withervein Member

This is why my diary will always be closed. It stops rubbernecking.

If I haven't fed my dog enough he lets me know by turning his dish upside down and kicking into the room I'm in. He's small, about 20 pounds, he gets a heaped half cup in the morning and another in the evening. He stops when he's full and frequently leaves half of his breakfast for an afternoon snack. But when he's hungry,…

Grain of salt. Being a bit over on sodium is only an issue if you need to reduce sodium in your diet. Drink an extra glass of water and boom, it will flush out. Relax, eat a balanced meal, lock your food diary and enjoy the freedom to eat tasty foods.

I like Pure Protein as well for the protein to calorie to cash, it seems to give good bang for the buck. I have found that I get really tired of chocolate/peanutbutter/cookie flavors though. I stopped in to my local nutrition store before my kickboxing class one night and I was famished, but knew I was about to be worked…

Ah, I think you're doing it differently than I imagined. ____ | | | | | | <-- I thought you had both of your hands gripping here, overlapping | | |____| I've done this before and found it hard on my wrists and to be a general pain in the butt. :) Form issues in squats are more to do with rounding the back or knees…

I can't speak to all of the questions, but using a bell and squatting is not a bad idea, especially if you haven't lifted before as standard barbells are 45 pounds empty. It may be easier to get the "toes slightly out, knees follow toes, squat down between your legs" idea if you're holding a weight at chest level and…

I'm in the process of losing a toenail right now, but it's cause I'm clumsy as hell and fell down the steps. When I started looking for info about the potential of losing the nail, the best info I got was from running sites.

When I exercise I wear whatever t-shirt/shorts/pants are on top of the clean pile and I don't care if I end up some orange and purple monstrosity, they get used, washed and put on the bottom so they wear out evenly. I'm not about to drop cash on clothes that take that much abuse. I will spend money on a good sports bra and…

My first weight room was in Japan. There were only dudes and most of them were pretty sure I didn't speak the language, so they tended to just come over point at the weight and say "oh my! You strong, yes?" Then they would praise each other for their English skills and wander off. This is about as much attention as I ever…

Great video tutorials and workouts based around a training at home can be found at myomytv.com Best, you can watch Marianne do the workouts and see that yes, it's okay to get out of breath cause this stuff can be difficult! Lots of info and motivation.

If you don't peel, you will end up with rolled up bits of peel when you DO cook the sauce. Some people are fine with this, but when I make tomato soup, i have to peel. If you have local organic tomatoes, they are pretty easy to peel without blanching. My backyard tomatoes practically jump out of the peel in summertime.

You might try easing into your maintenance calories. Spend a week at a smaller loss goal, for example if you have been at losing 2 pounds/week, move to 1.5 or 1 for a week or two, then cut to .5/wk. You may see the scale continue to drop if you keep exercising as you are fueling yourself a bit more. Once you get…

Of course, the primary ingredient in car antifreeze is ethylene glycol, highly poisonous. Evidently the one methyl group makes a lot of difference. Yes, propylene glycol is used as an antifreeze and de-icing agent, most especially in food processing plants. It's on the FDA's GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) list. You…

WAIT A SEC.. you were blessed with legs that have the potential to look like Tina Turner's and you don't want to train the hell out of them? /cry

The average burn that I get for a "wring out the tank top" workout is about 100 calories in 10 minutes. I'm in relatively good shape, aiming to lose or maintain at this point. It's an average that seems to be pretty accurate if I'm doing circuits, kickboxing, jogging or higher intensity yard work (moving block, digging,…

myomytv.com Great tutorials about form and lots of really butt-kicking workouts designed for folks to do from home.

You might consider looking at the suits they make for athletic swimmers. The one pieces usually have good coverage up top and across the back and modest in the bottom because they aren't made for fashion, but function. Speedo makes a good functional one piece.

One thing that may help your technique as you push off the foot stretchers is to imagine the handle and the seat are connected by a bar. Your butt should not move if your hands don't move. This is called shooting the slide and you end up going from a strong position to folded in half, giving you a banana back and making…

Any old shoe works fine for lifting, in fact, some people prefer no shoes at all! I know that doesn't work too well in a gym where bare toes all over would be pretty icky. I wear my regular old trainers, I know a lady who like Chuck Taylors and some who like a sturdy pair of army boots. Just don't wear anything with a…

As stated, a typical rower is driven by the legs, if you're pulling with your shoulders or back, you risk injury because until you get the flywheel going, you're gonna be pulling a brick wall. It's not really a strength machine, so it's not the same as using free weights. It is however, a beast of a cardio workout. If you…

Some folks may have been a healthy weight and active lifestyles since they were young and never needed concentrate on losing or gaining weight because not because they were "born lucky" but because they were brought up enjoying activity and respecting food. They learn what they grow up with and carry on once they leave…

If you're working hard, expect to be a bit jelly-legged/armed/whatevered after. I had a night last week where I got home, took a shower, toweled off and went to sit on the couch to get up the energy to dry my hair. Other nights, I don't get so terribly exhausted, but I kinda like knowing that I left it all on the floor. If…

I wear whatever running shorts I can find that have the built in brief (i still wear my regular panties, I just dont want to show em off in loose shorts) and a built in key pocket. There are usually loose, so if they do ride up a bit between the legs I can just smooth em back out without looking like I'm digging for gold.

I was going to comment, but all that I was going to say has been said.

While I have not been pregnant and don't plan to be, conventional wisdom seems to be keep on doing what you're doing. If your body is already used to exercise, theres no reason to drop everything and lie in bed, in fact carrying on strength training can help in your delivery and recovery. I read that women who squat tend…

You can release that water by drinking more water and save yourself the money you're spending on pills.

I would just like to mention that the body doesn't have a reset button at midnight. You can exercise before eating, after eating, in the morning, afternoon or evening and it's still an energy expenditure. The boost that you may get by running first thing in the morning is probably not significant enough that you're going…

In my kickboxing class we do circuits for the last 20 minutes with the kicks, knee strikes, jab/cross/hook combos on heavy bags, burpees, pullups (or reverse shrugs if you're stuck at the bottom of a pullup like me), medicine ball crunches, planks, wall sits, renegade rows.. you name it. Circuits are really only limited by…

You can also take a break and heal up properly. You should avoid putting weight on the ankle at all if possible. Making it worse or irritating the sprain further will only bench you longer.

If you are concerned about gym fees, you can always find a dojo or boxing club. These places, in my experience don't have membership fees, but tend to charge by the class. My dojo actually only charges you for the classes you attend, and if you buy a package of classes, you can get them as cheap as $7/hour class. It's a…