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Well, how did it go? Did you beat the cravings into submission?

How is this even a question? What next? Bacon? Notice that the saying is, "there's lots of fish in the sea". It's not, "there's lots of ice cream in the sea". There's no replacement. Ditch her.

This may sound sarcastic, but congratulations on hitting rock bottom and having it mean something to you. I say that seriously. A lot of people would see that and turn away and immediately start rationalizing it away. You didn't. You saw it, took a hard lesson from it, and decided to change it. That's a real strength.…

I've not done anything with HCG, but exercise intensity is what has kicked me out of a rut. I was stuck at about 80 pounds lost with another 50 or so to go-- it's a long road. This probably sounds a little dumb, but all I did was reroute my daily walk so that it has a big hill (about 1/4 mile, 8% grade) in it, which I walk…

My best guess would be to build first. The extra muscle is tissue that has to be supported, and its presence has an effect on testosterone levels in the body, which in turn has additional benefit for losing fat. Then you can go on a strength maintenance/fat loss diet. That's maintenance, not gaining... For someone that's…

38. Now get off my lawn. Where are your parents?

The one that's wearing the wedding ring I bought her. :-)

Good, train the other other one to walk around with a scarred, haunted look in their eyes, and mention occasionally that they're in therapy. That will reinforce it.

I want to defend the expression "it is what it is", but only for certain uses. It sounds uselessly redundant; of course "it is what it is"! What else would it be? But the expression has some meaning of value. I use it pretty much for a single purpose: to remind someone not to read more (or less) into something than there…

I've never heard it in real life, but given the number of people that have posted it, it seems pretty common. It means, "you only live once". It's apparently used as an excuse for stupid behavior. "Hey, why'd you down that bottle of whiskey and pee on the cop car?" "Meh, YOLO."

"Stop it or I'll tazer you". Seriously, ladies, maybe I just like your purse and want to see it. Why's it so hard to accept a compliment from a stranger?

I think it's great as a $550 joke. For real, though, if you need it, please see a marriage counselor.

This is a week late, but you're an awesome person. He's lucky to have a friend like you.

Yeah, take him something, but he seriously owes you.

I've read the claims, but still haven't seen the science behind it. I've read various rationale for why it seems like it should work, but no published demonstrations of a food that really does take more calories to burn than it provides. It seems reasonably safe to say that water has a negative-calorie effect. Other than…

Mm, your tears are so yummy and sweet!

I'd be interested in seeing how people rate the workouts that generated the shirt. I've never thought to photograph my post-workout shirts, though... I wonder if there's any interesting data there. :-)

I would certainly think so. I take "smaller" to mean "lower mass". First, the person with lower mass exerts less energy-- fewer calories, specifically-- to move that mass, as already mentioned. Second, each cell has a certain energy need. More cells means more energy being burned, resulting in higher basal caloric burn…

Yep, pretty much just that happened to me. I learned to *never* watch Dodgeball ("If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!" THUNK!) while running on the treadmill. I managed to yank the little safety key while I collapsed, so the damage was minimal.

I think they really have no idea what the Constitution is or how it works.

There was this one time I was in a hot yoga class and I ripped one. Bad. I was almost a little proud of it, but this lady behind me moved away. I guess it wasn't far enough, though, because she totally threw up. Then I was definitely proud of it. I haven't seen much of her lately, though.

Yeah, until a freakin' MOON falls on him! I'm pretty sure that's just some fanfic character or something. Is there anything from movies or the EU about her?

I think I'd be tempted to be Mace as well, if only to work in lines from other movies: "Luke, this is your father's lightsaber, the very best there is. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every %#!)(# stormtrooper in the room, accept no substitutes." "Get these #@#$^@ Separatists off my %$#&% Jedi Cruiser!" "Bring…

Oh. sure, "get together and remember old times". That's just another way of saying you'll use him when it's convenient and then kick him out again! Seriously, though, great post.

See, that's just rude. Seriously, don't they get that the kid's head is blocking my view?

A frequent, easy meal of late has been whatever canned soup (something like vegetable barley) with a couple big handfuls of my vegetable mix. I keep a huge mixing bowl of spinach, kale, parsley and Napa cabbage all chopped up together. I heat up the soup, turn off the heat and then start adding and mixing in the…

What? Didn't you ever study geosciences? The toxins spin in the other direction, duh...

Dang... I want a railed 1911... Time to start saving.

Depending on the situation, I have a full Government-size 1911 (Springfield Armory "Loaded" model), an SA XD-40 SC, or a Kel-Tec PF-9. I tend to favor Crossbreed Holster IWB. I even have one of their gun belts. It's beautifully suited to its job-- very strong, not stretchy, double-layer crossed-grain leather. It now has 14…

Well, it did say "through" them... maybe something thin, like a hand?