Mavrick_RN Member

Everything works out for the best when you make the best of what works out - My wife.

Because people are still asking the same stupid questions they did in 2006.

As bad as you let it be. The real damage is to your thinking that you have ruined everything and accomplished nothing.

You asked for it.

Treat it like a restaurant. You have control over simple green salad ingredients/salad dressing. Log it. You have control over portion size with the main entree (no seconds) and use the closest guess when you enter it in your log. Round up. You can offer to help cook a meal one night a week and weigh and measure the…

DO NOT FOLLOW THIS. Seriously??? A liter of fluid an hour???? A lot of it is unwise and just plain wrong. Keep reading for better advice.

2 liters of water a day sounds like a drastic (and unnecessary) change. If, after only one week you've lost motivation, you're not ready. Go back to your unhealthy ways until something drastic does happen. Then it's easy because you will see what you really have to lose. Of course, we have all been there before and know…

Actually hydrocodone does NOT contain any acetaminophen (Tylenol). Combination drugs like Vicodin or Norco contain both hydrocodone and acetaminophen. Vicodin generally has 500 mg of acetaminophen per tablet and Norco has 325 mg. If your doctor actually did prescribe just hydrocodone then it's just that. Read your label to…

Picacho Peak !! Halfway to Tucson and all the way to Heaven! Hike it in Spring when the poppies are blooming awsum.

Your futile search for guarantees is a waste time.

You're screwed. You are weighed down with too many excuses and can't possibly lose weight.

Depends on your definition of "diet". For some people, their diet is what they eat, so if course they don't completely stop eating for any period of time worth measuring. Most of the successful people here have changed their lifestyle/way of eating so that they don't go "on" of "off" it. They make modifications such as…

Of course you can lose any amount of "weight" but only a small portion of that will be actually body tissue (i.e. fat or muscle) loss. Your scale does not distinguish between water, clothes, shoes, jewelry, hair or intestinal content weight. Seriously, you don't actually think you can lose 13 pounds of body weight in one…

Just because you have "ingested" a food doesn't mean you have "digested" it. There are times when whole kernels of corn have made it all the way through my system. I may have weighed and measured 100 grams of corn but obviously my body didn't metabolize all of it. There will always be some degree of lost calories in your…

Yes, it is possible. No, it is not probable, healthy, sustainable or a good idea. From your small post I would already predict it's not gonna happen. You don't have the "temperament" for the sustained effort and discipline it takes to lose that kind of weight. At best it will be two months of deprivation and misery to…

I guess your definition of "gimmick" has changed. You wanted to believe in magic and now realize it was just a hustle for your money. No one food item or drink is the magic elixir. It's all about consistent attentiveness to what you consume. Common sense (counting calories) just doesn't sell.

"Bloodletting" also had its medical heyday. You could lose measurable weight with that or a leech session. Toxic "Vapours" and such weigh a lot too. Quackery, snake oil and Woo, OH MY!

That is not true either. It depends on your method of cooking. Hot things do NOT weigh more or less than cold things. If you have added water to prepare the food or removed water by cooking it that is much different than adding only heat to a food.

Classic WW line "Nobody gets to Weight Watchers by eating too many fruits and vegetables." Of course your body counts the calories but the nutrition to calorie ratio is much higher. You gots to eat to live. If you're gonna be sloppy in your logging, pick the "Veggies for 100, Alex." (credit to Jeopardy)

Use other modalities for pain control such as heat, ice, elevation, distraction and rest. Use non-narcotic pain meds like acetaminophen or ibuprofen. It'd been one day. Don't start looking for excuses.

Brilliant. Make your own "unopened bag" My version is to weigh out a "serving" in snack bags. There is that barrier plus you know exactly how the calories are adding up. It sorta slows you down to have get your azz up off the couch to get yet another bag.

I'm surprised you didn't notice the effects of nerve compression at the time like numbness or tingling. The human body is built to move. Any time you are in one position too long there are consequences. People of any weight that sit too long on airplanes or at a computer can have circulatory problems as well as nerve…

What weight do you think you can lose in two weeks anyway?? Fat? Muscle? Water? Yeah, be miserable for the next two weeks, eating crap or wear yourself out excessively exercising. Perhaps by dehydrating your brain you won't realize no one is noticing anything but the bags under your eyes and thinking why does she look so…

Obviously Gastric Bypass Surgery does not work for everyone.

It is virtually impossible to survive without eating carbs. Weight loss depends on the difference between calories consumed and calories burned.

You pose a very interesting question but weight loss isn't about exercise anyway. You can keep your activity the same. Just take in fewer calories. Log the number of calories you eat for a week or so, get a daily average then subtract 500.

Beef jerky. Salty and very filling True it's not particularly low cal but a little goes a long way and I don't need to eat that much of it for my salt fix.

Losing weight is NOT about working out. It's about taking in fewer calories than you burn. You have plenty of time to eat less. You will run out of time for excuses though and yes, the American Public will hold you accountable for your health choices. More importantly, YOU will suffer. Nursing is a physically demanding…

It's a habit. I had to really focus on not stopping by McDonald's on the way home from work (at 10:00 at night). A block or two before the turn off, I got in the right hand lane so I wouldn't automatically turn in. I would have a planned snack at home then brush my teeth. Food doesn't taste very good right after…

You don't want friends. You want someone to blame for your failure.