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Thanx, everybody! Nanlmille, that's very interesting. I think there is both a racial and gender dimension to the reactions I've gotten. I've noticed that the experiences of women here don't really match my experience at all. I haven't heard from enough guys on the topic to compare notes but my theory is that people like…

I was about to say yes to this but it's not that simple. If that were the only thing I would have done this years ago and not waited until my 40s to commit to it. I guess the big thing really was my health. I had a pretty bad scare back in November and since that time I"ve been committed like never before. I've started…

Yes. It's just you. No, seriously, I think it's getting too much credit myself. But I did like one gag in it. "The Duke of Weaseltown" [ahem... "Weyselton"] was hilarious.

Thank you for your responses. Your responses fall in line with what I hear from other women I know who've lost a significant amount of weight. I tend to believe it's a little different with women than guys though. I call it "Al Roker Syndrome" or, alternatively, "Luther Vandross Syndrome". When both of those guys lost…

Cardinal Nation in the house! With a hat tip to my second favorite Detroit Tigers.

I strongly prefer free weights to resistance machines. I think the free weights allow your muscles to act in concert the way they're designed to work. Resistance machines are designed to isolate single muscles or muscle groups so specifically that I think it throws your body out of whack. There's very little real-life…