LillysGranny

With your medical history, you need to be careful. Ask your doctor for a referral to a registered dietitian, and stick with real food until you see one. VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Registered Dietitian = 4 year science degree at an accredited school, 1000 intern hours in an accredited program and a standardized liscensing/testing…

It sounds like you are on the right track. Now you have to be patient and stay the course. It took you 38 years to get the body you have now.....change takes time. One thing you will have to do is push yourself to lift heavier and train more intensely as you get stronger. Once you start to coast, your results will plateau.

Unless you are lactose intolerant, I'd say organic fat-free milk is the best choice. More protein and probably a little cheaper.

Don't be too strict while you are breastfeeding. You need to make sure you are eating plenty of vegetables, plenty of calcium, and don't restrict you calories too much--losing a pound a week is plenty, and you'll be more likely to keep it off if you don't lose it too fast. Your doctor or hospital should have a lactation…

This is the answer. If you're trying to lose and you're working out, go to the high end on protein and reduce carbs accordingly. Fat should never be lower than 20%--and it should be good fat mostly.

Lentils are one of my favorite iron sources--they are cheap and tasty. However, the iron in red meat is the easiest for your body to absorb. Also, if you drink a lot of tea/coffee, the tannic acid will reduce your iron absorption, so you may want to limit those until you are over your anemia.

Teach your child to prepare and eat real food. Supplements are supposed to supplement a healthy diet. Start your kid on some vegetables.

cinnamon, ginger, banana, flax meal. yum.

Not to be harsh, but if you know you need to exercise, you should just do it. Second, instead of making yourself do something you hate, try new things. "Exercise" doesn't have to mean going to the gym or walking for no reason. Instead of walking just to walk, use your walks to run errands. Take up tennis, hiking, martial…

I find it really helpful to write things down......my suggestion would be to make a pros and cons list about why you would want to cook at home and make healthier choices vs. eating out all the time. Mind you, there will be good and bad things about each choice, but when you add it all up maybe it will make you realize…

I recently learned from a university sports dietitian (like the RD who works on campus with the athletes at a major school) that there's not really any point to consuming more than 1.7 grams of protein per kg of body weight -- your body cannot assimilate much more than that in a day--so I'll bet you're doing all you can…

For those looking to replace soda, even sweetened iced tea is a healthier choice--at least you get some good phytochemicals and stuff. Plus, most people make it with regular old sugar, which is a step up the bad list from HFCS. And if you make your own, you can gradually back off on the sugar. I've learned to like…

Generally, it is not recommended that you lose weight while pregnant--you need extra calcium, iron, folate, etc. and very hard to get on limited calories. And, for the health of your baby, you should know that some nutritionaly shortages during pregnancy can cause long term problems. Your aim should be to gain less---maybe…

And for the source of the 30% figure: David Krogh's Biology: A Guide to the Natural World 5th Ed. page 294 states that virtually no adults in China and most adults in Africa cannot digest lactose. Most adults of Northern European descent can, though. And Sizer & Whitney's Nutrition Concepts and Controversies 12th ed…

I think you're right....I drank milk with every meal as a child and I still don't have breasts :)

Sources for what? My claim that milk is a perfectly good food or my claim that only 30% of adults retain the ability to digest it? Those are straight out of the nutrition text books.

Organic milk is a perfectly good food for those of us with the evolved ability to digest it--only about 30% of the world's population has this ability into adulthood.

Brine--it's very scientific and actually gets all the flavor and moisture into the meat, whereas a rub just puts it on the outside.

Take care of your knees! Reduce your impact until your knees feel better and then try adding it back one day per week for a few weeks. If the knees still feel good, add another day for a few weeks. As your conditioning improves and your weight goes down, your knees will get happier. Your joints and tendons have to adapt to…

The women in my kickboxing class with HRMs register 500-900 calories in an hour. I think there's a problem with your fitbit.

Martial arts is a great fitness activity because there are a lot of things to choose from and it's something you can do your entire life. Personally, I have a blackbelt in traditional Japanese karate and a 6-0 amateur kickboxing (Muay Thai) record. Currently, I teach fitness kickboxing--total of almost 20 years experience.…

Get your family doctor to refer you to a dietitian who specializes in children. Because they are growing rapidly, unless their weight is posing a health risk, often the recommendation is to let the child's height catch up with his or her weight--that is, stop gaining but don't actually try to lose. Drastic cuts in…

Generally, with kids, the idea is to teach them to live in a healthy way. An 11 year old should not be severely restricted--in spite of being overweight your son has some important growing to do over the next few years and malnutrition now can have severe consequences later in life. Your goal should be for him to not gain…

These are delicious! Works good w/ devil's food cake mix, too.

If more out of shape people would just go to the gym, it would be easier for out of shape people to go to the gym! No matter what shape you're in, if you pay your membership fees you have as much right to be there as anyone else. You might be surprised to find out that at least some of the superfit people you'll see…

I plan during the week (I'm in college, too, but I do have a freezer!) and pack my food for the day and take it with me. That way, I'm not starving and out of control when I get home. One thing that would help you a lot is finding something portable and non-perishable that you can take with you to snack on between classes.…

First, your body needs some fat to function properly--current guidelines suggest a minimum of 20% of your calories from fat. Fat is satisfying, and even though it is calorie dense, you will probably be less hungry after you eat it. Egg yolks got a bad rap because of their cholesterol content, but it turns out that…

Having a strong core is all about being functional, and remember, your core isn't just your abs. It's that whole middle part of you that stabilizes you and helps you balance. The experts will tell you that some exercises are more effective than others, and that may be true, but I think doing a variety of core work is key…

Give yourself a chance to succeed! I don't think thin and lonely is your goal--learn how to go out with friends without eating poorly. Talk and laugh and sip on water! The poster who suggested catching up with your friends after dinner had a good idea--it would let you test one venue at a time.

Totally unacceptable on the part of your doctor's office. You need to get in touch with a good endocrinologist NOW--you are at a point where what you do over the next couple of years will determine if you reverse your disease or move on to full blown diabetes. A good endocrinologist will do more tests to determine exactly…