I have to agree with this 10000000000000000000000%!!!
Blueberries are the one thing I will Literally Fight someone over, I Love them that much! x3

They're also Damn good for your immune system. Been eating them for Years, haven't gotten sick once since like 2008~

I use to love the blueberries, and then my grandmother decides to grow them. Now i have an intense dislike for them. After learning there is no such things as a fully picked over blueberry bush i just cant look at them without feeling hot and in pain. :( but if you are ever looking for some and i can send you some i will gladly pick some for you over the summer when i am at my grandmother's house. She has like 12 brushes of them. 4 of them are about 5 feet tall.

COULDN'T AGREE MORE!

I grew up on them in Maine. Where I lived (knox county) we had a blueberry festival, I worked a few blueberry fields as a kid (before they stopped letting that happen LOL) and gastronomically, I've always loved using them in recipes and of coarse snacking.

One of my favorite things we used to do with them was make that weird yankee drink, the egg cream. SUPER EASY AND DELISH drink/treat that sounds gross, but that's because it's named way wrong.
Get blueberry juice (any fruit juice/flavoring works), heavy cream and soda water (just carbonated, nothing funky). Put about a tablespoon or two of the juice in a cup with about the same amount of heavy cream (Depends on the size of the cup! You'll figure out the ratio as you go). then, holding a spoon upside down (back side up) over the cup, SLOWLY add soda water until the cup is almost full. Go too fast and it could foam everywhere, gently mix with said spoon, enjoy!

It'll sound weird at first, but when you realize you've just made a REAL cream soda, that is actually delish and flavored the way you want, it just makes it better :D
I've also been tempted to find a vegan/vegiterian substitute for heavy cream that still works but no dice so far lol. Soy or rice milk would be ideal but I've never had it come out right for me.

Vanilla, chocolate, and any other basic ice cream flavors go well with this since it tastes about like a cream soda. I used to toss in malt powder (New England thing) to add a flavor kick as well :3
Can ya tell I worked in an ice cream shop a few years back? haha

20lbs?!!
Jealous. Its so much harder for us gurls to lose weight

Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and salmonberries, oh my!

Frozen blueberries are amazing!!!! It's like little bites of heaven.

Congrats on loosing the 20lbs! That's no small feat.

It's really sad how no matter what, some people will always find something to pick on. And it's true, it's important to have people around you that are good to you. Because you are a great person.

My own weight loss experience has led to me loving myself a lot more independently of what society feels is acceptable, because losing the ~50lbs I've dropped so far has made it easier for me to be physically active, stop having trouble with breathing, and fit into clothes that are of a sane size for someone of my (short) stature. Going to the gym has increased my self-confidence quite a bit. My weight-related medical issues have all but disappeared. Also, buying new clothes is fun!

Weight loss will not magically make you love yourself, but it will make you much healthier, and will put you into a better frame of mind for learning to love yourself. You are absolutely correct that the people who matter will love you regardless of what your weight is, but the idea that 'all that matters are how you feel about yourself' is in my opinion destructive, because I felt that way for a long time and fooled myself into believing I was okay with being the weight that I was, because it was on the inside that mattered. While not untrue, this made me complacent with my terrible physical state and caused stagnation that has allowed my weight to wreak havoc on my body.

TL;DR Of course you should endeavor to be happy with who you are, but you should also make sure your body is healthy enough to stick around to love.

Bigger blueberries are from more mature plants (anywhere from 5-9 years), and the smaller ones from plants that have just started producing fruit, so the bigger ones are definitely more full of flavor. I know what you're talking about when it comes to that 'artificial' after flavor though, hence why blueberry pie isn't one of my favorites. >:

I've been on a 'low-carb-high-fat' diet pretty much by my own choosing for the past 6 months. I still occasionally eat bread for breakfast or in a sandwich for lunch, but typically I eat lots of eggs, meat, leafy greens, certain fruit (apples, pears, berries and bananas. I know those aren't low-carb, but they're high-everything-else-nutritious), nuts and seeds. I don't need to really lose any weight (maybe 15-20 pounds max), I'm mostly doing it for the sake of my health. Since I've learned to make 90% of my own meals quickly, easily and make them taste amazing with fresh, local and organic ingredients it's easier and a LOT cheaper to do that than to eat out or even get fast food. Although, the temptation to do so is still very strong in me.

With that said, you should really do it for yourself and not for other people. If you're happy with what you're doing, and more importantly enjoying the food you're eating and finding a way to be happy and healthier, then more power to you! :) It's okay to cheat once in a while, it's just important to remember that some foods out there have ingredients our bodies are not used to, and processed foods should be avoided if possible (this, however, gets very expensive unless you cultivate your own food).

I wish you luck and happiness. I LOVE food too, I'm just trying to learn to love things I didn't really before (tomatoes, sweet potatos, mustard, and so on) since I know they'll love me back, and avoid things I know are bad for me (dairy because i'm intolerant but omg cheese, processed foods, GMO).

The blueberry thing, I saw a video of some guy on youtube comparing 2 different plants; the older one had big fat juicy blueberries, the other younger plant they were smaller and paler in color. I can't find the video anymore though x: Looking closer it sounds like the acidity of the soil and nutrient also factors into it, like most plants.

Yup, we (my boyfriend, room mate and I) tried to go full-paleo for about 30 days and did really well, it helped make a lot of other changes to our diet: we cook more, we never eat cereal, and I only drink water, tea, coffee, almond/coconut milk or orange juice, but we cheat and have beer sometimes. Though once you find things you like and are comfortable eating and making, it gets easier the longer you work on it. We've started to eat grains here and there again, but we make it things like quinoa. sourdough bread, wild rice and Boom Chicka Pop popcorn. http://angiespopcorn.com/

Dairy was hard for me to give up since I grew up drinking dairy milk, eating cheese in almost every meal, but then after I stopped eating it I never felt sick or bloated like I did practically every day. I can handle small amounts just to satisfy the craving, but if cooking calls for milk I switch it out with what I can, or if it calls for butter I use coconut oil instead. Just small switches like that mean big changes on your health. :D I always thought I was a picky eater, but yeah just trying things over and over, getting used to it and knowing it's helping your body is the best way to grow a taste for it. Once you try and eat something processed after making your palette more accepting of 'whole foods,' you can really taste the difference.

I find a LOT of information on, of all places, reddit for dieting tips and helpful ideas/recipes. http://www.reddit.com/r/Paleo/ I also go on Pinterest to get some recipes, or you know, whatever is recommended by the wizard Google.

Damn now I want some blueberries. x)
I usually don't pay attention at them at all, as in, on eating them, because they grow here everywhere in the wild just like lingonberries and raspberries, but now that you mentioned them in the middle of a winter; I WANT SOME.