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What - Inspire is a place where you can connect with people who share your health concerns and find information and advice in groups sponsored by organizations you know and trust.

Why - As a member you can use Inspire to let friends and family know how you're doing, contact others who share your health concerns, receive personalized updates and information about participating in surveys and clinical trials, and more.

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Word of Encouragement

Khewing
  • By Khewing · Posted October 16, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Kind of down day need some inspiration. Need some get up and go ...

AA for Getting Fit and Gaining Control and Happiness.

JessAG
  • By JessAG · Posted September 15, 2009
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • I've been reading post for a few weeks now. It is becoming part of my daily routine. I have enjoyed reading everyone's thoughts, struggles, and successess. However, I must admit I haven't really been ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...

I made it further!!!

greeneyes6
  • By greeneyes6 · Posted August 8, 2009
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • I started running to lose weight back in April. I had really been doing the whole walk/jog routine. I was walking for 20 minutes ( 1 mile ) then I would jog for a minute. I kept that up for a month or ...

I am back to it!!!

greeneyes6
  • By greeneyes6 · Posted August 6, 2009
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • Good morning everyone. I am so excited today. I have gotten back to some of my normal routine. I did my kickboxing this morning. Yippy. For those of you that don't know, I sprained my ankle about two ...

I am new to Inspire.

greeneyes6
  • By greeneyes6 · Posted August 1, 2009
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Hello everyone. I am a new member to Inspire. I joined this group because I have been running as a vital tool to losing weight since April. I am 5 foot 4, and 209 lbs. So I am very over weight. My weightloss ...

Inspirational Running Videos

RayGill
  • By RayGill · Posted July 10, 2009
  • Discussion in Training and motivation · 0 replies
  • Some of The Best Inspirational Running Videos That Keep You Running. Must See. http://myfitnessdepot.com/outdoors/marat hon-videos ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
  • Journal · 28 replies
  • 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 ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • Journal · 32 replies
  • 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 ...

ARGH!!! NEED TO VENT!! WHY IS FAM so hard to deal with!!

Lucy144
  • By Lucy144 · Posted June 3, 2009
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • So last week i had a wonderful week, lost 6 lbs and was constantly going to the gym. I was excited to see that i had dropped a good amount of weight. But this week has been a total disaster. My finacee ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • 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 ...

Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • Journal · 35 replies
  • 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 ...

Thank You all for the Support (pay it forward)

Lucy144
  • By Lucy144 · Posted May 19, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hi everyone, Thank you all for the great support, it has really helped I started about 2 weeks ago and I am down 3 pounds. It was hard at first but reading all your replies really did help. I have joined ...

May 12, 2009

martha9701
  • By martha9701 · Posted May 12, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • I've decided to try to change my eating and exercise habits once and for all. My eating changed a week ago, and I've been walking. Since my thyroid is underactive, it seems as though I have to work twice ...

body bug

njlexi
  • By njlexi · Posted May 10, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • I'm planning to purchase a "Body Bug" to help me keep track of the calories I'm really burning daily. Does anyone here have experience with it ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • 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 ...

Time 2 get started

DatimeIsNow
  • By DatimeIsNow · Posted April 30, 2009
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • As my name says, "Da time is Now" I need to get off of my u know what and get in gear. I am roughly 70 lbs overweight. Wishing or willing the pounds away or talking about what I used to look like prior ...

Body Bug?

njlexi
  • By njlexi · Posted April 27, 2009
  • Discussion in Training and motivation · 0 replies
  • Does anyone here use the, "Body Bug" ? It is supposed to be the most accurate way to gauge how many calories one is burining, but I wonder if it works or if it's all hype ...

Starting to run at 190lbs

njlexi
  • By njlexi · Posted April 26, 2009
  • Discussion in Getting started · 1 reply
  • I just started adding jogging to my power walking. Just adding 1/4 mile here, 1/2 mile there; so far I'm up to 1.25 miles. Of course, it dawned on me I don't have the slightest idea as to what I'm doing ...

Great week

Teadrianw
  • By Teadrianw · Posted April 25, 2009
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • I weighed in yesterday and I am 8 pounds down. Gonna keep it moving. I was running yesterday and saw a snake. It scare me to death but It made me run faster ...

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