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Oh, Brenda, I'm so sorry. This is definitely not how Sex Ed should be taught. I am very open with my kids, I answer any and all questions about human sexuality honestly and openly, and encourage the asking of such questions--I don't want to be a young grandmother because one of my kids (and I have a boy and a girl) didn't…

I seriously held a package of regular Peeps in my hand for about 3 minutes in the grocery store today, trying to decide whether or not to buy them. If they'd been chocolate covered, I would be eating them right now, but I resisted the temptation. Now I just have to resist looking for the chocolate ones!!

Ooooh...Rainbows!!! I haven't been able to decide if there's more crankiness and TONE OF VOICE in the threads or if I'm just more sensitive to it because of some stressors I've got in my life right now. I know that I haven't been as patient as I should be lately. Part of it is just general crankiness and stress. I know I'm…

If we had a "thread of the day" award around here, this one would win it. "The baby is rooting," Sweet Jebus, I almost wet myself.

I'm past TOM for now...just cranky, ill-tempered and impatient by nature. Some days I just feel like arguing with people...but I do try to keep it civil, if nice isn't attainable that day. :wink:

There's a difference between pushing yourself and hurting yourself. Work into it slowly if it's having such a bad effect on you. Better to do a little bit consistently, than to hurt yourself and never do it again.

Oh, please, please, please let that be true!!! :laugh: If that's the case, I didn't sabotage myself quite as badly as I thought I did last week! Don't get me wrong, it'll still be a bad week, nutrition-wise, but it won't be Armaggeddon!

Whoops!! Sorry, 1900ish is my TDEE...that's total daily energy expenditure. My BMR comes out to about 1400. So, BMR is if you were just laying there. Not thinking, not moving, just being. Think coma. TDEE takes into account that you think, that you get up and walk to the bathroom, that you eat food and digest it, etc...…

HA! Well played.

Amen! I don't have a bikini body and probably never will, but if I did, at any age, damn skippy I'm wearing it. Also, maternity isn't any more of a factor in my decision than age. Being a mother does not negate my sexuality..that smacks of Madonna/*kitten* thinking, and I hate that crap. You have no idea what my skin looks…

The short answer is, one number doesn't apply to all. Everyone is different, and therefore has different caloric needs. The longer answer is that as an average, the population of females as a whole will need a minimum of 1200 calories to support healthy life. Figuring out what your personal minimum needs are requires…

You can set the number of portions however you like. Let's say you make a pot of soup. Let's say your pot holds six cups of soup. Now, if you're planning to eat that soup with a salad or sandwich for lunch everyday, maybe you only want a half cup to be the serving size. In that case, the total number of servings per…

Any type of lettuce, then a half cup each of beans (any) and cooked brown rice, top with light italian or light poppyseed and caramelized onion dressing. If I find that I have more hunger than allowed calories when dinner comes around, I'll halve the serving size of the entree and put it on top of a couple cups of lettuce.…

LesserTess, I tend to agree with you, though I try to keep an open mind about it...I've been wrong before in my life! I guess what I keep coming back to is the idea that we didn't evolve to eat grains...it's not really an accurate statement. Evolution isn't something that happened once to get us out of the trees and…

You poor thing..sounds like you may have some serious water retention happening. Let me give you my best piece of "lady time" advice: DO NOT WEIGH YOURSELF THIS WEEK!!! :laugh: As far as PMS hunger goes...I have no advice. If you look at my food diary for last week, you will see that I lost that battle quite handily. It's…

That's a pretty good read..thanks for posting it. I know I have thoughts on it, but I'm afraid to try to organize and post them at work..something would surely get lost or mis-stated! :laugh: I will say this: I don't really have an issue with the Atkins diet-after all, an excuse to enjoy bacon is a nice thing to have!…

Ack, I just re-read the thread...I didn't notice your post about your activity level before I wrote my reply. Disregard my reply, please! :laugh: I think you should be at 1500-1600 calories given the level of activity you mention. I understand that it's mentally difficult to increase your calories--you feel like you'll…

I agree that you would probably do better at 1440, but if you feel that you need to reduce your calories, I say go ahead...just go slowly. Spend three or four weeks at 1400, and see how you're doing there. If you need to go down from there, go to 1350 for a few weeks. Doing it gradually will make it a lot easier. And keep…

I think I know what you're asking, but maybe not...so let me try..hopefully not wasting your time. What percentage of the total was your 2 cup serving? Was it half the chili? One quarter of the chili? All of the chili? If you had four cups of chili in the pot, and you ate 2 cups, then the number of servings your recipe…

I totally could have written this post...in fact, I think I've written a couple posts like this in the last couple years. I agree with what a previous poster said...we can't stand by you and smack the blueberry muffin out of your hand. I honestly think that's what I wanted whenever I wrote posts like yours! :happy: We're…

Ha! You're totally a schnorer!! :laugh: I love Costco, and I use it much the same way that you do, Azdak. I hit Costco about once a month, stock up on meats and seafood, sometimes produce if I think I have enough appetite for a particular item to actually use up the big package before it goes bad. Then to the regular…

Mine is open, feel free to stalk. I sometimes take Sunday's off from logging, and I'm kind of in the middle of a "bad cycle" with regard to nutrition and staying within my calories, so I am NOT an example! :laugh:

You aren't kidding, girl! I have had such a hard time staying in cals this week. Between TOM and some legal stresses, I'm surprised there is any junk food left in the Seattle Metro Area.

If it's not changed by an authorized Polar repair person, you void the warranty, and you risk negating the waterproofing. I am living in terror of the day that mine dies, because I'll have to send it across the country for the replacement, and be without it for however long it takes.

Thanks for posting this. I've been biting my tongue for a couple of weeks now, because it seems like there have been a ton of posts from people advocating an unhealthy deficit. This is not the place for that. This is a place for people who want to learn how to have a healthy relationship with food. Although I think you'd…

bumping for later...I recently learned that I like cabbage, and it's super cheap, so I've been trying to think of new ways to use it.

Oh, I've been there..I used to be on Depo...for about eight years. I started just as I weaned my youngest daughter. So, I hadn't had a period for 9 months plus 8 months of breastfeeding, and the depo kept my periods from starting up again. I switched a year and half ago to the pill because I'm thinking of having another…

I should clarify something...In my state, (at least 20 years ago when I was an EMT,rules may be different now) EMTs do not give medication. Only paramedics do. My father was a paramedic at the same time that I was an EMT, and I completed Paramedic School, which is why I know dosing protocols. However, I, personally did not…

Also, when I tended bar, I looked at the license long enough to see the birthdate and verify that the picture matched the person. I didn't care one bit about any other info on the license. If it makes you happy to have a lower weight on the license, there's really not a real-world consequence to lying about it.

As a former EMT, I have never once looked at a patient's driver's license. One, I'm not sticking my hands in your pockets. There could be needles in there. Two, EMT's get accused of theft all the time. No way am I touching your wallet. Three, EVERYONE lies on their license anyway, so we assume that the listed weight is…