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HEY !! I JUST read something about how the last ten pounds are the hardest to lose and it's not all in your head !! Jillian Michaels has a book out about it (called Making the Cut) which I haven't read but I'll put a quote from her below. The long and short of it is, you have to work your BUTT off relentlessly to get…

I'm with you !! I have to tell you, I saw a lady I haven't seen for about a year and she said, "OH MY GOD YOU HAVE LOST A TON OF WEIgHT !! what have you lost, like, 75, 100 ???" Well, I had lost 10 pounds. I have never weighed more than 140 pounds in my life so I was like, sheesh, how fat did I LOOK to this lady when I was…

ENJOY .. in moderation. If you want to get your booze on but save some calories, switch to straight tequila after the first margarita and make sure to drink a ton of water. ALSO ... remember when you have a little bit of a buzz, you'll throw all moderation to the wind !! So be careful wtih that. And if you're in a resort…

get all suited up and make the running part optional. harness that contrarian side that says "i don't want to run !!" when you set out TO run. Walk a little faster, trot maybe, then walk again and see if you don't just feel like jogging a little even though you told yourself you weren't running!! I had to run, then walk,…

OH MAN I am the same way, I have a job where I'm around people and people are always looking at me, I start the weekend with the best intentions of getting tons of stuff done and working out and seeing people I've missed during the week ,and ... half the time I just drop off the radar and stay in bed and eat and watch TV…

YES and there was a link to a story here on MFP last week about women and exercise ... that massive amounts of exercise push you into "starvation mode" for about the first four days, similar to if you were to starve yourself !! (on the subject of why women have a harder time losing weight through exercise -- this does not…

beware of the full-frontal *(and waaaay too much of it) in the movie !!! But yes, it's like an infomercial for Turtle Bay. If you do go to Maui, IMHO the best place IS Wailea but prohibitively expensive ... the Four Seasons KeaLani, the Grand Wailea, that stretch is awesome but like $800 a night ugh. Problem is that in the…

Turtle Bay resort is on the North Shore of Oahu, and much more like Maui than the rest of the Island !! If i had to go to one island (and i have been to them all) I would go to Oahu because it offers a little bit of everything, depending where you are. The north shore has amazing waves, and you can drive to…

Every gym has its own personality and its own target group .. look at the people in the gym you're thinking about, and decide if they're people you'd hang out with. I go out of my way (20 minute drive) and pass 3-4 other gyms on the way to mine, just because it has become a social draw too (you see the same people in the…

oh I know you do !! But for some reason that post earlier with the links to the pictures really got me goin ! I can't wait 'til it comes.

I JUST ORDERED this cookbook on Amazon and cannot wait ! ! Thanks for the preview :)

Turkey has tryptophan in it ... nature's sleeping pill !!!!! Have tuna instead maybe ??

it tells me 800 and my HRM tells me nope, sorry, you get ... 350 !!

BEST line ever. I've been lurking, reading your posts, and I have to say I was so mad at your husband BEFORE you found out he was cheating, now I'm ready to come out there and kick his @$$ myself !! Don't even allow him to get those kinds of shots off at you ... blaming you for his bad behavior ! Just walk away and take…

Ben & Jerry's has free scoops for their anniversary April 29 !! That's NEXT TUESDAY !! I don't think it's calorie free however ... :sad:

I like addition by subtraction. Your boobs may go first, but your B cups will stick out more than your C cups used to, when your belly finally goes away !!

I'm with you abbychelleo7, you know what? Maybe you'd be GAINING weight right now, like we all tend to every now and again as the years gone by !! You're in it for the long haul and you are doing GREAT.

I like the Kashi Heart to Heart ... like cheerios, but denser and fiber-y .. also I don't like the Go Lean either because I kind of thought it tasted like liver or bone marrow or something (ucky !!) but the Go Lean CRUNCH I find quite excellent ... like hard crunchy granola and puffed rice, yummy !!

Do it. If it's meant to be you'll make it on the show. If it's not, you will join thousands of others who tried and didn't make it !! Let the impossible odds of being chosen for it, decide your fate.

Check these out: http://www.heartratemonitorsusa.com/Pages/TZ-2004-Pages/HRM/HRM-model/polar/All.html They work beautifully !! And count your calories burned customized to your fitness level and all the other data you enter (and data it reads from your "fitness test," which is your resting heart rate) ...you may also find…

Oh goody, I just set my recorder to get it ... it's on in THREE HOURS here on the West Coast !!

I have tried a bunch of different "chai" teas to make lattes but the only kind of tea I have found that has the same, well, "OOOOMMPH" is thai tea (it's like tea dust) that you get at the asian food market. I put about a half cup of it in a 2 qt saucepan of boiling water and let it steep about 10 minutes and I add a little…

weird, I get the opposite problem (and GAS from all the fiberous and cruciferous veggies that are so good for us !!) Also, oatmeal tends to work for me to bind me up, so even tho it's fiber, can it really help constipation too? Maybe it has to do with containing both soluble and insoluble fiber ?? So here's what makes my…

Get your blood running through those sore legs and work out some of that acid that's sitting there making you sore!! Do a little of the same of what made you sore, but at a little lower intensity.

Exercise more !! Boost that metabolism. Do about 50 jumping jacks with 3 pound dumbells in each hand (don't swing 'em, just pump 'em straight up and down to shoulder height while you're jumpin) and that'll be a good start to adding a little strength training to your cardio. It's not unusual to plateau early, especially if…

It's the sugar in that stuff that drives up the calorie count, unfortunately !! I make it at home with Thai tea and sweeten with honey (or splenda sometimes, when I'm not feeling as natural and organic !!) and nonfat milk or soy milk -- MUCH better that way !! OH and cheaper too :drinker:

ALBERT, you can totally pull off the scruffy look, now that I've seen your pic !! But I agree ... a woman is more likely to fall in love with what you've got if she loves you ... men are more likely, IMHO, to have a 'type' they're attracted to right up front. The only real bad experience I have had is with a boyfriend who…

GROW IT but don't style it. Scruffy = better than specific facial hair shape (goatee, moustache, soul patch (ugh) and if you want before you shave the whole thing off try a "shape" for a day and see how you like it !! I like a guy who tries new looks. But the same thing all the time gets tired. Just my opinion !!!

I know both those guys and it's funny, I DO think it's exhaustion and all the life-changing stuff that's going on that's makin' 'em crybabies. It's also great TV so you KNOW that no man-crying ever will be edited out !!!

did you know there's sodium in TAP WATER ??? from 20-60 mg per 8 oz in some places. It's worse if you have a water softener. But it's not all bad ... if you exercise you sweat out a whole bunch of it. Check out this copy/paste from a runner's website : Sodium in sweat The average male's body contains about 75,000…