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Nonesense, the scale should never be our basis. If you'll check my profile, my picture is clear proof that not everyone looks what they weigh. I'm 5'4", 135lbs. The lady who is about that height/weight in the photos looks differently.

I resolved to eat absolutely nothing refined, and nothing made in a factory. Nothing harmful to the environment, and especially nothing that lived a life of its own.

Been doing good, so far. Lots of steamed vegetables, fresh fruit, eggs, and yogurt. I think I'm starting to get the hang of this.

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I'm pretty sure this is the correct nutritional information for your oatmeal recipe.

Ahh, I had this problem before. I became addicted to the fasting diet, you see. Lost 50lbs in three months, then gained 15lbs back. Now, I'm not exactly unhappy with this, because I did look horrid at 105lbs.

I guess it's a matter of making changes for the long run. Fast-tracking is self-sabotage itself. Sustainability, honey. Sustainability, always.

I was a vegetarian because I read books that hit my conscience really hard, and when my uncle took me to a farm cattle slaughterhouse, I was pretty much disturbed for life.

I'm not one for vegan substitutes of food that have animal components as a prominent ingredient just because I was never into the stuff anyway. I don't think it's that hard if you let yourself ease into it by gradually letting go of animal-based food groups, but I wouldn't recommend going veg simply because you want to lose weight.

I tried to convert someone who tried for a bit (the allure of weight loss was, of course, just a part the actual message I wanted to convey) but never really cared for animals and it drove them crazy. After a year being vegetarian, now it's as if she's just carnivorous.

Oh man, summer usually means ice cream, ice cream, and more ice cream!

Fortunately, where I live, they're very forgiving of the waistlines of people who want something cold and sweet. Instead of ice cream, try halo-halo.

Gelatin cubes, sweet garbanzo and adzuki beans, slivered almonds, tapioca pearls, corn, shredded coconut, plus any tropical fruit you may want to add into the mix.

Add a bit of vanilla-flavored milk (or maybe yogurt), drizzled liberally with (preferably sugar free) syrup and you should have something that resembles a beautifully distorted sweet monstrosity (although there are those rare times they're arranged quite attractively, such as this sample of a halo-halo)

Also, guacamole with only mashed avocados and juice straight from a lemon is better, in my opinion, but sometimes we like to add a bit of tequila to rouse things up. You could always cut calories by dipping cucumbers/celery/carrots instead.

And then there's also the healthier dip alternatives: salsa or hummus. Mmmmm, hummus.

It's midnight and now I'm jonesing for some hummus. Damn you.

I'm sorry I'm about to give you information that may only worry or complicate matters for you even more, but take note of the fact that I am, by all means, no expert, and despite the fact that I don't just randomly pull things out of my arse for everyone to observe, I don't just make anything up either.

I've read studies that have been giving excessive/extensive cardio a bad rap and have been recommending variations that mimic survival techniques. The reasons, if memory serves me correctly, is as follows:

1. The human body, although perfectly capable of adapting to forced strain/stress put on system functions, isn't used to naturally having to perform long stretches of intense cardio as it sees no reason for the body to have to need to run for so long without purpose.

2. As a response to long/intense cardio (i.e. long cycling and marathon running), the body finds that it needs to replenish its source of energy and starts to send signals to the brain that it is craving energy from the easiest to digest source: sugar.

3. Long periods of running, and the sort, will cause you to crave sugar.

I can't account for the accuracy of any of the information I've just given you, but I'm pretty sure I read most of these out of the blogs/web articles of people who tout the paleo-diet and/or primal lifestyle.

If you're looking to read more about this, or ask people who obviously know more about the subject than I do, I suggest doing a search for your particular concerns over on the website with the best information about going caveman: Mark's Daily Apple

Additionally, the forums should be immense help. The people who are nuts enough to follow this lifestyle fully are complete health advocates. It almost makes me kind of ashamed, but then I eat a slice of cheesecake and that makes me feel better.

Hope that helps. And, hope I didn't make you hungry for some cheesecake.

Mmmmm, cheesecake...

Original Post by hobo2103:

I couldn't help but reply...I am by no means an expert, but I have some of the earlier "issues" you are describing.

How much fiber is in your daily diet? You should track it. You might be eating too much. Check with your doctor to see what the recommended amount is.

Also, do you have IBS? This might also be an issue to discuss with your doctor.

No IBS, no history of any bowel movement abnormality aside from what I've already mentioned, and I don't even take a fiber supplement! I'm what you call a "semi-veg", and eat an ovo-vegetarian diet.

Although, I have had a history of incontinence and lactose intolerance. Might be related? I don't consume dairy, so I highly doubt it, but just putting it all out there in case someone can put the pieces together and this happens to fit somewhere.

I know right? Seriously, why immerse yourself in all this bad energy? Take a chill pill.

What was the point of this post again? Well, I'm pretty sure it has absolutely nothing to do with sounding like an ass, so must you be so, ermm... quite simply put oversensitive?

Original Post by gi-jane:

"kids"?....  

An expression, honey. Like how the hosts on kids shows do when they're giving the viewing kiddies a fun lecture of sorts.

I could have used "friends" to mean the same, I guess.

Actually, to "toning" is the term used to define the process of getting rid of a layer of subcutaneous fat in order to have more developed muscles be visible.

Sorry, I just hate the "t"-word.

I suggest going all-out and developing all muscle areas via compound movement. For example, squats and presses, or lunges and curls. Back exercises and lifts that focus on the shoulder area are great too.

Another thing, if you're really looking to read up on female musculature, I suppose you should try a website with actual articles on it. I'm not sure an idea some person gives you from a forum would suffice (unless the commenter happened to be an expert).

Or, you could try asking someone over at StrongLifts

Hope that helped.

One thing about the movie miffed me, though. I'll just go ahead and say this (SPOILER ALERT BTW!):

As much as I thought they handled the Spock/Uhura pretty nicely and love the fact that nuSpock's persona leans towards a more human self as opposed to TOS's Spock who was more into his Vulcan side, but that scene at the transporter pad...

Seriously?

I thought that kind of killed it, even if we (the audience) were supposed to be seeing it from a more humorous viewpoint (Kirk's). I mean, seriously? Earlier he was saying something about being against favoritism, so how would a few  words from his dad make all that change? Errr..

Original Post by alexa81:

"It's delusional, is it not? Ice cream is not healthy. It shouldn't be a staple of someone's healthy diet and albeit healthier variations are abound, there's no getting past the fact that a cup of ice cream won't do you good other than to satisfy your sweet tooth."

really? rats i eat icecream every night lol :p

oh and p.s. i reccomend Edy's light Peanut Butter Cup if you love pb icecream.mmm

 

Well, there are some claims of health benefits with eating ice cream. Getting your calcium and whatnot (seriously, though? Ugh).

I'm big on ice cream science since I've made a lot of homemade varieties and when people catch me putting in oil they stick their nose up and point their finger at me for ever claiming to be healthy and I have to give better defenses for using oils other than "me wanna have ma numnums creamy!"

Turns out, ice cream has, I believe, a chemical that acts as both anti-depressant and appetite stimulant.

It's horrible and sad but people have to learn the hard way that it's not a good idea to believe that ice cream is diet food if they're 50lbs overweight and frustrated as to why they can't lose the weight and hating their pompous 10-years-younger cousins for acting like she knows more because she goes to a university.

On Edy's:

Nah, would rather not. Anything Edy's sold in my country has partially hydrogenated oils and HFCS since they need to have a better shelf life being imported from the west and whatnot.

The peanut butter ice cream I got is from a local company and only lists a total of seven ingredients that even a five-year-old would recognize, which is exactly why it's the one I buy when I need an ice cream fix.

Original Post by cellophane_star:

Not ice cream related but I saw in Shape magazine yesterday that people should avoid fruit yogurts because they can be high in sugar... instead of suggesting PLAIN yogurt, they said you should choose vanilla & lemon flavours because they have less sugar! Hello? They have the same amount! At least fruit yogurt contains fruit sugars!  

This makes me cry.

Also, I have to disagree with the fruit sugars thing, as the only difference between fructose and sucrose is that the former is a monosaccharide and the latter is a combination type of sugar (1:1 glucose/fructose). One is not better than the other, although there are some studies that claim that fructose converts to fat faster than glucose or sucrose, although I think a little bit once in a while never hurt nobody.

The thing about vanilla and lemon having less sugar is contrite, though. The sugar-free variety, although... I'm pretty sure there are less sugars in that.