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This is the best thing you can do for yourself, your wife, and your children. Your children need to have their dad around a really long time. Congrats and best of luck! :)

The main thing that bothers me about this post is that it was posted under "success stories." It seems like a slap in the face. Intentional or unintentional. Makes no difference to me.

Pitbull - Shut it Down (my fave) Anything by "The Faint" Paramore - Crushcrushcrush The Weather Girls- It's Raining Men Taking Back Sunday- Spin Jay Z- Money Aint a Thang Sean Paul - Temperature Just to name a few.

I live in Chalfont, which is in central bucks on the border of bucks and mont. county. I love it!

Simply fantastic. I know that it came with a lot of hardwork, sacrafice, patience, and self control. You are stronger in more ways than one! Congrats to a healthier you. You should be so proud!

Haha! See? I wrote "people's whose" which is entirely incorrect! **distracted by Project Runway**

Many people's whose native language is English have a difficult time speaking English. You're doing a great job!

I have to chew the pieces of a pack of gum in a particular order.

Hi Nate. I started lifting heavy about three weeks ago. Do I have to up my calorie intake on days I lift heavy? Right now I'm eating 1460 on days I don't work out and about half my cardio calories when I do work out but not factoring lifting. Thanks!

I do, I do, I do! I feel guilty if I eat my daily calories or even come pretty close (even if I'm slightly under). I know I have an unhealthy relationship with food. I shouldn't view it as evil or good, I should view it as fuel and make sure my "tank" is never on empty. It's going to take years for us to undo our bad…

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I choked on my gum while on the elliptical. Like literally choked and thought one of the hunky dudes next to me was going to have to give me the heimlich. I was trying to get it out or down and was so worried it was going to come flying out into someone's hair. Luckily I swallowed it and vowed to NEVER chew gum and workout…

1. Drink more water than anything else 2. Allow yourself to have a "splurge" day once a week 3. Eat more protein and less sugar 4. TRY not to obsess too much 5. Don't be too hard on yourself if you slip 6. LIsten to your body if it's telling you it needs rest or is craving something 7. Celebrate your accomplishments but…

awww man! Noone wants to play along?

To post pics: Upload picture to Photobucket. Copy "image code" , paste image code into forum box and change IMG to lower case on both ends of code. Hope this helps! I found it frustrating at first!

UM best idea ever. I'm putting my dark chocolate ones in the freezer right now. Thanks for sharing! My sweet tooth is my demise! :explode:

You should be so proud of yourself that you've quit smoking and started on this wonderful journey of respecting your body more. Congrats! From what I see in your diary you are doing a good job of allowing yourself to indulge at times but also making sure you eat healthy foods as well. I think balance is the key. Here is my…

Omg! I want one of these! I guess I'm not the only one who wonders this considering Garmin is creating a product for it! Thanks so much! Gotta love technology!

Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. :)

Hmmm, I guess I'm still confused because I do keep my heart rate around 155 while on each of the machines (except when I'm walking for warmup). Am I still burning more on a certain machine?

*I think* you have to upload pics to Photobucket and then copy and paste image code into message. Good luck!

I just read every one of your blog entries. I wish you lived in PA so we could be workout buddies and friends! You're an inspiration and I wish only the best for you. I'm going to keep keeping up with your blog and be your friend from afar. :)