FitLink Member

Addiction isn't a good or bad thing--it's just a thing. We all--every one of us--are addicted to many, many, many things. As long as it doesn't diminish your quality of life, it's value-free. I'm addicted to indoor plumbing, since the definition of addiction is that it causes distress if it's withdrawn, but I have no plans…

There's good, peer-reviewed evidence that a cup of coffee a day is good for the cardiovascular system--better than no coffee. And caffeine is addictive. Lots of things are addictive. Living indoors is meets the definition (that withdrawal causes distress) and a LOT of us are addicted to that. Indoor plumbing. Addiction is…

A primary care physician is there to reduce suffering. Depression IS a medical problem. The doctor was out of line. The doctor was getting paid for the visit regardless, how dare you suggest her problem isn't as important as those hypothetical patients?

Judgmental much? My ticker isn't accurate either, because I only use the food tracking function. Allow me to quote HER, since you obviously didn't read it:

HEAR HEAR!! THIS^^^^^^^^^ (Though I'd reverse the order--hormone panel, then psychiatrist or psychologist. NOT because you're crazy, because you're suffering, and it's your doctor's job to reduce your suffering.)

You're darned right it happens here too. In fact, I haven't been here in months and was only here to post an explanation of that (including the fat discrimination that is always implied is "for your own good") when I came across your, and a couple of other, posts I felt I needed to reply to. And you're not inferior,…

Yeah, I see what you're saying, but NO WAY it's the GP withholding treatment for the hip. A hip replacement absolutely requires a specialist.

If your primary care physician cannot empathize, s/he is a bad doctor and should be replaced. Period. The first doctor I had for my cancer did say things I didn't like--and I fired him, because if a doctor can't empathize, he's a lousy doctor. When my current oncologist said I had another tumor, and it was cancer, he…

It's a LOT harder. A study published in the Journal of Pediatrics THIS WEEK showed that girls past age nine and boys past age 12 who are overweight actually eat LESS than normal-weight peers! It is hypothesized that eating more when very young might play a role in later weight problems (and though the overweight children…

It is indeed plagiarism, but not (necessarily) theft. In the context here, it certainly is not theft. But more important, references provide evidence that the person making the claim has some verifiable authority in the subject (or not).

Thermodynamics. You said it yourself, "When we BURN [emphasis mine] fat..." It is burned as fuel, like gas in your car or coal at the electric plant. It leaves your body as energy--work and heat. Your question is the same as "Where does the gas go when I drive my car?" (And for the scientists here--yes, I oversimplified.…

Yeah, that's not uncommon for us INTJs. So,...who shot first?

INTJ, and I work in IT.

How nice to make fun of people...

No one, and I do mean NO ONE is "butt hurt over their beliefs." Feel free to believe anything you want. It's about contributing large sums of money to organizations with the expressed intent of enforcing their religious beliefs on others that is the problem. People who are refusing to patronize them are doing so because we…

Me fourth. But really, if you are eating 1200 and burning 1000 with exercise, you are actually practically not eating. Even discounting "starvation mode" and "muscle weighs more than fat," it's STILL not the case that you can keep dropping your calories and losing more and more weight. It is a game of diminishing returns.

I sometimes weight 5 pounds more or less in a single day! That's perfectly expected. EVERYONE's weight fluctuates, often by as much as five pounds. The eight glasses of water everyone harps about drinking here weighs more than four pounds. Two glasses of water weigh more than a pound. If you weigh, drink two glasses of…

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

Cheating requires physical contact. Online friends are VIRTUAL. Glad I could clear that up for you.

There are lots of other nut butters, why stop with peanut butter? And why not eat nuts themselves?

If you hate grapefruit, don't eat it. It has no magical effect on your metabolism. I promise you. NONE AT ALL.

I don't eat anything I hate. Why would I? Unless you are an extraordinarily picky eater there are other healthy things you can eat instead. Why force yourself to eat what you hate? It seems like setting yourself up for failure.

REALLY? You don't want to be friends with people whose food choices differ from yours? And what harm is there if a friend isn't active for a while? Seriously.

I think it says it all that she is worried about not having much to say TO people who have 100 pounds to lose, rather than worrying about what she might learn from others. I'm also a little worried that someone has a full-blown phobia about becoming fat. Is that REALLY the worst thing she can think of to have happen to…

Words do matter. Maybe make sure you're both "in the same place" rather than "on the same level." Because you choose to do things differently doesn't make your way better, or a higher "level" than hers.

Yeah, this comment makes nervous. I'm not a fan of meal replacements for weight loss, and if it's really so great, why not name it? With almost all meal replacements you gain back everything and more when you return to eating normally, and they don't reinforce better eating habits.

What is an upsurd? Your friend is correct to say you don't have to exercise to lose weight. ALL you have to do is consume fewer calories than you burn. Obviously this is EASIER to accomplish if you exercise. It might also be easier if two of your meals were low-calorie meal replacements. It's also not necessarily true that…

There is "a such a thing" as too much anything.

You can buy pacers that beep for each footstrike and you can set any pace you like. There are lots of brands but here's one that's just $26. You measure your stride length and set the number of strides per minute that corresponds to the speed you want to achieve. http://goo.gl/4wvZs