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I think so. People not taking care of themselves ends up costing the health system hundreds of millions each year. It's only fair that a certain percentage of that burden be put back on those creating it. That being said, I have zero idea as to how one would go about creating or calculating what the tax should be or what…

This is definitely a doctor question, not a forum question. There are dozens of things that could cause what you're talking about.

I actually met my girlfriend on here last year. We're now living together and doing great. I agree MFP isn't a dating site, but I think starting with a shared interest in working on our health and picking up new activities along those lines was a great start. You don't ever want to be the "dang, your profile was s0000 hawt…

A ton of diet drinks are starting to use sucralose instead of aspartame because of fears (real or imagined). I know coke, hansen's and pepsi one all recently (as in the recent years) switched to sucralose. If you go to a whole foods style store, lots of times there are ones with stevia in them that you might like, though…

It depends 100% on your height and activity level. We really don't have enough info to give you a good answer, but do you mean that it's under 1200 after you exercise? The site really overestimates exercise calories, so it does that to me too. I'll eat 1800 calories, but then between a few long walks and some time at the…

My ex couldn't handle the bar, so she just did her chest presses on the machines, or used the hand weights with fifteen in each hand for a total of thirty instead of the forty-five the bar weights. It changes the exercise slightly, but just relax, adapt, and don't beat yourself up over it. Everyone has a cap, yours just…

haha, if the source doesn't matter, switch to sweetened condensed milk in your coffee in the morning and you can gain like crazy.

My personal opinion is that it sort of depends on what you mean by "rest day." A recovery day is a requirement for any muscle you've been strength training with, but you could easily organize your muscle groups so that you could lift every day and never work a muscle group two days in a row. As far as cardio is concerned,…

I I'm going on an extended car trip, I just hit pause. Makes life easier.

A thousand still seems really high. I'm almost twice your size and if I do a five - seven mile run and lift weights, I get a little over half that, but that doesn't really matter. In terms of weight loss, it doesn't matter what your calories come from, as long as the total is right. If you are worried about health, then…

No such thing as a sugar addiction. There, you're cured. ^_^ all kidding aside, the only way I keep my sugar in check is not getting started with it. If I have any, I'll have too much. But that is just me.

I know all those words individually, but in that order, they are just gibberish. Talk to one of those guys, the guys with the things, you know who I mean . . . doctors! Man, that was going to bug me all day.

I don't know what I think of that phrasing, "impossible." That seems to imply that it cant be done rather than just that most people don't do it, for whatever reason.

Nah, what bothers me is people going out of their way to take offense at things that aren't meant to be offensive in the slightest. Way more trouble is caused by irate, oversensitive people looking to be offended than the use of the word "cutting" which was popular in this sense way before it became a popular piece for bad…

Yeah, but it looks like the world treadmill record holder is female, and the first person to do 300 miles without a nap is female. I don't see any sports where they can compete one to one, but it looks like that might be one of the ones where occasionally a top level female athlete might hold the world record for something…

It's that old joke "Do you remember what Buzz Aldrin said when he first stepped onto the moon? No, you don't, no one does."

It looks like their records start to merge when you hit the 24 hour or 300 mile etc ultra ultra marathons lol. At that point, it must just be about who is willing to spend more time in rehab learning to walk again :D

those are a nine and ten percent difference respectively. that is HUGE in a sport. It doesn't sound like much because it's ten vs nine seconds, but a .290 batter would give their soul to be a .319 batter. It's the difference between "oh, I remember that guy," and having your bust in the hall of fame.

Golf is more of an even playing field than a lot of sports, but whenever women do get the exemptions and compete on the PGA tour, they are knocked out. Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie, both all but legendary golfers on the female tours couldn't compete and were eliminated. All joking aside, my grandfather's numbers on…

So, the girlfriend is in here loudly claiming that women compete with men in equestrian events and win. It makes sense. It puts the ownness for the size, muscle and body structure components, which are what holds them back, on the horse. Some quick googling makes me think that they might not be on 100% equal footing, but…

as an insulting attention grabbing stunt.

Yeah, I don't know that it is necessarily a reason to segregate the sport, but even when weight and height are accounted for, women just have a disadvantage against an equally athletic male. The best example I can think of is wrestling. It's a sport that is controlled down to within a couple of pounds for weight…

Haha, something about that last sentence cracked me up. It reminds me of those scenes in the air bud movies where the ref looks at the rule book "there's no rule saying a golden retriever CAN'T play shortstop."

Audiobooks. I "read" an extra two or three books a week just by having my headphones on when I go for walks. I don't necessarily think being a little bored on a walk is a bad idea though. Think of it as a form of meditation. We're just CONSTANTLY inundated with entertainment. It's probably good to work on your ability to…

So, I have sort of a general question for everyone. I'm honestly not trying to push or lead towards any specific conclusion. I just want to know what people think. Segregating a marathon seems pretty ridiculous. How anyone could be harmed by running next to someone who's an innie rather than an outtie, I'll never know.…

Nah, not really. We can shift some DNA around and end up with what could debateably be called a clone, depending on how you want to define it, but truly modifying a cell to make a functioning sperm cell is a few years off.

I feel for you, but it's not an addiction. Only you are going to be able to figure out the best way to stick with things. Personally, my biggest trick is I never let myself go one calorie over unless I already expect to be out of control for the day, because I have trouble not saying "screw it" and totally binging. Other…

Super super low, but not impossible.

A friend of mine has something called "The Operah Test" to tell whether or not they've invented a diet pill that actually works yet. Operah is insanely rich, and clearly very interested in losing weight. If there was a pill or a product, no matter how ludicrously expensive, that could make weight loss easy, she'd have…

People are doing a pretty good job of defending CICO, so I just thought I'd point out that 21 participants is barely enough for a modified T-test. At best, you could call that a pilot study, which is only useful in the sense that it can help you decide what topics call for actual research. Whether the guy is right or…