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Also, as a heads up, we med students hardly learn anything about nutrition, unless we do it in our own free time. Your doctor isn't talking about it because they just don't have a clue. You need to see a dietitian, or someone who has gone to school for it.

This speaks to me because we just talked about this in my classes for med school. Yes! It is your sodium! Yes, you can easily gain 5 pounds! Not only will you gain that water, but it will take about 3-5 days for you to lose it. Now imagine having high sodium for days in a row. Not only that, but women are more prone to…

I was about to say that it would be nice if they had bigger seats with more room that cost a little more, but isn't that first class? Honestly curious, if you're that worried about fitting in the seats, why not just get first class? Wouldn't it be cheaper than two coach tickets?

Try cutting out the diet sodas. I could drink three or four cans of diet soda, but give me some water and I'd probably dehydrate first. I cut out the diet sodas and only allowed myself water. It sucked at first, but eventually I started to want water more and more. Now I drink 10-11 cups a day.

Honestly, if you didn't think there was some truth to it, it wouldn't be bugging you so much. You would read it, laugh at how dumb that person was, and move on. I remember it hit me hard when I found out I was in the "obese" BMI. I knew I had gained weight, and was maybe a bit chubby, but obese? It was part of my wake up…

What about finding a free activity that starts in the morning? Some of the local libraries and community centers around here have free workout sessions and other classes. I'm awful about staying in bed, but if I can make myself get up and do something I'm okay.

I have the same problem! I've always had big calves. Add running for a few years on top of that and throw on getting fat and my calves don't fit in anything. I think they were like 17 inches around last time I measured. They're the calves that most guys want for themselves. :P I wanted to get some cute boyfriend capris…

You might also want to consider that you're probably going to have a problem with excess skin if you lose that quickly. A slower loss will give your skin some time to reshape itself.

Clover, there's probably not a lot you can do right now. Especially if he is raiding. Trying to limit his time when he has good grades is going to probably backlash. Either encourage other SOCIAL activities with set times like someone else mentioned, or let it go for now. If he's still keeping up on his grades, he's…

As for everyone saying they don't understand how a game ruined a relationship, you've obviously never been in a relationship with an addicted gamer. Even in people who have been gamers their whole life and never had problems, something about WOW and certain other games just pulls you in. It becomes your second social life.…

*Raises hand* Me, me,me I actually have been into very casual computer gameing my whole life, but my boyfriend got into WOW his senior year of college and got me interested too. I ended up playing for around a year and a half. Go Horde! The previous poster wasn't kidding about the raiding being another job. Our guild had…

I'm doing the 17 DD and trying to keep to 1200 ish calories a day. It's a little weird, because as soon as I started it, I stopped feeling hungry all the time like I did before when I was eating around 3000 calories. This is my usual day. Breakfast/Snack Fruit and Greek Yogurt or an egg-white and turkey sausage"muffin"…

Hmmm...it may be worth a shot to just try it for a couple of weeks.

Just to clarify, are you saying that the fit bit gave you only 400 calories instead of the 600 you were expecting for working out? Or that it gave you 400 more calories a day in general? Because if it's the first, it sounds like you were over calculating your workout calories and need to try sticking to what the fitbit…

My meals Fruit and Fage greek yogurt for breakfast/snack For lunch I usually have some version of a salad with ground turkey and marinara or taco seasoning, or maybe chicken breast and buffalo chicken sauce I usually include some baby carrots and maybe a fruit cup as well as a jiff peanut butter to go for dessert For…

Because whether I like it or not, most of my social occasions involve food. I can almost always convince people to choose Subway or Wendy's, where they can get wherever they want and I can get turkey, cheese, and mustard on wheat. While it may not be the best option, it is a better option. I'm sure you're on MFP because…

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I just started this a week ago and it has helped me tremendously cut out sugar, candy, and crap. I'm not sure if its the lean protein and veggies or what, but it practically killed all of my junk food cravings. I'm eating around 1200 calories and any exercise calories, but that's only because that's the calorie amount I…

I'm lactose intolerant and finally cut out most of my dairy a few months ago (I LOVE milk), but even I still eat a greek yogurt everyday and maybe a 1/4 cup of cheese every now and then. Going from lots of dairy to minimal dairy made a huge difference in the way I feel, but I'm not sure what the point of cutting out dairy…

More than likely you are over estimating your calories burned. Exercise machines and mfp are notorious for over estimating calorie burn. If you have your calories set to lose half a pound, even a small over estimate will put you ever the calories needed to lose weight. I would suggest not eating back your exercise calories…

Oh man, back when I was decently fit, I was still only doing about 30 minutes on the higher settings. Before I tried it, I remember watching everyone else struggling through and thinking pffft, it can't be that bad. Then I got on and barely made it ten minutes. That's totally normal. You'll get there!

I used to be a huge soda drinker. Until I ended up with about a grand in dental bills because the acid had started to erode my once awesomely strong teeth. I drank A LOT of soda, like 2x to 3 x what you drank. The only problem with flavored water is it usually has citric acid or other acids that erode the enamel of your…

I just recently tipped the scales at "obese" BMI wise. I realized I was gaining weight, but I thought I still looked pretty good. Until one day I put on a turtleneck sweater I had just bought and noticed my double chin. It wasn't huge, but I definitely hadn't seen it before. Later, I got in the shower and noticed some new…

I sit down and plan out pretty much every meal for the week. I started doing it to help control our grocery budget and pay off school loans, but it has helped tremendously with watching what I eat. For example. I tend to have a fruit and yogurt for breakfast everyday. If I want something else, I make low calorie egg white…

I'm really not understanding why everyone seems to think that 1200 calories a day is torture. 3 cups of salad have less than 90 calories. I can eat a salad topped with ground turkey and a low calorie marinara sauce and have a very filling lunch for less than 300 calories. Throw in some carrots and a fruit cup, and I'm…

Just Dance 3! I actually bought my kinect just so I could play these games. I can play for an hour and burn around 400 calories and not even think about it.

I only have 1200 calories a day because I'm pretty much sedentary. I'm in med school so not only am I in class all day, but when I get home, all I do is sit on my butt all day studying. I do however eat any exercise calories I get. Honestly, when I first started, it was tough because I was used to eating a bunch of high…

I'm breaking out my recent anatomy class knowledge here. At least its useful somewhere. :p. Basically, for about the first six weeks you start lifting, the increase in strength is actually your body learning how to better recruit your muscle fibers to contract. You become better controlled with the movement and your…

Unless you're drinking a lot of it, you shouldn't have too many problems since you'll still be getting minerals and electrolytes from other things. There's not really a reason to drink it though. We used this stuff in our chem labs in college to clean things before experiments. Because it's so pure, it keeps any trace…

Regular water has a bunch of ions and such in it. Distilled water has had all of these removed. These ions move from high amounts to low amounts, so basically, distilled water is leeching these ions from your body in order to balance the concentrations.