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I want to have boudoir pics taken for my husband.

I have had the copper IUD (Paragard) twice. The first time was in my 20's, before I had any kids, and I kept it in for I think 5 or 6 years. I really liked it. It did make my periods heavier and more painful for the first few months, but they eventually went back to normal. The insertion process was extremely painful, and…

I take my daughter to swimming lessons every week at our rec center, and there is an adult "aqua aerobics" class at the same time. There is not a woman in that class under 200 pounds. They all seem to be having a great time socializing and "aquasizing" to the Beatles. I promise you won't be the biggest person there.

Looking at my now-flat butt, my husband said, "Wow, you have literally worked your *kitten* off."

Do some research on what exercises are in and out. There are a lot of strength-type exercises that aren't necessarily traditional "ab" exercises, that can make this a lot worse (leg extensions, for example). You need to do the recommended exercises to heal the diastasis before you can do traditional ab exercises. Although…

Yeah, that's kind of my take on it. I know what people mean when they ask and I know what the answer is.....and I think everyone else here does, too. I just don't get the hate when people use a slightly incorrect term. It's just semantics.

I count backwards from 10. Every time my left foot hits the ground is a count. I always count in a pattern like this: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0…

It's not about embarrassing your friend; it's about hurting her daughter at a tough time in her life. Just don't. It's not your business. And you have no idea what path she's on, really. You are projecting your own feelings/experiences on to her, but there is no way to know how it will really play out for her.

Hon, your body isn't ugly. It's beautiful. There's nothing wrong with wanting to improve it but please don't think it's ugly in the interim. Eating one piece of cake doesn't change anything. Eating a huge piece of cake every day might, but one piece is just one piece. You'll do better tomorrow. It's not inevitable that…

Yeah, and if she's over 18, you quite frankly need to butt out, unless she's asking you for specific help. I wouldn't be thrilled about losing weight either, if my mom were discussing my weight with a bunch of internet strangers. How tall is she and what does she weigh? I'm hoping this post isn't a case of, "My 5'4"…

Breastmilk is 20 calories per ounce and a baby will eat anywhere from 20 to 30 ounces per day, so you can estimate calories that way. Some women do find that their supply drops if they try to lose weight. It has more to do with eating enough than with exercising, though. I never counted calories while breastfeeding. I just…

I work full time and my husband travels a lot, so I am on my own with the kids during the week. I get where you're coming from with wanting to just lounge on the couch once they're finally in bed. But you can't let yourself do it. I have two strategies: 1. If the weather is cooperative and there is time before dark, I pile…

This is exactly what I do. My net calorie goal is 1500 per day, but I usually eat only 1200-1300 per day Sunday-Thursday. (I also burn 300-500 per day through exercise and don't eat it back.) Then Friday and Saturday I indulge in a little junk food and beer. I shoot to be under my target net calories for the entire week by…

I ate more while breastfeeding than I did while pregnant. I did not count calories. I was below my pre-baby weight by 12 weeks post-partum. My problem was that when I stopped breastfeeding (when my son was nearly 2 years old), I didn't really adjust my eating. So I gained weight. And now I'm struggling to lose it.

I've had two copper IUD's. I had them removed to get pregnant (two different times). I had a tubal ligation during the delivery of my second child. I loved the IUD. It did make me bleed more heavily; this is a normal side effect and typically it gets somewhat better after the first few months. I think if you can make it…

You're not going to know how it works for you until you try it....but I'll give you my experience. I lost weight very easily while breastfeeding and was below my pre-pregnancy weight within 3 months. I did not restrict calories at all; I ate according to my hunger. I started running again at 4 weeks post-partum and did…

I was once running pretty fast on a treadmill at the gym, and some idiot lady decided she would squeeze between my treadmill and the one next to me, instead of walking around to the end of the row. Her foot kicked the cord to my treadmill and it came unplugged from the outlet. It stopped abruptly and I ran into the…

As I explained, I believe I am logging accurately. I weigh my banana, look up the calories for that number of grams, and then adjust the portion size on MFP to match that number of calories. I didn't realize about the asterisked foods; can you explain better what that means and how to use it? I have also created some…

Thanks for the responses so far. I actually don't have a baby anymore. He was born in May 2012. But he just stopped nursing this year, which was where my problems started. Sometimes I think that I should have kept pumping breast milk after weaning him, just to keep the calorie deficit going, ha ha. I get 7-8 hours of sleep…

It is set to allow "everyone" to view. Is there something else I need to do to make it public?