Posts by dreadfulpenny

Quoted post has been moderated and can no longer be seen.

I find it necessary to report this post for TOS violation.

I see a trainer once or twice a week and have done so all year. However, I found her through the university I attend, so the cost is significantly lower than what you'll find ordinarily. (About 1/3.)

It's really great for me because I cannot wimp out on going and getting a tough workout because I don't want to waste her time or my money. I really like and trust my trainer because she is always very invested and concerned about helping me increase my fitness without injury.

My trainer always adjusts my workout based on the progress I've made and how I'm doing day to day, week to week. So for me, really a great thing, but it's very much a your mileage may vary kind of thing.

I love pumpkin cheesecake so much. I should add the disclaimer that I love anything in that pumpkin-y vein. I don't dig pumpkin soup, but pumpkin pie, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin spice lattes. Oh heck yeah.

As everyone else said, yeah, that's probably about right. That whipped cream's gonna get you, too. Since it's a local joint, I can't say whether you got 2% or whole milk, but you can take charge of your order as long as you don't mind giving them a long explanation of what you want.

I can't (read that as won't) give up my froofy coffees, so I go with a skinny grande vanilla latte at Starbucks, which is 130 (90 for a tall).

Or at Tully's I'll get a sugar free mocha with nonfat milk and light syrup and guesstimate it at around the same number of calories as the skinny vanilla since 2 tbl of sugar free chocolate syrup is 15 calories. Tully's annoys me that they don't have the sugar free mocha info on their site.

Tracking everything I eat. Absolutely the biggest tool in my weight loss arsenal. Otherwise I forget what I've eaten and eat far more than I need because "I haven't eaten all day."

I kept having to pull my pants up while I jogged.

You can do it. Just think of how proud of yourself you'll be when you make it through the day resisting the things you don't need.

I use an adblocker and never see ads on this site. I highly recommend it to anyone who is bothered by ads for any reason at all.

I did it for my self-esteem. Now that I've lost so much weight, I can see that I was far less healthy than I thought I was.

It's weird. I've gotten it from a man I dated (and who I am no longer dating, thank you), from my boss, and even from my manicurist. I've lost nearly 70 pounds at this point, gotten into the best physical condition of my adult life, and I feel a lot better about myself, but I really don't get these "don't lose any more," "don't lose too much weight," and "be careful how much weight you lose" comments.

At 5'8", 158-160 is not even close to too thin. The guy I was dating told me not to lose any more weight when I weighed 180.

All I want is a better cushion from an overweight BMI, a little less flab around the middle, and better physical fitness. I'm getting there with diet and exercise and I'm keeping healthy goals and methods in mind.

All I can figure is that people just don't have a good idea of what a healthy weight really is anymore. It's distorted by a majority overweight population and an irrationally thin media portrayal of what is beautiful. Talk about a disconnect between reality and "ideals."

I read around a bit and found a variety of advice on how much tuna you should eat because of concerns about mercury poisoning. The NRDC has some fairly cut and dried recommendations based on body weight.

The FDA recommendations (which are the same as the EPA recommendations) are perhaps a bit less extreme, but regardless, they also recommend not eating as much as you're wanting to eat:

Eat up to 12 ounces (2 average meals) a week of a variety of fish and shellfish that are lower in mercury.

• Five of the most commonly eaten fish that are low in mercury are shrimp, canned light tuna, salmon, pollock, and catfish.
• Another commonly eaten fish, albacore ("white") tuna has more mercury than canned light tuna. So, when choosing your two meals of fish and shellfish, you may eat up to 6 ounces (one average meal) of albacore tuna per week.

I love tuna and was sad to realize that I shouldn't eat as much as I like. Now I have it a couple of times a month and even then it's a guilty pleasure.

tl;dr: Forget concerns about sodium, do not eat tuna every day for weight loss because of the mercury risks.

I expect manners from my friends because I consider them to be a sign of respect for the other person. I will not be good friends with someone who can't exhibit basic respect for me just as I exhibit basic respect for them.

I don't expect manners from strangers, but from friends, yes, I do.

I recently discovered that my arch cramps are actually related to my shins. I now foam roll my shins and there are a couple of spots on my shins that when I foam roll them, my arches will cramp for the period of the rolling. It's a direct correlation in my case. I'd suggest giving it a shot, if you're like me, you'll find the connection pretty quickly.

This is a very recent discovery for me. I've been foam rolling my shins for about a week, and I'm getting a bit less cramping now. I think with time and diligent rolling, in my case the cramping will be alleviated.

Vagoo (not my term)

Last night I was trying to explain to a friend why I hate supermans (the exercise) and "mons" is just so clinical to explain where I get bruised from the exercise, so the euphemism now is "pushin cushion."

Still hate supermans. I'm bruised two days later after that exercise class.

If it's an isolated splurge, I'd say no, you won't gain weight. If you make this a habit, then yes, you probably will.

I had a big splurge on Thursday (3500 calories when I usually eat under 2000) and I was actually down on the scale the next day.

I like what I read here on a regular basis: a single day's overeating isn't going to cause to you gain weight any more than a single day's undereating will make you lose weight.