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^^ that gym above is targeted to people who feel like you do! Try it out? But possibly consider that wanting to only be around people just like you even though it is somewhat "natural/typical" it is also a pretty bad way to go about your life, especially if you want to change yourself to be OUT of the very group you feel…

^^ yeah, I'm not the biggest American OR this type of football fan and "OMG I'm huuuuurt, the air from you passing by me touched me and knocked me over!" happening constantly really is annoying. They really aren't THAT thin...

Sorry, but your statement is pretty crazy, and has no support even from the link you posted. If anything, you could say human over population caused drought. If you read the opinion article you posted (not a study), it only says that because people are prevented from taking past a certain amount of water out of the human…

Sounds like if you are getting stronger and losing some, you are in "the zone" and should not change anything. Yes, you will build strength much faster on a surplus, but you don't really want a surplus since your aim is to lose fat, and on a surplus you will always gain some fat. Its also not as much of a paradox as you…

Nice! But why didn't you go get some pizza instead of ordering Dominoes?!? :P

OK Well...actually this is much less controversial to you probably than recent health research articles saying ANY amount of alcohol is not really safe and that the old one glass of wine/night recommendation is total bunk, there is no good evidence saying it actually can help you, and resveratrol levels are way to low for…

Go in now if you are having arm and chest numbness and tingling, especially left arm, tunnel vision, clumsiness and unclear thinking and headaches, at least call the doctor's office and tell them the symptoms you are having, that could be something serious. Those are definitely not symptoms of "keto diets".

Yeah definitely try using dumbbells instead for everything you can if you dont want to use barbells, it is much better for you biomechanically. That being said, I will still use Smith machine for shrugs since my gym does not have a machine or proper bar, the squat racks are usually in use and I go heavy. With heavier…

Didn't you and your buddy Beavis already try this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yPTXYlDnY8

No, you are using statistics badly. The biggest factor for sumo wrestlers is not the meal timing, it is how much they eat purposefully to gain maximal weight! And the correlation of two meals a day with weight gain is completely wrong since it has nothing to do with the weight gain, and everything to do with not bashing…

Yeah, while I don't think it has much of any effect for weight loss, it probably would for brain function (learning) and mood...I'm not sure its a good idea DURING nursing school with the extra stresses. Plus, while there is no real proven effect of weight loss doing something like this, there are studies showing negative…

Tradition, training and practicality, thats why. You aren't going to want to bash tummies and give maximal effort when they are packed full of fish and rice in an attempt to gain weight....just try to max out a huge meal and then go do heavy lifting/wrestling and you will answer your own question, its nothing to do with…

Yes its totally plagiarism, I've seen that recipe before. Where is acgwhatever, aka Mr. Recipe Policeman? :D

You got things backwards again, my point is that there are good and bad MDs and Chiros, not that either one is "no good", but they have their place and you need to evaluate them and get second opinions. The PT scenario is also reversed in this case, they did not improve my symptoms and did not treat the cause, the Chiro…

Or if you flip it on its head, PTs are like Chiros without the ability to adjust and less school. I'd much rather go to a good Chiro than a PT when my back is out, I can do exercises on my own thank you, just move that area I can't! PTs just don't fill the same shoes, no relief vs significant relief after Chiropractic…

Huh, I wasn't even aware of the ads, they sound amusing, and maybe some might take offense. I think you have it all wrong, though, those are your judgments (engineered by the ads) on how someone reacts to the ads because you saw them and thats what came to your mind (along with the oddness of gay relationships, etc that…

Hiker, not runner, and east of Seattle here!

I'm larger and a guy, and I commonly burn 1,5-3,000 cals in a day on hikes, I never eat all the cals back, but I get close some days, I try to ensure I don't burn my muscle from weightlifting. But the larger the deficit, the more I tend to not get as close to goal. It doesn't really seem to really affect my weight loss…

Well, even though Alaska has a taller mountain, I'd say Colorado is the "highest" both by average elevation and otherwise now that MaryJ is legalized ;)

Yes it is tough, but I was surprised and pleased I went up and down with no real issues even though my knee recently did act up. I found with poles it wasn't all that bad, that and hiking with some people who kept me going slower that I might have otherwise, all I ended up with is sore muscles, no joint issues that people…

Nice pics! I just hiked Mailbox Peak myself today, but with my crappy phone camera pics are not very good to post anyways :P

No way!, first I learn on MFP that when I gain 50lbs of strength in 5 weeks over several lifts while losing 10.4lbs that not any of it is muscle, now I find I cant ever build any muscle anyways since I''m over 38! :'( I'm sure glad my mind can lift weights, by process of elimination it must be the reason, right? I think…

Yup, better than fast food, and your deficit is good, what the other poster said about lowering calories is really nonsense and would probably make you lose too fast and binge later after feeling deprived a while. You also cannot recommend calorie amounts without knowing height, and I assume you are already set to losing…

Thank you for more detail into this! [/quote] Yw, I would really advise you not to do it, generally nobody even attempts that other than a "polar bear" shock type thing if its easy to get in/out quickly... It definitely does, somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 more calories/hr during exercise, its just small. Especially…

Erm, I'm still not sure whether some of this is tongue in cheek or not. Assuming it is serious, first off, even 50 degree F water can suck the heat out of you relatively quickly, 4 degree C water is very dangerous, just being in it you would burn calories trying to maintain temperature...before you fail and become…

If you want to count this kind of stuff, which is daily normal activities not done for exercise, then be prepared to re-visit this the next time you aren't losing, or are gaining, this is probably the reason! HRM, a steady state aerobic monitoring device matched to a "control" set of "averaged" people, will tend to show…

I love them, totally worth it if you do a wide variety of exercises with different weight or are starting up or sharing them and don't have space. I just wish mine went above 55lbs :(

Nobody will really notice or care. Just get in there and commit to work on the weights!

^This is an extremely harmful opinion that some people have. Doctors are, and should be neutral analyzers of your health condition. They may say things that make you feel bad, and are actually negligent in many cases if they do NOT say something that makes you feel bad when its the truth and damaging to your health. But…

Adults with anorexia generally have a BMI below 17.5, this is what your doctor will go off of. It is not a "judgement" in the sense we use it here when coming from a doctor, it is their job to place you in the categories established over averages of people. If you truely are or not is maybe up for debate without knowing…