Posts by desertbeauty258

floor of the hotel room we rented for his parent's honeymoon. 

I have the same issue.  I don't know that it is technically body dismorphia but it is still an issue.  I constantly feel so much bigger than other people seem to think I am.  I think we all judge ourselves and are too harsh on ourselves sometimes.  It took looking at pictures to make me realize how thin I had been last summer and how unhealthy I started to look.  I also have friends who weigh more and look amazing.  I think it is partly due to body shape and body fat. 

I've been doing the same thing lately.  I don't know it seems like my mind should be set on eating less on those days but it ends up being a food fest. 

I also have the issue with the evening hours.  If I go to the gym it gets broken up and I don't have as much time to do as much damage and usually I don't feel so hungry.  Here lately my thing has been keeping myself out of the kitchen.  Maybe try playing on the computer or something that keeps your hands busy or requires a lot of concentration.  I've also found that reading is a good distraction if it is a book and not just a magazine.  It is a daily battle but I figure it should start to get easier at some point, right??  Is it usually sweets that you binge on?  For the last week or so I've been trying to limit anything sweet (even fruit) in the evenings and I am finding that it has helped a lot.  Once that sugar hits my tongue I'm done for!

Good luck!

I had one years ago that I got from Wal-Mart but I couldn't stand it so we got rid of it.... I could go forever and not even break a sweat or get tired. 

I probably have not been helping the situation..... I kept on doing my lifting program which is NROLFW and was not willing to stop doing squats and dead lifts.... whoops! I mean if it hurts I will stop but if it doesn't hurt at that moment than I feel too guilty to not keep up with my lifting.  I guess I will give that a break for a while....

It is hard no just stop what you have gotten used to so I don't think it was dumb at all for you to keep on going.  The thought of never being able to hike the Grand Canyon again (without a great deal of pain) has really gotten to me though so I'm trying keep off of it.

That sounds almost exactly like my issue!!! Except, that it has been longer than 3 weeks.

Have you been exercising these last 3 weeks?

The thing is I never really "hurt" my ankle.  It just one day out of the blue started hurting when I was running and continued to do so only when I ran.  Then after a few days it started hurting in daily activities and walking around.  The bone scan didn't show anything on that ankle.... they claimed I have arthritis in the one that doesn't hurt.... 

  I do have the same stabbing pain though on the inside of the ankle.  How long did it take to heal? 

Original Post by kc575757:

I had stress fractures in college, i was a lacrosse player, and it sounds as you described, it didn't always hurt when i was playing or running but after it was an ache... I had them in my foot and both shin bones, it was the inside of my mid shin, and it hurt when you applied pressure, even light pressure. I also had patella tendonitis, unfortunlately it's the way i'm built, wide hips and knock knees, it's very common in females.  I'd get a bone scan, but unfortunately it's just rest that heals it.  I would ease up on running and do lower impact stuff like biking and eliptical.

 How long does it typically take to heal? 

I don't think it is even about the point of how much he works out or any of those details but the fact that she is frustrated that he doesn't seem to care.  You can't make someone care as they have to do it for themselves. 

I agree that she needs to love him and support him no matter but I understand the frustration of having a husband who doesn't appear to care about his physical health. 

I used to do a lot of cardio and honestly yes they got smaller but FLABBIER!

Numerous people have told me to hit the weights so I recently started The New Rules of Lifting For Women.  Dead lifts, squats, lunges, step-ups are all involved and hopefully will do the job.  I carry the fat in the same exact place and am working on the same exact problem...  

Good Luck!

That is probably it then.  1/2 cup of regular Quaker oatmeal has 4 grams of fiber so your typical cup should have about 8 grams of fiber.  That is a good deal of fiber IF you were not eating much fiber before.  It takes your body a while to adjust to fiber so usually you add a bit gradually to prevent the bloating, gas, constipation, etc.

I feel your pain!  I have this problem as well.  Sometimes a plain bowl of oatmeal does to trick but other times it just leads me to a binge till I make myself sick. 

I think the above posters gave some good advice.  Save your calories and keep an emergency snack on hand.  I've been trying to just eat fruit or yogurt when these hit and sometimes it helps. 

Also try brushing your teeth!!  Nothing nastier than trying to eat with the taste of fresh mint in your mouth.  That worked for me the other night. 

Pack up his stuff and toss it outside.  Tell him to leave or you will call the police. 

Original Post by spatch:

Lifting ideas:

•  Lunges using step box or stair. Face away from the box and step back with one leg. Lunge x times, switch, rest, repeat. You can always add weight by holding dumbbells at the same time. I have found that these burn WAY more than regular lunges.
• Squat jumps. You can do these with the bar in a squat rack in order to make them more difficult.
• Squats with ball against the wall (helps you keep your form). You can make it more difficult by grabbing a medicine ball and raising it up as you squat.
• Straight leg dead lift
• Good mornings
• Calf raises with or without weight
• Push-ups on a BOSU (ball side down). You can switch it up by doing the push-up with your feet on the BOSU instead of your hands.
• Chest press on flat, decline, and incline benches
• Dips using a flat bench
• 3 way bicep curls (dumbbell perpendicular to floor and curl, dumbbell parallel to floor and curl, palms facing away from you and curl)
• "7's" bicep curls (only curl 1/3 of the way to your chest, back to start, curl halfway to your chest, back to start, curl all the way to your chest, back to start. That's one rep. 7 reps, 3 sets)

I could go on and on...I switch it up between these exercises and many others.

Good luck!

 Thanks! I started doing a few of these but I can def up the intensity with some of your suggestions.

Original Post by mwheeler75:

You mentioned that you do squats and lunges on the same day as you HIIT.  On days I do HIIT, I only do HIIT. I may do light abs, stretching etc but all my energy goes into the HIIT. I would think if you are doing true HIIT then you wouldn't be able to do leg routines the same day. You may be sacrificing one or the other by doing them on the same day. I agree with cutting out the endurance run as well, unless you are training specifically for a race or something of that nature. I also think the medium level intervals for 75 minutes may be more than you need to be doing. Trim that back, do your leg routing on that day and another non HIIT day.

 I actually haven't done those YET on the same day.  I did HIIT this Tuesday but only did a few weights and some leg presses cause I was fairly tired.  I just wasn't sure if I should be doing lunges, squats, etc and then doing more the next day.  I mean I guess it is only a few things so I could...    I'm pretty sure it was true HIIT.  I did 30 second sprints on a speed of 10 then recovered for 60 seconds.  I did somewhere between 6-8 sets.  I lost count after a while and had to adjust since it takes a few seconds to get the machine up to speed.  I went until my legs felt like they were going to collapse on me.  Maybe I need to do more advanced and shorten my recovery? 

The intervals wouldn't be 75.  At the most it would be between 45-60 and then the abs.   I was wanting to keep one endurance day because I plan on doing some 5k's here soon and want to make sure I can last and keep my time.