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I've had both the wanting to eat to help it and the 'food is the last thing I want' problem when the acid had caused too much irritation. So I gained weight and then had like 4 weeks where I lost it fast from not being able to eat nearly enough. You can try the OTC Pepsid, etc that are the kinds of drugs the doc gives.…

No wonder, considering the first post! If they made you go over, I'm sorry. That sucks, particularly when it's for a treat and probably not out of real hunger. But of course it's nothing in the long run. If it fits in your day, then enjoy, lol :) I'm sure I'd love them. I've never had the chewy ones but basically the word…

Belly dance! There are different styles, too, so you can pick your favorite style in many areas. (Tribal fusion is my top favorite.)

At your level of musculature, you could build muscle all over and not even really notice it. It won't look like too much (I say that understanding the aesthetic you probably like). Think of a layer of muscle all over that looks like the muscle you have now. It doesn't look big. I gained a lot of muscle after I had an…

I only got 4-5 inches, but I have a bum back/neck, so you better believe that shoveling snow was a big deal here, too! The snow plow piles it up, so I did have to shovel more than 5 inches so that my driveway is usable. Tomorrow will be picking up lots of branches after these winds, too. I know y'all north of me have it so…

Check out Bret Contreras' website for lifting for maximum glutes :) I gained glute muscle and my main lift for that is the glute bridge, which is one of his favorites. For bodybuilding, practically the more protein the better. I can never eat enough, but I like small portions of meat, lol. Some people can eat too much, so…

I took a bellydance class at my Y before. That was great fun and a good workout, too. It's not a jumping kind of dance, so it should be better for your problems. Also check out Pilates and see if you like it. Yoga is always wonderful to add. Those are both slower than the cardio classes, but they are still great to add to…

It's supposed to be a little boring, imho. If food is too exciting to us, we eat more of it! I like being more bored with food than I used to be. It takes a little while to kick in, though. I thought the beginning was the hardest part. But you will have to learn how to have less of some of the same foods you want to eat…

If you have a hard time choosing one, average them really quickly and go with that number. That's what I did back at the beginning :) I used to average my daily weight, too, because I'm just nerdy like that, lol. In maintenance I'm not as curious about "exact" numbers. Or just go with the default, of course. Presumably it…

LOL about the vegan one. I couldn't imagine! Cheese or milk help so much for me where I would've had a carb snack. Vegetarian could work for 'lower carb', but you'd have to be like me and look to the low GI/GL carbs. There are a ton of them in a vegetarian diet, so you really might end up having your levels go well on…

Just always say no to that size milkshake, seriously. I love milkshakes, too, and it's hard to drink a little. Take it from me and pour your proper portion into a separate cup and do not keep the rest! I felt bad a couple of weeks ago when I finished an entire mini milkshake my dad brought over, lol. But that was mainly…

For something like dance, we definitely had to stretch before. But I think that must be because we would push our ROM to the limit when performing or practicing. I got the worst groin pull for weeks by not being stretched enough before kicking one time. I think stretching helps before something like that, but I could see…

If you are 5'4", your BMR is 1757 and TDEE is 2108 for sedentary, so it has to be the 1700-ish one. To lose 1.1lb per week (TDEE-25%), eat 1581 at sedentary with no exercise. That's at 5'4", remember :) . I just used an average height, lol. Here's where I got that: http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/…

Probably it'll just be like walking or recumbent bike, etc. Your bad vertebrae are where mine are bad, too, and I'm sure you've noticed how they affect so, so many activities. I don't know though. Maybe you'll have a protective brace after surgey. ??? I can do more with my soft brace on. But of course your surgeon will…

I haven't been one for a long time due to back problems, but you might love it! It is insanely fun. It's really hard, but after mastering something, that part becomes easy (for the most part). That's why it's so fun, plus the fact that the feeling of the moves themselves is really a good time :) The only advice I'd have is…

I do moderate carb but with the majority of them low glycemic index foods (that don't spike my blood sugar; I use my meter a lot!). I do still have a small treat every day, before my walking (lowers my BG). Exercise can really help, so try to take some walks, do a little dancing, etc, or even more :) I'm still on the…

You look so great!! There are really difficult bodyweight exercises, so do check out the programs people suggest. Can you do 'push ups' in a handstand position? If not, you haven't exhausted bodyweight lifing yet :grin: And do make sure it's progressive, yes, so when you can do something there should be a harder goal that…

Yeah, I just figured someone asking about sugar might want to eat as many carbs as they can without the 'bad' effects people might think of (outside of calorie count). Since you don't digest the fiber (and it has no calories), I figured it might be helpful to know that anyone (in countries that don't already do it) can…

Do take the (proper) acid reflux medicine if dietary changes don't stop it. The acid eating away at things can lead to cancer of the esophagus (and stomach? don't recall). I have bad GERD. It's from the pain killers I've had to take (Rx) for over a decade :( BUT, by treating it it helps prevent the really bad consequences…

I'm at maintenance, and I tend to go over or under maintenance by maybe 200ish calories more days than I hit it. But it's really natural and nice, because the higher days are tasty, and the low days come naturally afterwards because I'm less hungry. But I do track my calories and notice whether it averages out right over…

Well, it does depend on your purpose, it's true. It depends on why and how you are tracking carbs.

Making it 'perkier' can involve it sitting a bit higher, lol. But that wouldn't be width at all, no. The fat comes off as fat, so that's no problem. For the butt muscles to actually get bigger (rather than just perking up), you'd have to be eating well to grow muscle and lifting for them or similar progressive heavy…

And when you track carbs, subtract the fiber from that food to get the net carbs. Unless it's listed in net carbs where that's already been done.

I tried several sessions of laser and it didn't do a thing! Not one thing. It was hundreds of dollars and I got zero out of it. Mine's not all that much (on my chin only, too) but the texture is startlingly male-like, so of course I hate it. It's definitely from androgen excess :( The Prometrium for me is taken every day,…

I agree totally, depending on how you would phrase whether obesity and sedentary lifestyle 'cause' diabetes or not. Is it also absurd to say that they do since genetics is #1? As you've explained, they kind of really don't. I think that's pretty semantic but I also agree with it fully. There are interactive effects and…

I disagree that you are definitely at maintenance. It's been what, 3 weeks? With a planned 1/2-lb a week, that's less than 2 lbs. Water weight easily masks 2 lbs. When I did it, it did seem to take forever (8 weeks?) to see much scale change at first. After the first couple of months or so it got much better without…

I think it's a minimum of 1g per kilo of lean mass. I forget the higher recommendations as I was interested in bare minimums for folks working out (it can be even lower for sedentary folks). 25g sounds way too low for muscle, yeah.

Metformin helps balance other hormones than just the insulin, so I don't think it's a crutch even if you do lose weight (when needed), go low carb and exercise. One of the worst effects of PCOS is male-pattern facial hair problems (not to mention infertility), so I wish I'd taken the metformin way, way back when it was…

I wish there were more info around!! It's aggravating. I looked up all kinds of studies on betes and HIIT. They weren't Type 1, though :( But the higher numbers for me don't matter, because the sprinting is supposed to help overall (a lot, according to the studies). That's good. Some folks get higher numbers for too many…

Btw, I've eaten pure sugar before, and I bet y'all have, too. Powdered sugar mixed in water makes that icing you get on Arby's turnovers and similar things. I have to admit to scraping it off the paper after eating the turnover, yep! Or licking the pot of it that comes when making cinnamon buns. I know I'm not the only one…