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Original Post by gem86:

aha yea i plan on sleeping in till at least 10/11 then showering and off I go. Im not cooking cause my mom always makes dinner. That one is at 5/6ish. oh the food I will be eating. I want it now.

What?  No Parade?!  

Maybe it's just those of us from podunk towns in Iowa that get up early so we don't miss the parade.

Original Post by trikki:

I have my new boxer puppy Izzy who is my profile pic. She is 4 months old and pretty much the best thing ever.

Your dog looks a lot like mine!  Down to the head tilt and everything.

Best of luck to your puppy training!

Original Post by navynoke:

-oreos dipped in peanut butter

 

WIN!  I would not have made it through college without Oreos and peanut butter.

Marshmallows melted in the microwave with Quik (chocolate milk powder) sprinkled on them.

Spaghetti with cottage cheese and Italian Dressing--I still eat this one!

I am 24, my SO is 26.  We started dating when I was 19 and he was 21.  I would not go back and date the 21 year old him again (I would also not go back and be the 19 year old me).

That being said, I think the main thing that matters is the personality and maturity of the two individuals.  I have graduated college and have had a stable full time job.  I now couldn't imagine dating anybody who was in "college mode" (and don't think my liver could handle it anymore ) but could see myself dating an older man.

Original Post by trhawley:

Save all the vomit.  Heat it on low until all the liquid is gone.  Weigh the remaining dry mass.  Multiply total grams of dry vomit times the percent of fiber you had eaten prior to drinking.  Subtract the weight of the fiber from the weight of the total dry vomit mass.  Multiply the remainder of the vomit weight by 4 and subtract that number of calories from the amount that you had eaten.  Make sure you count all of your alcohol calories.  This can get tricky when you drink so much that you throw up since your ability to count would be greatly impaired by the alcohol.

 Thank you, this just made my day!

I feel your pain.  I am from Iowa as well.  Anything below 40 is too cold for me to exercise outside, so there goes most of the year.

I managed to get through last winter by buying a gym membership.  I don't like spending money, so I didn't want to just waste it.  I usually just want to go home and cuddle up on the couch after work, so I would go during my lunch break.  Some companies aren't that flexible, but I'm blessed.

I see you are in the Ames area.  If you are a college student, there are a lot of intramurals at ISU (Broom Ball!), and I'm sure there is some sort of (free) work out center on campus.  If you are not a college student, they may have cheap memberships to their work out center.

Find a buddy or join a class.

Good Luck!

stxenia-

It is not negative self talk (hello liberal college classes!). I'm extremely proud and happy for what I have done and am not "dieting." These are the emotions that I feel as I have lost 25% of my body weight and the struggles that I am facing as I have become a new person with a new lifestyle.

It is extremely difficult to spend your life being one thing and then all of a sudden switch to another (as others see you) person.  Naturally, you WILL have negative feelings and will find your new life overwhelming at times.

I see you have been a member here for only a little over a month.  If you have dieted before and have lost weight without negative feelings, good for you.  You are stronger than me (and 99% of the other people on this site).  If you are just starting out--Just wait.  Read other posts.  Others are frustrated and obviously feel the same way I do.  You will feel this way too.

I can't believe nobody has said this.

"He's Just Not that Into You!"

I'd like to sign up for 1000 minutes.

Hopefully I'm not getting myself in too deep since this is my first one!