm always hungry in the mornings when I go back to my cereal and almonds routine.

I'm a solo gym goer as well, for most of the same reasons that others mentioned - limited time, want to push myself. I also go right after work and before I go home and have to cook dinner, etc. so I consider it "my" time to listen to music, peruse an Us Weekly and work up a sweat. I've even had friends say "we should go…

I hate fruit on the bottom and the way it looks when you open the container with the nasty liquid on the top....blech. And I hate cold yogurt. I take it out of the fridge at least an hour before I want to eat it. No idea why but cold yogurt consistency is so much worse then when it's room temperature.

I was reading a magazine the other day, and they said to use toupee or double-sided tape. Makes me think of a guy friend who always sat next to women on a certain side. When I asked him why he said "Just minding the gap".

I'm on the fence with her. I find the newsletters about restaurants and snack ideas to be useful. Her "cooking" show is laughable and 90% of the stuff she "cooks" would barely count as food - she did something horrifying to a hot dog that I've blocked out of my memory. I watch it like I watch Sandra Lee - for total…

Rum and diet coke; vanilla vodka and diet coke; vodka and soda water, not tonic. MGD 64 isn't the worst thing in history if you need your beer flavor.

That looks amazing! Nothing beats grilled cheese dipped in tobasco or a little tomato soup on the side. Perfection!

I was looking at that yesterday - and agreed that bacon makes everything better. When those "worst foods ever" lists are published, I'm slightly horrified by the stats, but I'm more channeling Liz Lemon - "I want to go there!"

I'm going to BodyCombat tonight too! I fell in love with kickboxing from the first class I took at my old gym 5 years ago. It's a lot of fun and the class goes by very quickly. It incorporates all different kinds of martial arts - the street fighting is my favorite because the music really gets you going. Good way to let…

I have a problem with "smooshy" texture so I can't stomach cottage cheese, fruit on the bottom yogurt, pudding, grits or oatmeal. I've tried to eat oatmeal for the last year and I hated it so much I finally had to give up and realize it's never going to happen. I hate eating actual oranges or apples - oranges for the white…

I always read on the elliptical and bike - that's when I catch up on my celebrity gossip. Just listening to music I find myself constantly starting at the timer. Reading takes my mind off working out and covers up the clock...win win. My gym has a cardio cinema so I'll go in there to watch a movie and that helps time fly.

I went to a local Mexican restaurant last weekend and they don't have nutritional information. In the database, I looked up equivalent foods at chain Mexican places like Don Pablo's or On the Border as an estimate. I figure it's in the ballpark since they're all restaurants and likely using similar oils, salt prep and the…

I don't have "cheat days" but if I go out to dinner - usually once a week, I get what I want to eat so I enjoy it. Going out with friends should be about having good food, tasty drinks and having fun. I just try to avoid the blatantly bad foods (chicken fingers, alfredo sauces). Football season is going to necessitate a…

I agree with other posters that the steamers tend to have the best flavor and cook the best as well. In general, I like the asian and italian flavored healthy choice/lean cuisine, etc. The pineapple chicken is quite tasty.