Posts by emilyd22222

Original Post by amethystgirl:

Original Post by emilyd22222:

*hides behind overturned table to avoid flying objects*

Hey - you started this mess - come out and clean it up ;)

 *reaches around table with stick, pokes angry chained beast, ducks behind table giggling*

I know you don't think that a PT is a researcher, I just think people give them way more credit than they're automatically due with a masters and the title "PT."

What I meant, for the record, was empirical, peer-reviewed research, not someone who has claimed to do their own.

I think most beginners alternate between upper and lower so they can lift every day- this would be a mistake, correct? Even if you're alternating, you should rest between lifting days?

Original Post by kae03:

some degree of discomfort??? LOL...you want to take a crow bar and scratch with it and if you are not careful you will scratch yourself until you bleed!  it is horrible and all consuming!  catch it quick...it gets to that stage QUICKLY!

 

 Geez, you must have some bad yeast infections. I've never had one that's more than mildly uncomfortable.

I've wondered this too. The only way I've found is to edit the old recipe with a new title, directions, and ingredients.

Why we binge (a partial list):

• We don't enjoy our food when we eat it
• We eat when we're distracted
• We deny ourselves certain foods and label foods as good/bad
• We don't eat enough and our body needs more
• We use food in response to feelings
• We use food to fill up the time
• We have an eating disorder
• We have poor self-image and feel like we don't deserve better
• We eat because we are emotionally hungry, not because we're physically hungry- and while physical hunger goes away with food, emotional hunger does not
• We beat ourselves up when we binge, which makes the bad feelings worse

Original Post by qmwillcand:

none taken.

You gotta admit though, I bet he had a good time "researching"!

 

Yeah, how come no one told me this was an option when I signed up to be a researcher?

Keep in mind that one serving may be different from the portion they put down in front of you (I've seen frozen yogurt shops that use that trick- 1 serving is 100 calories or something, but they give you 2.5 servings in a small), although this seems unlikely based on the link.

Keep in mind that the effectiveness rate in the high 90s for BCP is only if you take them perfectly- that is, at the exact same time every day. I'm talking down to the hour. You can skip the placebos because they don't have any active ingredients in them, but it's best to keep taking them so you make it a habit.

The other points about STDs are valid- some have months or years of dormancy (HIV doesn't show up on tests for months), doctors don't routinely test for others unless you show symptoms, and people lie about their test results. I had a boyfriend (who I loved, trusted, adored, wanted to marry) who told me he was tested twice and it turned out that he never went.

Original Post by susiecue:

Original Post by kae03:

living together first does not make marriage easier...I don't have them with me so I won't say it's a fact, but heard that people who lived together first have a higher divorce rate...

This would not surprise me - but I think it has more to do with the fact that people who are raised to believe that living-together-before-marriage-is-wrong are also usually the same people who are raised to believe that divorce-is-wrong.  So, they do neither - even if they're miserable in the marriage.  (Which is not to say that all, or even most, of these people are unhappily married - just that if they are, they don't see divorce as an option.  And that skews the statistics.)

 I've seen those stats- and you make a good point. Correlation does not equal causation. Just because people who live together first are more likely to get divorced than those who do not, does not by any stretch mean that the living together CAUSES the divorce.

re: feminism. Agreed that many people misunderstand it. But remember, coffincritter, that equality feminism (as you describe it) is just one type of feminism, there is also difference feminism. The best way I've found to encapsulate feminism is, if you believe women should have access to the same choices and rewards as men, then you are a feminist. I don't think that people who don't believe that are necessarily misogynist (although many are), I think they're just underinformed. At the end of the day, it's just a label, and those who choose to take it have been associated with the misandrists, unfortunately.

Original Post by megsambit:

To emily: Dogs are actually omnivores.  Cats are carnivores.

Hm, I actually wasn't sure, so I looked it up, and it said carnivore. My dog (and most dogs today) is an omnivore, though. Regardless, the argument that only herbivores have molars is just completely wrong.

Well, I agree that humans have evolved to be omnivores. But I don't think this has any bearing on choosing to be a veg*n, unless you think that everyone should be veg*n. There are also arguments that humans have evolved as sprinters, not distance runners, but that certainly doesn't stop me from going on long runs- it just means I consider the limitations of the human form and take the necessary precautions to avoid injury. Similarly, while you can be a veg*n while you have evolved to be an omnivore, you will have to pay extra attention to getting enough of the vitamins and protein that most people get through meat.

ETA: I found this lecture while doing some internet research on the topic. I was surprised by some of the misinformation I found on vegetarian sites- one said that only herbivores have molars, which is clearly not true, as one look in my (carnivore) dog's mouth will tell you.

Original Post by lovehearts123:

So to tone up i shouldnt really bother with cardio? or do some of both to just get a good mix? Im trying not to look at a number on the scale - just more how i look and feel in myself. By adding muscle im adding weight right?!

Ill have to do a little research on weight training - never looked into it before and wouldnt know where to start!

 The best way to get a more fit, lean, defined look is to weight train. This is an interesting article about the different effects of steady state cardio (e.g., walking/jogging for a long time at a steady pace) vs. weight training and interval cardio (e.g., sprinting for a minute, easy for 2 minutes) on your body. If you're going from sedentary to active, you may gain some muscle regardless of what you're doing, but it won't be significant.

A lot of women on here, myself included, swear by The New Rules of Lifting for Women program. It incorporates cardio in the form of interval training, which gets way more bang for your buck than steady state. It's available on Amazon, and it was part of a buy one get one half off promotion at Borders this week. I started knowing nothing about weight training- so I can vouch that it's perfect for a beginner. By adding muscle you will be adding pounds (I'm talking maybe 3 max), but you will be losing inches.

Rabble rabble rabble

I read a lot of electronic journal articles, does that count? I hear it's hard for a lot of people, but I have done it for so long that I'm used to it. I highlight the (photocopied) articles if I have a paper copy, but I copy and paste the relevant text into a Word doc if I have an e-version, which makes organizing and writing based on it much easier.