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| The Lounge | Good books on loving yourself (no, not like THAT) | Mar 22 2011 20:25 (UTC) |
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The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff.
IMO, what you really really really need to do when you get like that is grab some perspective and stop fixating on things that don't matter anyway. |
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| Games & Challenges | Word association | Oct 30 2010 19:30 (UTC) |
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Fever |
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| Games & Challenges | 10 lbs. or More by Halloween Challenge - 10/20 weigh-in | Oct 30 2010 01:08 (UTC) |
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I'll weigh in on Halloween. :D Aunt Flo has been visiting this week and she always brings an abnormal amount of heavy baggage with her. I got in TWO ten mile walks, though, in addition to my daily 4-miler! And I've been as good as gold so far as calories go, even with Aunt Flo visiting. (I absolutely had to have chocolate today, but a Zone double dark chocolate nutrition bar served as a positively decadent tasting lunch.)
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| Games & Challenges | Thanksgiving Challenge - Week 3 weigh-in (10/22) | Oct 22 2010 16:32 (UTC) |
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5'7" SW for this challenge - 191 pounds Week 1 10/8: (didn't join yet) GW for Thanksgiving: 175 pounds
The measuring tape is more encouraging this month than the silly scale. :) |
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| Weight Loss | Adjusting daily calorie needs based on calories burned with exercise. | Oct 21 2010 16:03 (UTC) |
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I'm going to repeat an answer I gave someone else here because after reading it, I realized how applicable it is to so many questions I ask myself. One of those days where you write something down and actually wonder where the hell that came from -- you like it and it feels like someone else wrote it. For all the "Ask Mary" good sane sensible answers, and the calculators we have on Calorie Count, etc. etc., I think people sometime lose sight of the fact that mileages vary. The exact science is useful, but exact science isn't always exactly accurate when it comes to inexact biology and reality. Once you figure out what the estimated burn calculation is of whatever exercise you're doing, you plug it into the tools here and figure out what deficit you're running for the day. A calorie deficit calculator of -952, for example, would [begin cut and paste of earlier answer] mean you're taking in 952 fewer calories than the ESTIMATION of how many calories you burn a day. Do that (divide 3500 by 952 for the answer.... I don't feel like doing math right now) times, and that's about how much it takes to lose a pound. (and you know what? Even at that, there are variations as you look at your body and try to change it: Density has to be taken into consideration if you're going to analyze what = what. A pound of water (which has no calories) takes up more space than a pound of fat. A pound of fat takes up more space than a pound of muscle. If you completely dessicated yourself, dehydrated yourself, mummified yourself, you would weigh considerably less considering how much of your body is made up of water. Yet water is good. Oh, yes, very very good. And if you are retaining water, the answer is usually to drink MORE water to flush it out. Dehydrated bodies are poorly functioning bodies, miserable at processing the food you eat and using those 3500 calories as fuel to be used efficiently.) Calorie Count is an invaluable tool, but you have to remember our bodies are not machines all calibrated to run at exactly the same rate and burn fuel exactly the same way. And even automobiles, which ARE calibrated to run exactly the same rate and burn fuel exactly the same way, have fluctuations in mileage. My Miata may get more miles per gallon than your Miata. (And certainly more than somebody's SUV.) 3500 calories are in a pound. That is fact, like there are 16 ounces in a pound. How many calories you burn per day depends on a kajillion different factors. Calorie Count has tools that calculate the estimated amount of calories you burn to help you decide how many calories to intake a day to lose, gain or maintain -- as close a guesstimate as you're gonna get. But your mileage may VARY. Not enough to matter much, but you just can't treat it as gospel. Sometimes you'll burn more, sometimes you'll burn less. You and your body have to figure it out if you're stuck on the details. My way of dealing with it is not to get stuck on the details, and go for "rough estimates." And MEASURE regularly, as well as using the scale - no matter what you're going for (losing, gaining, maintaining, etc.). And most importantly, pay attention to what your body can do and how it can move. That's what you need the fuel for -- that's what burns calories -- that's what builds lean muscle. That's kinda the only really important thing. Making it look better is a bonus prize because most humans happen to see bodies that can do lots and lots of things as more attractive than those that can't. |
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| Weight Loss | Scary Revelation | Oct 21 2010 15:54 (UTC) |
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Look at the positives. Usually, people who love food (I am one of them!) not only love high caloric food but absolutely adore lots of things that aren't as high in calories, as well. If you take the pressure off eating the low calorie things and look at ALL food as as much of a "reward" as eating the high calorie things, it's a lot easier to say to yourself, "Damn, I think I'll choose this healthy thing instead of that unhealthy thing. I can have the high calorie thing later down the road (maybe in a few days) if I'm truly still craving it and I've eaten plenty of it so far so I know what it tastes like... but I'm going to enjoy this piece of fruit right now. It. is. delicious." (Or, as a real life recent example.... holy moly, this Zone double dark chocolate bar has 190 calories and 12 grams of protein and is actually MORE delicious than that hot dog or a Snicker's bar at this here convenience store.) Biggest thing, though, is move around. Move move move. You love food biologically because your body wants to use it as fuel. If you're fairly inactive, moving around isn't as comfortable as nestling in the couch and watching tv just because you're not used to moving it around. Bodies in motion stay in motion, bodies at rest stay at rest. Truth. |
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| Weight Loss | Calorie analysis | Oct 21 2010 14:22 (UTC) |
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Means you're taking in 952 fewer calories than the ESTIMATION of how many calories you burn a day. Do that (divide 3500 by 952 for the answer.... I don't feel like doing math right now) times, and that's about how much it takes to lose a pound. (EDIT - and you know what? Even at that, there are variations as you look at your body and try to change it: Density has to be taken into consideration if you're going to analyze what = what. A pound of water (which has no calories) takes up more space than a pound of fat. A pound of fat takes up more space than a pound of muscle. If you completely dessicated yourself, dehydrated yourself, mummified yourself, you would weigh considerably less considering how much of your body is made up of water. Yet water is good. Oh, yes, very very good. And if you are retaining water, the answer is usually to drink MORE water to flush it out. Dehydrated bodies are poorly functioning bodies, miserable at processing the food you eat and using those 3500 calories as fuel to be used efficiently.) Calorie Count is an invaluable tool, but you have to remember our bodies are not machines all calibrated to run at exactly the same rate and burn fuel exactly the same way. And even automobiles, which ARE calibrated to run exactly the same rate and burn fuel exactly the same way, have fluctuations in mileage. My Miata may get more miles per gallon than your Miata. (And certainly more than somebody's SUV.) 3500 calories are in a pound. That is fact, like there are 16 ounces in a pound. How many calories you burn per day depends on a kajillion different factors. Calorie Count has tools that calculate the estimated amount of calories you burn to help you decide how many calories to intake a day to lose, gain or maintain -- as close a guesstimate as you're gonna get. But your mileage may VARY. Not enough to matter much, but you just can't treat it as gospel. Sometimes you'll burn more, sometimes you'll burn less. You and your body have to figure it out if you're stuck on the details. My way of dealing with it is not to get stuck on the details, and go for "rough estimates." And MEASURE regularly, as well as using the scale - no matter what you're going for (losing, gaining, maintaining, etc.). And most importantly, pay attention to what your body can do and how it can move. That's what you need the fuel for -- that's what burns calories -- that's what builds lean muscle. That's kinda the only really important thing. Making it look better is a bonus prize because most humans happen to see bodies that can do lots and lots of things as more attractive than those that can't. |
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| Weight Loss | Strange weight loss almost overnight? | Oct 21 2010 14:14 (UTC) |
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It happens. Sometimes it's water weight, sometimes it's just you were super bloated in the first place (gas, a big poo gathering steam in there for awhile, whatever) so your collective loss didn't show for awhile, sometimes the moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with Mars. A 3 pound fluctuation from day to day happens all the time. Don't read too much into it. And don't expect it all the time. |
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| Games & Challenges | 10 lbs. or More by Halloween Challenge - 10/20 weigh-in | Oct 20 2010 18:57 (UTC) |
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Starting weight - 201 10/13 weight - 191 10/20 weight (current weight) - 189 Goal weight by Halloween - 175. Yeah. heh. Maybe I'll get a really short haircut and come close (man, I need one - hair's getting crazy long). |
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| Weight Loss | I used to weigh 100 lbs, then 105, then 110, now 120!!! | Oct 14 2010 15:13 (UTC) |
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You know the answer. Stop (or at least cut way back) drinking beer and eating fast food. So far as SPEED goes, the more you exercise and eat healthfully (no crazy super low calorie diets... they'll just screw with your metabolism so it actually takes just as long to lose on those diets as if you ate healthfully), the more efficiently you'll lose weight. You don't need a gym to exercise. Stairs exist all over the place - they work just as well as a stairmaster. You can walk to get from point A to point B and it works just as well as a treadmill -- try to walk across varied terrain, if you can. Walk at a fast clip. A little mini-trampoline is pretty cheap if you want to do some high intensity impact training... you just bounce on it for as many counts as your stamina allows, and that is one serious cardio workout. If you can't get a mini-tramp, RUN the stairs rather than just walking them. Me, I'm not so big on running - hard on the joints and since I do my exercise outside (getting from point A to point B), running is so "obvious" and attracts attention. Whereas a good fast clip while you're walking has been proven to get rid of belly fat (both from personal experience and studies). Just cut out the beer and fast food, eat a ton of fruits and veggies, drink lots of water, and move your body. The more you emphasize SPEED of your weightloss, the more you're likely to gain it all back plus plenty more. It'll happen. |
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| The Lounge | Which song to play while walking down the aisle? | Oct 13 2010 17:16 (UTC) |
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The best song I ever heard played at a wedding was "I Got You Babe." It was played at the end after being pronounced man and wife, after a pretty traditional service. Totally unexpected, totally appropriate, totally charming. |
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| Games & Challenges | Thanksgiving Challenge - Week 1 weigh-in | Oct 13 2010 15:46 (UTC) |
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Ok, stillwater.... I'm not the most reliable checker-inner, but you're so welcoming, I'm pretty confident you won't mind my stepping into this challenge, too. :) I need a goal for after Halloween. Current start weight - 191 pounds (10/13/10) Goal weight for this challenge - 175 pounds by Thanksgiving. Figure since I won't make that goal by Halloween, I might as well shoot for it for Thanksgiving. (Heck, there's always Christmas after that. :D heh) I'm still walking a minimum of 4 miles a day at a really good clip with a 10 mile walk in once a week or so. Aiming to increase that daily mileage as well as the frequency of the 10 mile walk... at least never miss a week on it. For me, walking is always the answer - and walking outside. As good for my head as it is for my body. I like getting from place to place better than logging in miles on a machine... for some reason that's important to me. I'm sure there's some deep psychological issue that's getting resolved for me there. heh. |
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| Games & Challenges | 10 lbs. or More by Halloween - 10/13 weigh-in | Oct 13 2010 15:24 (UTC) |
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I've lost track of which challenges I'd joined and which I haven't.... my goal for the end of september was 185 (started out on 9/1 at 201 (or 202, can't remember))... definitely didn't make my goal, which I knew was overly ambitious... but heck, at least I haven't gained, and I am still losing. Goal for Halloween WAS 175, which I'm clearly not going to make, but I'm making headway.
So Stillwater, I know you're running at least one of the challenges I belonged to. :) If I'm still on your charts and graphs (I know you're crazy wonderfully organized), record my 10/13 weight at 191 please.
xxoo |
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| Games & Challenges | 10 lbs. or More by Halloween - 10/13 weigh-in | Oct 13 2010 15:23 (UTC) |
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doubleposted by accident. oops. |
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| Weight Loss | what size at what weight? | Sep 27 2010 21:58 (UTC) |
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195 and still have to wear 18s in most pants because of MY GIGANTIC ASS and thighs. The waists all have to be taken in, though, |
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| Games & Challenges | Challenge --> 20lbs by Halloween. | Sep 21 2010 17:40 (UTC) |
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Started this month at 201. (202 in the mornings - my body is so weird) Currently 196 - 5 pounds gone. (I have a feeling I'll have another jump in a couple of days.)
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| Games & Challenges | September 2010 Weight Loss Challenge - Ladies Only! *Open Sign Ups* | Sep 21 2010 17:05 (UTC) |
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Current Weight: 196 pounds ... feels like I should have lost more, but I haven't, and that's ok. :) I just got spoiled losing a whole bunch so fast for a brief period there. Down 5 pounds from beginning of the challenge but I'm stronger and stronger. |
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| Weight Loss | Why is extreme thinness considered attractive? | Sep 08 2010 04:07 (UTC) |
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Nobody pleases everybody. Eye. Beholder. That thing. But who do you want to please? Douchebags like Joan Rivers and some guy who talks about having "yellow fever" and about wanting to feel like superman around submissive waifs? Or smart, healthy people? |
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| Games & Challenges | Change 1 letter Only Game | Sep 07 2010 19:06 (UTC) |
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mace |
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| Foods | Mayonaise alternatives (other than yogurt or mustard :) | Sep 07 2010 17:05 (UTC) |
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Dude. If he's at all open to just the hint of mustard, Hellman's (or Best Foods) Dijonnaise! It has a little dijon mustard flavor, but just as creamy and satisfying and the same "bind food together" properties as mayonnaise. 15 calories a Tablespoon. It is DELICIOUS on a sandwich or in tuna salad, egg salad, deviled eggs, etc. http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipes/taste- tests/hungry-girl/mayonnaise-vs-dijonnaise/ |
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