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You are my new favorite person. That is genius!

Thanks for all the recommendations! I think I'm going to try the haloband. @anemoneprose - Unfortunately my hair's not long enough for a bun yet. And when I'm working out, I'm almost always wearing boxing gloves, which makes wiping my face ridiculously complicated ;)

Fish oil, lower levels of meats, and higher fiber are all good suggestions. Another thing that may help is plant stanols. You can buy them as a supplement called CholestOFF by Nature Made. It may also just be a genetic thing, which can't be affected much by diet and exercise unfortunately. In my case, my doctor noted that…

I hear you on the early mornings! I leave at 5:30 most mornings. My breakfasts of choice: breakfast sandwiches (english muffin, egg, cheese, sausage -- which you can actually make in advance and freeze, then reheat in the morning, or just buy already frozen ones), homemade muffins, and lately I've been eating waffles that…

I usually go for fruit or sugar free fudgesicles ( they have something like 35 calories and they totally kill the sweet craving for me). Oh and sometimes the slow churned ice cream - if you actually measure out 1/2 a cup, it's only 140 calories or something like that, which isn't bad if you just really need some ice cream.

First was Dave Matthews in 2002. Last one was Zac Brown Band on New Year's Eve 2011 (amazing concert!).

STANFORD! I'm an alum, but how can you not love a team whose (unofficial) mascot is a tree? ;)

I'm in!

Here's mine... not quite toned, but an improvement over last month for sure! ;)

I've always used the gym on post and it's nowhere near as intimidating as I thought it would be. In my experience though, the gym tends to be really full of AD people around 5 because people are getting in their workouts before they go to work. I used to go around 7 or 8 when it was emptying out again. Nobody will look at…

Thanks for the recommendations, spartacus69! Ideally, I'd prefer for the gym to be in the Silver Spring/Bethesda area, but I'd consider Northern Virginia if I really liked the gym. I'll definitely check out those websites - the Gracie affiliate in particular looks awesome.

Thanks kickchick! I appreciate it :)

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You're welcome! :)

I'm more familiar with Navy standards, but try this link: http://www.army-fitness.com It looks like the Army equivalent of the site I reference for Navy PRT scoring.