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Reading this topic makes me SO glad Im a guy.

Guys are supposed to have wrinkles, grey hair/missing hair, calloused feet, scars, chin hairs, butchered nails, assorted odors etc.


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But, I'm also glad you ladies are soft n smooth n smell good.

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Agirl, I am hoping someone else posts about chemical peels.  Like I said, I chickened out of a laser peel.  I have seen people who have had them done, and they looked like lobsters for a while, very sore and red.  I think there was a Sex in the City episode about this one time.

On the weight thing, I did buy a device a couple of years ago that literally changed my life.  It is called a Bodybugg, and it measures your calorie output.  I can't say I am sure how it works, but it is accurate enough that it assisted me in losing about 30 lbs.  I find that it undermeasures really strenuous aerobic exercise. and over measures things like horse back riding.  Still, it has been extremely helpful for me to have an idea of roughly how many calories I am burning, not just what I am eating.  It does require using the Bodybugg website, which contains a food diary and database of foods that I like quite a bit.  I find that tracking food is essential in losing weight and maintaining weight loss.  I find it easy to kid myself if I don't record what I eat.  I like the Bodybugg mobile app, too, because it also keeps track of macronutrients.  A lot of other food tracking apps just show calories.

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My fingernails are trashed too, and without acrylic on them they would literally be bleeding and painful. I got into the pedicures, too...an an enormous luxury, yes! I can't wait until another one fits into the budget~

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I have the dry skin.... but my nails have become thicker over the years. Now, I have trouble cutting them with clippers. Ugh! Its maddening!

My toenails break, they're so thin~ The salon guys don't get it when I say SHORT!! EXTRA SHORT!!

Vitamins and my digestive system are not friends...I swear it must be something in the binders. Dad has the same issue. Evening primrose, huh?

You lot get your toenails done?? Wow, now that is like the ultimate luxury, surely!

agirl

I go for pedicures about once a month and about every other week I go for a brow waxing. It's my small ways of indulging in myself.

The only problem is I just moved here to Baltimore and I have yet to find a place that I absolutely want to go to all the time and I don't know any females around here who go to the salons or spas so can't get their reviews of places. Blah.

The hunt continues for a wonderful place. UGH.

I plan on adding massages to my list of indulgences soon lol.

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RE: Body stuff, NOT just weight! The whole nine yards. - 10/31/2011 1:33:24 PM
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Agirl, I am hoping someone else posts about chemical peels. Like I said, I chickened out of a laser peel. I have seen people who have had them done, and they looked like lobsters for a while, very sore and red. I think there was a Sex in the City episode about this one time.

On the weight thing, I did buy a device a couple of years ago that literally changed my life. It is called a Bodybugg, and it measures your calorie output. I can't say I am sure how it works, but it is accurate enough that it assisted me in losing about 30 lbs. I find that it undermeasures really strenuous aerobic exercise. and over measures things like horse back riding. Still, it has been extremely helpful for me to have an idea of roughly how many calories I am burning, not just what I am eating. It does require using the Bodybugg website, which contains a food diary and database of foods that I like quite a bit. I find that tracking food is essential in losing weight and maintaining weight loss. I find it easy to kid myself if I don't record what I eat. I like the Bodybugg mobile app, too, because it also keeps track of macronutrients. A lot of other food tracking apps just show calories.



Yes, I hope someone here has experience of peels too. I'd really like to hear first-hand about it.

I have to admit quite freely that I really couldn't/wouldn't use a device such as the Bugg. I don't even count calories. I'd go nutty. I can see the benefits for the interested, though, and also if you find you lose track of what you eat it'd be a big help.

I just can't bear thinking about food or exercise beyond actually doing it or eating it. I prefer being told what to do and then just having to do it. I don't mind doing the work at all and respond well to being pushed, bellowed at and otherwise *encouraged*.

However, having said all that, M bought me a device a week ago for my birthday, that monitors how many miles I've cycled/speed etc etc and I was very excited that I'd be able to tell how many miles I'd done....... so must be horses for courses :)

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My fingernails are trashed too, and without acrylic on them they would literally be bleeding and painful. I got into the pedicures, too...an an enormous luxury, yes! I can't wait until another one fits into the budget~



Oh yes, a pedicure seems very decadent. I've always painstakingly done my own, but I detest doing it!

I also have acrylic on my nails on one hand to protect them from the effects of playing the banjo.( I don't use picks)........I have none on the other hand and have to have very short nails....looks a bit odd really, to a non-muso. :)

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Indeed I do and yes that sucks.

(That might be why I cut my own hair and do most all of that other stuff myself too... Just didn't want the hassle.)

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I'm not happy with painful hips as it hinders walking, a pretty fundamental thing that I have to do, like it or not, every day. If your beer belly had a migraine all the time, you might want to fix it too ;)

I hear ya there agirl, I only have the one painful hip but I hope someone chimes in with good advice, chronic pain is exhausting.

tazzy's link had some really great information on hips.

Oh yes, leg or hip problems permeate everything as it's hard to not use them. Thank god that I found that cycling doesn't affect mine at all, so I feel really free and happy when I'm pelting miles on my trusty bike.

But all the same, you still have to walk so all any any advice is always SO welcome. One tip I got a few months ago was to sting the area with nettles. M was strangely keen to *help* out with that! He even found and picked the nettles!......... After he did one hip I was writhing, yelling and crying and he had to order me to stay there for the other hip. It was so bloody awful that even if it had relieved the pain in my hips, I think I'd rather have suffered.

One plus point though........my bum swelled up nicely and was plump for about 3 hours, 'though the rash made it look as if I had bags of tapioca wedged under the skin......lol

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I'm not happy with painful hips as it hinders walking, a pretty fundamental thing that I have to do, like it or not, every day. If your beer belly had a migraine all the time, you might want to fix it too ;)

I hear ya there agirl, I only have the one painful hip but I hope someone chimes in with good advice, chronic pain is exhausting.

tazzy's link had some really great information on hips.

Oh yes, leg or hip problems permeate everything as it's hard to not use them. Thank god that I found that cycling doesn't affect mine at all, so I feel really free and happy when I'm pelting miles on my trusty bike.

But all the same, you still have to walk so all any any advice is always SO welcome. One tip I got a few months ago was to sting the area with nettles. M was strangely keen to *help* out with that! He even found and picked the nettles!......... After he did one hip I was writhing, yelling and crying and he had to order me to stay there for the other hip. It was so bloody awful that even if it had relieved the pain in my hips, I think I'd rather have suffered.

One plus point though........my bum swelled up nicely and was plump for about 3 hours, 'though the rash made it look as if I had bags of tapioca wedged under the skin......lol

agirl

Unfortunately cycling is a nono for me, it leaves me in agony. Pity really because there is a gorgeous park here where my dad and I used to bike. It's so forestlike that it's possible to forget the city exists. I'm thinking about trying weights to build up the muscles in my hip and leg and see if the added muscle strength helps.

Oh bloody hell I think I just discovered a new hard limit! Nettles, good God woman are you insane lol? I can't say I'm surprised that M was eager to help. Based on what you've told us here it sounds like that would be right up your street.

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Unfortunately cycling is a nono for me, it leaves me in agony. Pity really because there is a gorgeous park here where my dad and I used to bike. It's so forestlike that it's possible to forget the city exists. I'm thinking about trying weights to build up the muscles in my hip and leg and see if the added muscle strength helps.

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Not up my street ......... up HIS!

I knew his eagerness wasn't totally altruistic but I don't have anyone else that'd be willing to *hurt* me, so to speak, even in a good cause.

I have to be fair though, he really did hope it'd help my hips ..............LOL

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It's a pity that hip problems are such a mystery, even now. I got all excited when I had a hip xray thinking it MUST show some major something or other, as the pain was so terrible.........and it was completely normal! I was disappointed in one way and hugely pleased in another.

There often doesn't seems to be any real definitive diagnosis and you end up with tons of *trial and error* which stretches over time and before you know it years have passed and you're not a lot further forward. It really pisses me right off.

I only recently found the cycling thing, so I do hope you find that thing that helps before long. I really do understand the frustration.

What about swimming?

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Not up my street ......... up HIS!

I knew his eagerness wasn't totally altruistic but I don't have anyone else that'd be willing to *hurt* me, so to speak, even in a good cause.

I have to be fair though, he really did hope it'd help my hips ..............LOL

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Oh dear God yes of course HIS street. I take it he wore gloves?

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It's a pity that hip problems are such a mystery, even now. I got all excited when I had a hip xray thinking it MUST show some major something or other, as the pain was so terrible.........and it was completely normal! I was disappointed in one way and hugely pleased in another.

There often doesn't seems to be any real definitive diagnosis and you end up with tons of *trial and error* which stretches over time and before you know it years have passed and you're not a lot further forward. It really pisses me right off.

I only recently found the cycling thing, so I do hope you find that thing that helps before long. I really do understand the frustration.

What about swimming?

I've seen several doctors and the diagnosis changed with each one, none agree. All I know is that I have a truckload of pain and what is okay one day isn't the next. I'd love to try swimming but we only have outdoor ones which are full in the summer and well in the winter....

I do think I'll see if strength training might help. In any case what with using a cane I've lost a lot of muscle in both legs so it's time to try something.

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If you were local to me, I'd give you a yoga class tailored to you. I'll keep my eye out for an exercise DVD that focuses on floor work rather than tendon-popping standing postures.

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Well, he used his sleeve and he did get stung. That helped......lol

You are probably right regarding the weights. A couple of the guys on the thread might be able to advise. They've been a great with the info so far.

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Well, he used his sleeve and he did get stung. That helped......lol

You are probably right regarding the weights. A couple of the guys on the thread might be able to advise. They've been a great with the info so far.

Is it horrible that I smirked reading that?

I'm really hoping that someone who knows what they are talking about will have advice about strength training. I don't want to go out and buy weights only to find I bought the wrong ones.

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Well, he used his sleeve and he did get stung. That helped......lol

You are probably right regarding the weights. A couple of the guys on the thread might be able to advise. They've been a great with the info so far.

Is it horrible that I smirked reading that?

I'm really hoping that someone who knows what they are talking about will have advice about strength training. I don't want to go out and buy weights only to find I bought the wrong ones.

Fire

Was it horrible of me that not only was I glad he got stung but told him so and meant it? It is what it is.....LOL

agirl

eta that's it's female heavy thread.....but I hope the guys chip in for you, or anyone else who can help.

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What exacly are you lifting for? Strength,more muscle? The two overlap a lot but you have to define what your goal is.

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What exacly are you lifting for? Strength,more muscle? The two overlap a lot but you have to define what your goal is.

Because of my hip I've been walking with a cane for a number of years now. I've noticed that I've lost a lot of muscle mass and I'd really like to at least strengthen what I have an maybe prevent further loss.