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So I'm finally a member of the Y. I have been for 3 weeks today. The first week of my membership, the pool was down for maintenance. Boo! Then, a week ago today, I sprained my ankle pretty badly and have been able to do no other exercise BUT swimming this week. I love swimming, but I want more then that to kick my booty…

To lose weight, you have to consume less calories than you burn in a single day. Even a pro like Jillian Michaels has said that. It's just that simple. I think muscle, on the other hand, is built by tough exercising every single day. Just like professional athletes, we need to track both.

Oh my! You have seriously lived an awesome life, haven't you? My lake is on the midwest coast of Michigan. I'm not sure what's in the water and I'm not really sure I want to know. It does have the tendency to ruin one's experience in the water, doesn't it? I love the water. I don't want to lose that zest for swimming. It…

Thanks, Rose! Of course, I was swimming in a lake. No chlorine. Think natural water would give you problems? As for my ears, both constant issues my entire life. I'll have to try that! Thanks! Is there a difference between After Swim and rubbing alcohol or do they both work just as well?

I tend to get a head ache from getting water up my nose. Something I developed in a near drowning incident as a kid. Never noticed any issues before that. I'm still not convinced it wasn't the cold lake on scarred lungs that didn't cause the original incident, but can't say for sure it was either. I didn't notice any sore…

Ditto gypsy. I have similar problems with my spouse. He's not the type to complain, mainly supportive, but I have often felt like his poor judgement has infringed on my need to shed the pounds. Finally, however, I've had to decide that I'm alone in this and need to do the best I can to take care of myself to the best of my…

My throat feels scalded. I'm wondering if this has any thing to do with water hitting me in the head and going down my throat as the waves came in to shore and or sometimes inadvertently drinking it when I couldn't get up fast enough from practicing breathe control. (We're talking Lake Michigan here.) If so what can/should…

Thank you Peters. After the day I've had, I've no doubt either. Mind you, Saturday is my day of rest, so we were only messing around, but I lost a little more calories then I do on any other day of the week working far harder. I didn't even mention the time it took to walk through the sand out to our spot and back to the…

Every one is different. The charts only state the AVERAGE individual. If there was any thing that made me absolutely livid about one of my EX Dr's, it was him calling my baby fat. He was literally eating bread crumbs at home. We'd give him plenty of food for his age, but he'd barely pick at his food. I was like, "What? Do…

Hi and welcome to the forum. I found out I was Bipolar in 08 at the age of 25. After the loss of my grandparents 2 years prior, I was having severe health problems. Finally, my Dr looked at me and said he couldn't help me any more and suggested I look up a Psychiatrist. That was my first experience with pdocs, though I've…

Thanks, Chris. So I'm not the only mermaid on the site? Cool! Would love to meet the rest. :smile: My food issue will be financially related. Hopefully, I can come up with enough funds to eat right. I want to eat according to the book The Seventh Day Diet by Chris Rucker. The dietary guidelines are quite filling, if I can…

Another friend request sent. I'm just getting started too! Good luck to the both of us.