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Q: dear sir/maddam
could you please help me to find out what i could use to make my legs fatter because they are very skinny compared to other parts of my body.
thank you
When you gain weight or lose it, you dont get to choose where it happens. Your body chooses for you. You could just go to the gym and work on gaining muscles in your legs....you can ask people that work at the gym what equipment you can use to help you get your legs more muscular.

Q: which vehicle is better on gas, a Toyota 4Runner or a Ford Mustang?
I work at a car dealership and I asked my manager, he said it was the Ford Mustang =)

Q: Hey, I'm having a formal party and i'm not sure where to buy dresses. Like I went to JC Penny's and they had a few, but not a lot in my size since I'm small. Where else could you buy a nice dress?. I rate 5's .
Macy's, Nordstroms.
You can find $20 dresses at Forever 21 && their so cute =)

www.forever21.com
www.macys.com
www.nordstroms.com

=)

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thanks a bunch!!
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Hope I helped =)


Q: If you have an iPod nano that can hold 1,000 four minute songs, and you have 1,000 two minute songs, will your iPod let you continue adding more songs or will it stop at the 1,000th song?
It doesnt matter how long your songs are, it stops at 1000 songs. But then you could always delete the songs you barley listen to, to make room for more songs!

Q: Hey Sherry!

I read your responses to the low carb diets and they were fantastic. You're gorgeous and you look great! So I was suprised that you lost 25 pounds by the low carb diets. Maybe you can help me out. =D

I only weigh 120 pound but keep in mind that I'm only 5 foot. Short, I know! lol I'm not over wight, I'm pretty healthy looking. I just want to be able to get down to 100 and then tone up with some muscle. But I've been on the Atkins before and that was the only diet that I had weight loss on. Unfortunally it came back. I'm going to live in California for college to meet up with my boyfriend this summer and I want to lose 20 pound sometime by early June. ( I tried South Beach and hated it, so I wanna stick with Atkins)

My questions to you are :
How do I keep the weight off? * I Struggle with carbs big time. I love starchy foods and everytime I'm off a low carb diet I go crazy. I don't know how to resist those temptations.

After you lose the amount of weight you desire do you need to continue living life without carbs? * I don't want to end up gaining back the weight and that is a major concern for me.

Any additional information you want to share with me would be helpful to. But that's entirely up to you! =D Thank you so much! You're the best!!

Sadly, I gained all the weight back, and even more. This is one of the bad things about the diet...you have to stick to it =) And I suck at that. So I think you should just have low carb cookies, cakes, and bars around so if your dying for some chocolate or carby foods....you have low carb options. But make sure you only have those after your strict phase.

After you lose the weight, you are still watching your carbs but you can still have a little extra once in a while!

I strongly reccommend going to www.lowcarbcafe.com for information && join the message board..because great people who have been on the diet for years will give you advice++support!

Good luck, and Just think, it's not worth gaining the weight back for 5 seconds of enjoyment of food!

Q: Me and My best friend hang out non stop and we are like sisters, Fight about the stupidest things. Well, Every little thing she does now gets on my nerves. And I tell her to be honest with me like when my make up looks bad or somthing, I want her to tell me. And she tells me to do the same. Well the problem is, Her make up always looks horrible, She orange, Her hair is completly fried. And her clothes suck (She wears my p.j. baggy shirts half the time) And when I try to tell her to stop straitning her hair she gets mad at me and I get mad her for doing it for some reason. How can I tell her in the nicest way she looks bad?
Well, maybe you should just let it go if she doesnt take your advice? Sometimes, when people want "honest" opinions, they really want to hear that they look great. If she ignores your advice about her hair, makeup, clothes, whatever... don't give her any advice...and then you wont fight as much. Maybe she'll realize it on her own when other people tell her or something? Hopefully I helped =)

Q: Hi. I'm 13. Im a girl. Have a lazy eye, I hate it alot.
I do try really hard to fit in. I am not popular popular but I have a good amount of friends...And every one knows who I am, But anyways, My real quesion is..I really want a boyfriend..But when some one likes me and they're not popular and not hott but I kinda like them I say no...When A popular guys likes me or even stairs at me I start to like them.
IM so confused so my real question is...Do I really want a boyfriend or Do I just want a popular one to become popular?
I have a lazy eye too, it's not that bad though and only a few people notice it. I know what your going through though, I'm totally insecure about it.

You really want a boyfiend but your just picky! I dont think you want a popular boyfriend just to be popular, it's just that the popular guys are most likley hotter and if you go for looks, thats cool. But go for personality too! Like who you want to like, and maybe one day you'll be with one of the guys!

Good luck, if you need more help I'm here =)

Q: Heyy I'm 13.f and one of my pretty-close friends has a boyfriend, that I've known since elementary school. We're pretty close and stuff and I've liked him since the beggining on this year. He liked me too, but I said it would ruin our friendship, so he moved on and has another girlfriend(my friend) and now I'm jeolus and I really liek him, but I really dont act that way around him I'm always giving him tips and stuff. The thing is we flirt a lot! He knows it too, and he's the one doing it. I'm afraid his girlfriend (which you know if my friend) will be furious. I really dont know what to do. Help?!
Sorry it took so long to answer! I've been busy with my new job =)

All you can do is let it go, he's with someone right now. Not to jinx his relationship with your friend, they might break up. Just because thats how relationships are. So maybe when they do, you can go out with him? Just be sure it doesnt ruin your friendship if you do go out with him. Just wait it out and see what happens -- you might find somebody else too. Maybe? Good luck.


Q: When I rate people, I generally give all 5s, maybe a 4 or 2, and a 1 if someone is completely rude or didnt answer the question. Well..Let's say I ask a question and I get 5 answers. One of them is horrible, so it gets a 1 rating. The second is okay but kinda bad, so a 3 or 4. The next 2 answered the question and werent jerks, but the 5th wrote a 5 paragraph answer and included links to websites and personal experiences, etc. Should I rate the the 3rd and 4th people 5's like the 5th person, or should I give them fours because there was a better answer?

NOTE--Im rating all fives on this question no matter what
Even if they didnt give an A+ answer, if it still looks like they tried to give you a good answer..and if your going to use a little of their advice..then go for the 5. Hopefully that helped a little?

Q: Hey, i asked about losing weight before, and you suggested i try some low carb diet. Any info on it would be highly appreciated. Thanks
Have you even heard of many low carb diets? If not the two most popular are Atkins and South Beach. If you tell people your low carbing, some people may be negative about it. You cant listen to what people say about low carb, because they dont know what their talking about. Doctors have even asked their patients to go on low carb, have gone low carb themselves, and say its an okay thing to do! So no matter what anyone says, tell them its none of their buisness. First, let me tell you how this works. When you normally eat...your body burns off the carbs first, THEN the fat. So when the carbs are burned, next is fat..but your body has burned enough so it just stores the fat. You see? So when you see "Low-fat" anywhere..it doesnt really matter. Its just a way of tricking people to buy their products. So by low carbing, you limit your carbs and eat fat. That way, your body gets rid of the small carbs and starts working on the fat! Now, most people when reading or hearing about the low carb diet are scared because they say they cant live without brownies, pasta, bread, potatoes, rice, etc. But millions have done it. The 300 lb people can do it, and so can you. Sure, the first few days might be hard..maybe even weeks. But after 2 weeks the cravings will be gone. I promise, it took me two weeks. After a while I could look at a big chocolate cake and not care! If you survive the first two weeks, you can survive the rest of your diet. What you CANT eat: Junk food, Bread, Rice, Pasta, Potatoes, Soda, Juice, fruits(after two weeks, you can have some) Now your thinking, well what the heck AM I gonna eat? Eggs, Meat (Chicken, turkey, ham, burger meat, etc.), Lettuce, Cream Cheese, anything low carb! Look for foods that are HIGH in protien/fat, and have fiber(fiber lesses the carbs. If you have something thats 3 grams of Carbs, 1 gram of fiber its actually now 2 grams of carbs. So subtract fiber from carbs and get total carbs. Low carb should be around 1-10 grams per serving. (meat has low carbs). Believe it or not, you do have millions of choices when eating low carb. You can look up recipes on google just by searching "low carb recipies" This diet doesnt have to be boring! You have heard of the low carb ice creams, bars, and other stuff. But you CANNOT have ANY of that stuff until 2 weeks have gone by. Your 2 weeks will be the "strict phase"...where you are really pushing toward low carb and limiting yourself to 25 carbs a day. (You can do it). A great thing about it, is you DONT have to exercise! WOW! Awesome huh? I HIGHLY reccomend getting the book Atkins or South Beach (I would get it for free at the library) this will very much help you on your road to success! I have been on this diet three times and each with great success. It's a great quick fix. You lose 5-14 lbs the first two weeks, and then 1-3 lbs a week after that.

Things you have to do:

Take a fiber supplement everyday, like Benefiber.
Drink a lot of water, you can have crystal light which tastes like juice and its sugar free/low carb. It's reccommended that if you are 140 lbs, you should drink 120 oz. of water. Half of whatever your weight is. Thats nearly impossible but set a goal for yourself.
Also weigh yourself once a week, not everyday because you'll get discouraged!
You dont have to exersize but it does help.

Visit www.lowcarbcafe.com for more information!

Q: what are green tea pills?i hear all they do is make you go pee a lot. what exaclty do they do and how do they help with like losing weight?

rate high!
http://www.soma-slim.com/lose-weight-with-green-tea-pills.html
http://weight-loss.featherish.com/green-tea-weight-loss.html


Pills are reccomended for adults, 18+ and teenagers under 18 cannot use them because there are major risk factors. You could just find green tea packets at your local grocery store, and have a cup of tea each morning and night to help with regular diet and exersize!

Good luck and be safe!


Q: I like a person named Travis now and he is younger than me....we get along fair...but not as well as i want you know i mean not to fast but i don't want to be friends all my life either. Anyway the other day trav was over at my house and we were jumping on the trampoline and he gets a rope and whips me on the legs with it...could he be flirting with me? anyway so were talking and i kick him and he jumps on top of me and starts like squising my face cheeks and stuff like he's hurting and tonight...he said you really hurt me and so i kissed my hand and put on his cheek and he just looked at me and smiled....then i took his hand put it on his mouth and put it on my cheek and he just smiled and looked at me for like 2 minutes and i said what are you looking at.....and he took a minute and said the window.."from what i told you do you think he likes me?" "do you think he's gonna be a wife beater." please tell me your advice.
Haha, yes he likes you. And he knows you like him. Well you act like it. No hes not going to be a wife beater but its just his way of flirting. Hopefully he doesnt seriously hurt you =D If you like him, say something...he obviously likes you so theres nothing to be nervous about. Good luck.

Q: Me and my two friends are all going to have a birthday party together and we are all going to chip in around 300$. But i dont know where to start can you give me some ideas on what to get for the party with 900$. I know you dont know how much things are around here but please give me all the ideas you got even if it is out of the price range.
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Good luck!

Q: I used to like this guy J well he always is flirting with me and talking with me, but we're just friends but I like him! I won't tell him because he's too wrapped up into telling me all about himself and not asking how the hell i'm doing and not noticing how I feel. Then theres C he's funny and nice and stuff but he goes to a differnt school and is harder to see. It just hurts not being wanted and the only time yur wanted is when he wants to complain. I just don't think I should tell J it'll make it worse, but I just don't know what to do.
So if J is too wrapped up in himself, I think he woulden't be a good boyfriend just because he complains and doesn't really care about your feelings. Try to see C (haha) more, and get to know him. If you end up liking C you can probably make it work if both of you meet up at the movies or after school or something. I say go for C, he seems like the right choice..if you dont end up liking C maybe you should tell J you like him? Maybe he'll change? Hopefully I helped!

Q: hey is it possible to view more or less entries per page on xanga? like its 5 per page then next five and so on... is it possible to have more or no? thanks in advance!
You can have less entrys show up on your xanga, just one per page. But no you cannot have more than 5 per page. If you want the one-per-page html code...send me something to my inbox!

Q: i'm pregnate and thats because i got raped and i was wondering in the futer will it make my chances of getting pregnate harder and do you think people will judge cause my kid will be 12 when i am 25 and will it ruin my chances of getting a boyfriend
The chances of you getting pregant will be exactly
the same. Next time your pregnant though, it may be easier to give birth. Some guys are scared of kids, but I'm sure if you find the right guy..he'll understand! People will judge for sure, just because thats how people are but nobodys perfect. Just ignore them! You were raped, it's not your fault. Good luck with the baby and everything!

Q: so my prom is in 9 days, saturday april 22nd. i just got a cold sore today, i've been putting carmex on it and its not getting bigger but does anyone know any quick fixes?

thx!
Cold sores go away in 9 days for sure, but get this stuff called Abreva..it's expensive but it works miracles. It's the only non-prescription FDA approved cold sore treatment that is proven to shorten healing time. You have to get it! I get cold sores all the time and I hate my life, but Abreva rocks.

Q: where can i find the cash 5 numbers online?
What state are you from?

Search google "(states name) lottery" and it should direct you to their site, and they may have the information there!

Q: Hey! I wear contacts and I have like -3.75 and -4.25 vision. I wanted to know if it was ever possible for your eyes to go back to normal....like get better again, so I don't have to wear contacts anymore. Please no websites! ♥
Actually, its highly unlikly. All eyes can do is get worse until around 18-20 they stay the same forever. This is what my eye doctor told me! So all eyes can do is get worse not better...it sucks I know!

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