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I like fresh lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper; or if you put olives into the salad, or ripe avocado, you may find you don't need dressing. We don't buy much in the way of bottled salad dressing, occasionally that asian sesame one if i need a lot at one time to make a big salad for an event. Usually just mix some oil…

That would last maybe 5 minutes in the fridge in my house. Seriously I can't pick one up without people asking me for some of it, and if we buy the pack of five they are gone in a couple of days. One avocado is one serving here, sometimes split between two people. I wouldn't have any idea how to store a cut avocado because…

ATHLETA! They make the magical "small tall" in swimsuits, that's where I got the one I call my mom suit, cute brown halter top. Not saying you shouldn't wear a bikini, that's a great goal and what I usually go with, but if you'd like to have at least one freakin' one piece that fits both up and down and around, look for…

Yes. If you would like to unwind before bed, look up "yin yoga". It works beautifully for that, and would be reasonably safe to do on your own. Don't push or pull, just settle into the positions, support your weight with pillows if needed. It WILL help your flexibility, even though it feels gentle, and definitely knocks me…

No wine-ing. Whiskey for me, bourbon with soda water and lime is delightful, like a whiskey-ade. I don't like beer, personally, despite the influx of very trendy, delightful little craft breweries around here.

They do lunch in shifts though - school starts at 7:30, some kids eat lunch at 10:30AM, and then don't get home till 4, latest shift may eat at 1:30pm, etc. They don't all get to have lunch at the exact same time, at the exact midpoint of the day; many do athletics after school, others are in aftercare till 6, since…

Those are GORGEOUS! I hardly ever wear heels anymore because it was a choice between running and high heels, but still have a collection. Great score, texasleahgirl. I agree I love seeing high heels on long lean legs, but even more than that I love seeing people wear what makes them happy. Don't save them too long, wear…

I am not sure what you are asking; are you worried your body will adjust to more activity and then if you slow down you will gain weight? It's still healthier for you to be active, I do not think you should worry about that. I'm "naturally thin" in the sense that if I do not watch my weight it settles at a lower point than…

I can't tell, because I have the Mirena in. Will be 49 soon, and truthfully am more worried about, um, sex drive dropping, and bone loss and dementia, than weight gain, which seems a more controllable thing. Eat less than you are now, work out more than you are now, see what happens. Good luck to you - in the Success board…

I'm with the teacher... Here are the ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin b2 [riboflavin], folic acid), corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, soybean and palm oil (with tbhq for freshness), sugar, cracker meal, contains two percent or less of…

I don't know about lettuce, but raw carrots DO taste square! That is funny, I never thought about it, but they do.

Think of it as % of current body mass - yes 2lb is arbitrary. It's a bigger chunk of a smaller body, though. And as you get close to where you want to be, weight-wise, it's harder to take out calories and still get enough nutrition to do all the things you want to. If it's just "vanity pounds", why not eat to maintain the…

You burn calories just by living. The only way to lose fat is to consistently eat less than you burn. It doesn't really matter what you are burning during the exercise.. This is the (not entirely scientific) way I think about it, as an accountant. Your body sort of "settles up" when you sleep. So you go through your day,…

The clean eating thing. I think it's good for you to eat whole foods, not so much processed stuff, but if you eat too much of anything you will put on weight; and you can't clean your insides, that's silly. It makes me think they are eating soap.

My goodness, you have a small waist already! Most likely that is not where you hold fat, so it can't get much smaller.

This will not happen for me, ever, full stop. Never has. Not at 95lb (very underweight) and not at 150 (highest I've ever been, unpregnant). Always my waist is one ahead of hips, I'm simply not curvy. The closest I can get is by weightlifting, if I grow my butt and legs, then buy bigger pants. Still, they don't usually…

This is a funny question. I am at the weight I want, more or less, but would like to look amazing in wedding dress 2 months from now. Yes I bought a US $20 dress to get married in, LOL. Only going to wear it once, y'know.

I use the drawer underneath for the half sheet pans, things that don't fit anywhere else. Sometimes stash the iron skillets in oven, since it doesn't matter if they accidentally get preheated with the oven. And yes at the old house sometimes turned it on and opened it just to get warm. But mostly of course for cooking.…

I run in the morning before dawn, and mostly just stay on lighted streets. I have wiped out at least once a year, but I'm kinda clumsy that way, and sidewalks and roads here are not in great shape, sometimes they aren't where you expect them to be. I don't know how anyone runs on trails without falling down. I do wear…

Slowly slowly slowly! You can do it, without getting injured, and may be in a better place than someone with existing bad habits. Pay close attention to your form and start out with walking, adding a little more running each time (like a couch to 5k plan, or first a couch-to-mile plan, then mile to 5k) But at first run…

Another vote for heavy deadlifts and glute bridges, weighted bridges or if that's uncomfortable, lift one leg in the air at a time and do them one legged. These are also the exercises i can do with the heaviest weights, so they are satisfying in that way as well. Yoga also gave me better looking legs and butt, but we do a…

Mix paprika and cayenne, black and white pepper, some garlic powder and salt, oregano or thyme if you have it. It definitely doesn't need sugar. Smoked salt would be awesome in there. You might also enjoy ethiopian spice mix. We buy this stuff in bulk, mix it with some cumin and coriander, it's like magic.

Also, Jasmaine, it may be a temporary thing, especially at 26 - your skin may take awhile to bounce back when you get smaller, and once it does you will look better, and as you exercise, over time your form will return.

? I haven't been overweight, but my body type looks younger when I am underweight, and older when I am fit & carrying more weight. For now. Eventually I guess underweight reads as frail. I think I look my age, and good for my age, like a reasonably healthy example of how this age looks; but have had people show absolute…

Moderation! I think the guy who said "Eat food, mostly plants, not too much" had it right. Also, I do think different people do better on different diets.

I'm 5'9", thinner frame, stay between 135-140 now because more muscle mass, that's about 35-29-37 in inches. I do look good at 130, still look good at 125, because my build is narrow. But I FEEL good around 135, and when I work out enough to build up more muscle, 140 can look and feel amazing. Agree with the consensus,…

This is also true, the margin of error is smaller when you can't knock 500 or 1,000 kcal off each day because it wouldn't leave you with enough to keep your body healthy.

I agree with that, those are light. I wouldn't classify 10lb weights as strength training, necessarily. I'm kind of scrawny and still started with 50lb on a bar for things using both hands. But if you have those dumbells, use 'em, rock on, all exercise is good for you. You can cross them and put them in one hand if you…

It's not that it knows, it's more that you are smaller so a pound is proportionately more. So if you are a really short lady trying to get from 100lb to 80lb, it will take longer than a big man trying to get from 200 to 180.

I read the long lean muscles oh irony post, and some of the comments under it. I think long lean muscle look is more of a body type than a what kind of exercise question. I am tall and built lean and sort of spare, so what I end up with is more elongated looking no matter what I do. One of my yoga teachers is short and…