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I WILL NOT watch any more of these to see what happens.

THANK you! I hated this song based on its sound until I listened to the lyrics, and it's creepy as f*@# too. "Wait, he doesn't even know her??!?" That Edie Brickell one "What I am" that someone else mentioned is also BAD, BAD, BAD. And I also hate Sheryl Crow's "All I Wanna Do." Talentless hacks.

peanut m&ms and cookies (peanut butter with melted chocolate on top and frosted homemade sugar cookies are particularly disastrous).

Very nice. It is always my goal that my kids see the strain of parenting as little as possible. Whether your son remembers this, years from now, as a day you prioritized his interests, or forgets it soon because it is just one of many days you did right by him, you did a great thing today.

You look a little like someone who lifts weights. I guess. You goon--you are amazing. Smart and hot is my favorite combination. Thanks for posting to share HOW the magic happens.

This is me, too. I used to eat a rack of ribs and a whole cake and ask others, "Were you gonna finish that?" I weighed less than 100 lbs. at 18. I put on about 10 lbs. a year in college and the first 30 looked great. The next 30-40 after that, not so much. But I am still having a hard time reversing the runaway train.

Ooh, high level grammar. Very few people recognize the chronic misuse of nauseous. Fist bump to you. Whenever people say they are nauseous, I always think "Oh, you're not that bad."

Orygun is how every person from Oregon (and the rest of the West) pronounces it. The people who live there get to decide what's right, and we snicker when East-Coasters say "Oreygohn." One of mine is forte, which is pronounced "fort" not "fortay." But almost nobody knows that and I actually get the look like I am the moron…

Every single time, even a 5-minute ride. It's the law for kids here but not adults. When I see adults without helmets riding with their kids with helmets, I always imagine the unharmed kids staring down at their brain-dead mom--they're not exactly unharmed anymore. Had a mtn bike accident in college and needed 7 stitches…

I agree with this guy. If you don't eat emotionally (which every person who is more than 15 lbs overweight does to some degree), you don't see that it really takes some regimentation to overcome your instincts to eat more food than you need and some incentive to work out more. My husband cannot for the life of him see why…

I like them--canned or fresh but cooked (boiled or roasted). I have never eaten them raw. My favorite prep is warm beets in a salad with cold greens, a little sweet vinaigrette, goat cheese, and a few roasted pistachios. Yum!

I walk and carry my clubs and I count golf as exercise. (I play rarely, and I suck--the worse you are, the more exercise it is.) Do take into account that you would already be burning about 340 cals just being alive for 4.5 hrs and probably shave off 200 cal from 9 holes and 500 for 18 holes, because that does seem high…

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This is the truth. My husband could have written this; I know he feels the same way. Most of the time he keeps his mouth shut; when he gets frustrated and says something it hurts my feelings and the relationship. It's hard to settle back in to a good sex life when I know we are both internally criticizing my body. I feel…

I am sure "brutal honesty" looks a lot different when you are 25 and have 11 lbs to lose. I probably wouldn't have minded what I thought was brutal honesty when I was barely out of college, absolutely confident in my sex appeal, and 130 lbs. It feels different now.

For fun, Kanye: "I know somebody payin' child support for one of his kids, his baby mama car and crib IS bigger than his, you will see him on TV any given Sunday, win the Super Bowl and drive off in a Hyundai." That is some genius lyric-writing right there.

QFT. "And isn't it unfortunate, don't you think? A little too unfortunate..." Guess it didn't have the right ring.

Aw yeah, the magical "No offense." How could we have forgotten about these fail-safe phrases for broaching sensitive material? "I don't want to upset you, but you look like you're melting. No offense."

This really was the winning response.

I am baffled by those responders who suggested this should go a different way if he was hoping to have sex with her than if they were just friends. Because his desire for her will fix the stretched-out skin? Because mentioning a woman's loose skin is an awesome way to start the mating ritual? Because she has more of an…

Hass Avocado Juanita's tortilla chips You are damn tasty

Me too--fair skin + hard run or exercise = RED RED RED. It even lasts through the post-workout shower. I don't care.

bump. My boys especially liked Harry Potter and the Percy Jackson series. My older liked the Fablehaven books; I tried reading the 1st one with my younger and thought it was awful. My 13-y-o read and loved the Hunger Games (don't think it's OK for the 10-y-o yet) and has started reading Ray Bradbury. He also liked a book…

"I don't do that."

I've run four marathons and countless halves and shorter races. At my peak, I hit 50 miles per week in training. That's a lot for a tired mom. I was 13-30 lbs overweight during all of them, candy apple on a stick shape. My legs got granite hard, but the belly never went away. Basically, it's what Erickirb said, that you…

The people who need your message aren't getting it. There's a whole lot between Forever 21 and the Charter Club section of Macy's. Oh well, you tried. "When you shop in the juniors department, you look like you are trying to compete with the 18-year-olds. The 18-year-olds always win." -Clinton Kelly

Not if it was the last food on earth.

Word. It's not withholding out of spite; it's that the sentiments "My partner hates my body" and "Hey, let's get naked so you can look at and touch every part of me! I have no inhibitions!" don't run concurrently in most women.

Matt, I really don't understand why people are on your *kitten*. What you said in your original post is valid. I have never blamed anyone else (e.g. my husband saying something or failing to do so) for my weight gain or the weight staying on, but there is certainly a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" quality to this…

You look terrific! I am so happy for you.