Me too! I've been overweight all my life, obese for a good part of it, back to just a bit overweight and back to obese. Throughout it all, my blood pressure, blood chemistry and every other on-paper indicator would compare to the most hardcore health fanatic's. Come to think of it, it's probably better than a lot of…

Was he really that good? He seemed all over the place, pitchy, hardly remarkable next to some of the other people who've performed on similar shows. I don't get the appeal.

I think the most disturbing thing here is the repeated use of the word "nursling," even for a kid that's almost three years old. It just squiks me out for no particular reason.

Water, probably. If you have a terrible diet (salty, sugary, alcohol) and you're really big, you're likely carrying a sizable amount of extra water that can be shed without too much effort.

I had the exact same comment in my head while reading! I'm not sure how many of these articles I've read on Lifehacker, but every one of them is written by a youngish (white) guy who ends up telling the same story, with the same successes—massive weight loss in a fairly short period of time. Hey, formerly fat…

Part of your assumption, however, is that things were just financially swell for the parents while the kids were at home. Unfortunately, many parents put off their own financial well-being while their kids are pre-college with the hope that, once they've moved on, they can start to dig out of the financial pit they…

I like the tie! Beats the weird jean-colored old lady sweater tunic someone in my group was wearing. At least the tie is sassy, and it coordinates with the stage colors. Genius.

I'm so happy to see someone acknowledge that paper and pen/cil still make excellent to-do tools. I've been through half a dozen to-do apps, and none of them are as effective, for me, as a simple piece of paper that I can actually see all the time. Once the list is buried in my phone, it's all over.

Yep, I could tell the identical story about my husband. We call it "the mushroom" when its hibernating. Frankly, I think the growers are more fun. It's like getting a surprise toy in your Happy Meal.

A thousand times this. I NEVER drank before I got married and became a stepmother. Eight and a half years into my sentence, and I flirt with anything from a glass to a bottle a night. And every woman my age (mid-40s) in a married/kids situation can sing the same song. I tell myself it's better than Xanax, but I know…

It's pretty pathetic, actually. I've had shirts from the Gap that literally couldn't last a month without holes. And it's not like I'm getting freaky with the edge of a desk. That's just from wearing them. But this is the world now. Sigh...

Are they right on the front, say, near the button on jeans? Shirts are made so poorly now that I've noticed all of my t-shirts get little holes right there from leaning on counters or my tall standing desk. It may not be your washing machine at all.

I loved his choreography on "So You Think You Can Dance." His works were always so original, weird and entertaining. And then he just...vanished. Now all I hear about him is this Michael Jackson blather, but I assume he's working somewhere. I certainly hope he's doing more than just suing a dead man. So talented.

Poor dear. Looks like even the weight of this flimsy piece of garbage is too much for her brittle bones. It's giving her a hunchback.

He's been pretty active in a world poverty program about the miserable difficulty millions have eating on something like $2 a day. I'm so surprised and disappointed that he would participate with a corporation that has time and again shown it would happily crush anyone under the wheels of commerce.

Dominic West is unrecognizable! Although it looks like they confused Richard Chamberlain with Richard Burton.

I was definitely judging! I went in using my own Five-Year Rule—five years up or down from my own age, period. Beyond that, and you lose most of your cultural touchstones. I wanted a partner with shared experiences who would instantly know whatever vague pop reference came out of my mouth without explanation, as I…

I had an identical experience on Match.com and a few other sites. Profiles for men in my age group at the time (early 30's) consistently stated they were looking for someone 18-25, as did the profiles of men in the 40's. I never bothered looking at profiles for men beyond 45, so I can't say how many even older men…

Don't forget the sequins, jewels and eye-melting patterns. If there's anything a plus-sized woman wants in fashion, it's obnoxious gewgaws sewn onto everything, unless it's the glory of tight cap sleeves. Honestly, how difficult is it to create something classic and relatively plain with a decent sleeve? This is why…

"At the same time, if you were really trying to avoid the subject, I still say you don't bring it up at all."