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I'm sure you're not having a pizza a night though, right? `^_^

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faux Phö

Aww, so close... You managed to spell faux right, but lost it on the Phở. So close, though.

3.5 stars out of 5. Good try.

LOL :P

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*stab-yo*

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What the Phở, man?! xD

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There's a resteraunt up here called, "What the Phở?" It was down the street from the house.

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yep, Joe and I drove by there xDD

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... I read 'biking' as 'bikini'

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Bikini's are pretty hot. :) But...er...me in a bikini? Man, I'd have to have...at least 15 drinks!

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*hugs* We'll all just hit the pools and the saunas naked and in the dark for awhile. Sounds good? Sounds good!

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Meh, nakedness isn't a big deal. I feel more shy in clothes...they tend to magnify those love handles. `^_^

Yeah, I need to get an iPod or something...

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Oh, well, see, if everyone's naked, I don't mind. That's why I can go to OLOTEAS and get naked and I'm fine. :)

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*ignores all the naked talk* :P

So, I made a killer salad today. I made the dressing from scratch too! Well, not scratch scratch, I mean, I had a recipe for it. But it's really healthy and REALLY tasty. My goal is to eat salads (with lots of veggies) a LOT more instead of just foraging. I'm also trying to motivate myself to exercise. I just HATE land exercise. :'( I can swim for hours but I just don't have a pool I can use. *sigh*

At least you're trying to get healthy though! I know we've had this discussion before. Healthy > Thin. I need to keep remembering that. I get caught up in my own appearance too much and need to focus on eating better and FEELING better. Looks can come later.

Just don't get discouraged. You've got a ton of friends behind you all the way on this and I'm sure that the people you get to hang out with will be willing to keep you in check if you need them to. My worst times are when I'm out with friends or family since I'm focused on 'fun' when I'm with them, not being healthy.

Just keep it up DL. I KNOW it'll pay off! ^_^

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We were born naked, y'know. :)

Anyway. :)

Well, home-made dressing I'm sure is much better than that crap in the stores.

*ROFL* I don't care about being small or slim. I'm big. I want to keep being big. But, I don't want to be the next John Candy or Chris Farley, y'know? I lke my biker-like apppearance...but, I want to be just a tad buffer and in much better shape.

I'm curious if the "appearance" factor is a girl thing or not. Most girls are way more attractive than they give themselves credit for.

I know. But still, for all the support that my friends give me, this is something that I truly have to do myself. They can't lose the weight for me. Though, of course, I get the warm fuzzy feeling when people do back me up. :)

You too! But, I think you'll lose the weight much easier than I will!

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We were also born unable to control our bowels, but that doesn't make it OK to shit your pants :D

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Some people think it is.

Not my fault that you're shameful of your body. :)

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Not my fault you have to validate your insecurities :)

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Okay...and how am I doing that?

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I'm just giving you a hard time.

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Heh, okay. :)

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>Well, home-made dressing I'm sure is much better than that crap in the stores.

Better for you and tastes better too. If you're interested I'll give you the recipe. Not sure if you're into salads or not. :P

>I lke my biker-like apppearance...but, I want to be just a tad buffer and in much better shape.

Like you said, it's all about health. I don't know that I'd say you had a "biker-like" appearance though. You'd need to be a lot more....creepy. :P

Lol @ you deleting your comment about my state. :P Not quite sure what you meant by it but whatever. :P You'd think for as much water as we have here, I'd be able to find a place to swim. xP And I can do a lot of things around here for exercise. I'm just not good at them. I either hurt myself doing them or get bored with it quickly.

>I'm curious if the "appearance" factor is a girl thing or not. Most girls are way more attractive than they give themselves credit for.

You mean do girls focus on losing weight for their appearance as opposed to for health? Well, as a general rule I'd think yes. Even though it's not really socially acceptable for anyone to be overweight, I think girls get it drilled into them more. Even when I was a little kid (elementary school) I was picked on for not being skinny. Worst part was, I was healthy! I wasn't the skinniest girl in my class but I was where I was supposed to be health-wise. My mom told me that she saw a picture of me from 5th grade. I was on the bus and I was in a skirt w/my legs crossed. I was only about 10 but she said I had the legs of a 16 year old. Long and lean. The other girls my age were bony little twigs. But, because they were skinny, I automatically was fat and so I wasn't as good as everyone else. Gotta love early life lessons. :| That's when I stopped caring about what I was eating or what I looked liked. I just assumed that I would always be chubby or fat or whatever and that was that.

Boy do I regret thinking like that. *sigh* So a big part of MY personal motivation is appearance. But it's not my only motivation. I'm seeing a lot of medical conditions in my family that can be avoided by just being healthy. I don't want to end up like my relatives and I really want to help my mom get healthy so she doesn't suffer any more than she already is (she has diabetes...the not-too-serious one).

Yeah I know what you mean about doing it yourself. You can't depend on others especially when you're alone. I always like to have support though because every once in a while (ok, more often than that :P) I need a voice of reason on WHY not to ruin a week's worth of work and eat the pizza. ;)

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Honestly, I can go without salads very easily. I know veggies are good for you, but I'm not the biggest fan. But, I'll hear the recipe...never hurts to give it a try. :)

Heh, actually, I thought it was Hen I was replying to at first. Then I was like, "Wait a minute..." and saw that it was you. I had had a few drinks at that point. `^_^

Hm, I think it's much more acceptable for a guy to be overweight than a girl. There's a lot of pressure put on girls to be wafer thin.

I'm honestly in it for half and half. I wanna be healthy, but I wanna look good too. :)

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>But, I'll hear the recipe...never hurts to give it a try. :)

Well, even if you don't like it, maybe Dan will get some use out of it. Although, I don't know if he's into salads or not. I <3 salads. :D

>Hm, I think it's much more acceptable for a guy to be overweight than a girl. There's a lot of pressure put on girls to be wafer thin.

Hai!! It's quite......depressing, at times. :(

>I'm honestly in it for half and half. I wanna be healthy, but I wanna look good too. :)

Yes. I'm probably more 60 40 or 70 30 looks then health. But, I'm pretty healthy though so I don't need to work on it much. For as bad as it sucked, I'm glad I swam competitively for the last two years of high school.

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"It's quite......depressing, at times. :("

Poor Humu :(

*HUGS*

*no tickle for now*

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