Amity Grace

I fractured my C2, C6, and C7 in a car accident. They mended C6 and C7 and I'm wearing a Miami J collar (neck brace) until C2 heals up. Pain is very low, and I am walking and performing most every day tasks as normal. However I was really active before this, and now that I'm confined to the house all day and restricted from anything les than sedentary activity I'm really worried about gaining weight. I've already lost almost all of my muscle tone. Please tell me what I can do to get rid of the squishiness that has accumulated and what I can do to keep my body healthy. Im not allowed to lift anything over 5 pounds and anything that jostles me is forbidden. Please, can anyone help?

Im olive toned with a good complexion, so Im not worried about burning or acne because neither have ever been a problem for me, but I haven't ever tanned before so I was wondering how often and how long I should tan to get a really nice, glowing, golden look? Here are the options the tanning facility in my town has:

$2.75 - 1/2 session**

$5.50 - Full session

$22.00 - 5 sessions

$44.00 - 10 sessions

$55.00 - 15 sessions

$66.00 - 20 sessions

$110.00 - 40 sessions

I'm sixteen, seventeen in four months, and I'm going to take my drivers test in a week. My parents have told me they will not pay for car insurance or a car until my senior year of high school and I am not going to wait that long. So before I apply to jobs I would like to know a rough amount that brand-new teenage drivers are paying for insurance these days.

its that song they always play as a joke or something during a movie sex scene or romance scene, it starts out with the *ow ow ow ow* music sound and its kind of slow and Im pretty sure I black man sings it but Im not sure. Please help, its making me crazy >:o

I bought my boyfriend two tickets for the 2011 Vans Warped Tour because I know how much he loves a few of the bands playing, and I thought he'd enjoy going with a friend. So I wanted this to be a really great gift. I also want the way he gets them to be great too! Any ideas on how to give them to him? Like anything, should I make him guess? Should I hide them somewhere? Just wondering. Guys: How would you want to get two tickets to a concert you want to see? Thanks to all for helping :)

My Hair is a little longer then shoulder length, and for the past year i have been so fidgety that every time it got long enough, I'd cut it again. Well, i regret cutting off my long hair because its the only thing i want in the world now, and I am willing to do anything within reason to get it back. So, for medium damage to my hair, how much should I trim off at the bottom and and how fast does hair grow for someone who exercises every day and get plenty of healthy nutrients grow? Any tricks, tips and secrets you want to share would be fabulous. Thank you.

It's just something im curious about. When you think of a beautiful women, (men and women both) what does she look like? I want to know what your definition of beauty is. I'm not going to yell or criticize you for giving an honest answer. Thanks. Be honest please.

I've been working towards a goal of having a flat stomach since.. since I can remember. But I recently realized I've been going about it all the wrong way. Trying freak-diets and starving myself is not the right way to do this!(and it only took the experts a couple years to get it through my head). I figure that i have five to ten pounds of unwanted(really unwanted) belly fat on my torso. I want to lose weight the right way, and get into a healthy habit that I'll keep my entire life. So, my question is, what methods do you recommend I take to get a flat, attractive stomach in five months? I want to be bikini ready, and five months is plenty of time. What foods are good to eat and more importantly what exercises should I do? I do NOT have access to a neighborhood gym and have to make do with a Wii Fit+, Set of 2lb weights and a work out ball. Please don't recommend diet pills and programs I have to buy. I would like to do this on my own. Thanks so much!

Yours Truly,

Sarah

I am a junior in high school, and summer is going to be here in roughly four months. I'm not over weight, I'm 5'5 and 120 pounds, but i have a little left over from my 'pudge' days in Junior High. I estimate it's probably only 10 or 11 pounds, no more then that. So i would like help losing the weight so i have a flat stomach for summer. DO NOT suggest diet pills, diet supplements or anything i have to buy from someone to lose weight. I want to do this on my own, so please, refrain from that. I want to focus more on my abdominals and hips. I am willing to skip meals and cut out anything. I'm not picky. Whatever worked for your weight loss, tell it to me. Thanks a bunch, Amity

alrighty then, this question is more for us girls, but guys, i want your opinion too.

So, where do you love to shop? What do you like in your clothing? Dark wash jeans, or faded jeans? Skinny, or boot leg? Long sleeved shirts, or short sleeved? What's you favorite color to where? Why do prefer all of this? Guys, what do you like to see on girls? What's appealing to you?

I'm working on improving my wardrobe and I'd love any recommendations. I'm a junior in high school and I'm not into skirts or heels, so, you're laid back style opinions would be helpful. Thanks to all for your help.

1) game boy advance, good condition. pink color

2) nintendo DS yoshi's island, good condition

3) nintendo DS Big Brain academy, good condition

4) game boy advance spongebob squarepants game, good condition

5) game boy advance crash bandicoot game, the sticker on it is torn and peeling but other then that, good condition

i'm looking to trade all this in and i just want to know how much i might get for them at gamestop, opposed to putting them in a yard sale box..

just a question. :)

Just kinda curious, I'm arguing with a friend and i can't find it. Thanks

I can't wear mascara because i have to take eyedrops and the eyedrops can hurt my eyes if I'm wearing mascara when I take them so I need an alternative to make my lashes look longer, and I'd like to exclude fake lashes please? Just little tricks that i can pull off with eye liner and eye shadow and stuff like that. Thanks a bunch.

I have a lot of friends who are guys, and you know how it is in the case of some girls, we're the ugly ducklings in elementary school and the first few grades of junior high and then its like over the span of a summer we come back sorta cute and only progress from there. And these guys were my great friends when I wasn't all that cute but now that I'm sort of something guys like, a few of them hit on me. I don't want them to ask me out. I want to remain good friends. There is a fine line between brotherly love and touchee feely contact. And on top of it some of the guys are starting to fight now because the ones that don't like me know that the ones that do like me make me sorta uncomfortable and they see neccassary to play big brother and fight to keep me 'safe' and 'happy' when I'm only hurting over the turnoil. We used to be one big happy family you know? All of us and now it's like we're breaking apart. I can't live with that. Please help me? I don't want us all to go our seperate ways. These guys are my brothers. Thatnks to all,

truly,

Amity

I'm just a little curious here. I mean it seems that the music you listen to reflects some about who you are and what you grew up with. But how much? What type of music do you like and honestly, why do we like it? Me personally, I like Rock, 70's rock all the way up to the rock we have today. Bands like Atreyu, Three doors down, breaking Benjamin and that type. But i also can't live without classical, or orchestra. I think it's because I grew up with an appreciation for the classical stuff but was thrown into the crowd of kids who had the heavy music. What about you?

yeah well I'm not a big eater any more cause our schools budget got cut and they serve the crappiest food now. its prison food and I skip lunches because of that lovely factor.(damn economy) but yes. And sometimes I skip breakfast too because I'm lazy and just do not want to get out of bed to eat. Sleep is muuuuch more importante. But soccer, oh my god i love it. I'm not lazy when it comes to this. I just love it. But you see my doctor started flipping out on me lately and was all like,

"Hey you gotta eat. You gotta eat or I'll have to talk to your coach and have him pull you off the team." but i was like,

"Nooooo. you can't do that!"

so just for the record, how many calories does a regular 14 year old girl burn at soccer? And its 2 hours per practice. Thanks bunches.

Well this is the first sport I've played in a few years. I'm in pretty good shape, but I do need help on running. I can run about 40 or 50 yards, and then I get tired out and have to walk or stand for a little bit to gain my breath. I've cut out all of the gunk food I eat and I've started exercising. I just wanted to know what might help to get me prepared for the hard core soccer practices coming up. Thanks bunches. And how many times a day should I run? By the way I have school in the mornings, so.... yeah.

Well I have had a dream like this on and off for a couple months and out of curiosity I wanted to know if it meant something. I moved away from the town that I loved and lived in my whole life about one year exactly ago. And you know, it hurt really bad because I left hundreds of friends behind but I've moved on and am doing really good here. But I keep having this dream that I'm at the local pool with all my best friends, and the boy that was my best friend and who I liked likes me back, it almost seems like we're dating in the dream. But in real life he only saw me as a really good friend and usually spent his time pursuing my best friend, which didn't bother me, and if it did I never, ever showed it. She's in the dream too, and we're getting along and having so much fun like we used to. Some of my other friends are in the dream. Usually there are about five of us, my closest friends from the old town. But it always ends the same way. We're in a car going down a hill and having the time of our lives and i blink, and open my eyes and they're gone. When I wake up I want to cry and go back there. It's making it hard for me to let go of that painful move in my life. And i'm wondering if maybe I'm doing it to myself subconsciously? Thank you for your help.

Okay, just to make a long story short, I have 5 months until summer vacation and I take a trip to the beach. I have about ten pounds extra fat on my stomach and I want rid of it! I know that I can tone up my tummy in five months but I don't know how. Please don't tell me to find a personal trainer because 1, My family doesn't have the money to spare and the nearest gym is a two hour drive. I need exercises that I can do after school and at home. If you could also tell me what types of foods are good foods for me to eat, that would amke this process of losing weight much easier! I really want to be able to wear this bikini! Thank you a head of time. =)