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Spider in my kitchen. Shall I slay it, or show mercy? You decide.
Alright, first-time homeowner, and I've got my first big creepy spider! I'm debating whether to murder it. Spiders eat bugs, which is helpful and something I just don't have the time to do myself. I feel like I could feasibly let him live here rent-free and be my spider roommate. However - and this is where it gets…
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Party Like It's 1999: I'm down to what I weighed in high school
This is so minor compared to the amazing and inspiring stories in this forum, but for the first time since high school I'm in the 150s - down 5.6lbs since starting MFP and 10.6lbs since I decided I needed a lifestyle change. That first half of that, without MFP, took a few months. The other half - just 19 days! Before I…
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Boooooze: Enlighten me on alcohol's calories
Something I can never quite grasp is the finer points on how alcohol calories work. For simplicity's sake, let's consider pure alcohol and put beer, wine, and drinks with umbrellas in them aside for a moment. No fat, no protein, no carbs, but it's got calories. Calories that can be used for energy. Now I've read up on this…
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Hello to you all. I'm some guy.
Hello, everyone. I'm doing this MFP thing again, but this time I'm intent on venturing into the community aspect for the purposes of accountability; I feel as though keeping a public profile will provide the needed motivation to adhere to my program, in contrast with simply doing this in the vacuum of a private profile. So…
