nevadjinn Member

You look like Gloria from Modern Family!

thank you all so much for your responses! this gives me a better idea of the sustainable range/individual variation within that range :D

ok I figured it out - I was placing it on carpet, which apparently makes the readings inaccurate. works fine when I use it on the hard/uncarpeted floor.

Who are you to tell me what my focus should be? Last time I checked my body belonged to me.

Also, I am not attempting to form the opinions I want by censoring opposition. But I am not here to critique the arguments that have been hurled at me a hundred times before. Kapiche?

Thanks Kymmy. Honestly, ethics is not BS. You aren't an ax-murderer, right? I'm sure you're nice sometimes when you don't have to be. So you believe in ethics to some degree. Perfection is impossible, but trying to minimize contributions to totally terrible industries is not foolish. Also, some negative impacts (fossil…

The Body Mass Index is a flawed way of measuring weight. By the waist/hip circumference measurements I read as overweight. Also, have you seen the media lately? Thin is in, and anything that is not thin is equated with poor willpower etc. I am not conventionally attractive because there is too much FAT on my body for me to…

Just joined the Spike 84 group. It sounds like exactly what I've been searching for! Would you mind telling me the basic rules so I can get started? Thank you so much!

I'd be interested to see the one demonstrating the link between aspartame and serotonin. The hypothalamus/pituitary/thyroid control the production and regulation of hormones, right? So assuming that aspartame probably can't get into the brain, does that mean it messes up the thyroid?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8373935 Another interesting study. Especially interesting to me, as I've had a history of depression and bipolar runs in my family. At any rate, I'm gonna take Mercola with a pile of salt, or should I say aspartame, from now on. He didn't include a bibliography with one of his most…

Where are the ones that show brain damage? I can't seem to find them.

Thanks!

OK Mercola claims a 15% drop in intelligence was found in the children of women who consumed aspartame. I can't find the study. Any leads? Also, I would be interested in seeing evidence that Mercola is a quack. He is someone many people I know take advice from, so I'd be interested to know if they're followin' the wrong…

Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog by Gary Francione. I'll admit that I haven't finished it. But what I did read made animal rights make sense to me. It's radical, but his argument is brilliant. I probably wouldn't be a vegan today if it weren't for that book. This is gonna sound weird, but the fantasy…

Really? I thought only gay men had prostate glands... It's sad that in our culture so many men's identities are grounded in fear of effeminacy, which is represented by the archetypal "fairy." And effeminacy/femininity is equated with weakness. How beautiful maleness would be without that cast of fear.

Hey, I'm Michelle. I HATE the not so subtle sexism that pervades the diet culture. There seems to be an underlying belief that self deprivation = sexy in women which, as a devout hedonist, really pisses me off. The extremes to which dieting is taken are the modern equivalents of foot binding and whale bone corsets: they…

The term breeder takes one of the most pervasive and sick arguments against queer people "Won't someone please think of the children?!" - the pedophilia stereotype, basically the idea that queers present an affront to the traditional, wholesome family, and reverses it by making the traditional family sound disgusting and…

now I feel really smart :blushing:

This was a protracted 3 day or so binge. And yes I did throw up. You look great! How have you managed that in spite of bingeing? If you don't mind my asking...

I hope so...I'll check and see if it goes back down.

I was unschooled from first grade through middle school. No, I am not pregnant. Yes, I can count. In fact, I've never gotten anything lower than a "B" since entering high school. I'm taking six Advanced Placement courses this year and the lowest grade I received for the first quarter is an "A-" in macroeconomics. I've set…

so how do you eat? do you eat refined carbs?

I've checked out bodyrock and the youtube one and the *cough* torrents. They are all awesome! Can't wait to kick my own *kitten* first thing manana. Thanks everyone!

Awesome! Insanity is just what I've been looking for! I would totally buy Jillian Michaels but I don't have a DVD player and my laptop lacks a disc drive. Someday when I'm rich I will let her make me kick my own *kitten*.

Oh my god MFP has other LOTR geeks! Count me in!

Flaxseed muffins sound delicious. Are they vegan and, if so, where can I find them?

I make sure to get my raw b-complex, b12 spray and plenty of iron. BTW, thank you everyone for your awesome help!

ok then thanks for sharing.

am I torturing and depriving my body by eating lots of yummy sweets or by potentially switching to more healthy and filling complex carbs? I run enough and get enough protein and veggies to stay full in spite of my chocolate/bread addiction.

Yeah I think I'll do one day a week of reaching my maintenance calories. Thank you so much everyone for you amazing help!!! <3