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Intriguing. What's the address of this gym?

Technically my lunch is an hour but I often come into work an hour + early or stay a little late so nobody cares if I take a long lunch once a week or so. I've been gone up to two hours at a time for runs. Plus I work for four different attorneys so no one ever knows what I'm up to anyway :) I am sweaty when I come back…

Thank you!

Best: Sun! Heat! Less clothing! And my annual girls' rafting weekend! Worst: Not a damn thing

I'm 5'10, 137 pounds. I wear either a size 4 or 6, depending on cut.

I'm at the gym three mornings a week for Boot Camp (1 hour) + I sometimes do another 15 or 20 minutes of weights and core on my own. I run at lunch four days a week, and do long runs on Saturdays. And I do yoga once or twice a week.

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If you felt good during your 12 miler - do everything exactly the same. I never eat any gels or anything during a half.

I don't warm up. My first mile is usually a little slower pace but other than that, I don't stretch until afterwards, if at all.

I enjoy my job. I like the work, they treat me well, I make decent money, and my co-workers are some of my best friends. I've been there 12 years and will probably be there until I retire. That being said, it's just a job to me, not any deep seated passion. I'm not sure what that would be. I work to pay the bills, and to…

I live in Bellingham, WA and I'm a paralegal (litigation specialist).

Whenever I have food I want to get rid of, I bring it to work and stick it in the kitchen with an "eat me" sign on it. Poof! It's gone.

When I was 158 pounds I wore a size 10 ..... when I got down to the low 140s I was a solid size 6. Now at 137 I'm either a 4 or a 6, depending on the cut. I'm 5'10. I've always had a small torso; I carry my weight in my hips and thighs.

I run at lunchtime during the week, so by then I've had a banana and a packet of oatmeal. I do my long runs on weekends, and I'll have oatmeal at least an hour beforehand. Tomorrow I'm running a half marathon so I'll have two packets of oatmeal beforehand (I don't like to eat Gu or anything during a race.)

I'm lazy when it comes to messing with food, so I just like to be able to grab something and go. I'll bring a Lean Cuisine or a can of soup - or swing by the deli on my way in and get a sandwich or sushi.

^^^Yes. She's got a great bod.

Exactly. I get up at 4:50am, put on makeup and a cute outfit and go to the gym and work up a serious sweat. And thank the inventors of waterproof mascara.

No prep work; I just did it. I had already been a runner for several years and doing boot camp and other classes for a couple years. Then we had a Biggest Loser contest at work and I think I lost maybe a pound over the course of six weeks. On the last day of that contest a friend of mine told me about MFP and I started…

You were made fun of for being 5'8?! Did you go to a freakishly short school or something? I'm 5'10 and wasn't made fun of for it (maybe I went to a freakishly tall school ..?) At any rate, you certainly shouldn't feel butch about it. Tall girls have long legs .... and those are very nice things to have.

I don't think I've ever actually hated anyone in my whole life. At the moment I can't even think of anyone I dislike. I'm mostly motivated by the mirror.

I don't have a lot of faith in them; the scale we used for our office weight loss contest has one and yesterday it said I'm at 16% body fat. Sounds nice but I just don't think that's the case....

It depends ... how much clothes is this person wearing? I like those muscles on guys that go right over their hip bones (transverse abdominis?) and shoulders.

Doesn't that kind of answer your question?

Maybe your shoes are too tight.

Mine never grew in the first place.

I wouldn't think you'd need anything for a half hour run, but if so - maybe just a banana or a protein bar.

I'm not a picky eater and I'd probably eat just about anything on a dare .....(any kind of FOOD, that is) but the only things I can think of that I don't like are coffee and raw carrots (I like them cooked). I try a raw carrot every few years to see if my feelings have changed any. But coffee - blech! There are certain…

I've always been healthy and active, and took being thin for granted. But as I got older a few extra pounds started creeping on ... and I didn't like the looks of those. I realized I was going to have to make more of a concerted effort to stay thin. But I think my biggest motivating factor was seeing some older, overweight…

^^^This.

I have gelato or a candy bar every day .... sometimes both.