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I exercise for a few reasons: 1. I find it fun 2. I like that it gives me goals to work towards that are not weight or work related 3. It keeps me feeling young and strong 4. it makes me look better 5. it is time to focus on me 6. I get to eat more cheese 7. It can be a great social outlet if you find people to go with you…

^^^ yep, this

Hospital food generally looks unappetizing to me so I don't get this. Would it help if you told yourself that this is not free food, this is not your food? Free food at work can be tempting but at some point you have to set rules and then work by them (knowing that occasionally you will slip up).

I really need to move the bag of Halloween candy out of my desk at work...

I know that my mood is impacted by my activity level, and if I am bored at work then I tend to be hungry all the time. Get up and move around during the day if you can. Set yourself goals at work so that when you are at your desk you are busy and engaged. Maybe try switching up foods too instead of bread try rice or other…

It is ok to feel fragile and vulnerable after surgery but do not harm your recovery by trying to lose these pounds right away. If you need to feel in control start logging again but stay away from the scale for a while. Also, run everything by your doctor first.

I am fine but my cat alarm clock is having real problems.

Don't worry, if you just had surgery your body is likely retaining a good bit of water, it is part of the trauma and healing process. You will loose most of it while you recover unless you have been really overdoing it with your diet. ETA: Don't start eating 1300 unless you have your doctor's approval, you need to heal.

If you really have an localized area of fat there are non-surgical options (still expensive and still some pain involved) to reduce fat under the skin. Google Coll Sculpting (and there is a sonic version too). This is rather dramatic though and I suspect that you will get used to your new face.

Stretch marks are a breakage of collagen in the skin, nothing that you rub on the surface of the skin is going to fix or prevent that. It might make the skin feel less tight or itchy when stretched, or appear plumper but they are not going to prevent or treat stretch marks.

Have you tried getting rid of the green tea X50?

There is not a lot that you can do about stretch marks. They may shrink a little bit but they aren't going to go away.

Oh those pesky toxins!

There is nothing inherently wrong with the lab tests, the issue is the interpretation by the gym nutritionist. If you are serious about this have a doctor or a registered dietitian work with you on this. The term Nutritionist doesn't mean anything. If you are eating 1300 and working out you are likely eating too few…

My feline overlord will not tolerate being manhandled by her serving apes. So instead I will get down on the floor to worship her appropriately (and maybe squeeze some yoga between headbutts).

Wake up 7am, shower pack breakfast, grad prepacked lunch. At work by 7:35. Work until 5:15 or later. If I can I go to the gym at 5:30 (just down the street from work). If I can't I work out at home (jogging, rowing, or shadow boxing). On Tuesdays I get up at 6:15 and hit up a 7am yoga class before work. On the weekends I…

I start of the day with a cup or two of some sort of Black Tea (Earl Grey, English Breakfast, Masala) and then alternate between various herbal teas and green teas for the rest of the day. Before bed it is Peppermint. I drink a lot of tea.

Walking is great for your body, heart, and spirit. However, it is very easy to out eat any calorie burn from exercise. As so many others have mentioned above weight loss is all about how many calories you can consume. Start tracking if you aren't and get a food scale, if you can, so that you can track accurately.

I was between a US8 when I was 135lbs at 5'10". Hip bones don't care how much you weigh.

You aren't going to be able to diet your way into a non-pear shape. What you can do is start lifting, it will firm everything up and if you build some muscles on your upper body (shoulder and back) it can help you look less pear and more hour glass (swimming actually might not be bad for this either but you won't build…

Then maybe make it bigger stink about it. If you want your youngest to be home for dinner then he needs to be home for dinner, not asleep at the GF's house. When my sister and I were in sports my Dad would eat with the person who had dinner before practice and my Mom would eat with the kid who ate after practice, and…

If the day that you listed is typical then stop trying to make family dinners happen, sounds like it is causing more stress to you. I think that family meals need to be something that is established early on and that both parents value. Cook up a big batch of something and leave it in the fridge, The family can help…

Our family dinners were what my parents wanted to eat. We had some sort of protein, some sort of starch and a hot vegetable and there was always a bowl of green salad. You ate what you wanted of the food offered. If you really hated something you could make yourself an sandwich. My parents thought that it was important to…

Drinking tea is not going to help you lose belly fat. You cannot spot reduce.

I used to take a multivitamin, I don't any more. Instead I focus on eating lots of fruits an veg. My doctor was totally fine with me stopping the multivitamin. I don't notice any difference.

Something that he might want to consider is snacking during the day outside of regular meal time. It won't impact you and so much and it will help get those extra calories. Get him stuff like nuts, dried fruit, granola bars. Things that are stable and you can just toss in with his regular lunch.

Sending good thoughts your way OP, I hope that they can get everything sorted for you soon.

5% larger than I think that I am. I think that I look like the body that I picked but this doesn't' adjust for height, so my view is more zoomed out ;-)

Size 11s are over in the juniors section now. I love a good size 11 sometimes.

I have a normal BMI and wear a size 8/10. Of course I am also quite tall.