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High five!!

Great! :-) Looks like you have a good starting point for your program. The next step is to act upon it. Good luck in your fitness lifestyle journey!

The prerequisites are: access to free weights, a pulse, and a willingness to use the weights. Try to keep your form perfect. Like anything else, it will take practice. Make a commitment to give it your best effort. It doesn't work if you don't work.

Yup. You're a dad.

Seems in life, we often find what we look for. :-) I keep looking for the good stuff and the good folks. I have found a number of them here. Keep it up and keep on looking. And may you find what you are looking for.

There have been lots of comments. I will leave it at that. You are the one who is there and has deal with the situations, and the consequences. I recommend, before anything else, you go talk to your neighbor. Try to do it when things are chilled out and she isn't trying to watch her three dogs and child in the yard. Taking…

Frankly, I dislike smoking a great deal. However, I am opposed to smoking bans. We have too many rules. This country was founded on freedom, not rules. People need to have freedom and choices. If we go around making everyone's choices for them, or allowing the government to make those choices for us - we will end up not…

It is worth it. YOU are worth it. It will take some time but, again, you are worth it.

Perhaps three out of four women prefer the belly. However, I don't really care about pleasing three out of four women. Honestly, there is only one woman whose opinion I care about. I had the belly. It looked a lot like my dad's belly. I didn't care for it. It was getting in the way of what I wanted to do, including bending…

There are a lot of insensitive people in this world. Some say things without thinking. Heck, pretty sure I have stuck my foot in my mouth a bunch. Some people deliberately say ugly things. Unfortunately, some people put others down as a way to make them feel better about themselves. However, what you are doing is not for…

Nice job on the knives. I am an amateur bladesmith myself. I have made very little in the way of kitchen knives. As a Texas boy with a military background, I tend to make blades for rigorous use by people whose lives depend on them. And I have a deep and abiding love for a good Bowie. That said, I just got a Japanese knife…

Good job!

This is Excellent advice!! Do both! Why? Because you can. And why do only one? Doing both is rock solid advice.

This is an opportunity you can seize. It will not simply fall into your lap if you do nothing. You have the chance to improve your life. Yes, it will take work and lots of effort. That said, consider the humble postage stamp. The stamp is successful simply by virtue of sticking to it until the job is done. This isn't about…

There are two basic choices. You can quit cold turkey, though this can be rough. It works for some people. Or you can cut back. Drink fewer sodas. Start by cutting out one soda a day. You could also try smaller portions. Coke products are now available in the smaller cans. Something which may help is substitution. Instead…

Thank you for your suggestion, however, I think I will stick to dairy. Almond milk is expensive. More expensive where I live than dairy. I happen to delight in real milk and almond milk must be an acquired taste I don't yet have. I think almond milking is a terrible thing to do to an almond. I will take my almonds whole,…

I believe there are a number of reasons to work on your abs before you can see them. It is good to have a strong core. The core is your middle, and a lot of your efforts starts from there. Basically, if your core is weak, it leaves you prone to injury and weakened efforts. If you end up hurting your back/lower back, you…

Oh, and a little weight survival knife in a leg or arm sheath would be a good thing to carry as well. :-)

I would suggest bear spray or mace. Mind you, cougars prefer to attack from behind and for a defensive option to be effective you have to see them coming. Tazer is good if you can hit them, same restriction on a gun. However, you already know that you are responsible for wherever that bullet goes and what it does until it…

Congratulations! Keep on keepin on!

A well defined and toned set of abs looks good, no matter the gender. I put my vote in the "For Abs" ballot box.

I am glad you were able to get that off your chest. And I hope you feel better. No, I am not being condescending or patronizing. Serious, I am glad you got to vent. You are also right, we can't predict the future. While I could be on my way to a heart attack, I could get flattened by a car or a bus before I get there.…

You are tough. You are tough enough to face your reality. You are tough enough to do something about it. You are tough enough to love her even though she, intentionally or otherwise, said something which hurt you. And it is a simple fact, the closer someone is to you, the more vulnerable you are to them, and the more their…

Yes, read the helpful guidelines posted all over this website. There is a bunch of good info. That said, there are a couple of ways to figure out how many calories you should be taking in every day. TDEE, basic measures, etc. Figure out what your goal is, lose weight, gain muscle, get lean, whatever. Figure out where you…

Be the best you can be. Be all you can be. We play life with the cards we are dealt. Be healthy, be happy, find fulfillment. Yes, easier said than done but start with RELAX! :-) Maybe your bone structure will not allow you to be as small as you think you want to be. Then again, some of those skinny gals may not like being…

A phoenix on my back. Working on the custom design for it and saving the money. Like the go big or go home idea voiced earlier in the thread. I recently retired from the Army and this tattoo represents the death of the old life and the fire and spirit of the new one.

There are already nine pages in this thread and I don't have time to read all of them. But the one page I did read seems quite positive and supportive. Yes, get him a card and or a small gift. Let him know what a great dad you think he is. Be supportive of both him and his daughter. Be a blessing in their lives. This is…

One of my neighbors hadn't seen me for about three months and I had been on MFP for about three months, he saw me outside cleaning up the carport area. He stopped, did a double take and said, "Wow! You look great! You have really trimmed down!" The guy is straight as an arrow and I know he wasn't hitting on me. It was a…

No, you are not alone. Your friend could have deactivated their account for any number of reasons. Maybe they have too much on their plate right now. Maybe they need a break. Maybe the trolls who occasionally get in were being harassing and the easiest way to make it stop was to drop the account. There are a lot of maybes,…