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Um, put me in the group, as well as above "better than average" intelligence. Love my toe.

After a 5-day March Madness drunk, I vowed that I was never drinking again. So I'll probably just have a little Johnnie Walker Black tonight.

"Blaming TOM (please stop)" Tom is a good guy, so I agree, leave him alone.

What if the answer was "no"? Would you just decide to do nothing in that case?

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Yep, definitely. I track my weight every day on a graph and there is always a spike on Monday's. Drink lots of water and eat right and the weight will stabilize back to normal in 3-5 days. The thing to remember is... You didn't actually gain weight. All you did was make the scale show a higher number. There is a HUGE…

My wife (who's a vegetarian) will occasionally ask me if I want to try her veggie burger, or other "meat replacement product". My response is always the same... I respond by asking her why she doesn't ever want to try my steak or bratwurst. She says because she doesn't want to. There's your answer.

Sounds like there are a couple of issues here. First, your definition of normal is screwed up. You might want to start creeping other people's diaries to get some ideas of how to eat. Second, you're really good at the excuses. If you don't fix these two things first, you won't have a chance.

My question for you is this... When you finally reach your goal, is your intention to go back to your old lifestyle? If the answer is yes, then you might as well quit now because you'll probably put all the weight back on anyway. If the answer is no, then why would something as simple as a stall force you back to a…

I like to wear just a bowtie and sunglasses.

A little late, considering my second fit test was on 2/18, but here were the results between test 1 and test 2: SwitchKicks: 38 / 52 (2 kicks= 1 rep) PowerJacks: 35 / 50 PowerKnees: 86 / 94 PowerJumps: 30 / 34 GlobeJumps: 7 / 9 (1 full rotation = 1 rep) SuicideJumps: 17 / 18 Push-UpJacks: 23 / 27 LowPlankOblique: 28 / 45…

You're exactly right, "EVERYONE deserves" is the key here. Meaning that the thin person deserves it too. The fat person doesn't deserve it any more than the thin person. Hiring is all about risk mitigation. It's an attempt to find the best employee from very limited information. Part of this information is appearance. It's…

So you're only going to get 320 calories per day from carbs? Sounds like the Atkins diet. I'm no expert, but that ratio sounds out of whack to me.

You're stuck because your metabolism finally adapted to eating only 1200 calories. It's not going to give up any more excess weight unless you make some dramatic changes. And since you mention you're "scared" of extra calories... Well frankly, your options are limited. You can certainly keep trying to do what you're doing…

I would check again if I were you. Take a look at the carb/protein/fat numbers at the beginning of the day. Then arbitrarily add a 500 calorie workout. Now look at the carb/protein/fat numbers again. You'll see that the grams have changed. And if they aren't changing, something must be wrong with the way your account is…

Wow. Just Wow! At the rate I'm going, I might get to 10,000 posts when I'm 167.

Coming to the realization that this is not a diet, and there is no "done". I eat better, I track my calories, and I exercise. I won't get to stop doing those things once I reach some arbitrary goal weight. It makes it easier to accept the "bad" days when I know it's just a regular part of life.

I finished week 3 day 2 this morning. My fit test numbers yesterday were favorable. One thing I've learned... I suck at pacing myself. The workouts are just as hard now as they were the first week (if not harder). I only have 10 more workouts before I get the rest week!! Woohoo!! I'm concerned about the month 2 workouts.…

The amount of soreness is not a direct reflection of how hard your muscles worked. And a lack of soreness is not an indicator "that your body got used to the exercise, and therefore you need to change it up." DOMS (aka muscle fever) is not even entirely understood. But the general consensus is that it occurs after…

Why don't you just subtract from your daily food goal rather than trying to play with negative exercise calories? For instance, if you burn 80 calories an hour at BMR, and you generally work out an hour a day, just subtract 80 calories from your daily food intake goal to account for the "double dipping".

I just try to do a reasonable job of planning in advance what the day will look like. If I'm going out to dinner or drinking, I estimate what I think that will be, and then cut some other things out earlier in the day to accommodate. If it's going to be heavy drinking, I know I'll go over, but some of the choices earlier…

I think deep down, we all want to be creeped to a certain extent. It's human nature to want to be noticed. Some people just don't understand the concept of "too much". Those are the one's you need to be blunt to about your dissatisfaction. Me? Short of showing up at my house and killing my cat, then creep me all you want!!…

I finished day 11 this morning (Cardio Recovery). I'm starting to feel little pains in my shins and joints, so the recovery today was a nice change of pace. I'm already looking forward to the sweat pouring workout tomorrow!! It's hard to imagine what month 2 is going to be like though, because these month 1 workouts are…

My fit test results back on 2/4. Moves SwitchKicks: 38 (2 kicks= 1 rep) PowerJacks: 35 PowerKnees: 86 PowerJumps: 30 GlobeJumps: 7 (1 full rotation = 1 rep) SuicideJumps: 17 Push-UpJacks: 23 LowPlankOblique: 28

Everyone who is eating 1200 calories a day should take note. I believe that what you've done, effectively, is teach your body to survive on very low calories. Yes, you lost weight in the process, and the losing was probably very motivational, which kept you going. But at those calorie levels, your body's metabolism…

Doing this for only 1 day here and there... not a big deal; our bodies know how to handle fluctuations. However, if this is "typical" for you, or you intend to do this very often, then yes, it will become problematic and you will need to make some changes to your routine.

I'd say to jump right in. A week of other light cardio isn't going to help much with what you're about to do anyway. Just pace yourself at the beginning until you recognize where your limits are.

I've joined the group for one simple reason... Misery loves company. I started Insanity on 2/4 so I'm a week in already. It's a killer. Most days, I'm collapsed on the floor at the end wondering what my name is. I did take before pics but haven't unloaded them from the camera yet. I'm trying to break a 2-3 month plateau,…

Yep, here's where you're going wrong... Unrealistic expectations. You need to just stick to what your doing and let the results happen. If you get all caught up in what the scale is doing, you will get frustrated. Frustrations tends to lead to failure.

Giant hug and a slap on the *kitten*. eta: And buy her a drink!