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Not a fan of deep dish pizza but that chicago hot dog looks AMAZING

my favorite is a double tall nonfat caramel machiatto. 50 less calories, slightly less sugar/carbs than a grande but same amount of espresso! edit: 140 calories

I might pay a couple bucks a month if they made the following improvements.... i.e. no ads, forums on the mobile apps, being able to change what meal a certain food was on the mobile apps (instead of deleting and adding to another meal), being able to edit multiple items on the website (instead of deleting one by one,…

Loved your story!!

Tall (I'm 5'11), lanky but muscular, a swimmers build

I am in but I will be starting next week the 6th

don't use phrases that don't make sense like "peruse briefly". I made this mistake my first job out of college. No one called me out on it but I realized later than peruse meant to "examine carefully" lol

hahaha! love it

Thanks everyone for the comments & suggestions on my post, I will try drop sets.. and hopefully try to increase my weight on some of the "easier" moves. But on the balance exercises... for example on the single leg romanian deadlift, most of the effort there is not the amount of weight but trying not to fall over :) I do…

I'm not feeling the 6 rep thing in this stage. I feel like I can't really lift any heavier for some of the exercises (like chest presses im already at 22.5, and if i go any higher my form will be compromised), but that 6 reps is not enough to feel the burn... anyone else feel like this?

Nice! I just did the first A workout today. Body weight matrix took me 5 minutes flat! Once I get to lunge jumps I'm exhausted plus my gym was sooo crowded and people were walking all around me so it was distracting. Reverse wood chop feels weird to me too.. the cable always digs into my arm. I like what it does to my abs…

^ this

Gucci Guilty! I love it

There's this guy at my work who is pretty fit and used to be a personal trainer but brings in donuts or bagels almost every Friday wtf

Ok so I have a crush on Rob Kardashian.. Don't judge me ;) Channing Tatum, Cristiano Ronaldo (the soccer player) For girls... Naya Rivera's character on Glee

Wow! Awesome progress!!

I just did my stage 1 AMRAPs. I didn't like them either. I felt like i was gonna give myself repetitive stress injury on some of them... Guess I went too light at first, esp with squats and deadlifts. Shoulder press and lunges were still tough, I think lunges are always tough no matter what the weight

I normally eat something light about 30 min before i workout. something like half a banana with some almond butter or a homemade protein bar (http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=541619)

How long (approximately) did each of the workouts take (when you include intervals)? I am 2 weeks away (counting a rest week) from doing stage 2, and looking @ the book it seems that workout B would be much longer than workout A because it has extra workouts plus intervals. Although I guess the crunch exercises wouldn't…

I don't know but whoever he is he can message me!!!! :)

I made my own this weekend. they're awesome!! recipe from here: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=541619 (don't freak out about the nutrition facts, those are for the entire batch) P.S. the nutrition facts per serving for mine came out to: Calories 197 Carbs 28 Fat 6 Protein 10 Sodium 52 Sugar 7

I totally agree. I downloaded the sample to my kindle and I am less than impressed with the writing...

Grilled chicken and steamed kale (Bobby Flay's recipe).. .I have a pound and a half of baby kale from Costco w/ a best by date of 5/25.. gonna have to eat it daily lol

A cup of coffee in the morning, water all day, and I recently discovered Trader Joe's low calorie lemonade made with stevia extract and sugar - only 40 calories per 8 oz and no artificial sweeteners... it's so good!! http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article.asp?article_id=93

I like lifting to rap mostly.. right now the playlist is a mix of Lil Wayne, Drake & the Jay-Z/Linkin Park Collision Course album (6 songs, great album)

Jarrow Formulas Caribbean Chocolate Whey Protein... mmm mmm good. Jarrow is good because it has no artificial sweeteners/flavors and less "crap" in it than other brands. Ironically the guy working at my gym, while I was looking at the Optimum Nutrition proteins, recommended it to me even though they didn't carry it (had to…

right... i think when people say muscle weighs more than fat, they mean if you have a certain amount of space and fill it with either muscle or fat, the muscle would weigh more

I would suggest incorporating a tougher strength training routine. What size weights are you using for 30 day shred?

hah, me too. I'm taking May off as well... people at my work were joking that they were going to build a conveyor belt of beers and have them circle my desk and have it spray beer down my throat... wtf? and they are joking that i'm not fun this month... i work with a bunch of alcoholics.. lol. can't believe they said you…

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