Posts by baby_creature

I also doubt that it burns THAT many calories.  When I was swimming I just made sure I continuously swam for 30 minutes, and really tried not to put my feet down at all.  I felt like I got a good workout, because my arms and legs were exhausted.  I was just more concerned about making sure I got a workout for the day.

Thanks for the websites ladies!  I'm sure they'll help once I've increased my endurance!

Something that I learned the hard way when I first started having sex, is that sex can increase the chances of getting a bladder infection or a yeast infection, especially when you're not using condoms (semen changes the pH of your womanly areas). 

You might "feel funny" because you're developing something.  Always remember to go pee right after having sex, to make sure all the bacteria in your urethra (the tube that leads from your baldder to the hole you pee out of) gets pushed out.  The friction of sex causes bacteria to be pushed up and can cause bladder infections.

Class was great tonight! I definately felt it!

Thanks for the suggestion smurf, but the bikes we use don't have anywhere for you to read the watts.  Isn't effort how you feel your doing though?  If I feel like I'm putting in a vigorous effort and can only give a little bit more, than aren't I working vigorously?  Someone who's less in shape than me will require more effort to reach the same watts, so they will burn more calories than me.  Does that make any sense?

It might... don't they make lipo suction patients where girdles after their surgery?  Why don't you look up the reason for this... is it to make the skin shrink to the new size of the body and become reattached, or is it just as a bandage?

I totally agree with getting a real-life buddy, because I too always forget about the groups on here.  My boyfriend, who I live with has tried to help me, but he is the WORST eater ever, and the #1 reason I fell off in the first place and gained it back (we moved in together a year ago).

My friends are all really sensitive about weight related issues, and the mention of losing weight brings on fears of anorexia.  I need to find myself someone who isn't so jumpy about weight-loss.

Ugh, please don't try to make an argument about this.  I posted this in the fitness forum because I know there are other people on here who do Crossfit workouts, and would know that what I described is not ridiculous. If I wanted to plateau or have to work for hours to get the same effects than I would do lower intensity workouts.  Doing tons of cardio will never improve my overall strength which is why I have chosen to participate in these workouts.

I didn't post to get ridiculed. Maybe you should save your judgmental attitude for the posts about starving yourself to get thin.

Everyone's right about not rewarding your puppy for whining.  I know it's hard and you feel mean, but it's not going to kill her to hang out by herself while you go out during the day.  I'll bet you notice that she sleeps most of the day anyways when you are home, so she probably just settles down and naps.

Make sure when you come home though, that you don't go right to the cage and open it.  She probably starts whining again as soon as you come in the front door to get your attention, but if you open her crate right away, she will think it was because she was whining. Try using a command word like "quiet", said sternly but calmly, and everytime she hushes for a moment say "good quiet" and then finally open the crate when she's stayed quiet for a few moments.

My 4 year old chihuahua doesn't stay in a crate, but in a baby grated area of the hallway.  When we get home she has to go wait in her bed quietly before we'll take the gate down.

It depends on how you filled out your profile.  Did you fill out your profile o here and get that calorie amount to eat?  If you did, it depends on if you filled out your activity level or not.  If you put yourself as sedentary then you have to eat more, but if you filled out "moderate exercise" or something, than the calculator already took how much you exercise into account.

I love this discussion.  I'm actually writing a paper on this right now, about the competition between women to be skinnier and how it can carry on to eating disorders.  We're trying to see if more competitive women are more likely to development eating disorders.

A juice diet won't help much with the gas, and it might even make it worse.  Fruit has a lot of fiber and too much fiber can make you gassy.  I used to drink Booster Juice religiously and had to stop from the severe stomach aches it gave me from too much fiber. Plus, you won't be getting enough protein.

Water helps A LOT with bloating.  Just chug away and you'll get rid of a lot of salt.

Don't be so hard on yourself, I know it's hard, but you look great!  I'm jealous of your body frame, how you actually have a narrowed waist and hips.  My body is very square, so I just go straight down without any girly curves.

I agree with the other girls. I am 5'3" and 122lbs and I think I look the same as you.  The earlier pictures of you when you weighed 125lbs look waaaay smaller than I ever looked at 110lbs.

I'm giving blood today, so I search the forums and found this.  I understand that the number of calries you burn should be spread out over a few days, but doesn't your always replenish your blood, regardless of whether or not you give it.  It always gets rid of the old stuff and makes new stuff.

Also when you give blood, there's lots of glucose floating around in your blood, so wen you give it, that glucose and all those calories are removed, so you must lose some calories just from giving blood, even if it's not as much as 600 calories.

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Really plan your meals before you grocery shop and eating healthy shouldn't be too expensive. I graduated from unversity over a year ago, but my job that's meant to give me the experience I need for grad school doesn't pay very well.  I found that eating healthy WAS very expensive if I just went to the store and bought whatever I thought I might like in the coming weeks.  I found that I'd buy too much for myself to eat on my own before it went bad, so I'd end up wasting a lot of my healthy freash foods.  Now I'm on a very strict budget and I grocery shop every two weeks as I am paid bi-weekly, only stopping in for small things as I need them, so I always have fresh stuff.   If I buy just enough to get me through a week-2 weeks, and buy the non-perishable stuff in bulk, I find my money goes a lot further and I can afford to eat healthily... I'm not saying it doesn't get boring eating tuna salad everyday for lunch during my second week, but until I'm rich enough to spend more on groceries this is how it is.

This week I bought enough lunch meat and fresh buns to last the first week and then 7 cans of tuna for the second week for my lunches.  I bought lostof fresh veggies, a bag of baby carrots and 7 pieces of fruit for my morning snack.  I usually buy bulk plain almonds and a block of light cheese for my afternoon snack, but I still have lots left over from my last shop. I bought a box of microwaveable popcorn and even though they're not the best for you, I bought a family pack of chocolate granola bars for $4.99, because I often get out of control chocolate cravings in the evening (probably because I only eat one piece of fruit a day, and lots of vegetable that don't have sugar)... oh I also bought raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, granola and whole fat plain yogurt, which I'm hoping mixed as a parfait will healthily rid me of chocolate cravings in the evenings. I bought whole fat... 3% because my daily intake of fat is usually low, and hopefully the decadence of it will super satisfy me.  I have a million packages of frozen fish in my fridge for dinner with roasted veggies, and I usually buy a few chicken breasts.  I hate cooking for just myself so minimal work is best for me.  I bought a box of tuna helper too, because along with 1 can of tuna I can get 3 meals out of one box.  I usually eat protein powder for breakfast with skim milk (buy the extra filter for a few extra cents so it'll last longer), but I already had both of those at home and didn't need to buy more.

Ok... so I know that made no sense but my bill only came to $63!!  I will have to go back again next week for a carton of milk and some yogurt and fresh fruit for my snack and a few veggies (one zucchini, egg plant, cucumber,  and a few potatoes will last 1 person the entire week), but otherwise, I only spend about $80 on food every two weeks. $160/month on food is not bad and I know I'm getting lots of healthy food in.