Weight loss before school starts?

Is it a reasonable goal to lose 1.7 pounds per week? I am currently 137 pounds and I want to be 120 pounds when school starts.. Which is in 10 weeks. I am 16, 5'4, and 137 pounds (already mentioned). Is this a reasonable goal? Will I be able to keep the weight off? I have a problem where I binge eat when I'm bored or sad but I'm working on it (not sure if that's relevant)

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What to Eat Before, During and After Exercise

An interview with sports dietitian Christine Rosenbloom.

Whether you're a "weekend warrior" trying to stay fit or an athlete training for a marathon, what you eat can affect how you perform. Eating right can give you the edge to help energize your workout or reach that 26th mile. But which foods are best for fitness activities, and which should you avoid? With so many sports drinks, bars, powders, and supplements to choose from, how do you know which are best? Or can you skip the expensive supplements and get everything you need from a well-planned diet?

For answers to these questions and more, WebMD turned to sports nutrition expert Christine Rosenbloom, PhD, RD, author and nutrition professor at Georgia State University in Atlanta.

Got a question about diet or nutrition? WebMD asked the experts for answers about eating healthy and losing weight.

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Fueling exercise requires quality carbohydrates, lean protein, heart-healthy fats, and fluids. Your muscles rely on carbohydrate foods like breads, cereals, pasta, rice, fruits, and vegetables for a quick energy source. Protein is needed to build and maintain muscles and for healthy blood cells. Blood cells deliver nutrients and oxygen to working muscles.

Foods provide the gas to the body’s engine, and fluids provide the water to your body’s radiator. Without these crucial fuels and fluids, your body will have a hard time performing at its best.

The ideal pre-sport meal has five characteristics:

Low fatModerate in carbohydrates and proteinLow fiberContains fluidsMade up of familiar, well-tolerated foods.

The pre-game meal is not the time to try a new food.  A grilled chicken sandwich or a slice of cheese pizza might fit the pre-game meal description, but stay clear of the fried food (including french fries), greasy burgers, and soft drinks.

Not only does being well hydrated improve your performance, it can save your life. Water acts as your body’s cooling system; without sufficient water during exercise your body temperature can reach dangerously high levels.

The best way to stay hydrated is to drink plenty of fluids with meals and drink about two cups (16 ounces) of water two hours before exercise. Monitor your hydration status through two simple measures:

Weigh yourself before and after exercise and replace lost weight with 2 cups of fluids for each pound lost.Check the color of your urine. When you're hydrated, your urine will be a light straw color.

Recreational athletes can drink water for hydration. But if you're exercising for more than 60 minutes in hot, humid conditions, sports drinks provide not only fluid, but carbohydrates and sodium. Sports drinks are also a good choice if you play team sports like soccer or football, especially when the temperature and humidity are high.  If you are a heavy sweater, a sports drink might be preferable to water.

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Myth-buster: why you should definitely get a spray tan before your next holiday

I'm pretty pale. I sparkle in the light like Edward Cullen. There's nothing I love more than getting back from a holiday and having a bit of a golden glow (what better excuse to go make-up-free for a while?). But those first few days of stepping out into the sun, uncovered for the first time in a year, glowing brighter than the sun, can be terrifying. So surely a quick spray tan before your flight is the best option?

Many people think not. Several people I told I was getting a tan before my last holiday recoiled in horror. 'But won't it go streaky in the pool?' 'What if you come back paler than when you leave?' 'You know you can't tan through a spray tan, right?'

There are a lot of myths surrounding pre-holiday spray-tanning, so in the name of journalism (/wanting to be bronzed on day one of my Barbados holiday) I paid a visit to the brilliant Jules Heptonstall at St Tropez for an all-over spray of the new Sensitive tan. I boarded the plane 36 hours later looking perfectly bronzed. I was just hoping I'd come home looking exactly the same colour. 

                                                                                  ****

…I pretty much did. Maybe even more golden, in fact. And contrary to the copious warnings, my tan didn't go streaky, I did tan, and, most importantly of all, I didn't feel like Edward Cullen when I stepped out onto the beach on day one.

On previous holidays, I've felt so pale on arrival that I've been tempted to panic-tan (read: panic-burn). This is, obviously, a terrible idea. This year, because I already had a tan (whilst not real) I wasn't in such a hurry to get a bit of colour on my pasty limbs, so I was as careful as a pale-skinned English girl in Barbados should be (factor 30+ with hourly reapplication). The St Tropez colour gradually faded away while my sun tan built up underneath, switching places at an unnoticed point mid-holiday. It really was quite marvellous.

So there you have it: it isn't a bad idea to get a spray-tan pre-holiday. Need more convincing? St Tropez tanner to the stars Jules Heptonstall gives us his view on this issue (of unquestionable importance).

A lot of people think that getting a spray tan before going on holiday is a bad idea - why do you think that is and is it true or false?
False. Getting a spray tan before you go on holiday gives you that summer glow before you've had your week away - my clients describe it as 'taking the edge off'. It's important to remember that a spray tan will offer no protection from the sun and as your spray tan fades, your real tan will develop if you're out in the sun. A top tip is to use St. Tropez Aftersun Lotion, £15 with a hint of self tan - its creamy texture is brilliant for soothing your skin and it's enriched with self tan so it actually gives you a deeper glow. My holiday essential!

True or false, you can't get a tan through a spray tan?
False. A spray tan offers no protection from UVA or UVB rays, so you will still tan but you will also need to wear sun cream too.

How can you stop your tan going streaky in the sea/pool?
Don't go in the pool while your self tan is still developing - it's important to make sure you've washed off all the guide colour beforehand. I try to not go in the pool on the first day and use a sun cream that's formulated to work with a spray tan and keep it topped up for longer (St.Tropez SPF 30 With Tan Enhancer For Body, £20 - formulated with melanin activating ingredient Melanobronze as well as being designed not to strip a spray tan).

Is there a risk that you'll come back paler than you left?
It all depends on how much tanning in the sun you are wanting to do! If you are tanning every single day on your holiday you'll come back with a deeper tan, but if you're holiday is more of a night time break, then you'll come back slightly paler. If it's a worry, just apply a bit of St. Tropez Self Tan Mousse, £20.43 the night before you're due to go back to work - no one will ever know the difference!

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Health Tip: Before You Take This Heartburn Medication...

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help me someone before i die from obesity

ok this are the calculations I did for a 56 y/o female at 235 lbs height of 5'1" I am to consume 1720 calories and moderate active I go to the gym 5 days a week  my burn calories are 2470 just to live at the stationary bike alone I burn 300 calories and strength training for 50 minutes is about 230 burn so total burn I do at gym is 530 so my example is 2470 +530= 3000 I burn daily then I take 3000-1700=1300 now are my figures right because I did not lose one lb at all for the week so please let me know what is wrong with my figures I need to lose badly my health depends on it please help all info is up here  thank you to all that will help but please put in very simple terms thank you you might be saving a life

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is it me, that working out the day before, helps your sport performance.

heres the deal, yesterday i workout, and than i started to hit hard in the handball courts, but when i don't work out like push ups, and free weghts, i don't hit that hard at all. is it me, or there is an logical explanation behind this.

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Health Tip: Stretch Before and After Exercise

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Created: 3/25/2013 8:35:00 AM
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Health Tip: Avoid Too Much Activity Before Bedtime

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two weeks before period hunger

I get very hungry two weeks before my period and although I'm eating healthy, watching my calorie intake go up is making me anxious. Firstly, I don't have the time to gym, only manage to walk the dog before and after work, and walking around the office as much as I can. Working for a hotel, I have 12hour days--but the beauty is, I have a lot of space to walk around. Secondly, how can I keep up my pace with smart choices? And, I realize bc my diet has been so pure(minus the wine here and there), my stomach cannot handle outside hotel restaurant or homemade food....I know I'll get water weight but how do I control my cravings?

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Before photos...what have I done to myself!!!

I just had to take my before photos for a fitness and nutrition program that I am doing online over the next 3 months. I knew I had gained weight...but I didn't know what an extra 30-40lbs actually looks like! OMFG!!! I am so depressed that I let myself go so much!

I feel more depressed and like I just can't figure anything out anymore! I am in an abusive (very possessive relationship), which I can't figure out how to get out of...even more so now that I have gained so much!

See when I met him I was a small, muscular 55-60kg girl...very athletic, rarely missed a day at the gym, ate well but with some treats. If I gained more than 63kgs I would immediately go on a health kick and lose the extra kilos.

HOwever, the last few years, my whole entire being has been revolved around the person I am with. I do everything for him, I walk on eggshells constantly, get thrown out of the house constantly, get told I am fat (even when I was thin), and it's harder even now that I actually have gained so much!

I am so scared that I have gained all this weight, and I feel so ashamed. He is thin and trim, and I am a lump! This isn't me! However I am scared that he will try and ruin my chances of getting fit (he is controlling and accuses me of cheating when I leave the house), and thats also why I think he wants me bigger. 1) so noone else will want me 2) so I hate myself and 3) because its easier for him to put me down and for it to affect me.

I am so ashamed I dont want to leave the house! It's embarrassing how much I have gained. My life is a mess!

I want to leave the relationship eventually but I just feel so low and confused that I dont think I can yet! I want to prove to myself that I CAN lose the weight I have gained. I CAN ignore his abuse. I CAN love myself again. I CAN leave after I gain back some strength!

Hope this isn't posted in the wrong section, I just felt a need to post and maybe others have experienced the same thing.

Oh, and in no way am I blaming him for my weight gain. I know that I have allowed myself to get this big, and eaten my way to this size! His abuse does get bad emotionally though so I find it hard to think of myself through that. Maybe I should see a counsellor too.

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Skipping Aspirin Before Artery Procedure May Boost Death Rates

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Chris Brown crashes car before Rihanna Grammys reunion

Chris Brown crashed his car into a wall while being chased by the paparazzi in Beverly Hills on Saturday 9 February

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Depressed Dads Affect Their Kids Even Before Born

By Rita Rubin
WebMD Health News

Jan. 7, 2013 -- Children whose dads were depressed during the pregnancy are more likely to exhibit emotional and behavioral problems at age 3, new research suggests.

The finding comes from an ongoing study of more than 30,000 Norwegian children. When their mothers were nearly halfway through their pregnancy, their fathers completed a mental health questionnaire that assessed anxiety and depression symptoms. The researchers also collected information from the parents about the mothers’ pre- and postnatal mental health and the children’s emotional and behavioral development at 36 months of age.

Three percent of the fathers had high levels of psychological distress, and their children had higher levels of emotional and behavioral problems -- even after the researchers took into account other possible contributing factors, such as the dad’s age, education, and marital status, and the mother’s mental health.

“This study suggests that some risk of future child emotional, behavioral, and social problems can be identified during pregnancy,” says researcher Anne Lise Kvalevaag, PsyD, a PhD candidate at the University of Bergen.

The researchers, whose report appears in the journal Pediatrics, cited several possible explanations for a link between fathers’ prenatal psychological distress and young children’s emotional and behavioral problems:

The children may have inherited a genetic susceptibility to such problems from their father.The expectant fathers’ depression may have negatively impacted the pregnant mothers’ mental health. A dad’s prenatal depression might simply predict he’ll be depressed after the baby is born.

“Fathers who have mental health difficulties during the prenatal period are likely to continue to have those difficulties during the child’s infancy, which may directly affect young children’s development,” says psychologist Elizabeth Harvey, PhD, of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Harvey published a study last month in the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology about the link between early fathering and children’s behavior problems. The study found that fathers’ depression when the children were 3 predicted behavior problems when they were 6.

In a study published in Maternal and Child Health Journal last August, Michael Weitzman, MD, a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at New York University, found that depression in fathers was the single biggest predictor of depression in mothers. The study involved more than 7,000 U.S. moms and dads who lived with children aged 5 to 17.

In another study of approximately 22,000 kids in that same age group, published in the journal Pediatrics in 2011, Weitzman found that living with a father who had symptoms of depression and other mental health problems was associated with higher rates of emotional or behavioral problems in children.

Some of the negative consequences scientists attribute to the mother's depression might actually be due to the father's depression, Weitzman says. In addition, he says, depressed parents may be more likely to report their children as being depressed than non-depressed parents of kids who have the same behaviors.

Studies that follow fathers and children with or without psychological distress over time are needed to clarify the relationship between the mental health of dads and their offspring, Kvalevaag and her colleagues write.

While the Norwegian study has continued to collect mental health information from the mothers and children, it only questioned the fathers at 17 or 18 weeks into the pregnancy, Kvalevaag says.

Unfortunately, Weitzman says, “depression in fathers is a profoundly overlooked public health problem."

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Painkillers Before Exercise May Be Bad for the Gut

ByKathleen Doheny
WebMD Health News Reviewed byLouise Chang, MD

Dec. 6, 2012 -- Popping a painkiller such as ibuprofen to ward off exercise pain or anticipated pain is a common practice among athletes of many ability levels.

Some think it will also improve performance as it reduces pain.

But the practice may be hazardous, according to new research that focused on the use of the anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen before and after workouts.

"We conclude that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs) consumption by athletes is not harmless and should be discouraged," writes Kim van Wijck, MD, a surgical resident at ORBIS Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

She found ibuprofen aggravated exercise-induced injury in the small intestine in healthy, trained men who were used to endurance workouts. "We used only two oral doses of ibuprofen, in the evening and in the morning before the exercise, and did see small intestinal cellular damage," she says.

"This damage was fully reversible approximately one hour after cessation of the exercise bout," van Wijck says.

She worries, however, about long-term use and its effects.

The study is published in the December issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

Painkillers Before Exercise: Study Details

For the study, van Wijck evaluated nine healthy, trained men. On average, they were age 27.

They typically spent three to 10 hours weekly in endurance sports. She assessed them on four occasions to look at the effect of ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin). In four sessions, they:

Took 400 milligrams of ibuprofen twice before cycling an hour Cycled an hour without taking ibuprofen Took 400 mg of ibuprofen twice while at rest Rested without taking ibuprofen

In previous research, van Wijck showed that exercise reduces blood flow in the gastrointestinal system. It is also known that NSAIDs like ibuprofen can reduce blood flow.

In the new study, she evaluated indicators of intestinal injury after each of the four sessions. Both ibuprofen and cycling resulted in higher levels of these indicators. Levels were higher after cycling with ibuprofen than after any of the other three conditions.

The combination of ibuprofen and exercise also decreased what experts call ''gut barrier function," possibly resulting in bacteria escaping from the intestines into the blood.

Taking ibuprofen before exercise should be strongly discouraged, van Wijck says. She knows the practice is common. Some research shows up to 90% of athletes in soccer and triathlons use painkillers.

She only studied men but believes the findings would also apply to women.

What to do instead of popping an ibuprofen? A better choice would be acetaminophen, van Wijck says. "It works more or less like NSAIDs, but it is thought to cause a little less intestinal injury. But I would suggest no painkillers if not strictly necessary."

Instead, she says, try eating a small amount of food before or during workouts to maintain some gastrointestinal blood flow.

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