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Chicago! Hyde Park to be exact!

mommy of 2 here-(Emergency c-sections for BOTH) http://aprilfitness.shutterfly.com/pictures/8 I have some pregger pics on my profile..

Hyde Parker here! I'll let my video introduce myself. It might do a better job than me typing it out for my fellow Chicagoans . http://aprilfitness.shutterfly.com/pictures/8

I have my doubts about adam, eve and an apple. I bet it was adam, eve, peanut butter and dark chocolate! I actually have a piece of dark chocolate most nights..if you don't believe me...take a look at my diary!

I used coconut oil...especially in the beginning of my weight loss journey...adding it to my coffee kept my hunger at bay. http://aprilfitness.shutterfly.com/pictures/8 I am such a fat *kitten*, aren't I. Perhaps I should have chucked the oil away like that one guy. Not. Speaking of oil..anyone try irish butter in their…

36 yr old here!!! And proud of it.

Ditto!

I actually sometimes put coconut oil in my coffee.....it kept me full. So..lots of cals but i would save some in the long run because there would be times I wasn't hungry for breakfast and lunch and didn't eat until dinner(I'm an intermittent faster guys...so don't be hating!) I also cook with it ALOT. I probably should…

prelogging as we speak!

I'm 36! CAn't wait till 40!

sarahannsaff- is that the same person???!! Anyways, on the right side - 16. On the left side 22

jjh1024- 22?

Guess me! Almost all the posts above mine are already giving their ages..so i will guess joselos which noone has guessed yet- 24.

I wnat to look hot of course...but I wasn't honest with my first reply. I am also in a fitness contest through the Venus Index. They have a week 12 contest and week 20 for those that want to take it further. I am doing both. Just finished the 12 week! http://aprilfitness.shutterfly.com/pictures/8 So that was my reason for…

wine! So good for the heart and mind! ;)

Go all Office Space on that thing...(rememeber the scene in Office Space where they take out that printer??). I don't have a scale at home. Can't weigh myself unless i am at the gym.

YUMMM! Broccoli. Food of the gods...Love it. So stealing this recipe from ya!

Hey don't call them man pushups! ;) GOOD JOB! I remember when I first went into the military I could barely do 3. After I got out...I did 75 straight pushups. Awesome feeling and empowering. Keep going supergirl! Rock them pushups. Hey, let's call them supergirl pushups instead of man pushups!…

Sometimes I want to smash my scale too! When I first started to try and lose weight..the first month it would not budge. Not one bit. Not up or down. I wanted to give up but I decided to keep at it. A month later...I started losing the weight. Even afterwards there would be weeks that I wouldn't see that scale move...but…

I have my sister who makes fun of my breast size now and constantly talks about my derriere for being too small. Of course when it was getting bigger no one was concerned. I had a 19 lbs jump in one month and noone thought to ask if something was wrong. I start losing as little as 5 lbs and people start to be "concerned"…

No matter what nurse you are..be ready to spend holidays apart from your family! The first 3 Christmases, Thanksgivings, etc. I celebrated after becoming a nurse...were with my patients.

That can help too... But be aware of "false fat" I tend to bloat alot and drinking tons of water helped tighten my lower belly. Also be cognizant of posture! Seriously. I have an excessive anterior pelvic tilt..Just fixing that alone made my abs contract and my lower belly tighten up. I sometimes get lazy(it's a hard habit…

your abs will get a better workout if you concentrate on stabilizing them during your lifts. Deadlifts, squats, pushups, pullups..etc. You won't see your abs unless the fat covering them starts to go down. A person can do crunches till the cows come home and still they might not come out. YOUR glute and leg muscles are…

Let's just say I had problems with binging and I decided if I was going to binge..I may as well do it on healthy good. Uh...nope. It was still awful! I vomited those dates up right there in my bedroom. A HUGE wakeup call! Never again!

Please please don't be hard on yourself! I started to try to get off my rollercoaster weight loss ride back in Jan. I stumbled. one day back in May I ate a WHOLE case of dates,almost 10 bananas in one sitting and ONE jar of peanut butter. Talk about a bad day. I could have just thrown in the towel and decided that the day…

lpns are still sexier.. ;)

lpns are sexier. ;) But you guys get paid more and get work more places. So we are even. ;)

0 minutes of cardio is enough.. since i have done none for 12 weeks(my own lil experiment). good for heart health though. Will add it back in later. But didn't do a day of planned cardio the past 12 weeks. So I suppose 20 will be enough. That's how I plan to add it back in for the next 8 weeks. Two 20 minutes sessions.

I definately believe that. I am the cousin of Athena.

Until you get plantar fascitis and have to get steroid shots in your heels because you thought you were so darn fit and cute. Yeah, that was me. I did runs in the military but not long distance ones... Running seriously humbled me. I can do 100 pushups non stop ..no problem.. I can do 8 pullups now. I was the FASTEST…