Muscle does not weigh more than fat.
Posted By: 37 on 2007-04-25
In Reply to: My input - sm
A pound is a pound. The difference in muscle is less dense than fat and takes up less room in your body.
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I have to weigh-in on this - sm
I was truly a wild child in my youth. I partied, got in trouble though never arrested but I probably should have been once or twice. I got caught drinking, smoked pot a few times but was too scared to do anything worse than that.
I was a rebel. I was also a mother before I was 19 and that's when I realized something, I was never ever going to lie to my kids about anything if it meant I may prevent them from making the same mistakes I did.
My son is 21 years old now and I have three other kids not far behind him with my husband (not my son's father but he raised him.)
My biggest fear when the kids hit their teens was that one of them would end up becoming a parent as a teenager and have to struggle as I did. I don't want that for any of my kids.
When my kids ask me about things, I tell them the truth. They may or may not be shocked but I also tell them that I am not proud of the bad things that I did.
My husband disagrees and wants the kids to think he was the perfect child. In my opinion, that is not doing them any favors. Why lie?
If a parent lies and says no, they didn't do this or that, the kid is really looking for guidance.
Who better to give a life lesson than a parent?
I can and will say, yes I did that, I'm not proud of it, but I did and I hope you have better self-control and judgment than I did.
I speak very frankly with my kids and always have.
Reasonable advice from past experience is what I offer them and they know they can confide in me. I have had no trouble so my theory has served me and my kids well so far.
Weigh too much, laughing as I read
because that is exactly what I tell even my physician if they want to weigh (which I do not, by the way!) because figure unless I am getting anesthesia and they want to make sure about amount, do not really need to know that. Just take a guess..
great picture and you weigh ??? *ROFL
imagine that description on a 400 lb person.....
no offense - just struck me so funny *LOL*
Have you ever heard of the Weigh Down Diet program? sm
It's not really a diet. It is a matter of changing the way you eat, not what you eat. Feel free to e-mail me and I'll give you some specifics.
What is a good weight for someone middle aged around 5Ɖ. Just curious what others weigh. nm
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Muscle weighs more than fat, but it also
burns fat. So at first, most exercise does build some muscle, which is extremely good for your bones and posture and your fat-burning ability. So you have just laid the groundwork for losing pounds. In fact, studies show that for women to lose weight, using weight machines and free weights is critical to success. (Oddly enough, men benefit most from aerobics when they need to lose a belly!).
If you want quicker slimming and weight loss and you have the knees for it, change your aerobics to jumping rope; it is great for slimming and weight loss. It doesn't build the large thigh muscles the way walking and other aerobics do. It does work your heart and diaphragm and calf and ankle, foot forearm and wrist muscles, and if you want to have fat off and a lean look, it is the quickest aerobic exercise for that. But muscle is extremely good for you, especially for supporting the spine and flattening abs and giving you pretty arms and legs.
Do you ever watch Funniest Home Videos? So many women have no muscles - when they try to do quick take-offs from rope swings, hang gliders, waterskiing, they don't have the upper body strength or the ab muscles to do the sport. Being strong is protective and useful. Don't give up.
I think you mean muscle is "more" dense than fat
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Joint and muscle owies almost gone
I use Ultram 50 mg two tabs 3xd and Neurontin 600 mg 3xd.
Magnesium is a natural muscle relaxant sm
I'd take it before bed. Myself, I get very relaxed and woozy if I take it, so I go to bed. Red raspberry leaf tea is supposed to be very good for cramps. I am allergic to them, so I can't tell you how that works.
I'm getting concerned. I've had a muscle spasm under my left eye
At first it was just an annoyance even though it was constant, now it's really worrying me because it does it non stop. Any thoughts? Thanks
Anyone else get sore legs and muscle tightness and leg pain when
walking and pulling tendons a certain way with walking from sitting and holding your legs fixed when working. I think I tend to stiffen up my legs. I expect some amount of tendonitis is going on.
No spasms. The levator ani muscle and the pelvic floor
muscles have separated. The pelvic floor muscles don't cause a lot of problems. Unfortunately, with the levator ani separating, I have some fecal incontinence. Not a lot, but enough to be really aggravating at times. This doesn't even happen every day. It's just kind of random and I never know when it's going to happen.
Jaundice, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, muscle pain,
itching. My husband was an alcholic for about 15-20 years. He is also 47. His last drink was on September 4, 2006. He finally quit drinking when his weight dropped to 122 pounds (he is 6' tall). His liver enzymes were way off. He was hospitalized for a few days and has not had a drink since and, boy, am I proud of him. It has been tough for him I know. Several years ago, he experienced jaundice and was hospitalized then. He quit drinking then for about 6 weeks and the jaundice did clear. He is doing much better now after having been sober for 3-1/2 months. He was prescribed Valium to help and it has helped. We do not know that he has liver damage already, but he has gained about 25 pounds since September and I just keep praying that he will stay sober because his father died from the effects of alcohol at 54. I hope and pray that your husband will get some medical help.
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