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Finally Losing Again
In 2008/2009 I dropped from 350 to 220 and met my wife. Various life stress and a loss of will power helped me regain it all, and I finally managed to get into the mindset to lose it again in June. I'm determined to get from my starting weight of 360 to my goal of 160 and I'm hoping to get there by the end of 2019. A "side…
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Using tech tools to motivate (Fitbit, Bodybugg, etc)
I realized today that I actually need technology to lose weight. Okay, well I know I don't actually NEED it, but it has such a psychological impact and motivates me so much more than anything else I can think of. My only excuse for shelling out the money for fitness tech is that I'm an IT guy, and it's for my own health…
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Medically Necessary Appendectomy?
The title should read "Medically Necessary Abdominoplasty", not appendectomy! For some reason that word stuck with me today after reading about appendicitis this morning! I'm aware that appendectomies are always medically necessary, otherwise they don't happen lol... I am such a dork. Has anyone here qualified for an…
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Anyone ever run with a swollen lymph-node?
On Sunday I noticed some mild discomfort in the crease between the groin and right-inner-thigh. That night I had a fever (had a sore throat a couple days earlier), and Monday I noticed a lump where I was sore. At first I thought I pulled a muscle, or had a hernia maybe. After some reading though I figured it was just a…
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NSFW NSV!
About 8 months after I met my fiance our sex life began to falter due to some ED issues on my part. It has been very, very frustrating especially considering I'm only 26 years old. A couple of months ago I started working on my weight, and for the last month we've both been working very, very hard on our running. In June I…
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Looking to lose at least another 43lbs
Hello All, My fiance started using this app on her phone to keep track of her food and exercise so I thought I'd do the same. I use runkeeper to log all my exercise but this site feels a lot like the bodybugg program which lets to manage your caloric deficit and I like that a lot! I started out in October of 2008 at 350lbs…
