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YES, TRUE. I found this myself -- not so much w/weight / food (although I had some of that, too), but w/other parts of my life. My parents were pretty controlling, so even my hobbies / passions were turned into battles. The only ones I kept were the ones they didn't care about (and therefore, didn't comment on or pressure…

You've gotten so much good advice here -- I really can't say much more. I feel your pain because I was a kid who got told mean things by my parents growing up ("butt's getting a little wide back there, isn't it?!?" and "You're not wearing THAT are you? It makes you look fat."), but now I am also a parent, and know that I…

I want to thank all of you that have responded with your advice, your experiences, and your knowledge! Thanks for taking that time. You are all correct -- I don't wanna do anything without a doctor following me. I am not going to stop taking meds and just rely on diet, since I'm already too aware of how I feel when things…

Anybody? *crickets*

BUMP. Love to see how this goes.

You guys are making my mouth water with this Cookie Butter thing -- I'd also love to know how you eat it!! I ate these for breakfast w/an apple almost every single day over the two years I lost weight. Perfect food. Mmmmmmm. :)

I've been there before, and frankly, I'm there again. What worked for me last time was changing up my workout routine -- trying something completely new, since workouts weren't the motivational issue. Usually changing it up kept my burning cals even as my eating lagged. Gave me time to get my head back on. I think,…

I'm so sorry your family is going through this, and it's heartbreaking to hear. Thank you for this reminder. I used to think only certain people were vulnerable to these disorders, but when I was in my 20's -- depressed after a breakup, bad job, little money, etc. -- I started losing some weight and after a 6-month roller…

Almond butter w/roasted flaxseeds Pizza dough Almond Windmill cookies Irish breakfast tea -- cheap there, but still tastes fantatsic

AMEN. :) I wish there was a LIKE button on these things. :)

I'm with jandthebops -- the months after the baby is born (ESPECIALLY if this is your first!) are very very tough, and with all the hormonal changes, it can take up to a year to feel like yourself again. I really felt just like you the whole first year of my son's life, like I was lost, frantic, racing thoughts/anxieties…

I think I know that lady. She and her perfume work out next to me at the gym at least once a week. And now she's taking it to the STREETS. Dayum, girl.

Again, a GOOD CrossFit gym with good trainers is actually very SUPPORTIVE, welcoming, and encouraging, even of brand new female lifters. In fact, the one I go to has many more female members over 40 than any other gym I've been to. We even have a handful of women who started at age 55+ and love it. It helps that the…

Look, any company promoting a program wants to make some money. None of us are naive enough to think they're not. HOWEVER, many (GOOD) CrossFit gyms have trainers that are not only certified to do CrossFit, but are trained in Olympic lifts (the Mark Rippitoe program, etc.) and are personal trainers with years of…

Ummm...a young hot dude to carry it around for me and do my bidding. Especially the vacuuming.

I've tried a couple, and my favorite is Protein FX (by BodyFX) -- it's a new unflavored whey isolate, no carbs, low calories, 17 g of protein, and with some almond milk, you're only looking at 130 calories for an 8 oz. drink.

I'm with trentwiggly -- I tried thongs once, and I couldn't take the floss effect. Blech. And underwear at the gym ain't about the panty lines, it's about the "fishing" and the chafing. For me, anyway. Commando. And if I'm worried about the cameltoe, I just make sure my shirt is long enough to cover. As for the unfortunate…

LOVE Steven Wright. LOVE hips -- with or without hip dips. HATE THIS stuff -- we spend too much damn time beating ourselves up, and then too many years trying to tell those voices from the TV, the magazines, the internet, everywhere to STFU already. GAH.:noway: :noway:

I LOVED my roller skates -- and we had a driveway that was as steep as a ski slope. Made sledding in the wintertime SUPER fun. We also had a giant dirt mound on the lot next door because another house was going up. When we got the sprinkler that made that graceful arch of water and moved back and forth, I thought I was in…

I started lifting heavy at CrossFit about 9 months ago, and hit a wall where my age (compression of the discs) and underlying scoliosis caught up with me -- it wasn't poor form, it wasn't (necessarily) overdoing anything, because I progressed slowly w/ a concentration on form. BUT, I am realizing two things about my 40's…

You could call me a pregnant pear, or a papple (pear/apple) I guess. :) Happened w/tracking, and really slimmed out w/lifting. Now I'm just trying to stay in the game after a neck injury sidelined my lifting in February...

I like this -- and I think most people can tell the difference between someone who is using it as a term of endearment (like you), and those who are being flippant and condescending. Just like anything else...it's not the word, it's the intention and the personality behind it.

Can be. But here in Maryland --especially in the Hampden neighborhood in Baltimore ("Balmer"), it's HON. And everyone calls everyone that, in a very specific Baltimore accent. We even have HONFEST. Honest. http://www.honfest.net/

THIS. Plus -- I have a muscular build, too, and I leaned out the MOST when I was doing heavy lifting and hard circuit workouts. You won't "BULK" from hard workouts, you will build lean muscle which actually burns more calories throughout your day when you're not working out. Don't skimp on the workouts, and get your…

It's hard to say whether this is a good plan or not -- it sounds good in theory, but I think it truly depends on the severity of your injury and how your healing is progressing. Are you seeing an orthopedist to advise you? I have been nursing 3 bulging discs in my neck since February, and I know how you feel. However,…

I applaud you -- you've taken an initial issue (your back), decided to make a healthier life for yourself from there, made lots of progress, tried lifting, and as soon as there was pain, went to your doc to ask all the right questions before you injured something, or did more permanent damage. Heck, a lot of people would…

WHOA. I chuckled...and then cringed. If all my childhood "loves" are old, I guess that makes me (*GULP*) old TOO, doesn't it?!?! Yikes.

Looking like that, I think even I could kick his *kitten*. :wink:

THESE ^^^. If you see something wrong, do something. On the flip side, I've seen things that RESTORE my faith in humanity, too. But since the bad news sells, it starts to feel like there's ONLY bad in the world after a while. Just ask my 9-year-old after he's watched 10 minutes of the news, or even one of the morning shows…