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One or two of those small cans of prune juice do it for me and my son when we get backed up, lol. I always keep a few in the house for uncomfortable times.

interesting. I do that often on my way home from work! When there's construction here though, they set out signs saying "Merge Now. It's the law"

I've literally never heard the term "zipper merge".

I slow down, take my time, and if they happen to try to change lanes and go around me then I quickly speed up so they can't get in front of me, lol. This is only during rush hour traffic when it's most important to NOT tailgate, easily causing accidents which is the worst during rush hour. Any other time I just get over if…

There's a few. Any time I have tried to do jazzercise with my mom (She stopped inviting me about two years ago during my visits home, she says it's the money but I don't believe her, lol). At 14 I fell off a treadmill. A couple years ago tried to do sit ups on the yoga ball and fell flat on my back. First time swimming…

Hiking up Pike's Peak or some similarly majestic AF mountain and then hang gliding (is that the right thing?) all the way back down. Then, if I didn't die doing that, all you can eat lobster. ETA: all you can eat seafood, in general. I don't want to be tied down to just lobster.

All I can think of is sex related things and kicking Donald Trump in the balls, really hard.

Waiting for this to come back in style

I do at work. I have a lot of downtime where I usually read (or MFP), so instead I will walk in place while reading. I try to get to 15 minutes because then it'll count it as a work out, lol. For me, is does count all the steps, as far as I can tell. ETA: when it does log it as a work out, it logs it as being on the…

My first few vacations as an adult was like that. Brought my running shoes but never used them, lol. My last few though, I actually did utilize the gyms. One was on a cruise and the treadmills over looked the horizon, it was really peaceful (a different day I ran around the deck for a few miles and that was also really…

I'm not sure what effect you're thinking of or why showering has anything to do with what work out you do (other than helping you not stink)....but if I'm sweating a lot and have to get ready for work, I like to make sure the temp is on the cooler side, otherwise I just continue sweating even after I get out of the shower…

so this is NOT about Star Trek..... ::backing away slowly::

I weigh daily, in the mornings (after using the restroom). I log it in to my fitbit app that uses a weight trend graph. Lots of normal weight fluctuations but it's the trend I'm interested in.

Usually on any first day at a new gym I like to first do a walk around then find either a treadmill or elliptical that’s centrally located and get on that while I continue to look around and take everything in. It gives me an idea of where I want to start, what areas are crowded, where I’ll be able to stretch at the end,…

I love fitnessblender.com. Their videos are also on youtube. Lots of workouts that you can do at home without weights.

I work out in the mornings before work and only have about 40 minutes start to finish and do just fine with nothing but coffee and water. On the weekends I will do longer sessions, sometimes in the morning before eating or sometimes in the afternoon at least 1 or 2 hours after lunch. I don't particularly notice a…

I go to work. I only have time for about 40-45 minutes for my work outs during the work week so it’s hard to exhaust myself, lol.

I get the same way while swimming. I don’t have waterproof music and I just get bored and have trouble pushing myself. I really think that if I had music that it would help tremendously. If you have spare money, maybe look into a waterproof iPod or something. I also suggest having a planned out routine to keep you going…

I have successfully lost up to ten pounds by eating 1650 a day. I’m 5’5” and close to my preferred maintenance range at 138

You can definitely do stronglift 5X5. I did it and enjoyed it, but I will let you know that it is likely to increase your hunger. Or at least it did for me (and I've heard the same from others) and I had trouble keeping to my calorie goals the day of. I didn't realize why I was so hungry all of a sudden till I figured out…

For coffee, I just enter the creamer calories in my food diary. Some people will add 5 calories per cup of coffee, but I do not.

When starting a new exercise program, go slow, slower than you want to at first. On days when you're too sore to work out, do a short warm up and then just stretch for 30 minutes as your work out (there are guided stretching videos on line, I like fitnessblender).

I would set the activity level to slightly active and make sure your weight is updated on your profile. I finally changed my weight and it took about 70 calories off my goal.

I have had a great alcohol free weekend. Last Wednesday I went out with my husband and a few friends and ended up drinking way too much and had to work through a slight hangover the next day. That night I decided I needed to go back to AF for the rest of the month. I’m so close to my weight goal and it’s clear now that…

You do not have to exercise to lose weight. A calorie deficit alone will do that.

You should be ok since you’ve rested so long. Make sure to warm up your muscles really well first though. And I suggest doing a warm up and a good 30 minute stretching session on your off days. It will help.

I have thinx and only use them as a back up to my cup and on super light days where it's pretty much just spotting. I do agree with heavier days they can be a little uncomfortable if they aren't a back up. But I love my Thinx for how I use them, they're perfect!

I use a cup and also use Thinx period panties as a back up ( I love them and never use anything disposable anymore). Thong ones for work outs. I did just buy a different brand cup than the one I was using for the past three years and noticed a lot of leakage, I'm not sure why. So, not sure if it's because you got a…

Yoga can be very beneficial. It's not cardio, no, but it improves strength and flexibility and can decrease stress and anxiety. You said you don't like sweating and feeling out of breath, yoga would be good for avoiding those.