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I wear my boyfriend's shirts. I feel that since he helped make me fat, he should do my exercise laundry :)

Look at the sizes of some brands. The sizes below are for women but the men's department in each store has the same range of sizes: Old Navy has size 0-20+ Gap has size 0-20 Lucky Jeans has 0-16 True Religion has 24-32 (about a size 14) Men have the same woes as us women! When brands like Old Navy have such a variety of…

Look what we did, we scared them off :sad:

There are health benefits to drinking red wine. Here is an excerpt from WebMD: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/red-wine/HB00089 Red wine has long been touted as heart healthy. Some have suggested that the apparent health benefits of red wine, namely reducing your risk of heart disease, are behind the so-called French…

I was thinking the same thing "wow! Look at that waist!"

I was born and raised in Las Vegas, betting is in my blood. I learned how to count playing blackjack and practically grew up in casinos around town. With that said, I wouldn't bet someone $1000.00 to lose weight. There are too many factors involved! What if you're bloated from your period, sick, you drank too much water…

Frisbee, football, basketball, soccer, races (like sprints).... Any sport that you can do 1 vs. 1 would be viable.

I've been weened from WoW myself since December. I attributed a lot of my weight gain to tons of soda and Hawaiian BBQ from late night raids. I feel you, sister. :flowerforyou:

I buy frozen veggies too and I'm horrible cook so I try my best to season them in the following ways: Toss in fresh garlic Mrs. Dash Smart Balance Spread Lots of Pepper Lemon Juice I look forward to see what others are doing!

My man told me that he won't complement me on my weight loss until he notices it. I can notice the minor things but he won't notice until there has been a drastic change in my weight like if I lost 15-20 pounds. I wouldn't take it to heart as men are generally not as observant as females. He'll probably start dishing out…

I tried potato fries before but they burned and it wasn't so hot. I'm going to try it again with sweet potatoes to see if I have better luck. I think it's because I didn't grease the cookie sheet. ><

I'm going to be honest with everyone like I have always been: Aside from weight & fat loss, looking at someone much heavier than myself gives me motivation to keep going. I tell myself, "If I don't go to the gym, I'm going to look like that" It works and I've been doing great since January 31st :)

Thanks Banks, that's exactly what I was thinking. I have no current heart problems and felt fine after each workout. Thanks a ton!

You have tons of love here! I don't know if fat will be trendy soon but when it does I'll be the least-trendiest person out there!

What are the negatives to going above your zone? I go above my zone all the time and according to my workout on Saturday, my max heart rate was 207 and average was 156. I am 22 years old and didn't figure that was a problem?

Aim for the nuts will be my new myspace quote. Thanks :)

Don't get me wrong, UNLV's gym is fantastic. IThere are great group fitness instructors and has that great student feel. I've been a member of LVAC for three years before the completion of UNLV's new gym and found that UNLV's gym is a lot better than LVAC; however, after my 10 years of riding the CAT bus this is the first…

First off- I'm a pear shape. I lost 12 pounds and inches everywhere except my hips so all of my pants are looser but not quite bigger. I'm hoping to go down a size too but until I lose the inches from my hips my size 10's will continue to work. Gratz on the 20lbs! Keep going and you'll see more results.

This is how I use my F6: I hit exercise and I'm off. I'm always in the zone because my exercise classes make sure that my heart rate doesn't drop below what it should be for maximum cardio. There's a lot that I still don't know about my HR monitor as I don't do the OwnZone or anything.

Yeah, I bring my wrist up to my chest and I see the time just fine. I discovered this during cardio kickboxing.

Me too. I was born here and moving for the first time on June 1st. I'm ready to go.

Omg, I didn't even think about that. I'm not going to let this stop me from going to the gym but I will watch my back for sure.

An F11 is a brand of heart rate monitor by Polar. I use the F6 because it's all I need but the F11 is really nice from what I hear. I would suggest looking into both, they're pretty accurate for calories burned during exercise and heart rate levels.

Gas is 3.70 in MD? I'm moving to Maryland, noes!!!! It's 3.50 in Vegas, not looking forward to paying for gas there :( Luckily, I don't have a car yet but when I do it's going to hurt.

Yesterday I went to the gym at UNLV wearing a pair of shorts which say "UNLV" across the butt in big red letters. I have pride for my school, what can I say? I took the bus there and when I got off some guy commented on my shorts saying, "hey Ms.UNLV,I like your shorts." I ignored him and ran across the street, dodging…

Don't worry. I haven't had my tonsils out but I've had over ten surgeries and I know for a fact that there's nothing to worry about. I think one of the best part of surgery is when the anesthesiologist gives you a cocktail to wind you down pre-surgery. The last cocktail I received I thought I was dancing on clouds :)…

I love mine so much I named it Watchz00rs. Gonna name yours? :flowerforyou:

My man doesn't look at other women when he's out with me unless they're very ugly...then he stares for a while. My boyfriend acts like Lina's husband, I would comment about another woman and he would say "you're so much hotter and your eyes are prettier" I'm sure he does it when I'm not there though but I look at other men…

I've had two wisdom teeth and two molars extracted and I know that you don't drink from a straw. I also remember that there was no pain with my extractions so don't let other posters scare you into thinking this is a painful procedure. Good Luck!

While genetics plays a role in obesity, there are so many more factors that play a role in one's weight. Environment, calorie consumption, behavior, diseases and drugs, among other external factors contribute to weight gain vs. loss. You inherit more than certain fat genes from your parents, you also inherit poor eating…