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You should also make sure your insurance covers all these visits and tests.

I had my 3rd child when I was 42, and at most I went in once a week. I'm thinking at around 30 weeks I went from once a month to once a week. I vaguely recall having "non stress tests," but I don't think it was every week. I think it was just a couple of times over the course of the...

What is it you're wanting to do at this point? Are you trying to decide whether to say something to them? If so, I'd vote for just letting it go and not saying anything unless the situation arises again. The money's already gone.

The body adapts to whatever workout you do regularly, and so introducing it to something new feels almost like starting from scratch. I'm pretty confident that if you worked at it, you'd come to terms with push-ups. You might not ever enjoy them, but you could probably get over dreading...

Everything's about the same. In fact, now that I think about it, things are almost exactly the same as the last time I was here. I have a workout room in my basement now, which has a power rack and places to keep the dumbbells and plates. I lost some strength recently and so I've been working...

It seems a good sign that at least he confessed the drug use to you. I wonder if some of the symptoms that led to the diagnosis of manic depression can also be explained by his drug use (like the seizure).

How's things? I guess I could search all your recent posts and catch up that way, or you could just give me the highlights ...

Hey there morningstar! I've been lurking around the open forums lately. Will take it to PM.

Holy cow, that is quite a story. I am so sorry that you're going through this. Talk about stressful. FWIW, when my family member was being treated for bipolar he didn't get anti-depressants either. In fact, at least some docs say the anti-depressants can make the manic episodes worse. I...

Why are you questioning your son's diagnosis? I recently had a family member diagnosed with bipolar, and I'm also skeptical of the diagnosis. But I'm no mental health expert, and the family member isn't someone I'm responsible for, so I've just stayed out of it. I will say that this family...

I have a Tanita scale that reads body fat and water percentages. I don't know how accurate it is for weighing your actual body fat, but it definitely can tell you if you're getting more of it (or less) - so it's perfect for me. I have tried calipers and found them very difficult to use...

Wow Cynthia - your basement is gorgeous! How big is your workout space? It looks like I'll end up with something around 10x10, although I plan to just use that space for my weight lifting. I'll keep doing my aerobic stuff out in the main room since I just have to move the step out. I love...

Just wanted to add in that you said you are using a GWF, which in my experience shows a lower calorie burn than a heart rate monitor. In fact, my calorie burn using GWF is almost half what the heart rate monitor shows from the same workouts. So the 200 calories from BodyMax may sound low to...

I am finishing a 1200 square foot basement in my 6 year old house. I bought some design software and a couple books, and done some internet searching, so now I have a plan. But I'd really like to hear from other people about their own experiences with remodeling in general, and basement...

Just wanted to agree with the previous comments about measuring. I've been taking my measurements regularly over the last year or so, and found that - like your weight - any one measurement isn't all that useful. You have to watch your trend over time. And the bicep is a really hard...

If you're gaining at over 1500 cals/day, then one of two things is true: (1) you burn about 1500 cals/day at your current activity level or (2) you aren't counting your calories correctly. Are you pretty sedentary during the day? Do you have a desk job where you're stuck sitting down most of...

Is there someplace where the songs on each of her workouts are listed? I have trouble navigating the site sometimes ...

My GWF says I burn an average of 2200 calories a day - my lowest was around 1700 and my highest was around 2600. That seems pretty accurate given how much I eat and given what the charts say I burn. So I do think the GWF is accurate, however that doesn't mean the Polar is necessarily...

Which Cathe workout has the best music? I've been wanting to try her step workouts and the only way I can make myself work through that tough choreography is if I have some great motivating music. I like recognizable music that's fun to dance to.

I see there's a sticky in this thread that rates Cathe's workouts on difficulty, but didn't there used to be a rating chart somewhere on this site that ranked all her workouts by complexity too? It seemed that it had the average rating for "enjoyability" or something like that, as well as by...