Diaper Mike 05

You are all aware the TEA Party is not an actual party, and that it has to do with economic responsibility and smaller government, right? It would be an extreme Conservative idea, not TEA Party idea. The TEA Party is based on reducing government spending and the size of the bureaucracy to reduce the federal deficit and debt. Besides, not all states recognize gay marriage, so in that state (I don't know the marriage laws of her state) that may technically be true because gay marriage may not be recognized. And also, I have heard that according to the Bible, all sex outside of marriage is adultery (wish I could remember the source).

I find it hard to go doing more than walking. I just recently been able to start going well while laying down. I don't too much about driving, but the last time I tried it I was doing alright in filling my triple-diaper combination.

Diapers4Me, how do you then decide what obesity is? Studies on obesity are done based on BMI if I am not mistaken, and BMI isn't accurate for everyone (it doesn't account for the fact some people actually are built much bigger than the average, like I am).

Ok, for those who have seen elsewhere or didn't see in this thread - -BP is fine, that was the first thing they looked at. -I usually go to the gym twice a week for an hour each time, usually do a lot of walking the shop at work, do yardwork either every week or every other week, plus I play a very active sport at least every other week (except this week due to me not feeling back up to speed yet). One but I'm glad that there are people who can help if there are any questions.

Nope, my blood pressure is fine. Though I do know from hearing from others that does occur with high blood pressure. But that was one of the first things that was looked at was my BP.

I went to the doctor the other day for a few issues, which included nausea and dizziness and lightheadedness, and one of the things the PA told me I could have is vertigo. Does anyone have it, and if so, can you please let me know what specifically I'm looking out for, because she said it can come and go sporadically and I may have problems one day and be fine for long periods of time afterward. I do have one other thing to try for my inner ears before we can say or not it is vertigo, but I just want to know if anyone can tell me what I am looking for to say whether it is an inner ear problem or vertigo if the symptoms are sporadic.

I just found out my triglycerides are high, so that's a warning marker. And my cholesterol is somewhat high. But my pulse and BP are OK, so they're giving me a few months to try and work it out naturally with exercise and diet (also, I go to the gym, do the yard work and play sports, and have been losing weight over the last few months, so they want to see if that is helping my cause before I go on meds). But they still aren't too concerned about my weight, LOL, because I told them what I do and that I want to lose it anyway and have been.

Belinda - or a combination of both. Though I can vouch for the 32-36 inch waist fitting into GoodNites, they just fit me with a 36 inch waist when I tried them when I was still in college.

I'm a Bills fan, why do I torture myself? 11th straight year without the playoffs.

I work in the manufacturing field. Well, basically working as engineering support/aide and doing the office functions, but I'm still in manufacturing and know how to produce tooling for running jobs on the machines we use. For those of you who work state jobs, you don't actually produce anything that directly has value for the economy, except for DOT and those who do roadwork (whether repair or putting down new roads) do help our economy in that transportation is more efficient and it makes delivering manufactured goods easier. June, state employees are just as bad with the looking out for themselves. I live in an area overrun by state workers and state unions and the state is in the process of falling apart because of it. State workers in New York (especially the teachers union in my area, they are corrupt beyond belief) want the Cadillac of health insurance, top notch pay and too many days off and they don't care how the raising of taxes hurts the taxpayer who has to fund their job. Walla, I would hope the OP doesn't mean it that way, because doctors/nurses/etc. make the people who produce goods healthy when needed so they can continue to produce. You can say they help protect the human capital. Same can be said for police/fire/first responders. Yvhuce - both produce a tangible end use product that is consumed, so it should count. Sorry DarkFinn, I'm just assigning things for the sake of the conversation.

I'm 6' 2", 315 and doctors haven't expressed concern with my weight or blood pressure (except the one time I was real sick and my BP was up then, but it's always normal). The doctor is more amazed that at my weight, I have taken up playing a sport that is very physically demanding and don't have problems playing except the normal getting fatigued after 2 hours. They won't be too concerned if in all other ways, you're pretty healthy.

Actually, legitimate companies do have "free" email addresses - I see it all the time. Those tend to be smaller companies with less budget to work with and without a web presence. However, lawyers wouldn't be using any of the a fore mentioned email addresses for professional business. And I want to know why her medical expert can't guarantee she'll make it through surgery. And what hurt? And DD, nice one LOL.

I would stay with my AS in Drafting Technology, thanks. I would just go and add a couple more drafting programs to my repertoire (AutoDesk Inventor for one, and a few others as I see the need to learn them to advance). I entered my field at $12 an hour (decent in my area, very much livable) and was up to $16.50 (in 2 and a half years) before the recession left me unemployed. I learned a lot more in Community College and had more hands on work that prepared me for the real world without the debt, and I did some time at a state 4-year school, so I can accurately compare my experiences.

Ebay has a lot of cool stuff - I'm just too chicken to buy anything off of it. Though I have found thrift stores tend to have some nice clothes (I got both my skirts at one (: ).

Too many jobs right now require much more education than they really need to actually do the job. I got my Associates Degree in Drafting Technology which means I went to school to learn to use drafting programs (I learned AutoCAD and 3DSolidworks, and graduated just before they started offering courses for Inventor). I learned the proper way to create prints, geometric dimensioning and tolerencing, BOM's, and how to design parts based on manufacturing and function. Usually a draftsman won't do much in the way of actual engineering, but in the manufacturing of commercial parts, it isn't hard to learn. Yet, most companies would rather underpay an overqualified Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineer for these positions (more on this later - it gets good). I'm lucky in the fact that my 2-year degree worked for me in my last 2 jobs - they didn't want someone taking over engineering right from the start and had specific goals in mind when hiring me, which both companies have been very satisfied with (and to answer the question, I was laid off in 2008 after 2-and-a-half years when business slowed down very badly) what I can do from an educational and experience standpoint. Now, why would they hire me with a 2-year degree over someone with a 4-year engineering degree, but other companies require a 4-year degree for the position? First, like I said, they had their needs and goals in mind for filling the position. Second, and I know this from talking to people, people with 4-year degrees often can't or don't follow the simplest of conventions or rules when it comes to drafting and design. Why do they get hired? They have 4 year degrees. And to be honest, since I did go to a four-year school for a while, I know two things to be facts: 1) all a 4-year degree tells you in a lot of fields is that you put up with 4-years of BS, and 2) even the best students aren't going to necessarily do well in a 4-year school (especially those of us who don't like theories and bookwork over hands-on education). It is sad that a degree is almost a requirement to be able to get anywhere in the work world anymore. Degrees don't make more qualified workers, they just make more students who can't apply what they learn. And this proliferation of degrees is causing companies to look for those who are overqualified thinking that's what's needed for their position. And yes, I am in the field I want to be in (we just need business to pick up so I don't have to be a CSR on top of drafting and the other jobs I hold).

Weighed in at the gym Wednesday when I went after work, weighed 318. I need a scale for home, because I'm sure the number is really lower since my weighing now takes place at like 7 pm instead of first thing in the morning. But at least it is more progress, and it's helping me in the sport I play.

Padded and crinkly are the common ones we use.

Sorry, I misunderstood your post #191 to mean you plateaued and were getting frustrated.

Warning: BMI charts are not accurate for everybody and should not be taken as a way to determine how well your weight loss program is going. BMI charts only take into consideration people who are average build. Also, it assumes average muscle mass (meaning if a weightlifter's BMI would make them obese). For example, I currently weight about 320 pounds. My shoulders are about 27-28 inches wide, my waist size without the extra weight would be 36 inches, I have wide hips, and my rib cage is large as well. Also, due to sports, my legs are extremely muscular (not sickeningly, but my thighs are about the same circumference as a small adult's waist, and my calves look like some adults thighs - again, all muscle). Judging by BMI charts, I would have to get my weight down to 194 pounds to get to the high end of the healthy weight range. But, going by my build, I would either not be able to get my weight that low, or I would look weird at that weight. My eventual goal is my high school football playing weight of 225 pounds. My first goal is 311 pounds, which would put my BMI at 40. Moogle, the best way to judge how you are doing is how you feel. Generally, as you get in better shape, you feel that you have more energy. And on those days that you feel discouraged and things aren't working and you want to quit, just remember the body does plateau at times, and eventually all you are going to do at some point is maintain. But if you plateau before you are ready solely to maintain, vary your workouts and activities to confuse your body. I am getting to that point myself where I need to do something different for my workouts. It souldns like you're doing well for yourself, so keep up the good work and everything will fall back in line and continue heading in the right direction. My issue since my start last February is that I gained around 25 pounds from a lot of stressful situations in the last year, suffered a couple injuries, and got up to 335 pounds. Being down around 320 is an improvement, but was also a lesson not to lose control of your life (stress is a huge factor in weight gain, as it both saps energy and some people overeat because of it, and some self medicate through either caffeinated drinks to up their energy or alcohol to come down off it, and I overeat and drink more soda when I am extremely stressed). So I'm working out again, still playing sports (and you wouldn't believe some of the things I can do, even at my weight), and taking control of my eating and soda intake again by doing it slowly and stepping down so my body doesn't revolt too much at my plans. This is opposed to last time I lost a lot of weight where I just tried to dump all my bad habits and it worked for a while, until I couldn't do it anymore (luckily I had active jobs where the weight gain didn't occur after I fell off the wagon) and then I hurt my knee working and that did me in gaining weight in 2004.

(Related tangent #1) I have been battling my weight all my life, as part of my problem is that I am genetically predisposed to being larger, part is eating like I was playing football after I had stopped playing, and parts were waiting 4 months for knee surgery in 2004, and part of it is me not having control over the stress in my life which has kept me perpetually hungry, an inability to sleep properly which has left me depending on caffeine to get through the day, and the final part was a lack of workout routine. In January, I quit the health club where I was signed up. It was frustrating because it was a small place run by our town and didn't have much in the way of equipment, the pool was constantly used by our town's schools and swim team, and they were raising rates while giving us less. I got so mad I didn't even go for a year before I decided to quit and joined a new health club. Genetics, I can't do anything about those. But I am 6' 2" with a big build (even if I wasn't battling my weight, I would be about 210-220 pounds). The stress, I can't do anything about. It's part of my job and I can't just up and leave my job at this point. How to help cope with it enough to stop being constantly hungry? The sleep is hard to solve also. Some asked if it is because of my caffeine intake, but I generally have no caffeine after 3 pm, which is 8 or so hours before bed time. My main sleep problem is an overactive mind which wakes me up during the night. The issue with caffeine is simple - I may be allergic to coffee, and my source of caffeine came to be 1-Liter bottles of soda. Usually only (like that makes it any better) 1 per day, but it still is sugar and combined with the lack of physical activity, it aided in my weight gain. Knee surgery, well, couldn't avoid that either. I hurt it while working, and my job then was exercise in itself, and I was in the 220-230 pound range when I was working there. My weight wasn't the issue, a combination of a birth defect which affected the connective tissue in my knee and twisting it wrong was the problem. It took 4 months to get surgery, and I couldn't exercise then, so my life was sitting except when I was walking to class at school. Food has always been an issue for me. I grew up playing sports, and occasionally it was multiple sports at a time. When I stopped playing sports (especially football in 2001 and roller hockey in 2000), my eating didn't stop, so I gained weight. Combined with the soda mess, it made for a bad combination. These factors together led me up to a weight as high as 337 pounds. I am at about 322 now, which means I lost 15 pounds from my highest. (Off to related tangent #2) During my life, I have gone through periods of great weight loss and massive weight gains. I went from 270 to 212 in 7 months without much effort, bounced back up to about 220 and held my weight there until my knee problem. But I lost the weight the wrong way. I tried to drastically lower my food intake to what is considered a normal level and cut out soda entirely cold turkey. It worked for a while until I got my job where I injured my knee (remember the job itself was 4 hours of exercise a shift), at which point I couldn't maintain what I had started. It was a crash, and it finally found bottom and wasn't maintainable for me. I am trying to lose weight again with a different strategy. Instead of crashing or trying something odd or trendy, I am stepping down. My soda intake was a liter or more per day as recently as last week, now I am limiting myself to 1 of the 24-ounce bottles a day (1000 mL compared to 710 mL is a 29% reduction of soda consumption) and another step down will happen every 2 or 3 weeks. I go to the gym 2 or 3 days a week, and then have a sport practice most Friday nights or Saturday afternoons (sorry, not making it public as to what sport as it is a niche sport and doesn't have too many people playing in my area). I am eating Hungry Man (again, not the best choice, but it is a step down compared to how much and the amount of calories I was eating) for lunch, with plans to step down to less food in a few weeks time, as my body gets used to not eating as much. And my main thing I am doing is not watching the scale daily. It is discouraging to see the number not dropping every day. I am watching my week to week progress, and how I feel, and how well I do in my sport. My sleep and stress I try the best I can with. And this approach feels like it will work the best of any I have heard of or tried. Basically, Fluff is the one whose advise I would most recommend.

I used to be a goalie in roller hockey (so it's a very close skill set to ice hockey) and I can't figure for the life of me how I would not destroy a diaper in the course of the game with the movement required alone. I have never worn diapers playing sports, and I have played and do play many. The only one that I have played where a diaper may hold up is golf. Anything else is too motion intensive or physical for a diaper to do well.

My favorite to wear to class were Attends. In 2005, at least, they fit me so perfectly and absorbed so well for me that they were my diaper of choice at school. Even though they were thicker than Depends, they felt more discreet because they seemed quieter, and the best I can tell, no one ever knew any better.

When I was in college, I wore to school as often as I felt like. I don't think anyone ever noticed, but I wouldn't have cared if they did. My favorites were when I was taking my last class at a community college, I would go to school from work and put on an Attends under my clothes. I didn't really have the luxury of getting up and going during class since I had a problem with the material for like 4 weeks, and it was a lab class. So I went into the least used restrooms and put one on before class. I would wet as needed, and I had no issues doing that all semester. I had also previously worn when the mood hit for other classes, and again, if anyone noticed, they didn't say anything and I don't care if they did.

That's the only downside to Abenas - I had to go out one night for a few minutes and was going to just put my pants on over them, but they were so thick I couldn't do that. It was nice to have that thickness at home, however.

Adrian, the mediums are the same price down to the third decimal place per diaper when purchased from XP Medical. I just recently tried Abena X-Plus and they are awesome. I have an issue with the size of them, but even if the larges ran too big on me, they absorbed as well as the Molicares I tried and were nice and bulky, which was a lot of fun.