Lenny Kravitz and Jesse Williams at the same event. *Swoon* Add Jason Momoa and you've got all three of my current crushes in one place. He and Lenny have Lisa Bonet in common, so maybe they can invite Jesse to hang out some time? Please? For me?

I was thinking the same thing! I want that sweater this fall! Next thought: Will knee-high leather boots still be in this winter?

This is one of my favorite soups! My husband asks for it a lot. I use andouille, kale or another green that's in season, and cannelini or garbanzo beans. It's sooo good!

Thanks! After writing this, I thought a lot about what I have been doing. I haven't been consuming too many calories, but I've been slacking on eating healthily and working hard while exercising. I'm also on new medications for an hormonal imbalance that have caused me to retain a lot of water weight and probably…

I am strong and have always had a lot of muscle. Not saying I don't need to move more, but I'm not some weakling that can't get off the couch.

I was all set to read a very bitchy reply, but you're not being a jerk. :) I have learned during my many years of dieting and exercising that it takes forever to burn enough calories to make up for eating crappy food. That has been my downfall before. I will admit that the exercise I usually get is not very high…

That may be the case, but I overestimate calories and underestimate workout time to make up for that tendency. I may not be doing it enough, though.

I learned that 1200-1300 calories is way too low, which is why I started eating at 1800 calories. I'm not petite either, at 5'8". I will check him out. Thanks!

I posted either there or in r/xxfitness and got some good advice earlier this year about not eating enough. That helped for a little while. Maybe I should post there again. :)

I don't usually measure my food, but I tend to overestimate to make up for the tendency to underestimate. Also, most of the foods I eat are easily measured by portion size, i.e. one chicken breast, 1/2 cup of cereal, etc.

Ugh. I lost some weight when I was going through an ugly divorce and people asked me everyday how I was losing weight. All I could manage was a shrug and a meek "I don't know." Sometime after that, I developed a pretty bad prescription pill problem and lost weight. People said the same thing and the same response…

Then why am I not losing weight?! I was strictly counting calories early this year and almost never went over 1200-1300 calories. I lost three pounds, then plateaued for months. I started eating 1800 calories, lost three more pounds, stalled again, and gained it back. Then I lowered my goal down to 1600 calories and…

Also drug tests.

Old Spice + my husband's sweat = the greatest smell. I would bottle it so I could sniff it throughout the day. His sweat alone smells like tacos to me, so when he forgets to wear deodorant, I get hungry for tacos. I win either way.

Of course! The beauty of books is imagining characters in our own way.

I know she wrote ashen and that means pale. In my mind, I imagined them as black and unconcerned with their appearance. That's just what I imagined, right or wrong. Black people can look pale. Ashy is actually the adjective form of ashen. Here's the definition: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ashy.

Uh, no. As in "ashy." Black skin looks lighter and grayer, or ashy, when it's dry. This fits the definition, right?

Huh. I took that to mean they were black and their skin was ashen because they are disheveled. Like mad scientists or something.

Well, that explains why I am three months behind at work and also why I am not worried at all about catching up. I'm saving those panic attacks for November.

I wanted to turn the sound up to hear the cute baby noises, but couldn't because THAT SONG IS SO DAMN ANNOYING.