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Not to make you lose hope, but I have been on a plateua since April. I have tried everything. Upping exercise, changing my exercise, lifting weights, calorie cycling, increasing calories, increasing water, etc. People made suggestions and none of them worked for me. Good luck finding something that does work. Remember,…

What a very different point of view this is. Very few from my generation (I am 55) would say that. I always felt that I could go home whenever I wanted to, but I never had a key once I left. Interesting that the young people of today feel that they can just pop on in, do whatever - watch television, do laundry, cook a…

I have a now 31 year old daughter. She was reluctant to move out when I lived in MN. I knew that she wanted to stay there. At the time she was 22 or so and she had a job at Walgreens, which didn't pay all that much, but enough for a modest apartment. I told her I was moving to PA and she got all upset. I offered to pay…

The point is that any weight loss for an obese or morbidly obese person is a success and will lead to some positive changes in their health status, such as reduced knee pain, lowered cholesterol or triglycerides, etc. It is recommended that a person who is obese or morbidly obese aim for a goal of 10-20% weight loss, as…

It means I don't want anyone knowing my real name. :laugh:

See, I don't get it. I was raised on a farm and know the ebbs and flows of meat markets. The farmers/ranchers held off on selling their stock - pigs, cattle, chicken, but mostly pigs and cattle - in anticipation of the government helping them out with this drought situation. Well, Congress went on vacation without passing…

<--- man calves I have had them all my life.

I use a fiber supplement and eat an apple a day. Yeah, I know that sounds corny, but that old apple a day thing is so true. Beans everyday. I like them on my toast or just in a bowl. Vegetables for lunch and dinner. One more fruit. I eat a lot of things that have fiber and there have been times when I have hit over 40…

You don't say if you are taking thyroid medications at the present. In general, thyroid medications are for those who have hypothyroid or have had their thyroid removed. Symptoms of a low functioning thyroid can vary from person to person, but include constipation, weight gain, hair lose, tiredness, dry skin, and low pulse…

I'll hop on. I could definitely use the encouragement. Most I ever weighed: 294 pounds Current weight: 179.0 Goal weight: 135

This is priceless. I have to agree. When I get to ten and then am grunting out those last three or four numbers until muscle fatigue sets in, that is heavy lifting.

I incline press somewhere around 50-60 pounds. I lat pull down somewhere around 70 pounds. Same with machine rows. I do preacher curls with about 50 pounds. Other things I have to be more ginger about because I have a torn rotator cuff, like flies and such. I do 140 pound leg presses and the same with the leg squat press…

A couple more: Proximate - for approximate Wid - for with When I was in college, I took a linguistic course. One of the things that was on every test was to put words in phonetics. My father was Scottish, my mother French, which left me with a very weird accent, so I did poorly on that section. I asked the teacher what I…

Bury - pronounced as berry Cherry - pronounced to rhyme with the way bury should be pronounced Berry - pronounced the way bury should be pronounced Iron - pronounced like urn You ain't - pronounced like yaint, rhyming with paint You'uns - do I need to explain why I hate that one Tourists - pronounced like terrorist without…

Many places are using word search engines in order to screen applicants. In other words, they are looking for words that are in the job description in your resume and application. For this reason, you want to read over the job description and tailor your resume to that job description. Example for a Benefits Representative…

I see people throwing on the guilt trip of 'if you don't get your child vaccinated/yourself vaccinated, you are putting those who cannot get vaccinated at risk for that disease.' The fact of the matter is that even if you are vaccinated, you can carry the disease. Just not quite as long as a person who is unvaccinated. A…

It is not a matter of winning or losing or anything. It is a matter of wanting concrete evidence. The key word is 'concrete'. Indisputable would work as well. I deal with facts that are well supported. I don't assume something, like stating that an infection was most likely caused by staff that were unvaccinated. There are…

That is what my son died from. You are lucky. The thing is, when I called the doctor and took him to the ED, the doctors said it couldn't be from the MMR. Finally, I had a doctor who listened and checked for encephalitis, saying that sometimes it occurs post-vaccination. He diagnosed my son with it, but my son died the…

Wrong - it's four. The way they decide what strains to use is that they look at what is prevalent in Asia in the early spring and then predict what three top strains will be the ones that will hit the U.S. Problem is, it's a virus. So it mutates. By the time it gets to the U.S., it may be three entirely different strains.…

From the third article: "A prospective study was conducted to estimate the relative risk of hospital-acquired influenza-like illness (ILI), based on exposures to other contagious individuals. Surveillance of influenza was conducted over 3 seasons." I don't know about you but 'hospital-acquired influenza-like illness' tells…

Actually, they are now saying that Wakefield may have been on to something in regards to MMR and autism. Not a direct cause, but the children affected may have a genetic propensity that is then triggered by the MMR. My second child died from the MMR. I got to hold him while he had uncontrolled seizures that were slowly…

The first thing that you need to ask in regard to these studies is if the patients/residents were swabbed for the influenza. In most studies, the researchers look at the symptoms, but there are many diseases that mimic flu symptoms. The only definitive way to determine if the patient had the flu is to swab their nose. So,…

Little known fact, in most states, children don't need all those shots to get in school. Ask for the exemption paper and you will see that I speak truth.

"Puking out both ends" is not what the flu shot covers. Your misconception is all too common. What you are describing is the stomach flu, for which there is no immunization. The 'flu' shot covers respiratory influenza, not the stomach flu.

1. There have been no studies that show that having nursing staff get the flu shot will reduce the number of patients getting the flu. The only studies done are those that show the effectiveness of the flu shot, which is not all that effective in those who need it most. You must have a good immune system in order to…

This. If it is for the safety of people who are immunocompromised and for infants, the next step is to force paramedics, police officers, and those who teach or work in schools to get it. Well, since we don't know who is immunocompromised and we may bump into them in a mall, what's the next step? Everyone is mandated to…

I didn't read every response here. First, let's look at how germs are spread. The respiratory flu virus spreads via droplets. If you are coughed or sneezed upon or if the virus is on someone's hands and they touch you and you breath them in or touch your eyes or mouth, you will get the flu virus. How can this chain be…

If you have enough money, why not start a scholarship fund. The interest would provide scholarship money. Just another suggestion.

Doctors without Borders has a very low overhead and they do wonderful work for children as well as adults. Your local library is another good bet. Habitat for Humanity always gets a donation from me because the majority of the money goes into building the house and they have a magical way of making the dollars stretch…

Asking corporations to be responsible for the health of consumers is like asking a bird not to take a dump on your front lawn. Corporations can't control the consumer anymore than you can control where the bird dumps. People will be people. A little bad food now and then isn't all that harmful. Eating it everyday is…