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I've been sick off and on for a solid month now (sooooo tired of it). I'm finally on antibiotics and getting better, but I still have a nagging cough with occasional random coughing fits that leave me lightheaded for a second. I took a few days off from working out last week because I felt so horrible. I started back up on…

At my gym, there are these three pretty little (and skinny!) girls who keep asking me silly questions that could really wait until later. They also tend to watch me and giggle. Then there's this good-looking guy who keeps grabbing my butt and calling me "sexy." Oh, wait. My gym's at home. Those girls are my kids, and that…

Hahaha, yeah, I know. Just to my thinking, raw fish is what you use to catch bigger fish--that you then COOK before you eat!

1. Cottage cheese: not happening here. Tastes and smells like spoiled milk to me. I can't drink plain white milk--even when it's fresh it tastes spoiled to me. 2. Greek yogurt: Haven't tried this one. I have a tough enough time with regular yogurt (see #1). 3. Hummus: will have to try sometime, even though to me it looks…

I forgot to add that I love that jello-like feeling my arms and legs get after a good hard workout!

For me, so much depends on context. Chat speak is fine for chat rooms/gaming situations, but not for what should be professional or work-related conversations and e-mails. Same for text-speak. LOL and BFF are fine in those situations, but I detest when they are spoken aloud. JUST SAY IT AND QUIT TRYING TO BE CUTE ABOUT…

Being a nurse for 15 years, I know how to take my HR correctly. At the moment, I am sitting at my desk and have been for at least 30 minutes. My HR right now is 88. So at my peak HR I'm only maxing out at 100bpm over my normal HR. Maximum predicted heart rate for a 37 year old is 183 (220-37=183). My heart rate during…

Hello? Not to be a pest but...is this thing on?

I haven't read all the responses but I wonder--how old are your kids? Are they old enough to prepare their own lunches and get their own stuff together for activities? Not telling you how to parent your kids, but these are definitely things that even young kids can do. Not only would it give you time in the morning to do…

1. Saw pictures of myself in my cap&gown when I graduated with my Master's degree--oh, dear God... 2. I always had a number in my head and told myself that if I ever reached that weight in a non-pregnant state that I would have to do something about it. Well, I got up to 2 pounds shy of that number and decided it was time.…

Generally speaking, sharing food is equated with affection and appreciation. Many people (even tribal people in third-world countries) take offense if an offer of food is rejected. As a result, it ISN'T always as simple as refuse and walk away. Sometimes it works, sometimes people follow you around with a cupcake and a…

Don't know about calories, but the brain does use more oxygen than the whole rest of your body combined. At any rate, if you're feeling poorly on fewer calories you prob need to increase your intake just a smidge.

Hey, it's either work out, clean house, or crop photos! No time to do it all (and soooo not giving up my workouts!!)

UMMM...did you go to medical school? How do you know you need an antibiotic or whatever? What qualifies you to make that determination? You may certainly REQUEST something specific, but your provider is going to determine if that is indeed indicated based on your condition, their training, and current research. And just so…

Also, go get your thyroid levels checked. Can't tell you the number of people on thyroid replacement who haven't had it checked in forever. You should have it checked AT LEAST once a year, more often if you change doseages or anything else changes. Our thyroid requirement change as we age and with WEIGHT CHANGES!

I try to overestimate calories in, and underestimate exercise calories, and leave a hundred or two in my "calories remaining" and so far so good. My elliptical tells me one number, then MFP tells me something else, and then my calculations based on HR are yet different. I use the lowest number.

Any chance of getting in 15-20 minutes of exercise in the mornings before he wakes up? You may not be able to do large blocks of time, but every little bit helps. Do lunges while you brush your teeth. (carefully) Do toe-touches while picking up toys. Kick laundy into the appropriate piles while sorting. Dance around the…

"You won't get the *kitten* you want by sitting on it." "If you're sick of starting over, stop quitting." "Stop rewarding yourself with food. You are not a dog."

I think it's about the same here as on other forums. The difference? Most people on here have struggled with their weight and health issues over the course of a LIFETIME. That means there's a lot of emotional involvement, inner voices repeating all the negative things we've ever heard about ourselves, and frustration…

I weigh myself daily (or very nearly), keeping in mind that it will fluctuate from day to day and hour to hour. I use the same scale each time (you could have two scales sitting next to one another and get off one and onto the other and get different readings). However, out of the past two weeks, there were 10--count 'em,…

When I was pregnant with my third baby, I had a kidney stone at 14 weeks (OUCH!!!). I sooooo did not want that to happen again--EVER--and determined that the only thing I could do was to really increase my water consumption. Well, tap water was not agreeing with me very well at all, so I started adding about 1 oz of…

For some reason, this thread made me think of the episode of "Friends" where Rachel and Phoebe were going running in the park. There's Rachel, all pretty in her little outfit and jogging like everyone else, and then Phoebe takes off running, arms and legs flailing in all directions like they've come unhinged from her body…

I'm going on a month of doing morning workouts pretty regularly (missed a couple due to needing to be at work extra early one day, had a migraine another, etc). Now, I have NEVER been what one would call a morning person--more like "Walking Dead" first thing in the morning. But somehow I decided to try it and have already…

Not judging--if I was going to a gym where people would see me, sure I'd make a little more effort with the hair and makeup. Whatever makes a person confident enough to actually DO the workout is a good thing. No makeup, full-on done-to-the-max, or anything in between makes no difference to me. It's great that companies…

Considering that of late, my workouts involve rolling out of bed, throwing on some random shorts and t-shirt, yanking my hair back in a ponytail (without even brushing) and hitting the elliptical in my basement, I don't worry too much about my appearance. Afterwards I hit the shower, wash my face, and put on makeup for my…

So, through a mish-mash of various sites and calculations and theories, this is what I've come up with. I'm 5'3" and currently 134lb. As such, my BMR is around 1350, and I would need to net around 1700 calories to maintain my current weight. For weight loss at one pound per week, one needs a deficit of 500 calories per…

I had a migraine from hell this morning, so I skipped my morning workout and stayed home from work myself. Hard to go to work when you can't even see to drive. The headache is mostly gone now, just drained so I think I'll not do any workout this evening. I'm just watching my calories today and hope to feel better tomorrow.

Any calories in medications would be VERY small amounts (as in fractions of calories), and really this whole process of logging calories in and calories out is NOT precise to that extent. Maybe that chicken breast is 0.5 ounces less than you logged, or you had to make an extra trip up and down the stairs and burnt a couple…

I think I just went into diabetic shock--and I'm not diabetic. Looks like a bit TOO much chocolate. I'd try a bite or two, but I think that's all I could handle. Now if you'd posted a pic of the Turtle Sundae from Joe's Crab Shack....I might try to eat my PC.

I have a few since I like to mix it up (otherwise I get "immune" to one song all the time). "Right Now" (VanHalen)--my fave to end with "Dr. Feelgood" (Motley Crue) "It's My Life" (Bon Jovi) "Thunderstruck" (AC/DC)