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I brush my teeth in the shower too because I prefer warm water. My ex also nicknamed me Butterball since I'm eternally cold. He said snuggling up to me was like snuggling up to a frozen turkey. So....not that weird!

SexyBack by Justin Timberlake. Something about it makes me want to put on high heels and dance.

My fiance and I started together. We both use differently, much like you and your husband. We find it helps with awareness of what we are eating and we motivate each other with weekly rewards for highest percentage of body weight lost. These things also help us get out and about more.

Find what motivates you. Is it health, looking better, feeling sexy, your love life? Decide why you want to change and use that to motivate you. It's easy to get discouraged at our age because it's so much harder to lose now. But the only person who ever fails is the one who never even tries. You may have good weeks and…

Honestly, I don't say "No." I think of it like when I was in Catholic school...when they tell you you can't do it, it's all you want to do. So, I give in but in very small amounts so I never feel deprived or have the cravings. I love dark chocolate, so I buy the expensive kind that tastes wonderful and keep it in my…

Surprisingly, my pregnancies were not the cause of my weight gain. Only 17lbs with 1st child and 23lbs with 2nd. But I had 3 surgeries on my stomach a year later that destroyed the muscles I'd worked so hard to build. Plus, being Epileptic means that my medicine slows my metabolism to a near halt. One medicine caused me to…