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OK, I probably have one size too big and it may be a bit under-inflated. It is super bouncy. I'll try inflating it more. I adjusted my sitting position and am doing better, although still cannot imagine sitting on it cross-legged. :noway:

I can't tell you a whole lot, but my husband got some of the Fila Skeletoes over the weekend.They are normally $55-60, but we found them on sale at Kohl's for $45. These are the "economical" version of the Vibram shoes, and probably wouldn't be used for actual running. He has a couple jacked up (read: tremendously crooked)…

The 12*body weight is closer to your maintenance needs...if your metabolism is trashed due to years of yo-yo- dieting, you have to give your body a chance to "reset" before trying to diet again. So Jillian was telling the person to eat that, so her body would reset. THEN after a couple months of that, you can build in a…

Interesting! Clearly since you haven't been trying to lose weight via exercise, this is not a gain of 4 lbs of muscle. Also, 4 lbs of muscle is a lot to gain in a short period, so even if you had been exercising, it would be unlikely that is was muscle gain. But obviously you're doing something right with your diet. All I…

Sorry for the double quote folks but I thought it was all important.... This sounds exactly like "starvation mode"....while you are undereating severely (due to burning almost as many calories as you eat) you body holds steady. Your metabolism has tanked out, but you can't see it due to how little you are netting. As soon…

The first thing I thought when you asked that (why he only says it when he's drunk, because drunk is when you're honest) is that he's afraid. If he convinces you that you're unattractive and fat, you won't leave him, thinking you are lucky to have him in the first place. When he's drunk, the truth comes out that he thinks…

I had a reduction about 10 yrs ago....went from a 32 DDD to a D. Mine have gotten a little smaller over these 10 lbs lost, but I'm hopeful that they won't deflate as much as some people's might due to the fact that tissue and fat was already removed from them. Hopefully there isn't as much fat left to shrink in there.…

I eat them back. I'm 35 y/o, 5'0" and currently 144 lbs. I am set to 1200 cals per day, and eat at least 75% of my exercise cals back. So far so good. To me, if a person is set to eat 1200 cals a day, you're already so close to that "starvation" threshold that it is risky not to eat them back. If you are set to a higher…

Are we only talking about one week without a loss/with a small loss? One week does not make a plateau, especially for us women who can have water fluctuations with our cycles. I went camping last weekend and although I didn't go over on total calories, I ate a lot of foods I just don't normally eat anymore (french bread…

Sounds like shin splints, particularly if going uphill caused the problem. The best thing you can do (and it always sounds so silly, I know) is ice. Ice ice ice and more ice, 15-20 mins every couple of hours if you can manage it. The rule of thumb is to continue this ice protocol for a week after you have no more pain. If…

I'm sure some people are using that as an excuse. However if you know that your body type is truly not typical....if you are very muscular/amazonian for a woman, for example...the BMI guide *can be* misleading. But most people will be healthy within that range. If you are close to that but under, and feel well and fit…

He sounds like a jerk. :wink: You're offering to change the bottle "for him" which implies he has some obligation to do it, and that seems to be the part he is getting prickly about. Maybe if you phrase it such that "if you take the last of the water, can you just let me know so *I* can change the bottle", without implying…

Where you describe it sounds more like your achilles tendon, not the calf. It also sounds like an inflammation effect, since it's OK when you're working out but then worse with rest. Ice, ice and ice some more (like 15 mins every 2 hrs or as much as you can do). It gets worse with rest because that's when your body sends…

I have never worn makeup on a regular basis, but I got the Olay spin brush thingy recently and love it. It's very soft and really helps clear out your pores. The one makeup thing I've always had is Clnique Black Honey "almost lipstick". It's more of a stick gloss, sheer. Also Benefit "Benetint" for the cheeks.

My understanding is that we all have two HR "zones" - the fat burning zone and the cardiovascular zone. When in the fat burning zone (55-70% of max HR), a greater percentage of the calories you burn will be from fat. But when you are in the cardio zone (70-85%), you will burn more calories total. So the advice I received…

Ugh, I'm in love! But unfortunately I'm in Oregon and have my own rescued cat that "doesn't play well with others". Good luck finding him a great home!

I've been toying with figuring this out too, but I don't find my numbers to be the same as yours.... 45 mins elliptical from MFP tells me I burn 453 cals, not 700-something that you're saying. My machine tells me I burn 550, generally I heard that the machines tend to overestimate cals burned by about 20%. For this…

My fav food of all time, I think. I put them on sandwiches, on bagels instead of butter or cream cheese (seriously yummy), in a burrito, or mash them up and eat with chips. Of course, I haven't actually eaten chips in a long time, but that's what I USED to do with them. :laugh: You don't have to eat it all at once but make…

I was a total carb fiend but once I started counting calories I found they were always so high in calories that they naturally fell by the wayside. I eat tuna salad (for me just mayo and pickle relish in the tuna), cottage cheese, hardboiled eggs, and the coup-de-etat is a cracker by Townhouse (who would have thought?)…

You should eat something before any workout, within 30-60 mins depending on how large a snack/meal. If you ry to workout on a completely empty stomach, you have no fuel for the workout, and I don't mean that in a good "oh then I'll burn all fat" way. If you want to workout at night but don't want to go home and lose your…

Oh yes, I do this ALL THE TIME. I also do it when typing....use a different form of the word I meant to use. For example, I might say "you want to eatING all your calories" instead of "you want to EAT all your calories". <shakes head> I'd blame it on being old but I'm not old! <lol>

Actually I've read that you should definitely do the weights first....you'll burn your body's store of glucose and then during cardio your body will be forced to burn ALL FAT.

I'm assuming you can bring a small cooler with you in the car....sandwich makings, cut up fruit and veggies, granola, low cal snack bars (Kashi makes some good ones), dry cereal for munching (like cheerios). if you can bring a thermos, you could put soup in it for your first driving lunch on Sat. I have a really hard time…

Since you are so close to your goal weight, and likely are already at what your body perceives as a healthy weight, a slow weight loss of 0.5 lbs/week is to be expected. Don't try to compensate by trying to eat even less. You may even find that by eating a little more, you can get past that "diet fatigue" you're feeling…

Out of the house - that way if I *really* need to splurge, I have to go get it. Helps me both limit myself to when I *reaaaallly* want it, and that way I get to have exactly what I want at the moment I'm going to splurge.

Ooh, edamame IS great. Fruit - for me apples are a big one. Always know that even if I've eaten all my cals, I can have an apple if I really need something else. Coffee - with creamer, makes you feel like you've eaten something. Gummi bears - are my sweet of choice. I can just suck on them and make them last forever.

I've been feeling like this lately too....I think I have "diet fatigue". To keep myself on track with cals and keep it easy to count, I've not been getting a lot of variety in my foods from day to day (but am eating balanced within the day). I do have a high threshold for food tedium, so it's been fine so far. But I think…

And that is why I'm scared to have kids....I was an angel and somehow I just know I'll get a devil child. <lol>

Vitamin deficiencies can also stall weight loss. If you don't live in S. CA. where you get sun all year (and I even lived there and was severely deficient since I was careful about my sun), you are likely to be Vit D deficient. Have a blood test of your Vit D levels. You want to be squarely in the middle of the range,…

I agree that stretching is one of the best things you can do. it sounds like you are probably tighter on the one side than the other, which is true of all people. Yoga is going to feel fantastic for you. :) Also make sure you're not sitting funny in your normal life....if you work at a desk or spend time on the couch. Make…