I did this and it was fantastic. Highly, highly recommend it. It was several years ago and I'm still psyched about how perfect it was for us / can't express my relief at avoiding the entire wedding complex bullshit.

We eloped in place with family and BFFs. We tried hard to make plane tickets the only expense for everyone, recognizing that was burden enough.

You can get free taco shells on the side (like 3 or 4), which can replace the need to order chips.

You're aware that heritability accounts for variance within a population and not someone's individual genetics? Because it sounds like you're saying that a person's weight is over 70% determined by genetics. It's not. It's determined by environment and behavior.

I'm not sure if you thought this was worthy of public validation. It's not. You two sound like terrible people.

I just brainstormed forever to generate possibilities... at one point I had a million index cards, but that got to be too much. The software just helped me visualize it better (and I'm not a super-visual person - but a good CYOA needs so much branching, it helps a lot.)

I actually did it for our five year, haha. You can also use a self-publishing service and print it up as a real book for not very much money at all (under $30). I downloaded some free mindmapping software to help visualize the different arcs, but I think I just manually randomized and paginated stuff. (This…

Life protip: Making your own CYOA is hella fun and totally do-able, and it makes a spectacular Significant Anniversary gift if you make it about the trials and tribulations of your relationship or courting or whatever and stuff it with insider-y jokes. (Also, throw in a requisite number of spectacularly bizarre ways…

The head stuff is by far the hardest part, and it's true, it's a lot harder for some of us than others. But what's the alternative - to completely give up? I don't want to sound cliched, but the whole Einstein quote about not failing 100 times but just finding 100 ways that don't work come to mind. I get it, it…

Here's where I wish you could hold up a mirror and reflect on your comments. The irony is astounding. Good luck.

OK, on a serious note - your angry "fuck your facts, shitlord!" vibe does nothing but portray you as every bit the insecure and secretly miserable stereotype of a tumblrina that doesn't do too well with reality.

Yeah, but it holds generally true for the vast majority of people as a reliable indicator. It's such an odd strawman to pretend like it's some sort of final and absolute verdict on one's health. Things like waist-to-hip ratio, lipid panels, cardiovascular fitness, etc, are also all relevant - but that in no way…

Your keen grasp of logic and the English language has definitely convinced me - way to go!

Yeah, sure, people who have been there and done that (learning healthy food habits, acquiring skills to lose weight) are simply concern trolls. Saying "hey, it's possible, and here's some ideas!" is totally just meant to fatshame you and make you feel bad enough to lash out. It couldn't be that choosing to make…

It's almost like you're fixated on finding excuses to dismiss any healthy food suggestions out of hand.

Words are made up definitions, you got me there. But your insinuation of some kind of grand conspiracy lurking behind an exploding public health issue is really disturbing - like 9/11 truther-level of crazy. And there's no arguing with that.

This is what gave me the idea, but put whatever veggies you like in it: http://paleogrubs.com/savory-breakfa…

Yes! I was a little wary of them coming out, but it turned out fine. I started with this recipe but it kind of went off the rails (added too many other veggies, had to extra eggs, ended up w a dozen — you can improv it however you want): http://paleogrubs.com/savory-breakfa…

Yeah, but the likelihood that eyeballing someone by "reasonable human definition" is more accurate than, say, DEXA scans, is dubious. Again, if anything, BMI tends to under-report obesity:

Yeah, but you stand out distinct from near everyone else that has replied here. The idea leobee called out is horrendously prevalent here - this idea of "oh, I'm just a victim, I can't do anything to change my circumstances" is so unnecessarily disempowering and unhelpful.