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0600 - Wake up and get youngest up and moving. 0600-0645 - Tea, news, whatever youngest needs for school that day 0645-0730 - Drive kid to school, come home and make sure oldest is up for work 0730-0800 - breakfast 0800-0930 - Log into work (work from home) 0930-0945ish - break (usually get up to do a chore or go for a…

Yes it is. Which is why MOST water intoxication is not from drinking too much over the course of a day, as it's extremely difficult to consume that much water. Most water intoxication occurs when someone basically chugs too much water in a short amount of time (think endurance runner trying to rehydrate who chugs down 2…

I basically follow the Gov standard dietary guidelines while staying within my calorie limit. I find if I make food choices that meet or exceed the recommend health guidelines, I feel great and the weight comes off. Doesn't require me to eliminate anything, but it does drastically reduce the things that aren't good for me…

Without any exercise added in, I'm at 1640 a day to lose about 1lb per week. With exercise, I generally eat between 1800-2000 per day.

The bigger concern is actually drinking too much too fast. Most of us with healthy liver functions can drink about 5-7 gallons per day without issue. But you also don't want to drink more then .08-1 ltr per hour either, as the liver cannot excrete more then 1ltr per hour (regardless of health or activity)

*So do you think people who are overweight and/or obese should have to pay more?* No. Simply because being overweight/obese is actually NOT a cause of health problems... rather unhealthy habits that can lead to obesity are what is at issue. I've been overweight/obese for nearly 19 years now. Here's my list of medical…

Not a PCP, but rather a health program run by the health insurance company I work for. Personally, I find it more advantageous then going to see the same doctor repeatedly, as I get to have conversation about health with a variety of medical professionals whose focus (at the time I see them) is to point me in the right…

I splurge on a massage or on doing something I've wanted to do that I've been putting off for whatever silly reason. If I still can't come up with something, I'll add extra monies to my fun fund.

I have to agree. My mom used to live to "surprise" me with invites to bike treks thru AH&LA. I'd get about 1-2 weeks worth of warning and cycling wasn't something I did with any regularity. But I'd enjoy myself on 60 - 100 mile bike loops with no more then a tender butt and sore thighs. Though, I was reasonably fit, the…

Look up exercise induced GERD or acid reflux. Symptoms sound spot on.

Right at the beginning. Periods started getting a bit erratic for a few months, then stopped for three. But the started back up on a pretty regular 28 day cycle (I had previously been a clock work 31 days prior). Stayed that way for over a year until a few months ago. Now I'm back to erratic, though been 7 weeks since my…

Swimming and yoga will fall under the cardio section. Under the exercise diary, Cardiovascular section, simply click add exercise and then search. For swimming, it breaks it down by stroke used and time swam.

I've been doing Yoga on and off for nearly 20 years. My personal observations for what ever that's worth. Hatha style is a lot like stretching. The routines are good and beneficial, but I didn't find it a major advantage over a good stretching routine. Vinyasa Flow programs are my favorite. I found doing 30-50 mins 3X a…

I used to do ice baths after football games. Pretty much sucked the whole time, but it definitely help me get back to normal quicker.

Agree with the above...shorter gait, slow down, good shoes, etc. Another tip I got from a personal trainer which helped my shins aurvive training for a marathon was to draw the alphabet with my toes. Did this daily while working at my desk and no shin splints at all.

Your protien intake is far to low. Looking at your body type, if you want improved definition, your focus needs to be on building muscle. Protien intake should roughly be about .8 to 1 gram per pound of body weight. That should put your protien % closer to 35% not 25%. Also, if your not, you should be eating at maintenance…

YES! Hit the weight room. My mother actually reversed her damage after adding in a weight training class to her calcium suppliments.

It doesn't come up when I search for it in MFP. Though, after looking up videos, it's pretty obvious that it would burn as much and probably more then a game of ping pong. That being said, I just log my time under ping pong. At worst, you'd be slightly underestimating calories burned, which is rarely a bad thing.

Truthfully.. nearly 40 yrs of being a competitive athlete on and off in one form or another... I've never figured it out. For me, that's the biggest part of the enjoyment for me. It's also the reason I sign up for races and competitions. They give me a goal to strive for and that helps me keep up my motivation. That said..…

4 days a week for 45-60 mins plus one day of 90 mins

Vinyasa Flow programs actually tend to burn more calories then Bikram, but bikram classes are 90 mins long. The best Vinyasa Flow programs I've found are usually 50-60 mins. Can't say I've ever used it alone as my fitness routine, but I always use it in conjunction with my other workouts to minimize the wear and tear. In…

There can be a couple things going on. Primarily, when one starts eating healthier and exercising more, the body gets back to a faster/healthier cell regeneration rate. This includes skin cells. Unfortunately, that speed up can uncover blemishes that haven't surfaced yet. It's the same process that happens when one starts…

Nope. I dropped my blood pressure and my glucose count by actually increasing my intake of whole wheat and whole grains. Reducing (not eliminating) heavily refined wheat and grains and simple sugars is what helped me to start losing weight. The whole wheat and grains are the biggest contributors to helping suppress my…

I eat my exercise calories back and I've lost 18lbs!

OMG.. THANK YOU!! I've been losing my mind over the past 2 years thinking it was my excema going insane and stressing why the usual remedies didn't seem to work. Don't worry about plucking the hairs out. It's mainly a myth that more will grow back or that it will grow back thicker because you plucked. Not saying you won't…

Ditto! Aside from cutting out soda and making sure I got more fruits and vegetables in, one of my new favorite past times was taking my old favorites meals and finding ways to make them a bit healthier. By doing so, I haven't really needed to reduce my portion sizes all that much.

I highly doubt your over estimating exercise or underestimating the food your eating. You did NOT gain 5lbs of fat in a week. To do that, you would have had to eaten nearly 17500 calories OVER your daily energy expenditure. Most likely culprit is still water retention. It doesn't always go away in a couple of days. Case in…

While not really a believer in "chi" per say, I am a believer in mind over matter (ie, the power of positive attitudes). My understanding of Chi is that it works along similar principles. There have actually been Studies done on it and all seem to reach the same conclusion, positive thinking/positive attitudes can have a…

Any DVD that you enjoy doing would work. There's also quite a few that cater to kids as well that you can actually do with your kids. my current favorites are the Turbo Jam series, Billy Banks Tae Bo workouts, Zumba world party and dance revolution for the Wii, and Ali MacGraw's Yoga mind and Body.

It's usually a sign of mild dehydration. You may want to be more mindful of getting more water in both prior and during workouts to minimize it. If you feel like your drinking plenty of water, but still getting chills, you may want to incorporate sipping on a small energy drink to add electrolytes while working out. Since…