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Sorry to hear that! It's scary how quick it can come upon us. Like the above poster said, make sure you only drink what you need. My stepfather ended up in the ER from passing out for the opposite reason. He was drinking water and nothing else. They were treating him for a blood cloth but after a few days of tests they…

Good luck with your endeavour! Eating clean/organic doesn't have to be expensive. We are a low-income family and we eat a lot of organic/non-GMO foods and use only all natural cleaning and personal products. I know what it's like to live on a student budget, so you might find it hard at first but you can do it. Meal…

I would recommend yoga in addition to what has already been suggested. I've met quite a few people at my studio who have had ankle problems and who do well. If you have a Bikram studio near you, it will give you a great cardio workout as well!

This is a journey I'm constantly on and constantly working on. A few reasons for this. The first is that I'm at an extreme high risk for breast cancer so I try to keep my life as clean as possible to do anything I can from having it happen. The second is my children. When I realized that my daughter's hair products had…

I'm a a stay at home mom so finding a good length of time to workout is hard for me. I usually do abs and strength training in the afternoon when my daughter is at school and son is napping, and then in the evening when my husband is home I'll do some cardio or go to a Bikram yoga class.

I've been logging it as 400. I don't want to overestimate but I wonder if I'm too low. I guess that's better than being too high though.

I can remember after my mom had breast cancer her doctor recommended she eat soy and tofu. I've seen studies both ways, that you shouldn't have it and you should. Asian cultures that eat a lot of soy tend to have lower incidences of cancer. Because of my family history, I'm at a high risk for breast cancer. I try to avoid…

I use Giovanni Vitapro Fusion Leave-in. My hair tangles like crazy and it's the only one I've found so far that makes it easy to comb through.

So true! There is a lady at my studio, she is 85 and she has cancer. No excuses when she is in the room!

I'm coming up on my one year Bikram anniversary next month. I found it by accident - I was looking for a yoga studio after going through a depressive episode and discovered a Bikram studio opening up on my street! Had no clue what I was getting into when I showed up! Now I'm in love with it. I aim for practicing 3-4 times…

Do you blow-dry your hair every time you wash it? I hate the fact that I have to shampoo my hair after every class as I generally like to do that only a couple of times a week. And I hate blowdrying my hair, my hair doesn't like that kind of heat. I do 8pm classes so rather than dry my hair when it's wet, I put it into two…

I don't have regular cheat days (at least not yet, still early in my weight loss) so I'm making Sunday my cheat day! I've made sure I've got tons of exercise in this week, hit a Bikram Yoga class this morning when I really didn't want to go. It's just hubby and I watching the game so I'm making the food - wings, nacho dip,…

I used to be addicted to Coke, I've tried many times to give it up (obviously going back every time.) I was most successful after deciding to cut out all caffeine because I was having panic attacks. It's eased back into my diet since, but definitely nowhere near what I used to drink. Here's what worked for me: Switching to…

My sister in law has done this many times through a doctor. Every time she loses an amazing amount of weight. Then she goes off of it and gains it back almost right away.

If you go to the Yoga Journal website, they have a feature where you can choose which body part you want to focus on and then it shows which poses are good for that. I have chronic knee problems so I use the poses they recommend to strengthen my quads and my hips, which affect my knees. It's not cardio, but it will help…

Having started with videos then moving on to classes, I would suggest trying a class first. I found with videos I was always looking up at the tv to see if I was getting the pose right. In a class the instructor can show you the proper form for the pose. Because there are a lot of poses that improper form can do damage, so…

I practice Bikram yoga and there are people of all sizes in the class. It's not about perfecting pose but trying it. As they say at my studio, you get the benefits just from setting up the pose. In my class this evening, the girl next to me probably weighs over 200 pounds and she was much more flexible than me. So don't…

I have chondromalacia as well, I found out about when I was 12 (now I'm 30.) Any sort of squats or lunges put me in pain which means a lot of workout videos are out of the question. It can take me weeks to recover and not feel pain. Swimming is great for your knees. I've been practicing Bikram yoga for the past 10 months…