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You retain a calm facade on the outside while you silently scream and cover your head on the inside. :D People will approach it differently of course but the way I've always handled it is to let them lead the conversation a bit. I ask questions to find out how much they already know and how much they're wanting to know at…

I LOVE popcorn but it doesn't love me so I can't eat it anymore even if I had the calorie allowance. I have to be gluten and pretty much grain free due to intolerances which means the stuff at the theater is off limits. It's good for me in some respects but sucky too. I sneak in dark chocolate, nuts or my favorite dark…

Bacon and eggs is my idea of a perfect breakfast! :D However, I do like sautéed vegetables in my scrambled eggs or made into an omelet. Will he eat it that way? Or he could just eat a piece of fruit on the side or something.

1. yes but he wasn't for the longest time and rarely signs on 2. I don't remember what question two was and I'm to lazy to look it up 3. I acted the same before he signed up as I do now and wouldn't have a problem if he were more actively involved. I'm not that exciting so it's not like he'd find me behaving lasciviously…

Well today I wanted to punch somebody in the face but normally I quite enjoy it! (I did not want to punch any of my children, just fyi)

Our gym's cardio deck overlooks the weight section. I've been lifting at home for awhile now but hadn't transitioned to lifting at the gym (where it's warm!) After plodding along on the treadmill a few times and watching the weight lifters down below I realized that I knew at least as much as the majority of them and since…

I did a you tube zumba video for free at home to try it out before going.

First let me just say, go to the doctor. I know you said you are going to but I wanted to make sure I said it again. Now, so you know it might not be anything super scary at all I will tell you that something similar happened to my daughter. She'd gone in to use the bathroom, sat down and woke up on the floor. She'd had no…

I live gluten/grain free due to intolerances. Vegetables, fruit and meat are my staples and are naturally gluten free if you buy them in their unprocessed forms. I occasionally have a grain free waffle made with nut flour or coconut flour but I make those from scratch at home because I have so many issues I wouldn't be…

I can't eat gluten, nightshades (potatoes, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, paprika or tomatillos) shellfish, avocado or most grains (especially corn). You want to talk about having to scour a menu! :D I've been gluten free for more than three years and the other stuff was slowly added as I did elimination diets. I don't have…

It's hard to motivate myself to do it but I always feel so much better after I've worked out. The type of workout will depend on how crappy I'm feeling. Sometimes I'm pretty weak and shaky so I don't lift those days.

I'm paleo'ish but it's because I have an autoimmune disease and have found that most grains cause me pain. I slowly eliminated foods I suspected until I ended up pretty much eating paleo. I do eat butter, a little dairy and some starches. I didn't choose to eat this way based on rhetoric but I have found it to be such a…

I have successfully fought off a UTI with d-mannose in combination with cutting out all sugar (including fruit), drinking lots of water and a little bit of Uva Ursi (tastes NASTY!!) However, as another poster pointed out this is a bacterial infection so if you're going to go that route you'd better be extremely careful…

Last night it was honey dijon pork loin over quinoa with oven roasted green beans and caramelized onions on the side. Tonight it's sausage sweet potato hash.

I had to live next door to a meth addict and his bat @%*( crazy wife so I will judge the heck out of meth users! His entire family was decimated by that crap, including his 16 year old nephew. The kid is now living under a bridge just trying to make it from fix to fix. The pot smoking/dealing neighbors we had before the…

My husband was attempting to do this very thing and his squat form sucked! I convinced him to try the barbell and with a few minor adjustments his form is great now. The dumbbells and kettle bells will not help you correct your form or learn to do a proper barbell squat. The barbell on his shoulders forced him not to cheat…

I have a small, cheap notebook. It's only about 3x5" so it's not a pain to deal with and if I need to walk away from it to get a weight I'm not worried about losing it or having it taken. I tried using my tablet but I was so worried about losing it or dropping a weight on it that I only used it once. The notebook works…

I love my husband but remembering stuff was never his strong suit. I have no desire to get in a fight over every birthday or anniversary so I make it very clear when important dates are coming up. I mean, I practically have a parade through the living room to remind him that a birthday or anniversary is on the horizon. I…

Right now I'm having a love affair with Apple Cinnamon Herbal Tea but if it's earlier in the day I like Pumpkin Cream or Gingerbread Cream black teas. I also love Irish Breakfast tea. Vanilla Chai is another favorite.

The mob mentality isn't necessarily the correct one though. I am nowhere near where I want to be yet but I will rely more on how I feel and how I look than a number on a scale. Right now I am a certain weight wearing a size I wore a few years ago when I was 20 pounds LIGHTER! I'm pretty sure this is because of my weight…

I don't really know what to say about the food part but I wanted to tell you my heart goes out to you and your family. I cannot imagine what you must all be feeling right now. I've lost several loved ones and the only advice I can give you is to allow yourself to feel what you feel. Those stages of grief are real and…

I only have four but we have always homeschooled too so I've had to make time for working out. When they were younger I'd set them up with schoolwork or something that didn't require my help and I'd pop in a DVD or do weights in the garage. Now that all three of the older ones are able to be left home alone/babysit I sneak…

My 19 year old shrank out of some really cute jeans (she's my lifting pal). She told me to try them on and THEY FIT!! I pranced around in them all day Sunday. My daughter's friend, not knowing the jeans used to belong to my dd, exclaimed about how cute my jeans were and how good they looked on me!

I'd agree with the "go ninja" advice for the food. The TV issue where he's coming in while you're mid workout and wants to use it is just childish and selfish. I wouldn't stop my workout in a situation like that regardless of how he was raised. I'd simply tell him, "Okay, I'll be done in XX minutes and you're welcome to it…

When we were dating, my husband lived with two other bachelors. The counters were so gross the glasses were literally stuck and I had to wrap a warm wet cloth around the base to get them off. I opened the freezer and came face to face with a decapitated owl. Sitting there. Body next to the head. And it was staring at me...…

I have to feed a family of six so having leftovers is a rare thing here. I do use whatever we're having for dinner for my husband's lunch the next day though so instead of waiting to see what's leftover, I put some aside before I even call them. If you are wanting to have some for lunch the next day then just get your…

Myself, my 19 year old and my 14 year old all get migraines from eating anything with gluten in it. Food intolerances can result in headaches so you might want to consider that after having whatever medical tests you're looking into.

Well at the gym you're going to have access to ellipticals, treadmills, bikes, stair machines, etc along with all the weights. I have a little gym set up in my garage but I also go to the gym. What works for me might not be the thing for you though. You have a gym membership, are you using it? Do you already have equipment…

As of today I'm at 1125 but I have several in my FL that have more.

I hit the "hide" post button when I see things I don't want to see. I have a friend who lives in Japan and I swear she posts a picture of every single meal! There are several dishes and it's always followed up with a "what I had for dessert" post. I figure if I just hide them like I do with political posts I can go about…