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Dear Bossman. Have you not noticed we sit here in the office with shirts, sweaters and jackets on while practically sitting on our space heaters? wth? Your millions cannot afford your freezing staff some heat?! bstrd, Dear BM: I realize you are homeless by choice and that you don't give a rat's *kitten* about your kids,…

I've JUST started running in the morning and y'all have motivated me to pieces...seriously!! My partner crapped out on me this morning because it's all over the news of a "freeze warning" here in California. It got down to about 30 degrees overnight. YES, it's frigging cold, but I went anyway. I put the dogs jacket on and…

I have a Polar F6...I absolutely love it. I've had it for about 2.5 yrs and it's awesome. I'm a bit of an idiot when it comes to gadgets and whatnot, so I was afraid to use this...but it's terribly easy to set up, as accurate as I think it can get and a lifesaver!! I'm sure the F6 is an older version, but I love it- I'm…

Ya know it might not all be in your head. A friend of mine did something similar. She works at a gym in another state. She lost weigth due to trainer and easy access to working out and the girls at work started being really mean to her. She couldnt figure it out. When I saw her, I was shocked at how great she looked-…

Wow!! Way to go on your success!!! Congrats!! I honestly don't have much recommendation for beverages, but one thing I'd recommend is taking excedrine ( even generic will do) . Literally THE SECOND you feel one coming on, take excedrine ASAP. It does have caffine in it, so it might help ease you into no caffine at all. In…

Can I ask what you are unhappy about with surgery? results?

I just suggested this to a friend- she had no time to spend with her son becuase of work, school and working out. Why not combine two things at once? Workout with your kids- whether it be dancing to Richard Simmons or walking or riding bikes. Bonding excercise is awesome for everyone becuase it gets your heart pumping and…

I actually think this sounds like a great snack!! Good mix of healthy carbs and proteins! Sounds good!

I think many women have been through this at some point in their lives...dont despair. What you need to realize is that if a guy is really into you...then that's just it...he's really into you. PLEASE, I beg of you, read a book called HE's JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU. This book is a huge eye opener and in my years of dating…

This is actually something I've been looking into lately, but I cant seem to fine a lot of info about it. Sounds like its very similar to atkins. Is it?

My doctor advised after the injury to stay on the crutches for 2-3 weeks ( I did 2.5 weeks). No excercise and sensible shoes for the two weeks after that and then starting off for a couple of weeks with walking only then I could get into my regular workouts. This is exactly what I've done, but no, I dont think I mentioned…

If you feel the need to move things along, you could try something like psyllium husk powder- mixng int in with a beverage or juice. It works well. I got mine at Whole Foods, but also at trader Joes as well. Many natural stores have it as well. Basically like taking lots of fiber, but its very natural.

That SO could have been written by me...and probably was at one point. 14 days ago, my husband was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes...no more sugar for him. Because I'm a total fool, I decided to be supportive and give up sugar too. Honestly? NEVER felt better!! I do watch my carbs, but I'm likely not considered low carb. I…

Can I ask how and why you did that? That's amazing. I wanna do it too!

Good article and I love this site! Thanks for sharing!

So goin on that, Is milk sugar bad? I know its not the same as say candy or sweets, but I'm really wokring on cutting down a LOT of sugar and I'm wondering if this 'counts'.

Oh yeah...keep it coming. I need a SERIOUS slap in the face. A hard one.

Not sure if Sugar Busters is a special diet or not, but if you are looking for sugar free stuff, try websites such as splenda.com for sugar free recipes. I found an awesome s/f cookie bar recipe there and OMG, it was to die for!! Also I learned through baking that you can use the splenda -for baking- and it comes out…

Me too!! No way it could have been 1200 calories- maybe a regular sized bag, but a small lunch sized bag? no way.

Went to my ultra FUN, international Zumba class last night, was having fun until I felt a huge pop/snap in my calf with excruciating pain...tried to walk it off, yeah that wasnt going to happen. Five hours and one ER visit later I've torn a muscle in my calf. I'm on crutches and can bear no weight for 2-3 weeks. Im out of…

I dont know much about it, I looked into it briefly, but the center near me was tiny and I was thinking doing the same thing all the time would get boring. I think I had a bad rep who was showing me the place. Now that I've been at my gym for a long time, I know my routine and I absolutely must have a ton of options out…

I experienced that over the weekend too...I went camping with DH's family. I was crankier than catsh!t, PMS was in the house and I was irritated and sooo annoyed with so many things and people. I woke up early on Satrurday morning and went for a walk/run before anyone was up, came back and everything went away and it was…

I had this problem too.....My thighs would rub together and make my shorts ride up something horrible...exposing WAY too much. My solution? Biker shorts. I got mine online (I think Roamans? JMS? One Hanes Place? While biker shorts are not all that attractive on a bigger gal, it worked wonders, as they are the most…

Heart Rate Monitor There are no dumb questions!! I use mine to compete with myself. - aim to burn 10 calories a minute or more. - aim for certain # of cals in certain time period ( like 200 cals in 15 mins or 350 cals in 30 mins, something like that that really pushes me) - go for the calorie count total only - keep me…

I did my first actual Zumba class last night and i loved it!! Although I was a little confused b/c tI thought it was all Latin dancing steps, but the instructor added his own like Russian Dancing as well as Indian Dancing, and Egyptian(?) moves in there as well...It was AMAZING and fun. I didnt want it to end. It was…

I have the exact same problem. I discovered a while back that i have "scale trollies" in my house. Like miniature trolls, but they dont know they are doing antyhing bad...they just have fun. In the middle of the night, they play with bathroom scales and adjust them, break them, do lots of nasty things to them and we as…

I just had a similar experieince...I was feeling incredibly emotional and sad over something and my DH was being anything but supportive and we went to bed, I was so upset, I was terribly tempted to literally get out of bed at midnight and go for a walk/run until I felt better. It was odd.

How funny!! I watched this movie too last night and it DEFINITLY got me to thinking...what if we couldnt? I've had that phrase on my office desk for awhile now, it keeps me going. I just decided to try for a 5k in September...I'd love to run a 5k. I noticed that even though I'm overweight, I CAN run...II'm in much better…

My gym offers 'cycle' classes as well as "X-Bike" classes. Does anyone know the difference? I'm assuming "Spinning" classes are just another name?