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One year too long. Wish I had never met him. Yep, after nine years of marriage (if you want to call it that) I divorced the jerk and haven't really dated since. I was 23 when I married him.

This <3 My trainer is a gym teacher. The first trainer that sat with me was a woman and she was like, "You don't need to lift weights to tone. You can work with the ball." To which I promptly said, "Next". So Jason came over and it has been a wonderful experience. I get compliments all the time on my body, it is changing…

If other peoples' personal trainers are anything like my personal trainer, they are down on the floor with you or in your face screaming like a drill sargeant, "Come-on, you can do it. You have two more in you!" Yes, I believe that people who have personal trainers get better and quicker results. My personal trainer…

Put a bowl of cheerios on the back of the toilet with a sign saying, "Use these 'Cheerio ships' to improve you aim". I did this in one place I worked. No one ever found out who did it, but there were no more puddles on the floor or dribbles on the seat. :)

Explain to your husband that lifting will ward off osteoporosis. Because you will build muscle, your bones will need to become stronger. Also, think of the role model you are setting for your daughter. Then you could hit him with the fact that if you stay in shape, or even get stronger, sex will be better. Pull out all the…

Just realize that when all those other people started at the gym, they all didn't look as good as they look now. And you will soon be 'one of them'.

Sorry Minnesotians, but 'Ya, you betcha' gets me. If I bet everytime I heard that in Minnesota, I would be broke! Also, 'Colder than a witch's tit'. How cold is a witch's tit? Anyone feel one lately?

If you are lifting weights, you will not see a weight change until around the fifth week when you have built up enough muscle to increase your calories needed. Keep going and you will see results, if not in weight, definitely in inches.

Walking is my primary form of exercise. I've lost over 100 pounds by walking. Not to mention the inches.

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Excellent! Let's not forget that some on here come from other countries where English is not their primary language. Even if English was the primary language, there are variations in spelling in the English language. I once did a paper for school, can't remember the subject, but spelt orthopaedics in the British way since…

You have done a wonderful job and such an inspiration. What a beautiful smile you have!

There is a gal at my gym who looks like that - fabulous! So this is possible, but she is a gym rat, always working out and such. Takes a lot of dedication.

Check and see how many calories they are. If not much, I wouldn't worry unless you are downing half the bottle a day. Also, you are sick, so you will burn more calories, too. So I don't know if I would worry about it too much. Feel better soon.

I could make a very long list, but here are a few things: No decent gluten-free section. They buy the cheapest produce, so you don't see organic there often, if at all. Additionally, it rots in two days. People who push and shove, let their children run around unsupervised, swearing, etc. The fact that they pay their staff…

In regard to the 1200 calorie question: Go to fat2fitradio.com and figure out your basal metabolic rate. In order to do so, you will need to figure out your fat percentage, so use the military fat percentage calculator, get out you measuring tape, and figure it out. Do the BMR. Then look at the chart and figure out how…

Just like in life, we gravitate toward people who share similarities. Thus, I tend to gravitate toward those who share my interest in weight lifting and eating more to lose. Additionally, I believe in giving friends quality time. In order to do so, I have limited my friends. If a friend does not log in for a week, yes, I…

1 pound of feathers = 1 pound of lead Okay. Got that? So... 1 pound of fat = 1 pound of muscle Same idea. A pound of something is the same as a pound of another thing. What should really be stated is that a pound of fat takes up more space than a pound of muscle. Thus, when you carry muscle on your body, you can weight 140…

Yeah, my dumb-butt sister did this to her dog. Came out of the hotel and the dog was in a stupor. They had to put it to sleep because its brain was basically fried.

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Denise, When I first started to lose weight, I thought it was all about the scale numbers. I didn't do my initial measurements, which really disappoints me now. What everyone is trying to tell you is that there will come a time when the scale will not budge, but your measurements will. If you depend only on the scale, then…

You look so wonderful!!! I want to hug you. *virtual hug* You are a true inspiration.

I had my tonsils out when I was 48. I should win a prize for that! It wasn't too bad, really. I was given liquid Lortab and overdosed on it because I was uncomfortable with the swelling and didn't measure it out. LOL There wasn't really that much pain. The worst part was when the cauterized tissue started to slough off. It…

Every language has its own eccentricities, but English has got to be the worse. red - read, but bed - bead night and knight worse but hearse said but head led and lead choose but lose (as in lose weight) threw and through drink, drank, drunk - so why not think, thank, thunk? And I could go on and on. LOL

Should have given him 15 years in jail and one year without a license when he got out. I think that judge just confused the numbers a bit. When I taught my children to drive, I pounded the following into their heads: "A car is a 3 ton bullet that kills indiscriminately if you don't have complete control. It will kill…

My condolences. Losing a pet is very, very hard.

I eat mostly clean. Clean is meat (non-factory meat), eggs (free range), milk and milk products (hormone free and free range), veggies (organic), and fruit (organic). I don't do packaged foods for the most part, but some things must have a package. Yogurt and milk just would be too messy without the package. :) Basically,…

No necessarily. The amount of protein you should eat depends on how much and what type of exercise you are doing. If you are doing general exercise which does not break down muscle, like weight lifting, women general should eat anywhere between 55 and 65 grams a day. If you are working out hard, maybe using the elliptical…

I have found that if you expect people to be a certain way, then you will be disappointed and annoyed a lot of the time. Instead, I don't hold any expectations of people. I have seen the worst in people (I used to be a paramedic/firefighter) and the best in people. If I hold no expectations, then I don't become…

Don't be ashamed of those stretch marks, ladies. They are really tiger marks and you earned every one of them.