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I read a lot of posts in the past about women being sad about their huge ribcage when I was looking for a solution for my large ribcage. It made me sad how many women were so bothered by it and how they admitted to becoming bitter towards other women for their small ribcage. I first want to say, it's worse in your own eyes, I've seen big rib cages...BIG, and these women pull it off just fine, we are our own worst critics. But anyways! I wanted to ask if anyone tried the breathing techniques and abdominal strengthening exercises? It's made a huge difference for me. I too was told I lookedmalnourished and that I was too skinny for my own body. I didn't start to see improvements, though, until I had lost the desired amount of fat and started toning. Very padded bras help keep the proportion, and you don't need a small ribcage to still look good. I got my big rib cage from my mom. But really try the ab and breathing techniques, my sister and fianc? have both asked me how I made my ribs smaller andI haven't gained a pound!
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Addicted to kool-aid/sugar, gaining weight from it.
So at the beginning of June I decided to quit soda. Since I was drinking diet, I wasn't gaining any weight from it. The thing is, I was drinking about 4 liters, the equivalent of a full gallon every day.
The unfortunate thing is, in my mind, I have not successfully quit. I am instead drinking a full gallon of kool-aid every day. I put in half the normal amount of sugar, but that's still a full cup instead of 2 cups. I just did a calculation and that's 774 calories that are doing nothing beneficial to my body.
I attempt to drink water, consume a full cup then decide it doesn't have the sweet taste I desire and proceed to drink a full cup of kool aid next.
Because of all the kool-aid, I've gained 7 pounds since June started. Fortunately, I've been on a diet for a year now, lost 60 pounds, and am at a solid 20.2 BMI. But the pounds are creeping back on.
Any suggestions on how to stop my kool-aid addiction would be great. I just don't know what to do because I went a year drinking massive amounts of diet soda everyday and am not used to not having my sweet fix.
Heart Rate Monitors?
I am looking to buy one of those heart rate monitor watches but I'm a little torn as to which would be good for me. I want to be able to use it on my treadmill, during bosu workouts, workout DVDs, working out in a park, runs outside, hiking, lifting weights, etc. so it won't be used just for running. I'd like to know how many calories I am burning during these various exercises. That is my main goal in which watch I choose.
Anyone have a HRM watch? Love it? Hate it? Any recommendations? Thanks guys!!!
Jealousy Towards Partner Losing Weight? Advice?
It seems every time my obsessions over my weight pick up, everyone around me starts dropping pounds like crazy. That's just how life works, eh? Everyone around me is getting skinny, specifically my boyfriend, and I'm stuck. Has anybody ever started to feel disdain or jealousy towards their boyfriend or girlfriend for losing weight?
It's insane - I should be feeling happy for my boyfriend, whose weight fluctuates from 240-170 many times a year. He recently has dropped down to 170 again and is actively trying to lose even more, alongside myself. I feel increasingly jealous and suspicious about him, and find myself being way needier than I have ever felt. When he is complimented on his weight loss by friends or family, I feel angry at him. At times, I've even attempted to sabotage his weight loss or make him feel bad about his slimmer self.
I feel like a horrible girlfriend, how can I get over this?
Collapsible Laundry Hampers May Pose Risk to Kids' Eyes
Two reports show wires can pop out, threatening vision
By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Collapsible laundry hampers can cause serious eye injuries to children if a sharp wire contained within the device breaks free, according to a new report.
The researchers documented the cases of two children, one 23 months old and the other 11 years old, who each suffered a puncture wound in one eye from a collapsible laundry hamper.
The devices collapse and then pop back into shape because they have embedded within them a flexible wire that winds around the outside of the cloth hamper.
"The wire has fabric holding it in place, and it's like a humongous spring," said study co-author Dr. Iris Kassem, an assistant professor of clinical ophthalmology at the University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Medicine. "When the fabric becomes frayed, the wire pops out and the end of the wire is very sharp."
The 11-year-old boy suffered a corneal laceration while placing clothes in a collapsible laundry hamper, according to the report. The wire mechanism within the hamper suddenly snapped up and struck his right eye, puncturing it.
The report said the 23-month-old girl received her injury after being poked in the eye from a wire protruding from a collapsible hamper.
Both patients came to the University of Illinois at Chicago Eye and Ear Infirmary for treatment within one year of each other.
The cases were detailed online July 1 and in the August print issue of the journal Pediatrics.
These types of penetrating eye injuries are uncommon but very serious, said Dr. Alon Kahana, an oculoplastic surgeon at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center.
"The risk of vision [loss] is acute, and those patients require immediate evaluation in an emergency room," Kahana said. "Outcomes can be very good. There are some patients that end up with 20/20 vision, [but] there are some patients who end up with no vision at all."
In both reported cases, the children received prompt emergency treatment and, as a result, are expected to regain much of the sight in their injured eyes, Kassem said.
Both children required eye surgery to repair the damage. They have since required some vision therapy to fix developmental problems that occurred as a result of temporarily losing sight in one eye at such a young age. The boy has suffered from exotropia, a form of crossed eyes, while the girl has had amblyopia, or lazy eye.
"They both did extremely well," Kassem said. "They both got very lucky. They both beat the odds to do well."
The authors have reported the injuries to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Kassem said.
They urged parents to be aware of the risk to kids. "Children shouldn't be playing around these things, and if the integrity of the hamper is compromised in any way, you need to throw the product away," Kassem said.
Kahana agreed. "When it pokes out, it pokes out with force. You have the combination of sharp and force," she said. "Most of these are cheap items not meant for extended use. People should see when something approaches the end of its useful life and toss it away."
Kassem has two kids and, at the time of the injuries, had a couple of these hampers around her house.
"When the second kid came in with an injury, I said, 'That's enough of that,' and got rid of the hampers," she said. "It kind of freaked me out."
ADHD Drug Holidays: Should Your Kid Get One?
Experts debate the pros and cons of giving kids a break from ADHD drugs.
Are you considering giving your child weekends off or even a summer-long break from ADHD medications?
It may work just fine. Your child may regain his appetite and catch up on his growth (some ADHD drugs may slow a child's height gains).
Then again, a so-called medication vacation may unleash the very behaviors that have been controlled so well by prescription drugs. That could put a strain on the child, you, and other caregivers. And there is some evidence that keeping a child on their ADHD medications will lessen symptoms better than stopping and starting.
Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all answer. It comes down to what works best for you, your child, and your family. Doctors say it's easy to get on and off the stimulants that are typically prescribed for ADHD, which is characterized by hyperactivity, impulsivity, and/or inattention.
"The bottom line, it isn't harmful and it's part of personalization of care -- not to have a standard that fits all, but to have a flexible approach that meets the needs of the individual child and family," says psychiatrist Benedetto Vitiello, MD, who leads the Child and Adolescent Treatment and Preventive Intervention Research Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Md.
Here's what you need to know about the pros and cons of drug holidays.
About 5%, or around 3.5 million U.S. children aged 6-12, take stimulants such as Adderall, Concerta, Ritalin, and Vyvanse to control symptoms of ADHD, Vitiello says.
Another half million or so take nonstimulant prescription drugs -- such as Intuniv, Kapvay, and Strattera -- which work on the brain differently. Those should not be stopped, because they take longer to go to work and far longer to leave the body, says Mark Wolraich, MD, a pediatrician in Oklahoma City who helped write the latest ADHD treatment guidelines for the American Academy of Pediatrics.
If a child is taking nonstimulants, Wolraich says, ''You could do it [take a drug break] over the summer time, but not over the weekend.''
Stimulants, on the other hand, are quick acting and leave the bloodstream quickly. In other words, there are no withdrawal symptoms; so, there isn't a weaning period.
"On those meds, it's important to realize the treatments improve behavior and reduce symptoms," Wolraich says. "If you stop taking them, you revert to behaviors you saw before... stimulant medications don't build up in the bloodstream. That's why you can stop and start them.''
There are no good studies that tell how many children stop and start their medications. But of those kids who do, up to one-third "do OK with a drug holiday," Vitiello says.
You may be part of the majority of parents who notice an immediate change in your child when he's taking a break from his stimulant-type ADHD medication.
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