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I didn't read all this. Just popped in to see if you've divorced him yet. I do think you need to lose weight. Cut his dead weight free and imagine how much lighter you'll feel. I hope you confronted him. Get a great lawyer and take half his crap.

Am now

Crushin' on that hoodie.

Blocked cat. Won't let turbo spool.

Most of my time as a runner has been pretty darn slow. I finished my 4th half marathon last Oct. in 2:30:00. I've dropped almost 30 lbs. since then and almost 3 minutes per mile from my long run pace. I did a 10 mile race last Sunday in 1:26:35. Going to run a sub two hour half marathon in two and a half weeks.

For cryin' out loud. I think you're one of those people who needs to eat MORE to lose weight. Try upping to 4,000 or 5,000 calories for a few weeks and see if the pounds come off. No, that doesn't make any sense. But neither does complaining that you didn't lose weight after one day.

When I started running I could barely run for 30 seconds. Even after I got distance, I was sloooooow. I ran a half marathon in Oct. and finished at 2:30:00. Today - one mile? I MIGHT be able to manage it in 6:40 ish if I ONLY had to run ONE mile. But it would hurt. Hoping to do my next half marathon next month in under…

No, it isn't true. However eating too little can make you feel tired. Not a great idea to eat super low calories. Your body can start burning more muscle, which isn't what any of us want. But the metabolism thing is largely a myth. After you google that, google "Starvation mode myth" and "Minnesota Starvation Experiment".

Wow!! That's fantastic! Congratulations. And a really solid time as well! Outstanding.

No worries. It was worth the cut and paste.

This is the best thread ever.

Fitness related goals for sure. I'm going to keep working on whittling down half marathon times. I'll run the Rock N Roll here in Denver again in October. Assuming I make my sub 2:00:00 goal in May, I'll come up with something I think I can do by Oct. Thanks!

Thanks - yeah, I was just trying to do some math on it too, so this helps. I'd like to build some muscle, so that may be the way to go. My thinking has been that I'd like to get rid of the fat first. As I understand it I won't really build any muscle unless I eat at a surplus, and I will gain some fat along with the…

For sure the issue is body fat percentage. I have a body fat meter (which I really don't think is accurate, but, it is what it is). It says I'm at about 18%. It's somewhere in that neighborhood. I know I just need to keep doing what I'm doing. Just wondering how many more pounds I'll have to lose to be more happy with what…

I was a total Grunge dude in the 90s. I still love my Grunge station on Pandora. I miss those days. And I'm happy to say, I'm damn near the same weight I was 20 years ago! Wish I had all that hair back!

I built a mouse trap that uses an infrared beam. Works great. I'm actually pretty proud of it. I just can NOT do pics on this site. http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n311/fast_eddie_72/Mouse%20trap/5.jpg http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n311/fast_eddie_72/Mouse%20trap/5.jpg Copy and paste those if you care to see it.

I got this one. Love it. Looks cool, doesn't take much space, and the glass top is easy to clean. http://www.amazon.com/Ozeri-Professional-Digital-Kitchen-Tempered/dp/B003MSZBSI/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1394828729&sr=8-7&keywords=food+scale

God, I know - or just toast the bread a little. But it's still darn good. When I was a kid we made Rubens. We would wrap them in foil and bake them in the oven. Loved that.

Yeah that was... er.... sometimes gay men are called... Freddy Mercury had a band... Never mind.

People in my office have noticed that I've dropped a fair couple of pounds. They look at me really weird when I walk in with an Arby's Ruben Sandwich.

Thank you. You are NOT eating too little. Feel free to experiment with eating more. You can confirm, once again, that starvation mode is a myth and eating more doesn't work. This person asked the same question. People told her to eat more. Guess what happened.…

I'm not a diet tech at anything. But this is wrong. Eating more won't make you lose weight. Doesn't work that way. Calories in, calories out. It's that simple. OP, it's possible you're eating more than you realize. Do you use a food scale? I know my estimates were way off before I started using mine.

I take gummy bear vitamins. Because I love gummy bears.

Did you just call me gay?

Sorry, did you say something?

That's good by me. I'd really kinda rather not be the thread killer.

Um. Six right now. I think I am the thread killer.

Congrats! You look fantastic!

Oh. Well hello there. Yeah, not exactly "Yucky" to begin with, but certainly yummy at the end.