Posts by kilkusj

Original Post by mrsdagle:

Again, thanks. y'all are confirming my suspicions. It gets weirder. She is the one who makes references to violence. one time she started an argument and then said she didn't want to talk about it anymore. She cut me off early and walked off. I followed her and continued-I was very upset. She later said that my continuing made her feel raped. she has defended that reference. I have been in verbal fights and I have been raped, I would never compare the two.

I think ultimately, I don't trust my BS detector. Then, I don't follow through with it.

 Yikes. Sounds like she is the one using loaded language!

We have a heater just for the bathroom in my office.

WHY??

I'm so close to being a man after finishing that book it is wild.

I'm also doing the NROLFW program, and this may get better results if you post in that group.

I can just speak to my own experience - other women in that program have a lot more knowledge to share. As far as the HIIT goes, I think there is some kind of metabolic benefit of doing it after the weights. I did it before for awhile but switched and had more energy for the weights.

Try to up your protein closer to 30% if possible and really watch what you are eating otherwise. I started noticing the most difference when I did those things and got past stage 1. You may also be overestimating what doing the program actually burns and need to adjust your calories. Also, the calories recommended by the book may be too high. Other people have found that as well.

Just for perspective - I eat around 1800 calories a day and I am 5'3, 124 pounds and exercise most days. I maintain my weight on this amount. You won't gain weight on 2000.

Just had a great breakfast this morning - whole wheat english muffin (130), egg (70 ish, depending on how you cook it), slice of cheese (80), and some sliced tomatoes. mmm...

Also - I love a wheat tortilla (130), a banana (100), tablespoon of pb (90), and a drizzle of honey folded over and grilled like a quesadilla.

I've read through your posts and I don't think anybody has mentioned this, but how about substituting some of the bike riding for walking? It may help address the knee issues, you're still moving, and it will be lower intensity than bike riding.

I'm in a PhD program for clinical psychology, so granted, that's different but here are just a couple of things I've picked up from our interview process.

WEAR A SUIT. You can never appear overdressed at an interview, and it WILL make someone stand out if they are not wearing a suit (in a bad way).

Be prepared to discuss why that particular program is a good fit for you - what they have that other schools don't - and why you are a good fit for it - how your previous experiences and skills can be demonstrated to their best advantage there, but also how they can fill in the gaps of what you still need to learn. I know that at least in grad programs in clinical psych, they are huge on FIT with the program. Otherwise, you are just another applicant with good grades and GRE scores that applied to a bunch of random places. You have to be able to coherently explain why you want to go to this program and not somewhere else.

And I definitely do not want to increase your nervousness, but the whole day is an interview. Even if they just have you meet other students in the program or everyone is eating lunch, that's part of the process and you should try to stand out (again, in a good way!) during that part as well. It's nerve-wracking, but as it was explained to me, if people can't hold it together for a day-long interview, interacting with others in a challenging environment, they probably can't hold it together during grad school either.

Best of luck to you!!

I too used to have pain in my knees when exercising because of a bad car accident. It took me quite a while (um, almost 10 years!) to get into an exercise routine that strengthened my quads without causing knee pain. Now that I have quite a bit of quad strength, my knees rarely hurt. I do all exercises in NROLFW without any pain, so that program for knee rehab sounds like it's worth a shot!

About 5 - 2 of cardio and 3 of weights.

I think your response of laughing hysterically is a great one. It covers so many bases :)

Although I don't think I'd want your problem (I can't imagine having to be on the defense all the time!) where I am currently living is night and day compared to previously living in DC. Guys just DO NOT hit on women here. Ever. My 5 girlfriends and I go out and I can honestly say all of them are gorgeous, and we don't even get a second glance. The guys are just very laid back I guess. It does start to make one wonder if they are getting old and unattractive though...(at 25...)

This is tough...I've only sat beside an obese person on a flight once and since I'm small, I had enough space. However, he moved himself when there was two open seats together so he was obviously uncomfortable. I'm sure if I were like a 6 feet tall dude I would have moved if possible.

Most colleges/universities not only have a clinic, but offer low cost student health insurance. That is probably worth looking into.

Well, if you havent varied caloric intake significantly, then it must be extremely unlikely that you ate 3,500 calories over maintenance 5 times since Monday. It's clearly not real weight gain.

In that case, you have to assume that it's one or a combination of the millions of other reasons our scale weight can fluctuation: sodium, water retention from that or ttom or building muscle from exercise, weighing at a different time of the time, weighing after eating, the scale just being messed up...

I know it's tough when you are trying to lose weight, but step away from the scale. Try weighing again next week.

Mad Gab!