Recent content by Epona

>Okay, ladies, it's time to 'fess up. Just for fun, what do >you do that you HATE admitting to? I'm not talking about >anything involving the chandelier, >Okay, your turn. Oh, I have something with the chandelier all right. Or, more specifically NOT with the chandelier. IAnd the ceiling...

I think that's pretty close to my description, except I think of it as they know EVERYTHING about you, including all your insecurities and personality foibles and they still love and you are secure enough with them to let them see all that. And the other way around. And absolute trust with your...

I have an itty bit of dark chocolate every single day in the morning (almost) and I SWEAR it's my anti-depressant. Your theory is great...don't count the "calories" (or fat) in meds.....but meds are small, so.....you don't get a lot of it! :P

>If you see exercise as just a means to an end, it can get >frustrating when there are no changes. If you see it as a way >of life and something you do just for yourself because you >love yourself, it's easier to keep it up. > >A year from now, you can look back at all the hard work you've...

>Do you mean being able to count your ribs? That's too skiny >but you should basically see the outline of your rib cage as >it sticks out the furthest and then drops to your stomach. IE >the breasts should stick out the furthest, and then your rib >cage and then your hips. And your tummy...

>Hi Mic! Yes, I lost just slightly more body fat and gained a >little more muscle too. > >But really so much has to do with studio lighting. It can be >very tricky and something that you can't fully control. For >instance, the lighting (plus the tan of course) in the >Hardcore series...

Check out the reduced-fat oreo cookies? I used them for my chocolate needs lots of times! (Not that I'm advocating store-bought, preservative-laden, trans-fat goods, but....) ;p

I wouldn't. The expense, the dieting down while trying to work and "do" the rest of your life itself would keep me out of it. Plus, I personally would get nothing from donning a bikini in front of a crowd of people, doing routines and poses, in an attempt to place. I just can think of many, many...

I don't want to lead this discussion offtrack, but I have noticed the same with my heart rate. I have just shrugged it off to individual variation....is that a bad thing? (I don't wear a monitor, but from time to time take my pulse to see how hard I'm working).

Oh, the hip thing! In college my husband-to-be told me I was a bit "hippy". Hmm, yep, I got good birthing hips, too (well, I did have easy labors so I guess I can't complain!) and I carried weight on them too! I gained a lot of weight, then lost it until I was skinnier than in college....any you...

I go through the same thing and generally choose the workout. I'm just not a club type and don't like the people who are....or so I tell myself. Maybe I'll find out WHEN I actually go. I don't have club attire, either, thank you very much, and don't intend to buy any! So, last night I stayed in...

This post is partly inspired by the Sisters thread and partly from common knowledge that not everyone is lucky enough to have entirely supportive people in their lives. Even co-workers can put a damper on our quests. So, for those who are working or have worked to lose a lot of weight, or...

RE: Question for Cathe or anyone about body appearance ... hmmm, well, you say you have never actually been overweight, yet you are looking at a desired 20+ lb weight loss. If not overweight, do you or did you even have an extra 20 lbs of fat to lose???? I would think that you're "flabby"...

I think these are all very good ideas, but I am not so sure that even if labeled "sensitive" people will be agreeable to the "sensitive" topics being posted. I think input is needed from people who have objected to those particular threads before anyone thinks of posting something along that...

Wow. gotta love sisters just like you said. I was actually willing to give her the benefit of the doubt and that she didn't say it out of jealousy, but just that she doesn't prefer the muscular look. Well, can't do that now. That she would say something like that after you worked so hard to lose...