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I love sewing but fabric costs so much now, unless you are making evening attire, it isn't even cost effective to sew anymore.

The maternity clothes cost more than the plus and the misses on old navy.com I don't get shopping at Old Navy, I looked at the stuff they had, especially the mens, and the price variations and stuff make zero sense. It looks like a huge price structure cluster ****, not to mention the fabrics all feel terrible.

You still posting though. A hit dog will holler. Let it go. Go for a walk.

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word of mouth is the best advertising. encourage customers to leave reviews and start an IG page to make yourself more visible, for starters.

I can't imagine having a job I hate. When I worked in corporate america, I loved my career and I lived for it. I have worked for myself for 10 years and I love what I do. Each day is different and rewarding. I encourage you to think about how you can make your etsy business support you, you might be surprised at how you can grow it.

I wear shapers like this http://www.hanes.com/onehanesplace/womens-shapewear/shapewear-categories/thigh-slimmers/flexees-thigh-slimmer-m2355 all day, every day.

Like what you're doing right now as well I like drama it makes life interesting. Everyone likes drama, they just don't like it when it doesn't go their way.

I don't like how the Levi's feel and the curvy skinny aren't tight enough on the legs for me, but I do like how they fit in the waist and the hips.

I would rather deal with the drama on here, than be on other forums. Most other WLS forums are dead, and they don't have the wealth of advice that is here. There is more activity here in a day than on most other forums in a month or a week. This is all pretty much thanks to the app, which non of the other sites have. That makes the site very accessible to a lot of people which is a good and bad thing. When you have a lot of people that have their hormones all in flux this is what happens. When I get sick of it, I take a break. I am getting tired of people whining about how the forums are, and making threads and posts about it, when they are just adding to the drama.

They aren't more expensive. The plus sizes at Walmart and Target are the same or only $2 more. The clothes at Lane Bryant are cheap compared to the plus size clothes at Nordstrom, Macy's and Neimans. People are comparing Kias to Toyotas, and Toyotas to Bentley. In the same store, plus sizes barely cost more than regular sizes. That is a fact.

So, how are we doing? I am still losing, slowly now. My body is doing a lot of adjustments. I am really happy with my progress, but I have to remind myself to be realistic.

I have a salad in the afternoon. It is a great snack, not really filling on its own since when you chew it up its mostly water and mush. So, you can eat "a lot" of salad. Calories are very low for the amounts you can eat, 3 ounces of fresh spinach is a huge looking amount and only 20 calories.

It really isn't fair or logical to compare specialty stores to big box stores. The prices at Lane Bryant are no worse than the prices at The Limited/New York and Co. All the plus size stores have tons of sales and coupons all the time. I never pay full price. I really don't like ragging on Lane Bryant and these other plus size stores. When I was a size 28, they were there for me and provided me goods and services when I had no other options. I could buy racy lingerie, pretty matching bras and panties and still feel like a sexy young woman. When I needed suits for work, I could go there. Just because I don't have to shop there anymore doesn't mean I am going to look down on them. They are providing important goods and services to a lot of women that wouldn't have other options. Just because you aren't fat anymore, doesn't mean you get to look down on fat people and their issues and needs. Compassion is free.

Where did you read this? There is a lot of research that you don't need carbs, especially man made ones to function. Most of the carbs we have now didn't even exist for most of human history.

The Danskin workout clothes at Walmart (not the sports bras but the other stuff) are just as good as some of the workout clothes I have spent 10X as much on. There are lots of things I won't buy there, but I'd rather spend $12 on compression leggings than $85. Something that close to your body with all the heat is going to break down at the same rate. Plus, most of this stuff is all made in the same factories with the same materials, the only difference is the labels and the marketing.

Forever21, Charlotte Russe, Target, Macy's, eBay, Nordstrom Rack, and Off 5th. I got a dress from Forever21 for 14.95. If I wear it twice it's paid for. I got coffee in the airport and it was $6. The time trying on clothes, costs more than the clothes.

Almost everyone is using slave labor, even higher end designer brands like Chanel. The cost of making the clothes doesn't has as much to do with the cost that consumers pay for most things. The cost of items is based on if the business is volume revenue driven or not. You can make more money selling a lot of cheap shirts than a few expensive ones. There are very few exceptions to items being made with slave labor. Very very few. And a lot of them are just hiding it in their supply chain.

There is a lot to your story. Are you sure you have laryngitis and not acid issues in your throat? Do you take anything for GERD? You said you eat 5 ounces a day. 5 ounces of what?

It really isn't the same thing though. I buy cheap clothes now because I can, but that doesn't mean that the larger stores are ripping me off. They have additional costs. The cost of plus size clothes is not just the extra material, it is extra shipping weight also. They need more space etc. Then a big difference between plus size clothes and regular sizes is the cut. The cut is something that takes research and skill. Once you become larger and distort the body, there is more effort that has to go into items to make them flatter a larger frame. The plus size clothes and the normal sized clothes at walmart are not cut the same, just like the juniors aren't cut like the misses. Then when you get into supply chains it gets even more complicated. A plus size store is going to have a limited supply chain, that services their sizes and their cuts. Regular sizes can all be made in the same factory and just have different labels slapped them. This goes to Walmart, this goes to target, this goes to old navy. The cut on clothes at Ashley Stewart is different from the cut at Avenue, which is different from the cut at Lane Bryant, which if different from the cut at Additionelle. Are they marking things up? Sure they are, they have a niche market. Are they ripping you off? Not really.

I think it would also be intersting to see DEXA scans for these people to see what their muscle mass is post losing weight. They do a lot of cardio and weight training but they lose so much weight so fast, with so few stalls I really wonder if they are increasing muscle mass and maintaining it. If you end up skinny fat, you won't have enough muscle to keep your RMR up. I also think excessive exercise does something to the body. You don't need to work out 6-8 hours a day to lose weight, and doing so put extreme stress on your body.

At my local university it costs $50 and 30-60 most boring minutes of your life. You lay on a table and don't move, but you can't fall asleep which is really hard to do. I am due to have mine tested again along with another DEXA scan. When I last had mine tested 30 pounds ago, my rate was higher than the average for someone my height and weight. It will be interesting to see if it is still holding, and if my muscle mass is still higher than my fat mass.

In Chicago out of pocket is going to be around 30k.

No people won't think you had surgery. Unless you hang out with a ton of fat people, surgery is not something that occurs to the average person. If you eat right, and workout people will think that is why you are losing weight. Only one person asked me if I had surgery and she was a large lady working at Torrid. No one that knows me thinks that, because I cook everyday. I make good choices when eating out and I live a very active life. If you have a personality, people are more interested in who you are what you have to say than your eating and weight loss.

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