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I'm bad at these things. I drink my coffee black. Confuses the hell out of the baristas...

Another guy. Fake boobs (the bad fake ones that look like the woman is smuggling a fruit stand). Vapid women. Women that have no opinions, no incentives, no real urge to do anything. Oh, and being shot down. That one just kills me.

When I got married, some 11 years ago, I weighed about 185 lbs, give or take. I didn't really pay attention to it, as I had been thin for years (I lost about 70 lbs when I was in my 20s and had nothing but time on my hands, being an overweight single guy). So, after going through the roller coaster once, I just sort of…

First car was a 1985 GMC Jimmy. Rust bucket. My dream car is the one I'm driving now. 2012 Ford Mustang, Premium edition.

Best bet is to get a box of low cal snacks that are individually wrapped. The thought is that you have to consciously open each serving, which will keep in mind that you are eating...again. The other trick is to have nothing at your desk at all. One place where I worked I went out of my way to remove all food from my work…

Push-ups are one of those things that people define their strength on. I used to be the same with pull ups...I was up to 20 of those at one time. Now I have a hard time with push ups and pull ups are impossible. As you drop the pounds, you have less to lift, so basic physics says you will improve.

All things soy, except soy sauce. I can't eat anything that has tofu in it. The taste, smell, and texture make me gag. Eggplant, too. It is simply not a substitute for meat. Meat is not that slimy.

I have to deal with this constantly. Jesse is apparently a confusing name, in that everyone spells it like I am a girl...every time. There is no 'i' in my name, anywhere. Really irritates me. Then I get people that call me Jeffy, as well. I correct anyone I have to deal with, because if I don't the constant reminder that…

Coffee and water, mostly. Coffee is black, water is clear. Zero calories both. For the weekend, I drink scotch or similar, because it's only 67 cal an ounce and 4 ounces gets me nice and toasty, so for the caloric intake of a soda I am good to go.

Post workout, in the buff, usually early afternoon - evening. Never have time in the morning while I'm rushing out the door.

Chair push ups is where I started. After a while I would get a deck of cards. Each card pulled is the number of push ups you have to do. After a while you are just praying for a 2 instead of an ace (which is 11).

Usually your body goes into craving mode when you aren't getting something that it needs. Salt is a big one, but sugars, minerals, vitamins, whatever can trip it up. Try altering your diet to something that has the same thing that you are craving. It's the same as when pregnant women get ridiculous cravings for odd…

a pound of ground turkey, one cup salsa or tomato and pepper blend, taco seasoning, water, cup of instant brown rice (maybe two cups), light sour cream and low fat cheese. If you are feeling particularly deprived, you can add a tortilla. Brown the meat, toss everything else in together, follow the directions for your brown…

Added deterrent not to overeat? If I was given a set number of them, and they tasted that bad, I'd definitely think twice before eating another one.

Right here, wrong there... My pet peeves are patience (people put patients) and would'nt (which I only really see from people in the UK, so that may be a cultural thing)

Oh yeah, and adding salads to your daily diet is another big step forward.

The biggest thing, the absolute most important part of weight loss, is to do something. Anything. Big, small, whatever, you have to make a change. After than, the other changes come easier. My first change was swapping out white rice for instant brown rice. From there it was minimizing red meat and using sandwich thins…

Without time to repair, though, you won't get any benefit from added lifting. If you want to see results, you need to lift alternating days, at a maximum, and you want to give your body lots of time to rebuild the muscle tissue. Legs are different than arms, as well. I can work my legs every day and see results, because…

Yeah, a bit. My thing is that the scale, for the most part, is like a scoreboard for me. I mean, I can look at all the other indicators, and I know in my mind that weight does not "change" all that rapidly, but I like to know where I stand and how far I have to go. Some people hate the scale, but it seems that they are…

After work. I have a desk job, so I don't get a lot of activity during the day. I get off work about 4, so I have a couple hours before doing all the normal "night" stuff, enough to sneak in 50 min of cardio and some weights. I find that getting two meals in me before the workout gives me a lot more energy than with…

Constantly. I weigh myself more to pat myself on the back than to monitor anything, though. Drives my wife nuts, but so does everything else I do.

I'd say that if you have only 7 more pounds to lose then some of that is likely stored in your love handles. Obliques and other side exercises can make the fat appear thinner because there is more muscle behind it, but weight is weight and fat is fat. You may have a predisposition, as stated early, towards love handles.…

I almost never eat them back. I just seems like a wasted effort if I go work out for an hour, then pig out for an hour to gain all the calories back. When I work them off, I really like to keep them off.

Yes, get a scale. And yes, use it daily. But only log the number at your "official" weigh in. I use mine to motivate me to eat less, or more, head to the gym when i need to, and figure out the damage that my "weekends off" causes to my goals. Always better to know than to guess. Just remember, if you do use a scale, use it…

I've had the opposite response from my family. They are all overweight to morbidly obese, and they look at me funny because I eat well and am by far the skinniest adult...and I'm still overweight. But the one thing that remains the same is the lack of support. My family has always embraced the "live for today" mantra, and…

If you haven't changed your routine and nothing has changed, you are likely at a plateau. Best bet is to alter some facet of your program, either by dropping calories from your diet or increasing your physical activity. What you should do, honestly, is start the weight training prior to hitting your "ideal" weight. Lean…

What worked best for me as far as staying on track was that I was texting two or three people while I was on the exercise bike every day. It basically got my mind off how boring what I was doing was and I just let my legs do all the work. Not that it's ideal for everyone, but most people I see who are making progress are…

Most of the dieters start off their reasons for losing weight with "after I gave birth to my child", so we just sort of zone out from there on...

Fruits and vegetable calories don't count because they are "natural". These people have obviously never met the fat vegetarians I have.

LA Fitness, because it's closest to my house. I've always wondered why people vie for the closest possible parking spot when they are going to the gym. It seems just sort of ironic that you want to go work out at the gym for an hour, but the walk to and from your car is too much effort...