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Eat boatloads of fruits and vegetables, and minimize (i.e. almost zero) simple carbs and fats for a month, then recheck his labs. Produce (mostly veggies) should be 10-12 servings a day. His cholesterol and fat levels will drop fast. (old nurse.)

gdortiz, you need to make an appointment with a cardiologist. it could be PVCs, or atrial fibrillation. It isn't a panic attack or emotional. It sounds like a cardiac issue and might not be a big deal, but you need to make sure.

Don't up--you've made great progress already. Just pick up dust yourself off, and keep going.

I grew up in a terribly toxic family. I never knew until I was in my twenties that other people didn't live like that, and that I could make the decision not to be treated like garbage. Once I gave myself permission to put up appropriate boundaries, my life changed dramatically. Start by running to the bookstore, and get…

When the machines at the gym measure "heart rate", they are not actually measuring the rate for an entire minute to give an actual "beats per minute" measurement. They are measuring the rate for literally one second, and then stating what the average would be if your activity remained absolutely consistent for the next…

I'm a registered nurse. Sometimes, when a person exercises really hard, the body will actually break down muscle tissue. It's called rhabdomyolysis. It can lead to actual kidney damage, and is very serious. Without stopping to chat about it further here, you need to head to the doctor's office or emergency room NOW, and…

Here's one method to calculate it: http://www.livestrong.com/article/238020-how-to-convert-pedometer-steps-to-calories/ This one is easier: http://walking.about.com/library/cal/uccalc3.htm

I like the one with all of the steel and wires. Looks like something that the Terminator would use.

Oh. Rats. For sale: one pepper grinder. :wink:

As a nurse, I'm going to suggest that you get together with a nutritionist. Sit down with him/her, and a food record of what you've eaten for the last week or two, and a list of actual exercise for the same period. My guess is that you're not eating enough calories, not getting enough protein, and exercising way too much.…

What he said! :)

If your doctor wants you to be seen by an eating disorder team, you're already past "doing it on your own." Strength is when you do the right thing, even when it's hard. Do the hard thing--get in touch with that team, and love yourself.

Alcohol has seven calories per gram. That's a lot of calories--and a lot of alcohol--if you're using up the vast majority of your daily MFP calories just to drink. Even if you only cut that in half, you'll get to eat a lot of food.

Remember that weight loss isn't a steady downward process--if you graphed it, it would look more like a stock -exchange chart for a company having a bad month. Increase your activity to "real" exercise that you schedule into your day, because it will make you healthy even as you lose weight. Record your activity and your…

Not a problem!

The "skinny" picture is frankly mislabeled. Once a woman loses the normal fat pads at the back of the hips--which should ALWAYS be present, even in slender women--she is then severely underweight. This woman looks somewhat anorexic.

I'm glad you like to cook. It's great way to nurture your family and show them that you love them. However--and you're not crazy, just making some wrong conclusions--there are ways to do this that are healthier for you and your husband and kids. Lots of "butter, flour, sugar, eggs" just aren't healthy. Try a new…

Wow. No. A thousand times, no. Let me re-state what you're saying, so that you can see why this is a bad idea. You're saying that you're planning on exercising 5 1/2 hours per day, and eat only 1,250 calories. This means that you're going to be literally burning up muscle, including heart muscle, to fuel this fiasco. Not…

I'm glad that you recognize that he has a very serious problem. It's a big help for the rest of us that we don't have to convince you of that fact. Just like the alcoholic, he's addicted, and he's obviously creating an addict out of his daughter. Recovering addicts have no problem admitting that there was often one person…

I've tried a variety of different things over the years. (Example: I lost only 13 pounds in 13 months on Jenny Craig, and spent about a thousand dollars.) In less than a month on MFP, I've lost five pounds. I make sure that I exercise for 70 minutes (exercise bike, walking on crutches, and even marching in place) several…

I did Jenny Craig for thirteen months, and spent a LOT of money, and lost......13 pounds. You can do the same diet with foods from the grocery store for a lot less money, with much more variety, and using MFP with it. (e.g. Lean Cuisine meals, etc.) Jenny Craig isn't highly motivated to have their clients actually lose a…

Hi, J! It looks like you're doing really well at weight loss. I'm pretty new at this, but I'm encouraged that it's working so far.

How many calories have you eaten today? You should eat at least some of the calories that you burned.

Good attitude change!!!! Stay in touch--we want to encourage you!!!

Take it from someone who did the same thing for years--that's frankly crap. Either you want to lose the weight and are willing to work on it, or you want to whine about it and hope that it will magically fall off. Ain't gonna happen. Be honest with yourself--what do you want? I've been there, and I understand, and I wish…

Put the mouse down right now. Set your timer for ten minutes, walk fast around your house or outside, then come back to MFP and record that you walked for ten minutes. Seriously. Right now. The come back here and write a post that you just did it. Ignore your feelings--go take a walk right now and prove to yourself that…

You don't need to be motivated--you just need to do like the Nike ads say, "Just do it!" Looking for motivation is the same as looking for a "special feeling", and feelings often lie. Simply start recording everything you put into your mouth, and schedule exercise into your day--every day. (I'm on crutches, and I still…

Hi, I'm glad you're here and asking for help. The idea of "I must be motivated" is frankly a (very popular) lie. Most of the time, I don't feel motivated--but I choose to do the right thing for my weight loss anyway. My exercise is scheduled every day, and I record everything I eat. How I feel about it is irrelevant--my…

Measure every ingredient and plug all of them into MFP. If it fits into your allowed calories with everything else you eat, you're fine. If not, then change the ingredients. If you need to, I'd start with the mayo.

You aren't going to lose 120 pounds. You're going to keep track of everything you put into your mouth, and increase your activity--and record that on MFP, and you're going to lose a pound over several days. Then you're going to do it again. And again, and again. If you think in terms of "All That Weight", it will seem…