Go buy two bottles of 1.5 ounce Phospha-Soda from Walgreens, drink them 3 hours apart diluted with some 7-up. I swear to Jesus (my Lord and Savior) that you will be clean from the esophagus to the anus.

Lift Weights MWF
Cardio TR
Active Things (Basketball, frisbee, volleyball, swimming) on the weekends

Avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup at all costs, that eliminates a LOT of my options but it has done wonders for my metabolism.

This summer I will be cooking a WHOLE lot more because eating out almost every day is probably not helping my situation any.

I am thinking about getting into some sort of league. I need to get my ass in shape

i've given up aspartame as well. i dunno if there's any real medical reasoning, but it seems my body works better without it. i really like the splenda drinks. pepsi one, slice one (strawberry and grape are awesome imho). the diet rite cherry cola is a good one too.

try out stevia to sweeten your tea or whatever, it's an all natural sugar alternative... it's not a chemical like aspartame

the aspartame companies actually got the fda to outlaw stevia is commercial products because they can't patent a natrual plant and make money off it

that's good, i only eat foods that has minimal processing... and by minimal processing i mean i don't even eat canned soup or pre-packaged lunch-meats

That's what we've been doing for about a month and a half now and you can tell a huge difference in the way you feel. I used to live on fast food and processed food. Now, on the occasions that I do eat fast food I feel like complete ass afterwards and always regret it. I try to stick to any kind of unprocessed meat, fruits, and vegetables. My doctor is of the opinion that people should not even eat most grains. If you think about it, grains have only been in the human diet since we learned to cultivate them, which is not far enough back for our bodies to have adapted to them.

i think you have to be fairly unhealthy to feel the effects that you guys speak of

You need to join a cheerleader league

i feel sick and icky-eew, bloated and gross, and I'm actually in fairly decent shape .... heh

you probably arent

Well other than I have a torn rotator cuff and my back is all fucked up I'm in pretty good shape I guess

A little goes a long way too. Its sold bulk or in individual serving packets..half a pack in a cup will do it

I recently had myself checked out by a doctor and had some tests including extensive blood tests and my doctor said i'm in pretty good health. I'm not in good shape (I work sitting at a desk for 9 hours a day) but I'm in good health. Fast food and chemicals used in food processing are literally poison to your body. Read your labels and find out what things actually are and you'll find that most of the stuff in processed food isn't even digestible or usable by your body.

if you are in good shape, cutting that stuff out doesnt feel any different