Recent content by HollyCat

I'm rooting for the Panthers, since I like their mascot better. Not that I'm not patriotic, or anything. I was hoping the Chiefs would have made it to the Super Bowl, but given their disappointing defensive performance this season, I'm not surprised.

Boy can I relate! My lowest weight since reaching my current height of 5'6" was around 100 and my highest was...170? 175? (a year or 2 ago) My highest measured weight was 165 but I think I went a bit above that and was too afraid to get weighed. Currently I'm between 150 and 155 and wear a...

RE: To conceive or not to conceive? Wow, thanks for all the support and encouragement. It still seems like every day my husband and I change our minds. I feel under pressure because he says if we have kids, he wants to start NOW. He doesn't want to have a new baby when he's in his late...

RE: To conceive or not to conceive? Thanks for sharing your story, Christy. It's very encouraging! I decided to delete my original post because it didn't have anything to do with being a "fit mom", and I'm not currently pregnant, but rather on deciding whether to go off birth control and...

Sorry, I realized the original message didn't fit the description of this forum. I wanted to delete it but I guess that's not possible.

Okay, Janice, you convinced me. I'll keep the muscle. No arguments about donating the fat, though. I'm sure there's been a separate thread in the past about finding pants that fit for large-thigh-muscled women?? It's frustrating to try to find pants that fit around the thighs that aren't...

I guess everyone's body responds differently...I seem to have no problem gaining muscle mass (and fat mass, for that matter), especially in my lower body, just doing 1-2 "endurance" workouts per week with a 40-lb barbell (e.g., Power Hour, Muscle Endurance). I'm frightened to see what I'd look...

RE: Janice... >I don't have muscles, but people are often afraid of me. >Does that count? :7 Haha!

2003 for me was a year to kick up my cardio fitness another notch as well, and I found a new passion...running (this from someone who previously thought I would DESPISE running). I went from never having run in April 2003 to running 17 miles nonstop in October. For 2004 I hope to run a...

For 2004, I would like: 1. To be less critical and more supportive (even though it's my job to be critical) 2. To run a marathon in October 3. To follow my heart's desire instead of worrying so much about what I "ought" to be doing 4. To volunteer at an animal shelter 5. To have an...

RE: Here's a thought or two or three... LOL, I thought being able to touch your hipbones to your ribs was "normal."

:D LOL I think we studied "mitochondrial density" in 10th grade biology. So, how dense are YOUR mitochondria???

RE: Here's a thought or two or three... This reminds me of when I was in third grade, my ribs stuck out so much that a mean boy asked if they were my boobs. ;( And a mean girl, not knowing the difference between muscle and fat, said I had "fat thighs." ;( ;( Those comments forever...

:D Having become a recent distance running enthusiast (but without any rhyme or reason to my running training program), I am glad to see these running sprints! Aren't they called "repeats" in technical runner's jargon? I've never done them before, so I gave it a try yesterday. WOW! It...

Thank you everyone for the great advice. You all have good pointers that I will try out. Holly:-)