Posts by hrosent1

Yay blue team! This is my first challenge and I'm so excited. Ate terribly today because it's Rosh Hashanah (brisket, mini potatoes, cucumber salad, grilled mushrooms, challah, etc. All the jewish holiday staples, basically.) But, tomorrow is a new day! I'll be back down to 1500 cals and going to the gym instead of sitting in temple for 6 hours. Haha.

Anyways, good luck to everyone! Thanks for starting this thread, star. :)

SO ADORABLE. SO ADORABLE.

The best part is when he waddles away at the very end. SO CUTE.

Sounds fun, I'm in! :)

Hm, interesting questions.

Well, if you purchase a car from Germany, that's an import. Therefore, not part of consumption spending, net exports only. The money, eventually, gets filtered back into the German economy. Not the US economy.

If Jet Blue purchases an airplane from France, again, the money is filtered back into the French economy. Not ours. 

I'm not sure about land though. My professor specified that homes that are not newly produced do not count in the GDP, so I'm assuming that refers to land as well? Not sure though. I have macro tomorrow morning, so I'll definitely ask and get back to you. :)

I started school a year earlier than everyone else and I've always loved it. I was very proud of being a year younger than everybody and yet still able to excel in my classes. It also gave me extra motivation to prove myself and do well. ALSO, now that I'm in college and I've decided to switch majors, I don't feel bad starting over, because I was younger than everybody else anyways. I could've taken a gap year if I wanted. It just left a lot of options open for me. And the times that girls develop and start their period vary by person anyways; I ended up starting my cycle around the same time as most of my peers. That stuff is hard to predict, and therefore shouldn't really be a deciding factor.

Overall, I'm sure whatever decision you make will be fine; you sound like a very loving and concerned father and that's really all a kid could ask for. :)

Good news: I made it to class! (And am now back, obviously.)

Also, treated myself to frozen yogurt before coming home. With brownie chunks. There's nothing like brownie chunks to take a day from really crappy to almost bearable. :) I'll probably be able to reach my calorie goal for today now!

Thanks, muttlover, for your advice. I have been trying to make friends with people in my classes, but there are just so many people to sort through. I just feel like all the people I try introducing myself to are indifferent, or they do ridiculous amounts of drugs, or they're just plain stupid. I'd like to be able to find friends that I can relate to, on some level. But yes, I am trying all those things. I guess it's just going to take time to find the right people. Either that or I need to lower my friend standards..

Purespark- I know how you feel. Since I don't have friends I end up spending most of my time with my family. They're wonderful, but they're actually starting to get concerned about my lack of social outlets..

Icutoffmyhair- Yeah, especially difficult is that I transferred from university to community college. Definitely a lot harder to meet people when nobody lives on campus and they all drive straight home after class. :(

Glad to hear the good news from both of you, though.

On another note: Gloominess is starting to affect my calorie intake, but not in the way I would expect. I'm having trouble getting over 1,000 daily. So odd, so frustrating. 

God, I really don't want to go to class.

Wow, you look absolutely FANTASTIC. 179 really sits well on you; good for you for listening to your body (your instincts are much more valuable than any online calculator.) Congratulations on all your achievements, and good luck with your half marathon!

Ah yes, I remember those days well. For fun, I love looking at the calories of some of the things I used to get Starbucks. For example: a grande white chocolate mocha with whipped cream and a blueberry scone totals 850 CALORIES.

An In-n-Out cheeseburger and fries?  880 CALORIES.

A Chipotle burrito with rice, beans, sour cream, cheese, and steak, with chips? 1795 CALORIES. (I know people who eat these almost every day.)

It just blows my mind...

I never had bedbugs, but I did get scabies when I was at school last year. Not as hard to get rid of, but very very uncomfortable. When you have them, you can see the actual scabie bugs under your skin and the "track marks" from where they move. SO glad to be rid of them. Just take a deep breath, relax, and try to live your life until they go away. That's what I did, and now they're just a funny memory. :)

Edit: Thought your post said you were in school. Oops. :)

Well, I took everybody's advice and told my parents. 

Dad's response? "Why can't you just make things easier on us for once?" Better than expected, I guess. I think the main problem is that in their heads vegetarianism=left wing liberalism=flag burning and pot smoking and orgies. They're conservative republicans and tend to jump to funny conclusions, especially now that I've registered as a Democrat.

They refuse to buy any special groceries to accommodate, though, so I'm going to have to do more of my own grocery shopping from now on. (Don't get me wrong, I love grocery shopping, but my paycheck is teeeeny tiny. Definitely going to have to sacrifice all non-essential items. Haha.)

Thanks for your advice, everyone. I do feel a lot better now, not having to hide from my family. Hopefully they'll become more open to my vegetarianism over time. 

Jon Stewart, especially with the slightly greying hair. SO attractive to me, for some reason.

Funny: I had the same experience yesterday! I'd been so good for so long, and so I decided to not count my calories for the entire day, and I absolutely hated it as well.  I couldn't even bring myself to dig in to chips or cookies or anything, because they just sound disgusting now. Why would I want to put something like that into my body when I could eat a granola bar or a small fruit smoothie or some egg whites or a little salad? I ended up counting calories in my head all day anyways. Haha. No more cheat days. A healthy lifestyle is so much more satisfying.

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You can create a virtual model of yourself at different weights. :)

I'm participating in this summer weight loss contest at my gym, and so I was forced to weigh in yesterday. No poundage lost in the last month, BUT my body fat went down 3% and I lost an inch around my waist! It was a nice little victory, and I'm so glad I didn't let the stupid number on the scale ruin it for me.

Won't be weighing myself again until Sept. 15th. :)