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Do you think it's rude to ask people to change seats at the movies, so your party can sit together? My husband and I saw Up in the Air today (pretty good, not great), we knew it would be crowded, we got there early and carefully chose our seats, sat through the previews. It got very crowded...

If my training regimen is to lift 10 lbs. (say in a bicep curl) for 50 reps, to failure, and I do this consistently, will my bicep muscle be smaller than if I usually lift 20 lbs for 15 reps, to failure? In other words, if I always keep lifting whatever weight it is until I feel the burn, will...

I never know what kind of plate to use to heat up something in the microwave. A few days ago I put one of my discount store dishes, CLEARLY marked "microwave-safe", in the microwave for 75 SECONDS ONLY to heat up a muffin - when I reached in to remove it the plate was so hot I burned my hand...

The thread raving about GS cookies got me thinking about this. I KNOW it's sacrilege, but does it bug anybody else that all girl scout cookies (I THINK all of them, certainly all the boxes I've seen) have huge quantities of partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, i.e., trans fats? Parially...

Two other topics (exercise instructors' physiques and favorite cooking show host) got me thinking about this. I actually don't mind if exercise video instructors are a little bigger than the standard "fitness model" because I am not thin and I truly believe it is possible to be medium-sized...

I've recently received Low Impact Circuit, have done it 3 times, and I'm really loving it. I have dozens of good things to say about it, but one thing about it bugs me a little. Starting in the second cardio sequence, when a new move is introduced, often the camera angle will change. It...

Over the years I've read or seen a few books (Diets Don't Work, The 7 Secrets of Slim People, etc.) recommending the following eating style, which the authors claim is the eating style of "naturally thin" people: 1. Eat only when you are hungry. If you're not hungry NEVER force yourself to...

I've been doing a Jari Love rotation, S&L & RTTC 3 times a week, with cardio on the alternate days. I've just finished week 4 and I was planning to do 6 weeks. I am SO BURNED OUT, and I'm not seeing the results I wanted. I very much want to discontinue this rotation, just do cardio and yoga...

I have a sort of obsession, for lack of a better word, when I do a workout - I always try to match Cathe (or whoever the instructor is) both in amount of weight used and/or in doing every single last tuck jump, or whatever. In other words, I really try hard to do each workout exactly like the...