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Thigh gap is primarily a genetic gift given to few. You can tone your thighs and lose fat off of them, but they will generally still touch. How about altering your goal slightly to "lean, toned thighs." You know that is something anyone can accomplish. Then, if a gap appears, bonus!

Heck yeah! I love my Nuu Muus. In fact, I hate taking them off when I get home even when I'm swampy.

Just curious if you said "other than fruit" because fruit is obvious, or if you want to avoid fruit. I'll assume that it was just because it's obvious. I don't do any artificial sweeteners either – – I think they'll give you babies with two heads, and they're just plain nasty. I am very fond of snacking on a half cup of 0%…

Congratulations on your new baby! OK, first of all, stop. Your baby is a month old! You're just getting started on this astonishing new journey that will be both the best thing you ever did in your life, and, which will occasionally feel like the worst thing you ever did. Your body just did the most amazing thing that a…

Agree with pp. Lean meats, eggs, dairy, fruits and veg are all Celiac- and diabetes-friendly. Add the carbs you do need through whole grains like brown rice, quinoa, teff, buckwheat, popcorn. Have spoken to a nutritionist about this?

I'm putting myself in the position of those hikers who were coming down the hill. Here comes this crazy looking guy "huffing and puffing, all wet and dripping with sweat," while I am ready to just roll down the hill. Here's what I'm thinking: this guy seems to be working his *kitten* off! I sure am not. I'm strolling. It's…

Second the slow down! I will add, however, what has really helped me: belly breathing, also called diaphragmatic breathing. Try it first by lying down, placing your hands on your belly, and breathing slowly and deeply down into your belly making it rise--a lot. Do that for a minute without talking. That will allow you to…

Nachos: about 400 cal. 16 Baked scoops (scattered with...) 1 oz. shredded low fat mozz (Nuke 1 min. to make the cheese chewy and satisfying, then artfully dollop over the top...) 1/4 cup homemade refries (mixed with...) Salsa ( and warmed. Top this with...) 2 cups shredded lettuce or chopped up leftover salad and 1/2…

This is making me think of Farley Mowat and his copying-the-wolves-eating-mice experiment in his book "Never Cry Wolf."

Loving LaCroix, at least some of the flavors. Some are pretty gross.

I'm very curious how you are burning 3000 calories. BTW Fitbits and other monitoring devices are notoriously inaccurate. How does your Fitbit info stack up against figuring out your burn the old fashioned way?

I'd be sceptical about the vitamin C even from a wound specialist. I have a friend whose child developed an open sore when the family upped their vitamin C intake. As soon as they backed off it, he healed right up. It has a somewhat similar effect on me. I know that with deeper wounds like skin ulcers, saline rinses are…

Cook everything in cast-iron. Especially acid foods like tomatoes, and long cooking foods like soups. The iron is leached out of the cookware. Believe me, it works!

Real mayo! The thing is, you really don't need that much. And using Greek yogurt is not an acceptable alternative. It just doesn't taste right. Avocado now…

So 70's. I'm having a flashback. But, as long as 70's fashions don't come back....

I think it's a crap shoot. I have a friend who had twins vaginally 14 years ago. She was young and is terribly athletic. But she always looks like she's about four months pregnant. On the other hand, I have a friend who had triplets by C-section, and even though she isn't in the least bit athletic, she returned pretty…

Totally normal in my town. It's nice for heaven's sake! A lot better than some of the crappy things people say these days.

Shin splints! OK, here is my incredibly sage advice about shinsplints: I ran track as a kid and suffered horribly from them for years. It was awful! I didn't run for most of my adult life, and then decided to start walking at age 51. I had a trainer who brought me along very slowly. It wasn't until I had been working with…

Ah yes. The myth that won't die! I was an athlete as a kid and worked for years for the USFS in really steep and deep country. And I did a lot of different kinds of blue-collar work. Everything from my hips down was "wrecked." I decided to take up walking with a trainer at age 51. My hips hurt, I'd had a lot of trouble…

Bumping up to other WW thread

No. It was great (!) years ago, but now doesn't work as well. Sad. MFP works great.

Old ladies Rock it! A consistent 18 minute mile is totally doable. And, even faster than that is totally doable. But, stay comfortable. Also be sure that you stretch religiously after every workout. It's what's keeping my old joints happy. Blessings.

I've built up a pretty good ability at planking, but recently my PT adjusted my core exercises away from planks and crunches. Her point is that planking and crunches, while they do have some effect, do not reflect how we actually use our bodies in real life. She changed my plank form to more like what we used to call a mad…

Chocolate marbled with chocolate with chunks of chocolate covered with chocolate. Or chocolate. And if I can't get that, Coconut Bliss Mocha Maca.

You're welcome! Their two most recent cookbooks are pretty fabulous.

I couldn't run fasted if my life depended on it. I have to have a little bit of fuel. And if I'm running farther than 6 miles, I definitely need it! It's best to eat a small carb before you run and then eat your protein after word. I am very fond of eating a corn street tortilla with a small smear of homemade refried beans…

Be sure to check out Gluten Free Girl website. She's got Celiac, an her DH is a chef. They focus on Whole Foods and their recipes always work. He's got the science behind how to adjust recipes, and they really fool around a lot with them. And they don't use any of the additives that most GF foods have in them to give them…

Jew here, wishing you all Ramadan Mubarak.

Don't run! I really love the couch to 5K program, but starting out inexperienced people running is crazy, and a prescription for failure. Walk rapidly instead. Walking rapidly is not a fail! In fact, walking is not a fail. Approach this a little bit more slowly. Eventually you will feel your body sort of urge you to run a…

I did weight watchers online only – – which reminds me a lot of this app – – back around 2007 or so, and I loved it! I very slowly and steadily lost all the weight I wanted to, and kept it off. Then they changed the damned program! I tried both of the last two pre-Oprah variations of weight watchers and they did not work…