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Yeah, I'd follow a routine for the weightlifting and do yoga at least twice a week if you're going to do yoga. The cardio can be mixed up to make it more enjoyable. You can do different yoga routines, too, if you get bored. But you don't want to wait too long in between yoga sessions or it's not really going to work for…

It can be enough resistance training, imho, if you find a set of 'lifts' that work everything you need, your own weight is heavy enough, and you can progress it. If you can't do the weight/rep scheme that is hypertrophy or strength range, then it will be more like general exercise than the kind of resistance work folks…

There are other factors that come together to raise some folks' risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The OP said that she fits those risks. If someone has Metabolic Syndrome, reducing sugar is not some crazy diet fad. The advice should change depending on the profile of the individual! She's trying to watch her…

You can contract parts of the abs separately. I can belly roll (so independently move the upper or lower, even middle, lol), but watch this for some insane examples this lady can do! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RsR9uHc6Ew

I'm into peri-menopause now and the water fluctuations are making it crazy to try to tell my real weight. My period is doing very fast and unpredictable things (dammit). Then I get extra innings of PMS cravings, so that doesn't help matters, but it hasn't added up to many days of overeating in total yet. My vote is for…

Kicking. Any kind, really. But don't leave the ground if you need low impact ;) And stretch beforehand in this case.

You are losing fast enough that I wouldn't worry about it. It's probably water, one way or another (particularly if it has hit during any key time in your period cycle.)

Man, now I want some Junior Mints! I haven't had those in ages, lol. They are so yummy.

I agree with the concern over the numbers. You should be on medication and cutting your carbs significantly, not just losing weight. Those are uncontrolled diabetes numbers, and the medicine helps so much! I couldn't imagine not wanting to take it in the beginning at least. I take Metformin. You could always go off it…

Aw. I can't take it internally (liver enzymes go up on it), but it's fine topically for me. The lidocaine works best anyway. Some countries have a cream that you apply under a film to to hold it on, so it doesn't have to be the Lidoderm patches. I get a surprising amount of effect from the Icy Hot cream, but only the ones…

Oh, no! I'm so sorry. Try a heating pad when you can, if allowed. And a topical anti-inflammatory if that's OK. Rx is Voltaren Gel (or even Lidoderm lidocaine patches to put on spots). OTC ones are like the cream kind of Icy Hot or Bengay. Look for the amount of the anti-inflammatory in it and get the highest (that's a…

Did she say why you have to wait for the massage? Tissue work can help spasms if they aren't the monster sorts :) Maybe because it can be pretty painful and you won't need that if it relaxes on its own in the next day or so. I should have mentioned earlier that steroid shots can help a really bad spasm very well, because…

I'd do slow yoga (Hatha, Iyengar) first before doing any flow styles. You need to really feel each body part in the proper alignment in each asana and get used to that before you up the speed. Yoga Journal has good reading and lots of videos on their site. Their explanations are excellent. I don't know if they show any…

I found a few studies, but I'm not diving into all that while we're discussing the fructose-sucrose thing or anything like certain researchers that might get the thread closed, because I hate writing up science posts and then having the thread missing! ;) But one key question, imho, is whether your lipids are already…

Is Carnival a whole season where you party and eat King Cake throughout, too? Or do y'all just party? :grin: We do the baby inside the cake thing to figure out who throws the next party. Don't y'all have coins inside instead? I think King Cake is too sweet, honestly, and that's pretty scary considering my sweet tooth!…

Extremely often, in different spots in my back :( I feel ya! If you have good insurance and can stand it, you might try dry needling at a physio that does that. It's crazy and painful to get done, but it really can relax the muscle. It works even better with acute spasm than with my old chronic thing. I've figured out…

Yeah, my endocrinologist wanted to put me on statins for my triglycerides and that completely freaked me out, because I really watch my balance of types of fat and had never had lipid issues before. At the same time my blood sugars had gone pre-diabetic for several months at that point. I didn't need to lose more weight,…

That sounds yummy! If you need to shave more calories, do, say, roasted spaghetti squash instead of potatoes and skip the glaze on the salmon. Salmon is great with just herbs :) I don't know the points system, but it does sound too restrictive. OTOH, potatoes can be hard to fit in calorie-wise if you like to eat a portion…

I ate too much! I didn't expect the nuts. A big thing of nuts is rarely safe around me, yeah. No surprise there. I expected (and made) the shrimp and grits and collards. That would have been enough, lol.

I'm not that poster, but for my bone-on-bone knee pain and occasional arthritis in my thumb, I swear by something called Celadrin! I only take it as needed, and I haven't read about it for long-term use, so no promises there. My dad thinks it's excellent, too. Study results were why I ordered it. Unfortunately, it doesn't…

Mine are like that, too! At this point, I'm just satisfied that my lower abs don't look like a little fat pooch anymore. I don't know that they'll ever get defined. All around them gets defined, lol. My obliques higher and down there are rather cool, pelvic bones seen, other abs looking nice (but not a completely defined 4…

Oh, perfect! Neurologists are the best at thinking about Pernicious Anemia (they know the nerve symptoms), so you should be in good hands then :)

B-12 deficiency can get extremely serious. I have to take shots, and I still have permanent nerve damage from having an unknown deficiency that caused a hideous, drawn-out illness (where I got down to 85 lbs, too). I can't digest it at all since my 20's. Then there are folks who need megadoses to digest it from an oral…

Yeah, at the widest part of your boobs :) The band size measures your torso there under the breasts. My underbust/band size is as small as I get now, and it's still bigger than so many ladies' (even their boobs)! But it's all ribs. They are very visible there because my ribcage is just quite wide and I lose fat there…

I'm trying to think what I'd do if I ate out that often. Usually I'd eat less earlier in the day, but that would get old going out so much. I think I'd wish it were a situation where I could cook my own food or a function where I didn't have to eat. Fortunately for you, the friends don't mind you using their kitchen, so…

I'm 45 and feel comfortable in a bathing suit :) I have some upper-thigh cellulite, but I've had that since my fit teens, so it's not like it's going to bother me more at my age, lol. I'd actually wear a bikini now, and I wouldn't then. It might be that it takes several years of building up muscle, but I'm more defined now…

Put your stats into here: http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/ If you want to know what your maintenance calories at your goal weight will be, that's easy there, too. Just remember that TDEE includes intentional exercise, so when it asks about activity it means everything. MFP does exercise calories…

Making shrimp and grits with bacon :grin: :grin: And collards with a bit of olive oil. Oh, it's not low-cal, but I eat so light on days I'm cooking a lot that it should be fine. I'm Panthers all the way (NC girl)!!! But I'm glad Peyton will get his game if we do get beaten. I cheered hard for the Broncos their last game.

I'm even more hyperglycemic than pre-diabetes, and I was/am also at a great weight. But most folks who have it really are overfat and losing weight helps them. That's why the NIH info makes sense. Cutting fat and calories will work on a population level, because they lose weight. Cutting fat as a macro to help glucose…

Now I'll have spells where I go over too much for maybe 3 days in a week! But this time I catch it and don't get complacent. The three days often seem to fade away and don't have to be made up calorie-for-calorie, exactly, and that's the really good part. Last time I lost my weight it really did creep back on, even though…