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Brockster, for me I think you hit the nail on the head. I play sports, so I thought my hamstrings wouldn't be a problem, but I went off lifting weights for 5 months and my back started hurting like crazy. Combo of desk job and now I know-weak hamstrings....I will nail some deadlifts. Thanks.

Are you sitting all day when you work....At the computer? If you are, think about it....you are in training for ten hours with your knees bent and probably tensed. Your hamstrings may be shortening up. Its trouble... Try cross training, biking, walking etc. Tai chi is great to strengthen your legs. And lots of stretching.…

Do your best to avoid injury. Cross Training is recomended by a lot of people. If you do just one thing your body can get "stale" or overtrained. Your body might also get too efficient and you won't burn as many calories. There are a ton of good exercises out there, You Tube shows you correct form. Look up movements like…

Is the extreme pain necessary? I'm an older athlete and I'm a little sceptical that it has to hurt that much. Take it easy and build slowly. Look for alternative exercises (Tai chi, yoga, etc.) if the boot camp approach is discouraging you. Watch out for overtraining injuries too. Good luck.

Take care of your rotater cuff. It's easy to get over enthusastic with weight training and esp. arm and shoulder workouts. Check out You tube etc. for rotater cuff and shoulder exercises with weights no more than 5-6 lbs. It will pay off for you and keep you injury free.

Yes, I used excel and found myself fudging...definitely more accountability and support here! Good luck and happy losing!

Thank you all you are very kind and If I can contribute to your success here in any way, Please let me know!!

THE SODA.....AAUUGHHH! THE SODA!! Diet Dr. Pepper. That's my achilles heel...I will try try try to quit. So you are my hero on the soda front...good luck with Healty eating!!

Thanks, Chiefiron...It looks like you've gotten great results...I hope I can do the same!!

Hello to everyone! I can't believe how useful this site is....I started last week and so far I am staying on track. I'm one of those who doesn't look overweight but that's because the weight is evenly distributed, If the rolls of jelly were all on my belly I'd definitely look like St. Nick. I'm in sales- an emotional…

Playing sports can be good...if you can, watch out for injury, that can throw everything off. I play Table Tennis, Badminton, Fencing..and i hear Racquetball is good aerobically. When you do something that you want to get better at, it helps motivate you to do the gym machines. I am losing weight pretty well fencing &…