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If you're that light already, and your tummy bloats up after eating on a regular basis, I'd look into a food intolerance. Finding out I have a gluten intolerance and cutting gluten from my diet made a huge difference in my belly bloat and helped my stomach look smaller, even though I didn't technically lose any real weight…

Ha, my two dogs have totally different reactions to me exercising. My girl is a smoocher, so clearly anything I do on ground level is fair game for making out. She's also been known to straddle me and "stand guard" when I try to do crunches/sit-ups, as well as just plain old plunk down on my stomach. My boy is younger and…

I have a blendtec, which I think is about on par with the vitamix. The difference between this thing and my old kitchenaid is indescribable. It's stupid expensive, but if you do a lot of blending, it's worth it... or drop some hints to whoever buys you gifts next time you're due for some ;-) That's how I got mine.

Your question: "Can someone give me A NUMBER that is good for the legs and that will make them thinner. THATS ALL IM ASKING" Answer: No. We can't. You can do a gazillion squats every single day and it may never make your legs thinner, because squats don't make your legs thinner, they build muscle, which makes nothing…

Same. Refreshed my browser about a dozen times before I saw this post and realized that it's not just me. Hope it gets fixed soon. It's really annoying.

I can't speak for anybody but myself, but I would say the following are some of the causes behind my struggle with my weight: 1. Growing up in an environment where I was led to believe that some people are "meant" to be athletic and others just aren't. I was basically fed a line that people in my family just aren't sports…

Perhaps you should look up what toe raises are before you get your panties in a twist. Not sure why you're working under the assumption that every comment is meant to be rude when people are just trying to help. FYI, toe raises are when you stand on your toes on the edge of something (a stair step will usually do) and move…

I think that the fact that, as you say, it's not like you get horribly ill every time you eat a sandwich, is what makes it take so long for so many people to recognize a gluten sensitivity, and why so many people go undiagnosed. For me, I didn't really recognize a lot of things that I was experiencing as symptoms until I…

Ha, I've had the opposite experience: the more I work out, the more developed my glutes get, the rounder my butt is, and the less it hurts to sit for long periods of time. I have rock-hard protection now where I used to just have thin, flat, flab :laugh: The armpits though I can't help you with... mine have never been…

You shouldn't be hungry all the time. If you are, you're either not eating enough, or not eating the right things. Without seeing your diary, I couldn't tell you which it is. Are you eating enough protein, fiber, and healthy fats? How tall/heavy are you? 1400 calories a day would be really, really low for me - I eat that…

Then you need to get better recipes. I've tasted plenty of things that were just as good as (sometimes better than) the originals. It sounds like you're still at the beginning of this journey, and that's fine - we all have to start at step 1 and work our way up. However, if you're ready to commit to this for good, then…

Ha, I call BS. The best workouts are the ones that end with me dripping with sweat and smelling like a used sock. That's how I know I earned my calories that day. I'm not even a little bit ashamed of it. None of this glistening, sparkling, or schvitzing crap. I earn my sweat as much as any guy. For me, I like to sit for a…

Indeed. The idea that you experienced something like that while taking these pills and are actually considering putting your health in jeopardy again just sounds insane to me. If something like that is happening, it sounds pretty obvious that the pills are causing some kind of damage to your body. Is $25 worth of pills…

For weight loss? Nothing. Everything in moderation. Never let yourself feel deprived. For other reasons? Fast food: because it makes me nauseous Bananas: because they give me horrible stomach pains Gluten: because it gives me migraines and stomach aches. It's all about what works for you and taking good care of your body.

My regular cardio is running, but I also sprinkle in yoga, body weight strength exercises, hiking, and rock climbing (at least once a week, and way more high intensity than anything else I do).

See a doctor. There are a lot of reasons why hair can start falling out, from the totally benign to the very serious. Even if they don't find a specific underlying cause, a dermatologist can give you recommendations or even a prescription to help it grow back. It might be as simple as diet, or it might be hormonal, or it…

Actually, since I went gluten free two months ago, I find that I get hungry with less frequency, not more. Some of it depends on why you're doing it. I cut out gluten because I suspected I had a gluten intolerance and it seemed the only way to really know was to go on an elimination diet and see if it helped my symptoms. I…

A tea shop near me makes/sells a variety of flavors of chocolate tea. CHOCOLATE TEA. A little sweetener and a hot cup of chocolate tea pretty much hits the spot for sweet cravings. They make caffeinated and caffeine free versions. I think I have them all.

Not unless they're being a jerk about it. I think often when we are angry at someone else for achieving something we want, it's not actually them we're angry at. Sometimes we're angry at ourselves because we know we could have done things differently, and sometimes we're really just frustrated with the situation in general…

For the mileage, if you have a smartphone with a gps there are a bunch of different apps that you can use to track your running mileage, and if I recall correctly (haven't used them since I got my gps watch last year) they also will give you a general idea of your speed. That's what I used when I was first running, until a…

Ha, definitely agree with this. If I'm going to work out in the morning, I have to be up and out by about 5am. That is *kitten*-crack of dawn early. Much of the year it's still pitch dark at that hour. The only way it's happening is if I get up and out and am working out before I'm really aware of what's going on. Just got…

I find myself better off exercising in the morning because I'm not awake enough to make excuses for why I can't exercise. When I get into a good routine in the morning, I exercise more consistently, and I get my work out done before the rest of my day starts, so I don't have to worry about it later, which relieves some…

1. Biscuits, mac and cheese, and ice cream should not be a staple in a healthy household. Sure, he can pick it up somewhere else if he wants to and you'd rather have the homemade kind. But then you and your kids are eating it too just to keep him from picking up fast food? Makes no sense. And, honestly, is he really going…

Depends on what you're looking for. I've made major changes to my body composition and built a lot of lean muscle by just doing body weight exercises and cardio. I never lift a weight other than myself, and I have muscles I didn't even know I could have. On the other hand, I'm just looking to built lean muscle and tighten…

Definitely not. Actually, one of the best yoga teacher I ever had was pretty overweight. Have you talked to the instructor about your dizziness? They may be able to give you tips on your form that might help or modify the poses for you.

I go at least once a week to a local rock climbing gym. They do have a few cardio machines there as well, but I have a bowflex and an elliptical and a few climbing training tools at home, and in the nice weather I hike or jog in a local park or run in the field by my house.

Variety is key. Eating red meat isn't necessarily bad - do a search for red meat and health and you'll find a huge variety of conflicting articles out there. Basically, as far as I can tell, the jury is out. However, if you're eating red meat every day, and larger quantities of it than fresh fruits and vegetables, that's…

I could use some gluten free friends too - I'm new to both gf and mfp, so I'm happy to add anybody who wants in!

Could be ibs, Crohn's, lactose intolerance, gluten intolerance, some other food sensitivity, an ulcer... a lot of things can have that effect. For me, I was never that bad, but I had a lot of upset stomachs along with other symptoms like headaches and chronic fatigue and discovered that cutting out gluten made the problems…

I totally disagree. Teach them to be active and healthy? Yes. Teach them to be active and healthy so they don't get fat? No. Children do not need to be instilled with a fear of being fat. It's that kind of mindset that leads to disordered eating and an unhealthy relationship with food in the future. Kids should be active…