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• Commented on Exercise Alone Won't Help You Lose Weight
  If you don't eat more, you'll probably lose weight from exercise alone. I think I eat less when I exercise a lot, maybe my body runs differently. It's a lot more noticeable if I'm stuffing myself or eating something that's...
• Commented on Orthorexia: Taking Healthy Eating Too Far
  While many people could be a bit more concerned about what they're eating, that's not what orthorexia is. I've seen it, it's disturbing and unhealthy. Katie is right....
• Commented on I've Lost My Focus Since Starting Exercise
  I don't like breakfast, would prefer not to eat before 11 am. However, I make myself eat it, and though I won't skip dinner, I'll eat it early enough or small enough to wake up hungry....
• Commented on Does Eating Low-Fat Foods and Sweeteners Improve Your Diet?
  I use 1 or 2% milk, and I use neufchatel instead of cream cheese. If I eat yogurt, sometimes I'll do low-fat, but if the choices are full fat or non-fat, full fat it'll be. I use regular sugar in...
• Commented on What Happens To The Body When You Quit Smoking?
  Metabolism drops about 10% max in heavy smokers. People gain weight because they eat instead, and keep eating. I don't see how anyone can quit without exercising, I've quit cold turkey 3 times (all for more than a year) and...
• Commented on I Don't Want to be Known as the Fat Girl
  And most importantly, never listen to people who speak in absolutes, i.e., tell you to NEVEr eat certain foods. It's unnecessary, and will cause more problems than making extra effort to eat healthy foods and live a healthy lifestyle. I...
• Commented on Eating Disorders in Middle-Age Increasing
  What does this have to do with anything?...
• Commented on First Steps on My Weight Loss Journey
  My advice would be to skip the raw food diet intermixed with Taco Bell binges, and find a healthier way that you can live and eat forever, and live that way. A temporary fix will lead to temporary weight loss,...
• Commented on Could Soy Sauce Reduce Salt in Food?
  I like soy sauce better too. I think because it's "saltier", you need less of it, then if you were using salt. MSG = umami....
• Commented on Mississippi: Fattest State in America
  Hi Julie! I've never been in the South, but I've definitely noticed about CO (where my family lives), and here in CA, where I live, there are bike paths, walking paths, fields to play in, places to hike. I've heard...
• Commented on Mississippi: Fattest State in America
  What is your problem? I think you need some exercise or medication, I certainly don't want to pay your stress related health care. I'd rather pay for more war, because that's the government's only job, certainly not to worry about...
• Commented on The Ravages of Constipation on Your Body
  I find it odd that you recommend acupuncture, but don't mention eating fiber. There's nothing like a few servings of veggies or brown rice to get things moving....
• Commented on Booze Might Make You Kill Yourself!
  Why do you post comments like this? Just trying to be obnoxious?...
• Commented on My Weight Loss Story
  I think some of that stuff can be enjoyed while losing weight, just not very often. Learn to love vegetables, fruits, beans, non-greasy whole foods, and eat them for the most part, and save the quesadillas and pizza as treats....
• Commented on Boil Carrots Whole for More Nutrients
  I agree with Trainer Shauna, and also want to say that there are often different nutrients available from a food depending on if it's cooked or not, as you can see from carrots. If you cook, you lose the Vitamin...
• Commented on I'm Sick of Being the Fat Girl
  Exercise and fiber will help with insulin/blood sugar much better than avoiding fruit, or GL nonsense. Here's some advice: don't listen to quacks, and use common sense. People believe some strange stuff!...
• Commented on How Effective is the Glycemic-Load Diet?
  Exercise improves insulin sensitivity, and if you do enough of it, your blood sugar should be quite stable, even if you eat ice cream. Personally, I think all these weird diets are distractions and avoidance techniques. Eat more vegetables, and...
• Commented on How Effective is the Glycemic-Load Diet?
  Right, don't give up. I'm not exactly sure what this GL diet is, but if you're eating a calorie deficit, the scale should eventually start dropping. It took almost three months for the scale to budge for me. My advice...
• Commented on How Do Those TV People Get So Freaking Skinny?
  It's more likely they don't eat meat (saturated fat, no fiber, cholesterol)...
• Commented on How Do Those TV People Get So Freaking Skinny?
  Some do this, others choose cigarettes and cocaine and puking their meals. Thin isn't always healthy, don't fool yourself....
• Commented on New Study Suggests Why Obese People Overeat
  I've seen friends on "Atkins" overeat plenty, on fatty meat. It's easier to do with highly processed carbs, but where there's a will, there's a way....
• Commented on Dogs: Man's Best Fitness Friend
  I share my landlord's dog, as he is home about every other night (she has a dog door, but is lonely). I have lived here about 3 years, but known her all her life. We used to go for 6-7...
• Commented on Poll: Who Shrunk My Chocolate Bar?
  I don't think that's an option. The cost of materials to produce food is rising quickly. So you can pay more for the same size, or pay the same for smaller. I'd rather have the smaller. And I don't eat...
• Commented on Poll: Who Shrunk My Chocolate Bar?
  This isn't true for most people. The majority will eat the whole candy bar, either mindlessly because it's there, or because they don't want to waste it. I think it should cost more and be smaller....
• Commented on Rotten Office Food Sickens 28 Employees!
  Puleeze, it wasn't rotten food. It's because whoever decided to clean it out didn't realize that you can't use both bleach and ammonia. Got chlorine gas? Now you know how to get some. Hint: Know your chemicals! And don't mix....
• Commented on Use Mindless Snacking to Lose Weight
  Wow, 150 pounds! Congratulations, that's awesome. I also think it makes a difference if your appetite changes from your snacking. If I eat more snack, I eat less meal (unconsciously), and my meals are usually heavier than the snacks. I...
• Commented on Use Mindless Snacking to Lose Weight
  I figured this one out a while back, when I realized that sometimes I just like to eat. I eat a LOT of fruit, lots of crudites (no dip-I detest sour cream) even popcorn occasionally. I don't think it adds...
• Commented on BeltzBib: Buckle Up and Stuff Your Face
  That's quite insane. I don't understand the whole eating in the car thing, anyway, and I never do it. A sip of water, at most, if I'm really thirsty. I think the bicycle is a more civilized way to travel,...
• Commented on Anti-Aging From The Inside Out
  Amen, sister! I do similar, though I'm not organized about it. I eat what seems appropriate or sometimes just available when I'm hungry or feel like eating. (Not too much, mostly plants)...
• Commented on It's Time to Panic...About Obesity
  I think obesity is a problem not just for health reasons, but also quality of life. It's hard to do many of life's essential functions when carrying around a lot of extra weight. I don't think we're serious about it,...