Recent content by Cowgrrl

Well, my laparoscopy was for fertility problems... so I really can't help you there. I can't imagine it would do anything but help preseve your fertility. I would ask my doc if I had those kinds of questions. I imagine that it has alot to do with what/where/etc.

I had one the first week of July. I had mine on Wednesday, and I didn't feel like working out for at least 10 days. I was under for much longer than expected though due to unforseen complications. When talking to my doc, he said that it was very much an individual response to surgery...

Welcome! You've come to a great place that has all kinds of answers for you. There is a button on the top of the forum labeled "search". Look up "diet" and "training routine". You will get lots of hits, so just browse through them all until you find one that looks like you could stick to...

I actually printed that out a few years ago and posted it on the mirror next to the squat racks at my gym... very motivating!

Awww, Spatts, why didja have to go and post cool clothing sites. Sigh... there goes another paycheck.....

It's been my policy to not give advice unless asked. We have a pretty tight knit group at the gym that I work out at, and we have been known to ridicule the "bicep boys" - I think you all know what I talking about! Sometimes they'll ask us for help, other times they stop coming in so early...

I would advise you to try and get your Mom to do body weight resistance type exercises- chair squats, push-ups, wall push ups, crunches, etc. Buy a Shape magazine for her- they have lots of skinny minnie models showing "weight less" exercises. Good luck!

JJ- I have been just as lucky as you have been in finding a man who's supportive. My hubby just loves the muscle!

There's a mobile DEXA (Dual-Energy Absorptionmetry Scan) unit coming to my chiropractor's office. The flyer says that I can get information on: bone density, body fat %, lean body mass, the distribution of the lean and fat in the arms, body trunk, and legs. I attempted to look up DEXA scan...

She forgot to add "and taking special supplements" to that statement. *sigh* And Slinky- since when are lunges easy and comfortable exercises?? :D

I totally understand that! I had a great friend who thought (before I corrected him of course) that I only weighed about 10 pounds more than his anorexic wife... Turned out I weighed 35 pounds more than her! I took so much joy from that.....

I decided to get back on the wagon and clean up my diet. I swear if my boss walks by my desk with a handfull of M&Ms one more time I am going to strangle him! Need sugar.... head about to explode...

I totally understand your rant. I hear it all the time- "But I'll get HUGE". Um, yeah. After six weeks of intense, heavy lifting you are going to wake up and say Oh my God! I look like Jay Cutler! I am an ectomorph, and even then I have worked YEARS to get what muscle I have. Anyway, I...

I applaud you for trying to help, as when I went through mine, so many people "didn't know what to say" so they didn't say anything! And doctors are the worst - I think it's because they just don't know how to react or how to comfort. Thank goodness for midwives! You just being that...

Thanks guys!