Um.... except that most of the deforestation due to soy is driven by all the soy that's used to needed feed animals raised for meat, coupled with massive amounts of soy oil/lecithin used in processed foods. It takes 16 pounds of corn/soy/whatever to produce one pound of beef. It's not tofu that's driving the problem…

It's a weird view, but the backstage stream is available here:

Chiming in to agree with the recommendations for both the New Rules of Lifting for Women and nerdfitness.com! I've done some lifting in the past, but the NROLFW is what gave me the confidence and a plan to really get back into weightlifting and specifically to start heavy lifting. Good luck!

Oh no!!! I'm so sorry. :( Wishing your doggie a speedy recovery. I turn into an actual crazy person when I'm worried about my pets. So stressful.

*hugs* I'm sorry for your heartbreak. :(

Not sleeping and apartment hunting are both TOTALLY the worst.

I was a dancer and no way in hell was I dealing with pads. I don't remember my mom having an opinion one way or the other, though I guess she must have bought them for me. I do remember studying the diagrams in the package fold-out VERY closely while trying to figure out how the hell to insert them, but once I got…

I'm a nurse, so if things like this affected my dinner I'd pretty much never eat. My poor BFF used to get pretty grossed out though when she'd come out with my group of nurse friends and we'd "talk shop" at dinner.

It's a thousand tiny baby bumps.

My guess is that it "took off" because she trains so many celebrities. Because there is absolutely nothing revolutionary about the "starve yourself, workout a lot, deny having any issues with food/body image" plan. She has one food plan available online where her CHEAT day consists of: Breakfast: Think Thin bar. …

Her meal plan is dangerously low in calories, too. 1.5-2 hour workouts/day on 700 calories? WTF???

It will show up if they do a blood test for HIV RNA (detectable within 9-11 days per the CDC website)—it's a lot more $$ than testing for antibodies so it is not a test that is done regularly to test for HIV (unless there is a clinical reason, such as someone with a known exposure showing symptoms of acute HIV, or…

Definitely let your doctor know that you're concerned. Are you on oral contraceptives? Because that can also affect blood pressure. One of my friends had to go off of OCPs because her pressure was running high, and it's totally gone back to normal since doing so (even though she too drinks a lot of caffeine and is…

I think it really depends on your other fixed expenses/debt: student loans, credit cards, car payments, etc...

Yeah, that was my reaction.

Wow. ON HIS WEDDING DAY??? He's about to walk down the aisle and look this woman in the eyes and say that he wants to spend his life with her in front of their friends and family, and he's sending dick pics to some other woman?!?

What the ever-loving FUCK is wrong with people?!?! I would never forgive the bitch. Mess with me? Fuck you. Mess with my kitty babies? MURDEROUS RAGE. So relieved to hear you got your babies back and took her to court for the rent.

KITTEHS!!!!!!!

I find this attitude so bizarre. I buy clothes that fit me and make me feel good and express my personal style. I think everyone should be able to do the same. Period. Why do I care if my friend who wears size 12 (or 18 or whatever) also looks hot in pieces by the same designer? How does that in any way whatsoever…

This is correct. Even if both partners are HIV positive there is a risk of them infecting each other with different strains of the virus. This is most risky in that if one partner is resistant to certain HIV medications and passes that to the other partner, that partner can also develop resistance to those…