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Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
  • Journal · 25 recommendations
  • Hello, old friends and new. Today is a big day for us! We have made numerous improvements to your community, most that were suggestions from you. As you can see the site is very different then before ...

Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • Journal · 23 recommendations
  • Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • Journal · 12 recommendations
  • We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
  • Journal · 7 recommendations
  • Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • Journal · 5 recommendations
  • Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • Journal · 4 recommendations
  • Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...

What to do if you have only 15-20 pounds to lose?

tiffaniiixox
  • By tiffaniiixox · Posted December 31, 2008
  • Journal · 3 recommendations
  • As i read other journal entries i see that there are many people looking to lose 100 pounds or some big number like that. I only need to lose around 15 to 20 pounds to be the weight I would like to be ...

i think im losing my hair

kimikiwi1987
  • By kimikiwi1987 · Posted June 21, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • okay ive been on cyclosporine for like 3 wks now and i think im starting to lose my hair, its like one bad side effect after another.....when is this missory going to end....idk but i am glad im getting ...

TIME TO BREAK BEING COMFORTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!

slimmint
  • By slimmint · Posted February 7, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • This weekend ive been doin alot of thinkin..Im thinkin about who i want to be, and how will i gett there. To be a success i need to push myself past comfort zone, and its alittle scary.. Right now im ...

Sabotage - My husbands mission in life

Faynilla
  • By Faynilla · Posted February 6, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • I think he wants me fat. He brought home a pizza today, from little C's. with bread sticks too. .. he says he does it to be nice, and that he thought we would like lunch thats already made,.. but come ...

GETTING STARTED-AWESOME POST I FOUND. thanks!

Faynilla
  • By Faynilla · Posted January 25, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • stolen! BUT with good intentions! I found this as a response to another post. thank you ntq100 -- oh boy, you really are starting from the beginning. ok, here goes, first of all, you felt weak and your ...

Don't read this...jk

IamDoingIt
  • By IamDoingIt · Posted September 15, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • My news year resolution was to finally lose the weight. I lost 20 pounds and felt like I was still fat. I have 2 kids, so I got the mommy belly and it just discourages me. I stopped eating good and stopped ...

I'm now a quarter century old! As of Tuesday (and other sad news)

Faynilla
  • By Faynilla · Posted August 6, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • yes.. My birthday was Tuesday.August 4th. it was bittersweet. I wish i could say that I was filled with happiness, but no it was not to be. Instead of being grateful for another day or year, I felt this ...

medical insurance help

kimikiwi1987
  • By kimikiwi1987 · Posted June 15, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • okay im 21 and im on welfare for my medical and if i work and make over 200 dollars a month they will take me off of my medical. so is there any medical insurance out there that doesnt cost an arm and ...

purple stria

kimikiwi1987
  • By kimikiwi1987 · Posted May 29, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • has anyone gotten these strech marks , and if so how did u deal with them. casue i got them all over and from what i understand is its a side effect from the pred. and well ive gotten them all over my ...

YEA!!!!! I did it Today....

slimmint
  • By slimmint · Posted May 6, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • Well im here today to report the days happenings. First im still under the 250's yeaaaaaa.I lost another 1 lb, which put me at 248..Starting at 310 not bad..I lost 1 inch too.. Well biggest is Mi and ...

What exercise and healthier eating has done for me. (with pics)

Faynilla
  • By Faynilla · Posted February 16, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • well not only have I lost 10 pounds, they have stayed off. and I am fitting into clothes I never thought I would be able to again. But I feel better. Not just body wise, but mentally. I feel better in ...

I am on this incredible journey !

longlifefor3
  • By longlifefor3 · Posted February 15, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • My journey is starting right now to begin my new life...I have started to walk on a treadmill that I call the beast...I am vegan so that takes care of diet...Have been for 10 years...I have also started ...

i worked out today!

Faynilla
  • By Faynilla · Posted February 10, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • I worked out with spiderlaura, at her gym today. im really excited that i got to meet someone from here, and that i got to work out at a gym. im a little disappointed that i didnt get to work out my arms ...

today...

Faynilla
  • By Faynilla · Posted February 6, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • i am thinking of going back to being a vegetarian. i know it might sound extreme, but looking back ... i was a vegetarian for 3 1/2 years. not so coincidentaly i was the thinnest i have ever been. ( the ...

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