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This Is What My Wife Would Have Wanted For Me
I went into quite a funk after my wife passed in 2014. I had tried to get started on healthy routines but would always go into a depression and go back to eating junk food and being lazy. This has to stop now. I had my wakeup call recently when I woke up with a blind spot in my left eye. The opthamologist said it was…
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NutriSystem
So I rejoined NutriSystem and should be getting the food tomorrow. Hopefully I get good results this time around. It's been a difficult year or so -- I lost my wife to stomach cancer on September 27, 2014. Hard to believe it's been over a year... But she definitely wanted me to start being healthier. It's been tough going…
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Full Cleans
Anybody here do cleans and/or power cleans? I've been working on my technique and I still have the horrible habit of trying to use my arms when the weight gets heavy. When I do drills at lower weights, I don't have this problem, but as soon as I get close to my max, my technique goes to pot. Any suggestions on how to…
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Mangle a Song Lyric
Here's the game. One person writes the beginning of an iconic song lyric. The next person responds with their own version of how the lyric should continue. For example, one person could write "Just a spoonful of sugar..." and the ext person responds with "...causes diabetes." Okay, so I'll start: I've been through the…
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Finding My Motivation
I have been on a bit of an emotional roller coaster since my wife passed away in September. I was able to get some extended bereavement from work and during that time I was starting to get better about my eating and gym, but as soon as I went back to work I got in a funk. I talked to a counselor and it was a little bit of…
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My Motivation
I had a short version of this on another thread a while back but the whole thread was deleted... Dunno why... Anyway... I have known my wife for about four and a half years and we have been married for almost three. I'm 39 and she's 37. All the time we have been married she has been bugging me to lose weight. I kept…
