TheAncientMariner Member

Go you! Keep up the good work. Small changes add up to BIG gains in the end!

You only have one life to live. It's your life and your body. Screw the haters. Stretch marks just means that you've put in that work to get to where you want to be, and it's no one's business to dictate how you rock it. We always look at ourselves in a far worse light than what is actually the case.

The one that isn't sweet = useless. The one that is sweetened = FREAKIN' DELICIOUS!

Give me the money. I could hire the best trainers and chefs in the world to get me to goal weight in no time with it!

On lifting days, I get some oats in me about 15 - 30 minutes before I start getting under the racks. On cardio days, if I'm cycling it doesn't matter. However, if I'm running it will have to either be on an empty stomach with very little water or I will have to run slower. I think it just depends on your body and how it…

I heard this existed, but didn't want to believe it was real! This is the second confirmation I've received about that place and their shenanigans! OP, I agree on starting strength (I do it myself)!

This is the best piece of advice in this entire thread. If you want "Dat Azz," no amount of videos will give you what you want better than weight on a bar. The problem with the videos are that they are great for toning a butt if you have one, but if you do not have one you will have to put on some muscle down there and…

Hakuna Matata my friend... Hakuna Matata. If I get down to within 10lbs of my goal weight, I'm simply not going to sweat it because while I would love to see that weight, I'm trying to get down to a weight that my body possessed when I was 18, and I'm 32. Enjoy your journey and don't sweat the small stuff. Stay only…

It's perfectly natural and I know that I will catch my son doing it someday (my mom embarrassed me and told my whole family while laughing about it the first time I got caught). In either case, as long as he is in his room and is being "clean" about it then there is nothing to talk about. I will probably talk to my son if…

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I gave it up for a while and didn't notice a remarkable difference either... it's coffee mostly now and the occasional diet soda whenever the feeling hits me :)

With a fork. Don't tell anyone, but occasionally I have been known to use my fingers while imagining that it's the spaghetti monster blessing me with it's noodly appendages. I don't worry about it too much, I just throw whatever I can find in the database up and let it ride. I burn about 1,000 cals exercising everyday as…

I'm a big guy, so it's nothing for me to burn ridiculous amounts of calories. I find that my HRM (not low quality either) is pretty spot on. It and MFP are pretty much within 60 calories of each other if I'm running. If I'm riding at bike, they are grossly different because MFP can't account for "effort" exerted. My HRM is…

Inner thigh calluses don't sound hot at all, lol! I'm not a rider and am afraid of farm animals so I wouldn't know one way or another. You can get involved in martial arts or cycling. Those are great alternatives if there isn't a gym near you. Investing in something like P90x, Insanity, or Convict Conditioning would give…

I think I'm the only Black person alive that doesn't know how to do the electric slide. I just end up elbowing husbands, elbowing wives, and stepping on children... :(

Here's to wishing you the best in your journey... have you tried biking and strength training? Biking would give you the cardiovascular fitness and fat burn you need, and strength training may help with some of the painful joints. In my completely unprofessional opinion, a little bit of Yoga might be just what the doctor…

I'll use it until the servers shut down and the site becomes unpopular. There are others like it though, so there will always be a way to keep track of everything. I generally delete after 3 days of unannounced inactivity, but now that you mention it, 2 weeks seems to be far more reasonable.

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The thing I like most about this is that you didn't use the baby as an excuse! You got out, did what you had to do, and got it done! I absolutely love it! The better you love yourself, the better you can love your baby and I have nothing but the utmost congratulations! Well done stranger... Well done!

Well said battle buddy!

Damn... all I wanted was a delicious sandwich... so I guess that's a NO?

Missed it...

Tell him to man up and make it happen. If he wants it bad enough then he'll do what it takes. I just recently stopped putting sugar in my coffee and I don't care for raw, dark greens. However, I have goals and am willing to do what it takes to reach them. As the previous poster said, it's as simple as that. Of course, you…

That sucks. Hurt people, hurt people. That's all there is to it. People, even as adults, tend to bully those they assume are weaker than themselves in some way. I bet that reaction would have been completely different if I had "dinged" that door. In either case, you seem to have handled it well by simply going about your…

No milk? You kill that unholy concoction with FIRE!

Spit it out and never look back at it again (unless you get a good quality cottage cheese). Do not get store brand! It takes like spoiled milk curd!

I do it all of the time in 5ks. I don't finish last, but I just run comfortably. It's for a good cause and I like enjoying exploring new areas of my city and state. I have never really cared about how fast I finished the race, as long as I finished it. I'm just too busy enjoying the journey, lol!

I'm a member of LA fitness, and they have a similar rule, but it's only if the gym is packed and someone is waiting. It has never been so full that someone has had to to wait long or at all in my experience. Then again, I go when it's not so crowded. I would just keep working out unless someone came and specifically asked…

Sure... I'll offer, but I won't insist.

Just tell him to stop. All of these other passive aggressive methods will only send mixed signals, and you don't want to do that. You want to make it clear that his continued methods of tangible and intangible communication are not wanted.