YEAH! COME ON IN, MAN!
Let's toast your visit with two, triple thick shakes!

Yo, dude! Let's make a "Holly sandwich", THEN we'll start our "Fugly Guys Club"!

ME! TRUBLU4U!
FAT DUDES WELCOME, TOO!
NOTE: We here at "FUGLY GUYS UNITED" need an insignia, logo, whatever, for our leather club jackets. Please submit your ideas in this thread.
It would be great if you would include two, hot women puking in your design.
Thank you.
IF YOU GOTTA BE FUGLY, AT LEAST DON'T BE A "WUSS", TOO, NOT POSTING IN THIS THREAD! BE PROUD OF YOUR FUGLINESS!

I'll start by posting in the General Discussion: "All Ugly Guys check in"!

NO! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
NOT THAT ONE!

Dude, I'm ugly, too! There's got to be some group somewhere...

Adhering to this ONLY to please others, or some significant other, is quite difficult.
Adhering to this ONLY to please YOURSELF, is quite difficult, or virtually IMPOSSIBLE to do.
If someone in the gym told me they were only doing it for themselves,
I'd be very skeptical, unless they were fighting some chronic illness, like heart disease. There is ALWAYS someone out there they seek to impress.
IMHO, it takes BOTH, and this occurs naturally in your subconscious, but not until later, when you come to this realization...hoping that someone you see every day might notice your new muscularity and fitness...hoping you may come to feel better and be more healthy.
Stay with it, and a balance will be struck, all on its' own.
There is a difference, you know...being FIT as opposed to being HEALTHY. Go for both. Don't sacrifice your cardio exercise for the benefit of building muscle. Don't sacrifice the maintenance/building of muscular strength, as well as bone density (which is increased by lifting weights) for cardio. Recent studies strongly suggest that the body turns to existing muscle to repair any damage to the heart. Increased muscle mass encourages the body to burn more fat, even when the body is at rest.

>SMOOCH!<

...and will you promise to laugh at all my stupid jokes?

I don't care what people say.
The kid who accused M.J. confessed his dad put him up to lying for cash.
I grew up with Michael...probably most of us here did, as well.
He was robbed of his childhood, and, by attempting to reclaim some part of it, and allowing himself to actually TRUST some of these people who screamed, "I LOVE YOU, MICHAEL!!!" (despite his better judgement), HE WAS DESTROYED.
It's no wonder that, through plastic surgery, he attempted to make himself look like Peter Pan...the boy who never grew up.
"We bring people up for the purpose of tearing them down." I've seen that somewhere...how true.
Michael was finally beaten down by the "Enquiring minds" and their actions to the point where he just gave in, and began to endanger himself to THE TRUE FREAKS IN OUR SOCIETY. And they, millions strong, were quick to attack, to rend and tear his reputation and self-esteem.
He made me laugh, sing, and dance.
His music was present during some of the most memorable moments of my life.
I miss him terribly.
Good-bye, my friend.
A HOIST!

...and then there's the OPPOSITE EXTREME...where a view of your back is like looking at a catfish carcass that someone has picked clean.
"Different strokes for different folks!"
Sorry folks, this is a long one, but chock-full of good, tested advice:
Any or all the following may be making you fat:
1) ...salt (water retention)
2) ...sugar
3) ...ALCOHOL
4) ...well, uhm...FAT. Try to keep your fat intake below thirty grams, unless you happen to be nursing
5) ...caffeine. If the first thing you dump into your stomach each morning is coffee, then any resulting low-blood sugar issues causes you to binge on fatty foods AND sugar in an attempt to bring your blood sugar back up. This, of course, makes you fat.
6) ...comfort foods. If you must eat this, try making your own pita chips! Just toss a few whole pitas into your oven, set to 400 degrees. Bake for around five minutes in a preheated oven. Take out and break apart. Make hummus out of two cans of garbanzo beans ("chick" peas)/one cup of vegetable broth/one teaspoon olive oil/one fourth cup parmesan cheese/season to taste with no-salt seasoning/I like fresh cilantro in mine. Blend in a food processor. The idea is to eat low-to-no fat comfort foods.
7) ...eating too few meals. Eat like a diabetic! Never let yourself get hungry...food should always be on your stomach. Funny, huh? Eat around 8-7 small meals each day. I keep my meals around 300 calories each. Check the internet on what your optimal caloric intake might be, taking height, body-type, and age into consideration. More on this:
http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm
8) ...drink lots of water.
9) Keep up with your glycemic load. Very, very important! It should be low. Different foods have a different glycemic index. More on this:
http://www.glycemicindex.com/
10) If you get hunger pangs, tell yourself this is the feeling of the fat melting off your body.
11) MelodyGirl seems to have her fat-fighting game down.
12) Beware those who want to persuade you to sabotage your diet! They WANT YOU TO FAIL, so they will have an excuse NOT to diet!
Your own willpower will piss off others. Keep this in mind.
13) Never go to the grocery store hungry.
14) If you MUST eat butter (which is just not a healthy food, period), put HALF the amount described on the container on the side of your plate, take a bite of potato, etc., then eat just a tiny bit of butter. NEVER just slog it onto your food! The idea is to be mindful of every tiny bit of it you eat, while still allowing yourself to enjoy it, yet trying to come BELOW the amount described on the container. Gradually diminish the actual amount you eat, until you no longer crave it.
15) Eat high fiber foods. These make you feel more full, longer, and the other benefits are many, including the absorption and elimination of cholesterol.
16) Eat as you do normally, then introduce an every-third-day approach toward changing your eating habits. On the third day you employ these and any other methods of reducing your caloric/fat intake, as well as the fat-inducing foods listed above. Then, after you are comfortable with this, change this schedule to a "every-second-day" routine. When comfortable with this, change to a "every day" routine, having ONE designated day when you eat what you've been accustomed to eating...BUT NO BINGING.
If you have the opportunity, SWIM! Fat seems to dissolve off me very, very quickly when I swim around 3-7.5 miles per week. RESIST THE URGE TO EAT AFTER YOUR SWIM, BECAUSE YOU WILL BE STARVING AFTERWARDS! Have some designated snack waiting for you after your swim.
Contrary to the notion that swimming DOES NOT make you lose weight, YOU WILL LOSE WEIGHT! GOBS OF IT! The reason why swimming may NOT make you lose weight is because of the intense HUNGER and resultant BINGING afterwards, UNLESS YOU HAVE A PLAN TO RESIST THIS.
17) HAVE A PLAN TO FIGHT YOUR DIETING WEAKNESSES!
And no cheating! One lap = from one end AND BACK.
Thirty three laps are required in your typical fitness club pool to equal one mile. Ask the pool attendant to be sure.

...it's been a long time...I guess I forgot.

Everybody on dee island drinks dee mai-tais, 'mon!
(...sorry; Jamaican)

I use, "effin", as in "The effin Dell tech won't call me about my laptop!", or "eff", as in "What the eff are you doing, calling me at 3 a.m. Mr. Dell tech?"
"Frickin'" seems more powerful, I'm guessing in part due to the hard "F" at the beginning..."Are you out of your FRICKIN' MIND?"
In more conservative environs, I substitute "stinkin'": "I wish that STINKIN' Dell tech would call!"
Admittedly, I have used a "God bless America!" on too many occasions.
It's still taking Gods' name in vain, me thinks.
I cringe when I hear a kid younger than fifteen say "WTF?"!

Coconut milk is heavily laden with fat...just cut back on your mai-tais...
...and please take careful note of the disclaimer under: "PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES OF THIS SAME WOMAN MAY FAR "OUT-WEIGH" ANY OF THE ABOVE."

Alright...so go ahead and post a pic (two pix, if necessary) of 'em, we won't mind...

Overhang, period.
Being able to insert more than the first digit of your index finger in her belly button. Check 'er for lice while you're at it...AND hoof and mouth disease...
When she jogs with you, whatever bounces, other than her breasts and hair, is fat. Pull out the ole "fat-caliper" to be sure...
PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES OF THIS SAME WOMAN MAY FAR "OUT-WEIGH" ANY OF THE ABOVE.
1) ...be fun.
2) ...be funny.
3) ...be approachable (GIRL-NEXT-DOOR!)
4) ...be compassionate to alL
5) ...be intelligent
6) ...(drum-roll, please) HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE
7) ...have no lice, or hoof-and-mouth disease

If we could coax a full smile out of her, she'd be at the top of "sexy girl" category, hands down!
Or, hands "up-and-down-up-and-down-up-and..."!

Er...me nails aren't that far along yet, Phuque, sorry....

HE TOOK YOU WITH HIM TO GET THE RESULTS OF HIS HIV TEST???
WOW!!!
One question...
Hows' about YOUR HIV TEST?
It's called a "partnership", right?