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Intro Time -- Long Time Lurker
Hi! My name is John. I'm 43 and have a 4 year old son. I love cooking, bourbon, and craft beer. It had been a couple years since my last physical, due to covid and just not scheduling one... The NP that did the physical would not let me leave without heart medication (20mg of Lisinopril, daily. My labs came back with not…
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Track, Summer, Football
The winter bulk has been going pretty well I think. But with the track season starting up, is it realistic to try to stick to a weight gain plan? Should I just try to maintain? Once two a days start for football idk if it’s even going to be physically possible to eat enough food. I’m an ectomorph who plays d line so I need…
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Back to the Gym! And other thoughts...
So, an update since last time I hopped on here... I had gone to a convention a few weeks back and upon returning home, started getting a massive headache. Nothing took care of it, and it'd just vary between making me want to cry, to just being a dull headache. Had first thought maybe I got COVID, but after getting tested…
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Recommend food to eat next based on daily calorie budget, nutrition goals, time of day, etc
Recommend foods to eat next based on several factors: - Calorie budget. How many calories have I consumed so far today and how many remain to stay within my calorie goal? - Time of day. More carbs in the morning, more protein for dinner, etc. - Nutrition goals. What am I lacking today? What am I close to having too much…
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Quick instant pot meals??!
I FINALLY got my instant pot yesterday!! It's so cute and fancy and I still have no idea how to use it. I was wondering if y'all could share your favorite and hopefully quick and easy instant pot meals with me! I hate buying a ton of ingredients for one meal that I wouldn't normally buy and I love when things are simple…
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Tracking rice?
Hi, I'm getting a bit confused with how to track my basmati rice e.g weigh cooked or uncooked? The packet says '100g (hob cooked) kcal 127' and it states 1 portion is 70g. I weighed 70g dry for myself and tracked it as 89kcal like it said above, but should I have weighed out a 70g portion after it was cooked
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Hello
I'm new here and I have just began my healthy lifestyle journey
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Breakfast
Hi, was wondering what peoples go to breakfasts are? Need some inspiration 🥰
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New to the platform
Hello! Finally decided to give this a try, looking forward to reaching my goal with all of you, super excited to where this takes me!
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Tracking rice?
Hi, I'm getting a bit confused with how to track my basmati rice e.g weigh cooked or uncooked? The packet says '100g (hob cooked) kcal 127' and it states 1 portion is 70g. I weighed 70g dry for myself and tracked it as 89kcal like it said above, but should I have weighed out a 70g portion after it was cooked?
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How to eat more calories and stay in carbs
I have the worst time trying to eat all my calories and stay within my carb, fat, protein parameters. Any suggestions appreciated
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Do you have food cheat days and if so why?
I thought I would be able to do it but found my gremlin is re-awoken and before I know it one cheat days leads to another so I have knocked it on the head as to me its all or nothing.
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Binge Eating
Hello all. I know that there are many links to this type of subject with detailed advice on how to overcome it. But I was wondering if anyone here is or was like I am...eating the bare minimum during the day and then eating all the good stuff and bad stuff later on. What did you do overcome this habit??