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You can always start with walking. If you do it outside, it's free, plus you get your daily dose of vitamin D!

I have one that works great, but it's made by a seamstress local to my area. It's cloth, with an elastic band, and the underside is velvet, so it really clings to the hair. Perhaps you can find something similar?

It must be a regional thing in Texas, because I've lived here my whole life and have never heard anyone call it a buggy. I grew up in central Texas, but extended family is all from the DFW area.

From Texas... coke (sometimes soda) subs fireflies

If you have the time and patience, I find a pair of tweezers to be quite effective. No razor burn, less painful than wax.

Making good tea can be tricky. The flavor you get vary widely depending on how much tea you use, how long you steep it, how hot your water is, even your water source. You may need to try adjusting all these factors to get your tea the way you like it.

Have you tried changing your toilet posture? Putting a footstool under my feet and being in a squatting position has helped me when I have a hard time getting things moving.

The photosynthesis diet. Basically, no food. Period. You get water and sunlight. Granted, the only people I've ever heard of attempting this were doing it for ethical reasons (ie, don't kill anything ever, even plants), rather than weight loss reasons.

The OP never said they needed to avoid meats or fats. And neither leaky gut elimination diets, nor auto-immue paleo eliminate meat or fats, with the exception of vegetable and hydrogenated oils. The OP asked for food ideas that were filling and not on their elimination list. Meats and fats fit that bill.

Sounds a lot like a Paleo Auto-immune Protocol. Same foods eliminated and such. For more filling foods in general, meat and fats should do the trick. If you want some more specific meal ideas, check out Sarah Ballantyne's blog, The Paleo Mom. She has tons of recipes that fit the restrictions you have.…

Just had one of these this morning, so I know how you feel. I used to get them a lot more, and my doc recommended getting more water, magnesium, and potassium.

One thing I noticed in your diary was a lot of low fat foods. Fat has more calories per gram than protein or carbs, so an easy way to up your calories would be to eat full fat food.

Those sensations you describe sound a lot like premature ventricular contractions. They are fairly common, and when they happen infrequently they're harmless. Most people don't even notice when they have them. However, I would recommend speaking to your doctor about it to make sure it's not something more serious.

If it is actually making you sick, you should see your doctor and look into your water supply. It is possible that there could be something in your water supply that doesn't agree with you. If you just don't like it, see all the other sugestions in this thread.

Not exactly sci-fi, but they might enjoy Dies the Fire, by S M Sterling. Its the basis for the tv show Revolution. Basically, all modern tech stops working and people have to figure out how to survive.

Middle School in the US typically covers 11 to 13/14 years old. My understanding regarding minors and getting an abortion without parental consent is that it was intended for situations where the parents are abusive and would likely harm their daughter if they found out she got pregnant/had an abortion. Of course, these…

It will depend on whether your intolerance is to the sugars (lactose) or proteins (casein and whey) in milk. If you can have Pediasure (whey protein) and Greek yogurt (casein) without any issues, then it is most likely that what you can't tolerate is the lactose.

First, how old are you? It's against the policy of this site for anyone under 18 to use it. If you are under 18, check out sparkteens.com. Their nutritional information will be better suited to someone with a growing body and you'll be much less likely to encounter pervs (sadly they're all over the internet). Second, talk…

Honestly, that does address your question. Protein is 4 calories per gram, fat is 9 per gram. So if you have some chicken, beef, fish, and pork, and if they all have the same grams of protein and fat, then they will all have the same number of calories (give or take a few, since all calorie counts are estimates). Granted,…

Back when I was underweight (note, this was not due to an eating disorder, being underweight in one's teens and early 20s is normal on both sides of my family), the most annoying assumptions I got were: 1: I'm skinny, therefore I must be a vegetarian and 2: I'm skinny, therefore I must be anorexic

I've cut back on the sugar I put in my tea by using Sugar-in-the-Raw. I find it has a more intense flavor, so I use less of it. When I used white sugar, I'd put 3 teaspoons in, but now I use less than one.

The two factors the USDA uses in determining if an area is a food desert are income and proximity to grocery stores. Income is a factor in one's access to healthy food. To make ends meet, people making minimum wage typically have to have two or three jobs, and thus are unlikely to have time to walk 8 miles to the store.…

So, how do you eat healthy food when you don't have a car and the only places to get food that you can walk, bike, or take the public transportation to are fast food and 7/11?

Your diary's not open, so I'm not sure what your carb sources are, but if you're like most Americans, the bulk of your carbs are coming from grains. A simple way to eat less carbs, and more protein and fat, would be to reduce or remove grains from your diet, and replace those calories with more meat, fish, eggs, veggies,…

Could be a number of things. Thyroid issues, depression, under eating, poor sleep, stress, iron deficiency, etc. This something to see a doctor about. You can always try working on eating plenty of nutritious food, getting quality sleep, getting some sun and exercise, and managing stress well. These are good things to do…

On the iifym calculator, using the Mifflin-St Jeor formula, you'd get 1351 if you put your activity level at "no exercise." If you do weight lifting, that will increase your activity and TDEE. If you go up to the next activity level (3 times per week), it gives you a TDEE of 1549. Always make sure you take activity levels…

I think you may be confusing BMR (basal metabolic rate, basically the amount of calories you'd burn if you did literally nothing but lay in bed) and TDEE (total daily energy expenditure, ie, BMR plus all the moving around you do). I plugged your stats into several BMR and TDEE calculators, and pretty consistently got BMR…

Honestly, if I were you I'd ditch the scale. Or at least have a range of weights you're happy with, rather than a precise number. Your weight fluctuates throughout the day depending on a variety of things, such as what you've had to eat, how recently you've used the toilet, if you've been exercising, etc. You might feel…

If you're getting up earlier, you should go to bed earlier the night before. If that's not an option, I'd say skip the Zumba.

An easy way to get more calories in is to eat more fat. Fat has more calories per gram than carbs and protein. Eating full fat foods, rather than low fat can be a good way to get more calories in.