Europeans tend to wear things more than once in a given week, so you don't need to pack a ton of different outfits. Bring comfortable walking shoes because you will probably be on foot/public transit a lot. You really should save most of that play money for buying clothes and things in Spain!

Maybe a trivia night at a local pub? Would be fun. You can figure out how smart she is and the questions should help keep conversation going.

I think this is old fashioned. I pay my half the vast majority of the time. Especially early on in the dating process. I don't like anyone assuming I owe them anything and, you know, I'm an adult who can take care of herself. I think it's nice if a guy offers to pay and sometimes I enjoy being treated to dinner or…

I feel like ultimately we're going to learn that these two brothers have a very convoluted political ethos and that their ideology is a smattering of several different beliefs/issues. People will latch on to whatever "explains" why they did what they did based on their own views of the world, politics and religion.…

Recording the calorie info is so annoying. But I tend to eat similar foods often so I've found that the first couple of weeks sucked because of all the info I had to look up but after that it was just checking boxes most of the time. I also found that it majorly pushed me away from processed foods (not that I ate a…

I'm naturally quite thin so I don't really have fat to burn - I need carbs or it's my muscles that get used as fuel. I have low blood pressure but high cholesterol (genetics). Every doctor and nutritionist that I have every talked to has said that I need to keep my animal proteins low. I do not eat an insane amount of…

I understand this. I'm saying that this is not true for everyone - me specifically. I went to a nutritionist who works for one of the best hospitals in New York and she guided me in this high fiber diet. Fish has its own dangers with mercury. I know 2 separate people who have had mercury poisoning from eating too much…

I love having left over mashed potatoes with a poached egg on top for any meal of the day. So fucking tasty.

All calorie counts are off. Even the nutrition labels aren't totally accurate. I think any site that helps you keep track of what you're eating so that your diet is balanced is a good one. For me, I need to keep track of my fiber intake so Sparkpeople was recommended to me by my nutritionist so that I could make sure…

I think that a lot of the low carb/heavy drinkers I know have disordered eating habits/issues. And the low carb diet is a way for them to hide their disordered eating. Because if it was truly about health they would cut back on the drinking to a glass of wine.

I think they don't care about actually nutrition and are just on fad diets that allow them to keep up their disordered eating habits.

I don't have insulin-resistance issues nor do I have high blood pressure. But because my cholesteral was on the high side and I'm in my 30s my doctor sent me to a nutrtionist through the hospital that my doctor's office is connected to. She said my problem was not my carb intake (my diet is pretty well-balanced and…

I can see how a low carb diet for some people is really good for them. However, for people like me, with genetically high cholesterol, low carb diets are actually really bad for my health. Most of the proteins are not good for you. So I eat a lot of beans and rice and other legumes for protein instead.

Have you heard of Sparkpeople.com? They are free and can help you with meal plans and keeping track of your food and exercise. They can help you get all your carbs/proteins/fats into the right proportions to lose weight and get enough to eat. I highly recommend the site.

Pasta would be first on my list, then followed by potatoes, then bread. When I lived in Italy I ate pasta at minimum once a day, often twice a day 6 days out of the week. It was AMAZING. My Italian roommates would joke that I was more Italian than them.

Yes! Unhappy people cheat but what is making them unhappy can be any number of things. And it really comes down to their own issues and inability to confront their relationship and end it or fix it.

I think maybe because Tracy is thinking of sex in terms of procreation? But considering that orgasms are "le petit mort" (the little death) through out literature, I think sex is something that is destructive in the world of Mad Men.

Cool! Glad you found something you liked!

Dude. Your friend is totally trying to passive-aggressively breakup your relationship. Also, she is passive aggressive in general. I think she probably had some fantasy about how cool it would all be when you and your BF got together but then realized the reality that couples become tighter units than friends and felt…

Also, when you're strapped for cash you aren't likely to treat yourself to something fun and that always sucks. Getting a fun treat with your friend can be a huge stress relief.