Dezmodus Member

thanks, that's pretty darn helpful. I'm going to pick up a new one pronto :)

I had a kid (well, my wife had her, but i helped ;) ) and that was that. I gave it up the night i found out she was pregnant. I grew up in a house full of smoke and I didn't want that to be her life. I wanted to be able to run around and play with my kid. I wanted to be able to sing songs and carry her up the stairs when…

Charlotte here :)

I found out my wife was pregnant. I quit smoking cold turkey that day and decided that I had more important things to do. I didn't start losing weight until my daughter was up and walking. She's a limitless ball of energy so I had to do something to keep up. I knew if i didn't change my life drastically, I'd be dead before…

Great post! I've been pretty slack about my strength training but you've inspired me! :D

yes to all of it (i lost more than the 22, i used to be 240ish but i'd lose some before i joined mfp) i have a huge uncomfortable sizer on my ring (it's tungsten, i can't resize it) i'm cold all the time, i sleep like a rock, and as for going overboard... i ate 3 slices of pizza and some cake last night and today i feel…

miraculous weight loss but horrific and incurable body odor?

I'm fairly certain this exists and many many people have taken it. It's ok though, you can always put giant tires on your hummer and nobody will be the wiser ;)

oooo... interesting. very "button, button" I'll bet a lot of people would be willing to do this one, and i have the kind of luck that i'd wake up 50lbs heavier three days in a row. What about one that gave you biceps but all your teeth fell out?

just remember not to do it all at once ;

fruit usually does the trick, and you can always make a smoothie and freeze it into a popsicle or something.

I've been told that sweat and pain is just weakness leaving the body, so what you actually consumed was weakness. You'd better double up your brotein intake, just to be safe. and remember, raw egg whites count as water, so use those instead of water when making your brotein shake.

Great! (also, i love that Richard is your avatar! :D)

Bah-DAWWW!!! (that's cosbian for "EAT THE PUDDING!")

i've had my galbladder out and I have several small circular scars that go all the way down to my guts. As i trim down, i'll just tell people i got shot ;)

couldn't stand running, i would hit the treadmill only when i couldn't do anything else, but then i broke my treadmill (by running on it, ironically) and had to take it outside. I had to train for a zombie run and i kept at it long enough to start to like it. I dropped some money at target to buy a bunch of cold weather…

I've mentioned this before in another thread, but it's the only tip I've got. Ice Cream Cones. I eat ice cream pretty much every night for dessert, but i eat those little cake cones (they're only like 20 cal) because you really can't fit a lot of ice cream in them. WAAAY less than a bowl, but you still feel like you had…

I wear shoes on machines, but I do yoga and general stuff barefoot.

Great work! keep it up!

I learned how to do that cool underwater undulating thing the swimmers do, and lemme tell ya, that's a torso WORKOUT!

ice cream cones. seriously. if i have a bowl of ice cream, i'm likely to fill the bowl up, but trying to stuff more than one (actual 1/2 cup) serving into an ice cream cone doesn't really work, and the cones are about 20 calories each, so I have about 100-140 calories of ice cream and 20 of cone, and i don't have to swap…

Shauna's bottom lip :)

you could be drinking water INSTEAD of tea or soda, and just think how much less sugar you'd be getting... you could use those extra calories for something really good.... like ice cream :D

humans. They're mostly water, so consuming them counts as at LEAST 8 glasses. or you could just drink that stuff that comes out of the tap...

I'm an ex-smoker too. When i had a kid i knew it was time to stop that, but she still run circles around me, but i'm catching up. You can too! :D

you could certainly check for "mud course" or "mud run" and your area in google and see if you get any results. You may have to go to the next biggest city if you're in a small town. I just found two near me by typing "mud run charlotte" http://events.charlotteobserver.com/charlotte-nc/events/charlotte+mud+run

big (but still healthy) breakfast, small lunch, smaller dinner. it's more likely that you'll burn calories BEFORE dinner than after.

Welcome! It's nice to see there's someone who enjoys making art. You might be able to use that as a way to keep your mind off snacks if you get those random (or late night) cravings What kind of art did you make?

I heard back from a few people and the general consensus is that it's insanely difficult, even for people that are in incredible physical shape and have trained for 6+ months just for the event. There are a lot of local mud runs and mud run/obstacle courses that, while still challenging, are a more attainable goal for a…

I don't have any advice right now, but I just saw that some of my friends on FB did it so I checked it out. It looks pretty intense. I would love to get into the kind of shape needed for that. I'll ask folks on FB if they have any tips.