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That study is only looking at short-term urinary calcium excretion. The study I cited looked at actual bone density. Also, the study I cited was conducted *after* the study you cite, and they discussed it in this one. They *looked* at the effect of caffeine, both comparing caffeinated and decaffeinated colas and…

Brown colas contain phosphoric acid. The proportion of phosphorus to calcium in the diet can have an effect on bone density. Interestingly, this has been shown to be a much bigger problem in women than in men. It's the ratio that's important, so I guess if you like your brown colas, the solution would be to drink an extra…

As long as your average calories for the week is around your goal, it's okay to be over a couple days. You just make up for it by being lower on other days, or by exercising enough to make up for it. Vegetables (especially salads) are much more filling than candy and cookies, and they have a lot more nutritional value and…

Teleportation and immortality. And none of those silly story-balance limitations like not knowing if you're going to teleport into a rock, or having to fight other Immortals, I want the no-strings-attached version of both! ;-)

I spent the last five days at the World Science Fiction Convention, does that count? :-D I bought a T-shirt there that reads, "Nerd? I prefer the term Intellectual Badass!"

Okay, veterinarian mode <on> If your cat, dog, or ferret goes outdoors, you need to know about heartworm disease. Heartworms are carried by mosquitoes. When a mosquito bites your pet, little bitty baby heartworms are injected under the skin. They make their way to the heart, and they grow into adult worms that are six to…

As far as people running in flip flops, flats, sandals, etc....there's a running style involving a forefoot strike instead of a heel strike, sometimes referred to as "barefoot running." The biology/science of it is summed up in the book "Born To Run," which is a pretty good read. Next time you see someone doing that, try…

So you advocate inconsistency for workouts but same old same old for diet? Funny, the times I've dropped weight the best have been after making a change in diet. Sometimes that's a single-event splurge (usually a monthly meeting) for which I've saved up calories so that my *weekly* total is still within goal range), and…

It's in the gym's best interest for you to a) find exercises you enjoy so that you'll keep doing them, and b) do them correctly and safely so that you don't hurt yourself and sue them. Therefore, most gyms are happy to have someone on staff show you how to use a given piece of equipment properly. Try to pick a less-busy…

I'm sorry you've had bad experiences here. I've had it happen to me either way on various message boards. Some posts get friendly responses and some get snarky ones, and it seems almost random which one you get sometimes. You may have just been unlucky. Or, you might have posted things that have been posted a hundred times…

I'm not a student any more, but I do remember trying to keep my weight under control while I was a vet student. On my Equine rotation, I was often too busy to eat, so I'd bring two Slim Fasts and drink one at 10am and one at 2pm. I moved back in with my folks while I was in vet school, so I didn't have to worry about what…

Probably about as hard as it is to find a 44B. Anything 40 or above doesn't even start until D! Everyone assumes that if you're well-padded, you *must* of course get the compensation of big boobs, but it just isn't so! I have accepted that if, no, WHEN I lose the weight, I will end up pretty much flat-chested, but at least…

Make sure you're stretching enough. My experience is more with endurance walks than with running, but we have to train up gradually for those, too, and I know it made a huge difference when I learned to stretch frequently. There's a big debate now among runners about which style of running is healthiest -- the book "Born…

I usually see people have the hardest time maintaining if they're trying to lose too fast, or if they keep too tight a rein on their calories. I've got MFP set for calories to lose a pound and a half a week, and I try to be about the right average calories for each week but I'm up and down on the calories for individual…

I think any moisturizer will have about the same effect. Whether it's the moisturizer, or the massaging action of applying it frequently, I don't think anyone knows. If you've got a lot of stretch marks, get three or four different creams and use each one on a specific area. If you can tell one area is much more faded than…

Depends what's available to you. There's a Subway across the street from me, so I consider a turkey sub with double meat to be a lovely thing, especially since I have enough calories available to include a bag of Sun Chips with it!

Veterinarian. Small animal/exotic, which means I not only see dogs and cats, but birds and hamsters and ferrets and bunnies and snakes and a tarantula and....

First thing in the morning, after I wake up and "go" but before I shower (so yes, no clothes!). I do it before work on work days, whenever I remember to, which is most of the time now. If it's a day off and I've slept in, or if I was up really late the night before, I might not. Yes, it's more often, but the key is that I…

I'm planning on logging every day, rain or shine, vacation or work. If that means I log a day when I was 1000 calories over, fine. If I only ate crackers and broth, that's fine too. I want to keep track of what I'm eating, and figure out what works and what doesn't. I can't do that if I'm not honest with myself. I can…

First off, I looked at your diary, and you've been below your goal every day, sometimes by as many as 650 or 700 calories. You're running far too much of a deficit! The goal should be closer to your *average* calories. Each single day is not happening in a vacuum. You can be happy to be below goal for the day, but you need…

I took a water aerobics class with my mom. The instructor was a little lady in her 80s who ran two classes ragged every day. The one I took with my mom, I was definitely the youngest there, but that has its psychological advantages. There were other classes with a younger demographic, if I hadn't been taking it with my…

Find a good water aerobics class! (Or some good books or web sites, of course.) The water provides resistance and can completely change how exercises feel and how much effort they take. You can rinse out milk or juice jugs and use them like weights to increase resistance -- empty for under water or full for lifting above,…

I often start craving protein after a good workout. I want a steak! If you don't feel like eating much after a workout, look for a small protein drink you can use to supply your body with what it needs to rebuild overnight, and let the extra calories wait until the next day, or even later in the week. I like Muscle Milk…

Keep healthy snacks handy. My desk drawer now contains cashews, soup, fruit cups, and healthy crackers. In the fridge at work, I have Grilled Essentials or Trader Joe's single-chicken-breasts that can be warmed up in a minute or two, and in the freezer I try to keep a few Lean Cuisines and a couple of multigrain cereal…

Log religiously, as honestly as you can, and don't restrict too much. I seem to lose better if I eat around my calorie goal (set for a pound and a half a week). Now, since I sometimes don't eat all my calories, that means that I have to eat above goal sometimes, too! And yes, that seems to be the order it goes in most…

That's pretty similar to what the research shows. We have a sort of 'fat thermostat' by which our bodies try to keep our weight stable. Metabolism can double or halve automatically. Appetite can be hugely stimulated if our bodies think we're starving. That's why I think a slow-and-steady approach is best, it gives our…

I hope no one takes offense, but I know several happy couples where the woman is tall and overweight, and the man is short, skinny, and balding. I kinda figured that in a society that values smaller, skinny women and taller, muscular, non-balding men, the people who least fit those ideals tend to wind up together. I'm 5'9"…

Don't judge a dog by the length of its legs alone! My Papillon is only eight pounds, but he *loves* when I'm training for the Breast Cancer Walks and we work our way up to 15 to 20 miles at a time! Sure, he takes more steps than I do, but he's also carrying a lot less weight. Papillons are agility champs and little dogs…

I did the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer twice and the Breast Cancer 3-Day once, and love to take my dog for nice long walks. Both breast cancer walks forbid Walkers from wearing headphones/earbuds during the events, and strongly discourage them during training, for safety reasons. That said, I do use ear buds sometimes, but…

Okay, I gotta say it....you give me hope for my boobs! I too have the belly-bigger-than-boobs body. Men who say they like big women, so often really mean they like huge boobs, but not all of us get that compensation. I've been fearing that when I lose weight, I'll end up flat-chested. You definitely do not look…