Evelyn_Gorfram Member

25 metric years x (1.61 miles/kilometer) x (1760 yards/mile) x (10 e-7 Joules/erg) x (8,437 furlongs/fortnight) x (99 & 44/100ths %) = No Swimming After Midnight

MLMs are not set up to give money to the referrers and personal coaches. They are set up to strip money from the referrers and personal coaches, and send that money "up the chain of command to a massive company profit." It is mathematically impossible for all the lower level people to ever recoup their investments, because…

Do you have any data on this? I've always thought that food manufacturers tried to err on the high side, to avoid being accidentally caught selling short weight. But I don't have any data on this myself.

Three things known to help with loose skin: - being young (you've got that) - having favorable genetics (you've either got that or you don't) - losing the weight slowly (this is the only one you can control, depending on your patience and stick-to-it-ive-ness) Using lotions, etc., to keep the skin moisturized may or may…

You're going on a bike ride that lasts for twenty-five years?

I seem to be doing more whooshing than non-whooshing - when I'm not plateauing, that is. This is my weight chart for the last six weeks: (from my own spreadsheet in Numbers, exported via screenshot) 5'9" female SW: 313 lbs GW: 188 lbs CW: 293 lbs BMR: 2150 TDEE as per fitbit: 2350 Calorie goal: 1850 Purple triangles are my…

Aha! I knew it! I always suspected you were a countess. ;)

Me, I wouldn't do it. To my way of thinking, it's not so much the likelihood of as mishap, but the potential consequences of even a fairly unlikely mishap. I'd be worried that my buddy in the driver's seat might have a heart attack or an aneurysm, or sneeze or get a text, at just the moment that I slip on a patch of…

I thought this too, when I was starting with MFP, but now I'm wondering, "Why the *kitten* not?" I count quarters when I use the machines in the laundry room, and I count dollars when I'm balancing my checking account. I count cups & tablespoons when I'm making a recipe, and I count plates and silverware when I'm setting…

I did not mean to come across as assuming that all MFP hikers don't respect wildlife: my apologies if I did. :/ I did assume that sensible MFP hikers like yourself and @NorthCascades would take my dourness as "preaching to the choir," and it sounds like that may have been a bad assumption. (And maybe I also sounded…

Mountain goats do not mess around. If I heard the same news story you did, those mountain goats were relocated because wild goat/human hiker interactions can be bad for both parties end in wild goats, and have even caused at least one human hiker death. I don't mean to go all dour on you guys; but when you're out hiking,…

He's kidding. (At least, I think he's kidding. But then, I thought people were kidding about paddleboard yoga.)

I have really severe fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. So far, I've been losing weight mostly just by restricting calories. Exercise-wise, my understanding is that gentle stretching, yoga, walking, and Tai Chi are among the best recommended activities. I do a short series of simple stretches most days, but that's about it.…

I think the bolded is very true, but I don't have so many friends that I can just say "*kitten 'em*." First, I try not to talk about it. If asked what I'm going to order, I'll say I haven't decided yet, and return the question. When it's time to order, I give my order directly to the server, as quietly and succinctly as…

How awful! :'( I draw three conclusions from this: 1) Goats are canny. 2) Dogs are trusting. 3) People are idiots. It reminds me of a similar, but lighter, story in which no innocent beings were harmed: A friend of mine who lives in LA - and has an explosives license - was hired to help set up 4th of July fireworks at the…

I try not to mention my eating habits/weight loss at all, but sometimes people bring it up and won't be distracted by the "bean dip" (thanks for that phrase, @Lounmoun :) ). I tell them it's plain ol' diet and exercise, and that I call it the "Hard Work and Leafy Greens Diet." They usually look disappointed, but they…

You mount a horse from the left (because right-handed people wore their swords on the left). I expect that's why many people mount & dismount bicycles from the left; and, given that, it only makes sense to coast and trackstand left foot forward. It never occurred to me that there was any other way to do it.

Eight more pounds, and I'll have a BMI of exactly 42. I'm planning to geek out and treat myself to a new luxury towel. :)

Not if Lady Clairol has anything to say about it... ;)

My mom is 89, and has lost about 5 or 6 inches. She was 5'11" in her prime; but, due to osteoporosis, scoliosis following an injury, and sheer heredity (her mom lost about 4 inches before passing away at 79), is about 5'5" now. She appears even shorter most of the time, though, because it's painful for her to stand up…

Woot! You look great, and you've done even better! You're very brave - and hard-working - and have every reason to be proud of yourself. :)

Slight swerve to observe that men can be strange and funny creatures: My last job was in a male-dominated field; and I worked hard to project a strong, capable, tough-as-*kittens* vibe. I'm 5'9, and progressed from about 40 to 70 lbs overweight while I worked there; so no one had to worry about treating me like some frail…

How small of an increment does your scale weigh you in? 0.1 lbs Are you maintaining or attempting to change your weight? losing Do you step on more than once to verify a weight? If so, if it is the next increment higher or lower do you accept it as verified or does it have to be exact? The scale manual says to step on it…

Doh! I forgot to weigh myself before eating breakfast this morning! :o I suppose the good news is that I must not be all that obsessed with my weight. The bad news is that I have to decide whether to weigh myself, my coffee, and my yogurt for today; or to just use the average of yesterday's and tomorrow's waking, post-pee,…

^This I'd probably also feel a bit sick and maybe have diarrhea from eating something that rich all at once, but your mileage may vary. In general, though, a few days from now you should be feeling no ill effects from the ice cream. I do wonder what else you are eating: i.e. are you getting enough protein, carbs, fat,…

Woot! So, as long as my 89-yo mom keeps getting her hair colored, she'll never die! ( ...right?) The correlation/causation joke going around when I was in college went like this: Multiple studies have shown that the number of mules in a given locality is inversely related to the number of university professors in that same…

1. What a douche :( B. You could always tell him that he's right: "working out" is just a cover story. You're actually carrying on a torrid long-term lunchtime affair with (pick one: a hot female celebrity, a hot male coworker, an unlikely male coworker, your boss, his boss, his wife).

Could be. :) Most stereotypes do have their basis in some sort of truth. In my case, though, I'm the type of melting-pot American whose pot mostly melted forebears from dour and stoic places like Germany and Britain (no one ever has any fun in Britain, right? ;) ). I can only presume the reason my ancestors left Western…

In my own humble, personal, opinion as a female appreciator of male appearance, it's nice when men have some body hair going on. Especially chest hair. It's sexy. ;)

Oh, yes. I noticed this when I lost 70 lbs and spent a few years at goal some years ago (before regaining it all and then some). It was most pronounced in my personally most dreaded social situation: parties where I know hardly anybody. (You want me to stand up in front of 150 people and do some public speaking, sure, no…