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WOW! That's all I can say about that. My wife & I go to the gym together from time to time, but I made sure & set some ground rules beforehand. I told her that the gym is the one place in the universe where I have total control of everything. What machine, what weights, what I listen to, how I lift (or run). I told her…

I'm not much on using bible verses, but I'm going to paraphrase. Let those without sin cast the first stone. Nobody else can tell you how you should live your life. Everyone has made mistakes in theirs, so if they think they can sit & judge you, they can take a big spoonful of STFU.

Right there with you. My biggest regret is choosing to play a softball tournament instead of going to the hospital to visit my mom, thinking I'd go see her tomorrow.

Having children gave me a purpose. Not that I didn't have one before, but now i have 2 lives that look up to me, learn from me, depend on me & love me unconditionally. I have 2 people who share my appreciation of superheroes, Phineas & Ferb, Spongebob, snowball fights & so many of the little things in life that we tend to…

Raise your glass - Pink (perfect for a warmup on the treadmill @ 4.0 mph) Renegade - Daughtry Boss's Daughter - Pop Evil Kick @ss - Egypt Central This is gonna hurt - Sixx AM Warrior - Disturbed (also Indestructible & most of their songs) Digital (did you tell) - Stone Sour Move your body - My Darkest Days Scream - Avenged…

Raise your glass - Pink (perfect for a warmup on the treadmill @ 4.0 mph) Renegade - Daughtry Boss's Daughter - Pop Evil Kick @ss - Egypt Central This is gonna hurt - Sixx AM Warrior - Disturbed (also Indestructible & most of their songs) Digital (did you tell) - Stone Sour Move your body - My Darkest Days Scream - Avenged…

So by your "logic", unless I compete in a golf tournament, I'm not a golfer? If I don't compete in a meet, I'm not a swimmer? If I'm not on Dancing with the stars, I'm not a dancer? I could go on & on. Your triathlete analogy is completely inaccurate. The OP isn't saying she's a marathoner, just a runner. I just started…

Workout shoes (I don't wear the same pair to workout as I do the rest of the day) Shirt, shorts, underwear, socks Soap, Shampoo, puff Deodorant, Shaving gel, razor, after shave, hair gel, brush water bottle, iPod, extra headphones, gum pad of paper & pens padlock

Santa Claus is big & fake, but everybody loves him!

slow your pace. I was running at 6.5 mph (2.0 incline), but could never go more than 15 minutes straight. After seeing this advice, I started to run at 6.2 mph (2.5 incline) & I can now run 20 minutes plus continuously every day.

It took me a while, but I finally figured it out. I made a photobucket.com (free) account & created an album to save the photos I wanted to post. When you want to post one, when you hover your mouse pointer over the photo, a ballon appears. Click on the direct link code & it'll say "copied". When you want to post it, you…

Ditto.

Chiobani Black Cherry, Raspberry & Peach (in that order). Then I add Kashi go lean crunch to it & wash it down with a Special K dark chocolate protein shake & I'm good to go until lunch.

Lazy is an ignorant way to look at it. When I have the time, I'll cook extra food & take it for lunch, but with a family, two jobs, helping out on my in-laws farm & working out 5-6 days a week, lazy is the last thing I am. I'd also rather have a variety in the foods I eat, rather than have the same thing 3-4 days in a row.

I usually have a frozen dinner for lunch most weekdays. Most of them are high in sodium, but one of my favorites is the Stouffers baked Chicken breast with mashed potatoes & gravy. I scrape most of the gravy off, but it's 240 calories, 8g of fat & 24 g of protein. I add some fat free yoplait light, fruit, vegetables & a…

You have to enter it as a cardio exercise & estimate the calories burned. The one I use is "Circuit training, General"

"Either work hard or you might as well quit!" - MC Hammer, U can't touch this is one of my favorites. The song Warrior by Disturbed is on I always listen to when I work out. Remember me for all time This determination is a vital part of me Surrender now or be counted With the endless masses that I will defeat Broken down…

I don't think shaming yourself is a good way to go, especially long term. Most posters on here would be supportive, but there are always going to be d-bags on here that will not hesitate to be cruel, and there might be times they get the better of you & it's tough enough to lose weight with positive support, so the…

I let them know, usually when someone offers me something to eat, like a work food day, that way they won't keep offering me desserts & unhealthy food. If someone asks if I should be eating something, I take the time to educate them to the fact that making healthier eating decisions doesn't mean I can't have anything…

This was actually the first Easter ever that I didn't have any candy. I always make sure to have some 1% chocolate milk, Special K dark chocolate protein shakes or jello sugar-free dark chocolate or chocolate vanilla swirl pudding around so I can have my chocolate fix & still stay on track.

There are weeks that it feels like I've worked incredibly hard & haven't seen the results, or had a couple of bad nights & it's normal to get frustrated, but you have to keep looking at the big picture. I put this weight on over the course of many years, so it isn't going to come off in a couple of months. It's like I tell…

You can never go wrong with old school Metallica. Seek & Destroy, And Justice for all, Battery & of course One. I usually don't get to the Metallica on my playlist unless I put it on shuffle.

And bounces around for a little while.

Finally got the stupid picture thing to work. Yea me!

For my warm-up, I start out with Raise your glass by Pink. It's perfect for a 4.0 mph pace. After that: Renegade - Daughtry Boss's Daughter - Pop Evil Kick @ss - Egypt Central This is gonna hurt - Sixx AM Warrior - Disturbed Digital (did you tell) - Stone Sour Move your body - My Darkest Days Scream - Avenged Sevenfold…

My Ideal body is running around Hawaii using the name Alex O'Laughlin.

Tyrone, let me introduce you to Karma. Karma, meet Tyrone.

My PF bothered me for a few years. I had cortisone shots, custom orthotics & better shoes, & it got so bad that it was giving me back problems. What really helped me was a place called Synergy. They perform ART (Active Release Therapy). It's not just a chiropractor, they work the muscles & tissues in the affected areas. I…

Definitely! Plus, if she exercises, the results will be even better.

This is good advice. I was trying to run @ 6.5 mph for as long as I could, but it was never more than 13-15 minutes. After seeing several posts like this, I started to run @ 6.2 mph, and I can run for 25-30 minutes almost every time. I try to combine the best of both worlds. I'll start out @ 4.0 for a couple of minutes to…