DrJanet98 Member

If what you're feeling isn't normal for you, then please, please call your gynecologist, or if you don't have one, your primary care physician. If you have PCOS it could just be some hormones getting back to their normal levels as weight loss reduces insulin resistance, but there are plenty of bad things that could be…

We need some sort of signal, then. Anyone else remember kids putting a quarter on the edge of the arcade game or pinball machine to show that they had dibs on the next game? Didn't interfere with the person currently playing, but it let them know not to just keep putting in their own quarters forever. Can anyone come up…

Sadly, most of my pics seem to have my arms in just the wrong place, so that you can't actually see my figure. I'll see if there's at least one that didn't do that, so maybe later.

http://io9.com/5834950/all-of-the-cutest-rory-williams-moments-from-doctor-who Interesting theory....for the past several seasons, the true hero of the series hasn't been The Doctor, it's been Rory. :-)

Adric. Or Turlough, he was just visiting that boys' school the Doctor rescued him from. *ducks*

I have a solution! "The Walking Dead" is also nominated for Favorite Cable TV Drama, so vote for it there, and for "Doctor Who" under Favorite Sci-Fi. Both of them can win!

Looks like Chilean sea bass (really Patagonian Toothfish until the marketing departments came up with the sea bass thing) is on the watch list for having too much mercury. :-( http://apps.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=16319 http://www.montereybayaquarium.org//cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw_factsheet.aspx?gid=11

If you can make the occasional pilgrimage to a food co-op or other bulk food store, you can get a lot of things super-cheap from the bulk bins. Know what's a good nutritional value. Quinoa is high in protein, Chia seeds have an unbelievable amount of omega-3 fatty acids (the best ones!), and steel cut oats take longer to…

Had another thought....try getting your clothes tailored. I suspect that if you're in conservative clothes that are ill-fitting, you'll remind people too much of a little kid dressed up in Mom's clothes. There are a lot of places that do tailoring, and it doesn't cost as much as you'd think; in your case it would be a good…

Now that I can sympathize with! I did a program that put 7th and 8th grade into one year, so when I graduated vet school, I was a year younger than the typical grad. I did worry about looking too young for people to feel comfortable trusting me with their pets' health. Lucky for me, I had started getting grey hairs in…

Nope, 'cos the rural folks know it's hogwash. It's those city slickers who've never even touched a cow before who fall for that kind of tale. Hence, urban legend. :-) And yes, successful cow tipping is bull. <obVeterinarian>Even in corporate settings, it's not in the producer's best interests to let their cows get into any…

Personally, I tend to have some days that are over by several hundred, and others that are under several hundred, and many more where I come close, but I'm almost never spot-on on target. It's just how my body seems to want to do things. As long as I can keep the two balancing out, I'm good. A 'fast' day *or* a 'cheat' day…

4,749 was the highest I've found. Cookie dough, on the heels of the last part of a can of Pringles Multigrain. The cookie dough was HFCS free, trans fat free, real food ingredients, though. I have my standards, even when I splurge! ;-)

Science perspective here. There was a study recently which did show one potential benefit for these vibrating platform gizmos, but it wasn't for weight loss. They found that when sheep were placed on a vibrating platform for 20 minutes per day, their bones were stronger. The proposed mechanism was that it would trigger…

It's so worth it when the few, the proud *do* get the reference! We have a costume contest in my area with prizes for both Best Pun and Worst Pun, so there are some awesome ideas -- the best part is always the rolling wave of laughter or groans as people "get it." Several years ago there were three girls. Two of them were…

Check what activity level you're set to. Put it to Sedentary, and then add in whatever actual exercise you do manually. See if the math adds up better. Try eating healthy for a week. Give up the second, third and fourth PB&J, get carrots instead of Rold Gold, and fill up on salad and soup. It'll suck, and you can't stick…

If it's a buffet, see if they have one of those do-it-yourself stir-fry stations. You can pick your own healthy ingredients and sauces. If it's sit-down order-from-a-menu then either don't be afraid to question the waiter about what's in each dish, or call the restaurant ahead of time and ask them about healthy options.…

Great story, and great Keep Calm T-shirt, too! :-D Thanks for the inspiration!

There's a great column that used to run in the paper called The Straight Dope, which would take on questions just like this. It lives on as a web site, and sure enough, the message board there has apparently addressed this several times: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=341187 Enjoy! :-)

Hmm, whatever else happens, I predict a new parody song by the great Luke Ski....check out what he did when Disney bought Marvel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzueL0-KfEA

Well, duh! That's why there's a winking smiley face there. It's to let the clueless know that this is something called a "joke." (I thought about saying "Its to let the clueless know...." but was afraid to find out whether fat boy would get the joke this time. Or perhaps I should have pedantically corrected the spelling on…

Please don't literally throw them out unless they're unwearable from wear and damage. Take them to Goodwill, a Salvation Army store, or some other charity where someone in need can benefit from your loss!

The calorie goal that MFP sets for you is based on your typical day *without* any extra exercise. Losing weight at a pound or two a week is much more sustainable than trying to crash-diet or crash-exercise a whole bunch off very quickly. You're much more likely to be able to *keep* the pounds off if you've lost them slowly…

At least it's a mash-up...if the entire book had them that densely packed, it would combust! Could of been worse.... ;-)

Thank you so much for sharing! I love that you have so many pictures, even when you were heavy. Clearly you did not let that get in the way of going out into the world and doing things, and that is *so* important! I see far too many people who say, "Once I've lost the weight, I'll...." "When I can fit into that outfit,…

My biggest problem is at work, not when I get home. People have a habit of bringing goodies to share. In self-defense, I've been keeping plenty of good healthy foods at work. During the day I'm fine, and can stick to a nice normal lunch and dinner. But at the end of the day, sometimes I just want something more. Quinoa,…

I'm not that big on vegetables, but I mostly don't like gooey sauces and dips and such, so when I do eat them, it's usually plain. I love eating spinach and other greens with my fingers, like potato chips! If they didn't go bad so quickly I'd happily have a bowl of 'em to snack on next to me while watching TV or surfing…

"Dinner" is the largest meal of the day. If it's a regular day where you have a sandwich at mid-day and a bigger sit-down meal in the evening, then it's breakfast - lunch - dinner. If it's a holiday (Christmas, Thanksgiving) and you're having a bigger meal mid-day and just having a sandwich or leftovers in the evening,…

That's great! I'm signed up for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer (and Step Out to Fight Diabetes) this year, there were scheduling conflicts for both of the big ones. I haven't decided which long walk to do next year. Have you ever done the Avon Walk? I think they started out the same group and you could really…

How about you go to a dollar store and buy yourself a set of measuring cups?