Weight Watchers

Weight Watchers changed my life in 2006 - and each winter - when my body starts thinking it'd like to gain weight - I jump back on Weight Watchers for men online - and keep to the plan. They have a special built out website specifically for men's issues with workouts, meal plans, points calculators. I promise not to fill my LJ with evangelical WW-Speak for the next six months. However - I will say that losing the weight - and returning to the gym in 2006 has completely changed my life for the better. I have more energy, drive, confidence - - and for the first time in my adult life I am very comfortable with how I look. and I don't do these things for someone any more - Dave says he'd love me even if I were 500 pounds. I do it because I have a family history of heart disease and weight challenges - and I'm going to be in the best shape that I can be for myself.

Queer as a three dollar bill

I keep a stack of these printed in my wallet every holiday season:



and when I see/hear a bellringer with the Salvation Army - I put one of these in their bucket. The backside has a message - "As a gay American I cannot and will not support The Salvation Army's mission to parade as a charity while working to restrict the rights of gay people in America and working to take away a woman's right to choose."

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