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I tried crating when my rottie was young and he hated it...always found ways to escape and then I got a secure crate and he kept jabbing his nose to the point of bloody. After a few days of that, I couldn't anymore and just hired someone to do a doggie door instead. It has been 5yrs and he loves his freedom. I have a…

I've ben struggling with this as well, especially this week. Last weekend I had morning appts. which made it impossible for me to sleep in late. I wake up early during the week and my weekend mornings are my time to catch up on rest. I believe because of this I have been dragging all week and going on sugar/carb binges. I…

I'm loving the new pint of Enlightened Banana Foster ice cream...mmmm.

Artic Zero cool mint chip, snickerdoodle, and cookie dough flavors are yummy too but they are 75 calories per serving, whereas I can have more of the cake batter flavor at 35 calories per serving....mmmm! Personal preference - I'm not a fan of the other flavors...I wish they made the butter pecan flavor taste…

Cake Batter Artic Zero is yummy and only 35 calories per serving. I add some walnuts, dark chocolate chips, and fat free whipped cream (high carb day I add 1/2 a banana for a sundae look). Sometimes I add a little bit of Blood Orange Olive Oil..shocking but it makes it taste like creamsicle...mmmmm. Can't say enough...I…

Hi Mike (Gr84cstr) - I am doing a low fat (50-60g/day), moderate carb (no higher than 100g/day), and high protein diet (150-200g/day). I try to stick to 1600/1700 cal/day (a little more than what my trainer suggests at the moment - 1300/1400 but I have to listen to my body and I'm pretty active). Good luck on your training!

Hi everyone, I love Body Beast. I did the lean version a year ago and had great results and am doing Huge Beast this time around. I'm on Wk 7. I'm training for fitness bodybuilding and do trainer workouts during the evening. I didn't need an extra workout but I enjoy AM workouts to get my day going, so my trainer and I…

Congratulations on the loss! Welcome to Austin, TX!

True Packerjohn. I'm in Austin and we do have a great deals here...we are lucky.

Also have a gym membership at work for $15/month and that includes classes / equipment / showers, but only open during office hours.

$65 ($20 discount from health insurance due to 12 visits a month) at Lifetime Fitness (classes/dry/wet sauna/ pools / outside cabana, spa / cafe / etc. - upscale club in TX)

Very true. In my situation, when they are good looking, something is disturbingly wrong with them (looking for another mother, old guy looking for a naive young girl, ultra kinky, or just plain crazy). I applaud the ones who had luck with it though but maybe its not for everyone. I get ridiculed by some of my girlfriends…

Personally I haven't had luck with online dating. The guy never looks like his picture in person. Plus, they always have a speech about liking them for their personality. Personality is important but so is mutual attraction. Not fair if you chose me out of attraction and I just have to settle for you because you are a nice…

I live in Austin and most of my white girlfriends only date black men. Hispanic not so much.

The struggle is definitely real. I have emotional binges off and on but I keep getting back up, but it is hard. This week I did some grocery shopping with some ingredients of the take-out foods I was craving. I don't have time to cook too much so I got easy stuff. They are not the most healthy but better than take-out and…

I'm on my 7th week of Body Beast. I love the routine because I like to add strength training whenever I can. Unfortunately, I have issues with emotional binging and that has minimized my gains from this program. I feel and look stronger but the scale hardly budges for me due to my diet (I think I didn't gain as much from…

I definitely understand. It is a struggle but keep fighting. This week was really bad but now I realize I have to be more vigilant with my triggers, especially sweet bread. I think after having a small treat last week, it caused a craving which spiraled out of control and being a diabetic, it just exacerbated the…

I have a rottweiler and he is the biggest baby...he grew up with a Yorkie and a Chihuahua...the Chihuahua is the bully (he is always putting the rotty in a headlock...rotty just lets him do it..lol)..and my rotty thinks he is the small dog even though he is 100lbs...still always want me to pick him up, hence why I lift…

gougougirl - thanks for the kind words.

Hi everyone, this thread is a God-send. I have been struggling with the food part myself. Exercise is easy for me to do and the only reason why I'm not as big as I am. Exercise keeps me at an average build but inside I'm an athlete trying to get out. However, I deal with depression and it hits me in odd moments. Been…

Did long distance twice before and both ended...one because we never had time to fully get to know one another beforehand (never even met - online) and the second, he was in the UK while I was in TX (met up twice) and he didn't want things to move too fast but he also wanted someone local so he can partner with...fast…

Thanks @enterdanger. I'm an IP Paralegal so I'm familiar with the process. Been doing it for 15yrs.

Paralegal and Inventor (patented). I hope to eventually be my own boss and have my own company with my inventions in fitness and paint and write books.

Solimay you can just add me as a friend.

I'm diabetic (Type II) and before this year I was on Metformin and 2yrs ago was around 240lbs. My body fat was close to 39% and I was having diabetic complications (headaches/depression/dizziness, etc.) My mom passed from diabetes in 2010 so I understood the seriousness of the disease but still it took some time for me to…

I understand your nervousness about going to the weight room, esp. when you are the only female there. Men think they are being discreet but the overt staring that they do make me feel uncomfortable and sometimes I wish they could stop the flirting when all I want to do is finish my workout. Not all men are tactless but…

I can't stand cottage cheese but it is a great protein source so the only way I can stomach it is cooking it with my eggs or egg whites with seasoning. It cooks like cheese so I pretend it is melted cheese on my eggs and it does the trick. I sometimes add the cooked cottage cheese and eggs in a whole wheat tortilla with…

Face/neck, boobs (from 42H to 40DD - so had room to spare but miss the top fullness but def don't miss the side/back spillage), waist, butt, arms, thighs, and now I'm seeing the abs shrink (top abs decreased before the bottom) (finally seeing my obliques). I do lots of strength training and moisturizing so the skin has…

I work in a company where we have a small gym and showers but I realized it got me stressed hurrying up after a class to shower to go back to work and sometimes directly to a meeting. Fortunately, we also have a trail outside so I opted to just do power walks now with hand weights during my lunch time...it clears my head…

Strength training definitely makes you look better. I lost 45lbs so far and went from 37% body fat to 29%. My butt is lifted and round (used to look like pancakes..yuck), arms and legs are starting to get muscular/toned and I'm finally starting to see my ab oblique lines. I hope to do Fitness competition next year. I'm…