JuliePackham

This is a great idea! I've just starting using MFP and I love it. My diary is open to friends so you can see that my food choices are not always awesome, but the majority of my diet is natural and healthy. I lost 50lbs two years ago, but put 30 of it back on. Now I'm down 8 again and going strong. I have an active social…

I admit... I don't like this either. I find that some people have their favourite machines though. Some will even wait for it when there are other machines available. Once I was even asked to get off when there was a machine right next to me. lol. Superstition I think, like men that don't shave during the hockey playoffs.

My advice is if your not sure, ask. When I was new at the gym I was astounded by the amount of rudeness and dirty looks I got. Most gyms have an orientation program, but some serious gym rats have no tolerance for newbies, so if you're looking for courtesy wait first to see if you can find someone who will make eye contact…

I found a post from a participant who wore a counter and he only reached 250, which surprised me. I'm sure my heart rate is elevated the entire time.

I'm a fellow Canadian! 31 and just starting on MFP. Feel free to add me :)

I was a coffee-oholic before MFP. So much so that it was making me ill and I blamed my weight gain. Now I have one medium coffee a day, with sugar free flavoured creamer (my treat for the day), and lots of water. I'm not a fan of water, but I feel a million times better. All this time I was blaming the extra pounds that I…

Wow! I'm shocked at the amount of attacks in this post. Maybe she's misguided, (the DNA thing really made me chuckle), but whatever she's doing seems to have worked for her. What else are we doing here except sharing advice (and from what I've read some of it is just as scary as your friends facebook post). We all know…