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I have a 1 1/2 year old bichon, as well as a 6 month old lhasapoo. I crate-trained both of them (actually, we live in a tiny apartment which is like one big crate!) and I didn't have any particular problems with Tucker, my bichon. It does take a lot of patience and consistency, though, and...

LAST EDITED ON Dec-19-02 AT 11:07AM (Est)[p]My problem is that I've been feeling increasingly tired, stressed, and cranky since I've been slacking on my workouts. (Gee, could we all have predicted this?) So if I don't get back into the routine soon, someone's gonna end up with my fingers...

Sheesh...at least you make the effort to come up with a lame excuse! I'm too lazy even for that! :-rollen I find inertia to be such an overwhelmingly powerful force in my life, I'll be thinking in my head, "I know that a good workout is exactly what I need, I'll feel so great afterwards," and...

I am so jealous! I would love to get the original step, but since my budget is so limited right now, I figure any extra money I decide to spend on fitness stuff should be for weights, since I can still do Cathe videos with my lame "Step II" but I'm really not going to get anywhere if my weights...

Hi guys! Well, I have been having a terribly sluggish few days/weeks (I need to put an end to this slothful behavior!). But that is another story... I actually wanted to find out what kinds of other activities you guys cross train with, besides Cathe and other videos. I find myself...

It sounds like you are feeling a bit better as of your last post--that is good news! This time of year can be really rough, especially if your brain chemistry is out of whack due to something you can't even control. I'm not sure what treatments your doc has prescribed, and I don't mean to...

RE: good to know Donna! Thanks guys! It definitely sounds like #3 is the one for me to start with. Maybe I'll go on to #2 eventually, but for now I am excited to try #3. It's great to have you all as a resource! :) Lauren

Hi everyone, I must admit, I thought I was very educated about fitness videos because I've gotten the Collage Video catalog for years, but I saw a lot of you mention Powerstrike in response to another post, and I had never heard of it. It sounded really intriguing, since I enjoy kickbox...

I hear ya, Jillybean! In fact, when I read these posts about how incredibly hard people workout and the strict diets they maintain and the weighing every day...I think, whoooosh, I am really in the wrong place! For me, it is a struggle to get in 2 or 3 workouts a week right now because...BIG...

Thanks for your response! I guess what I am wondering, more specifically, is how long did it take you to progress through the steps? And, even more importantly, did food used to be an extremely emotional issue, whereas the program helped it to just be not a big deal? I talk to people in the...

Hi Edith, I take it from your previous posts that you follow the radiant recovery program for sugar addiction. I wanted to check in with you about that--are you actively "doing the food", as they say? I wanted to see how that process has gone for you, since they encourage you to do it as...

Wow, you guys are giving me such great feedback! I really appreciate it! Jen, your story is really inspiring, and I definitely agree with you (and my doctor does, too) that I need to give myself some time to really work hard on cleaning up my diet and losing weight before I decide to start...

Thanks everyone--I definitely need to get even more consistent with the exercise and better with the diet, but I think Karen and Edith are right, and I need to try to accept that it's just one of those things I don't have too much control over. I did a course of Accutane for my skin a few years...

(That's better--now everyone can see what this is about! :)) Hi everyone, Just wondering if any of you fit, healthy exercisers out there have had any problems with high cholesterol in the past (or present)...wanting to know if anyone has any recommendations about specific supplements or foods...

LAST EDITED ON Nov-26-02 AT 02:43PM (Est)[p]LAST EDITED ON Nov-26-02 AT 02:39 PM (Est) Well, phooey, I just realized that "high cholesterol" doesn't show up on the topic list, so how is anyone going to know what this is about??? I am going to repost the same message with a new subject...