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Unreliable Fitness Information
My local newspaper runs a column every Friday breaking down the nutritional information about food in shops and restaurants. Quite often their analysis is very different from what each company or restaurant reports. Today they reported on a large apple rolled in chocolate, almonds and crumbled Skor bits. The company's…
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Do any of you save the calories that you get from exercise?
Do any of you save the calories that you get from exercise (like for the weekend, as an example)? Sort of the way that Weight Watchers allows?
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Popcorn...
by far and away the most confusing nutrition facts out there... help please... how do you account for pop secret 94% fat free 3.0 oz bag popped... thanks for your help!
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Keeping up with my macros
So I'm a vegetarian that has been attempting and failing to go vegan for the past 2 years. This post isn't about judging my will power just telling you a little about myself. I started with a personal trainer and he gave me a nutrition guide line to get the most out of my training. I get 1,950 calories on my off days with…
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Going over daily goal on protein??
So... I'm curious. Does it really matter that you go over on your daily goals for protein? I can see how obviously calories, and fat would be an issue, Any thoughts?
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Mandoline/Mandolin on a budget, any suggestions?
I'm looking to purchase a mandolin(e) to make it a little easier to have healthier snacks and food in general (stirfrys, etc.). My cutting skills are awful, and frankly, I'd like to make homemade potato/zucchini chips and for pickling too. I'm a beginner, so something that's easy to use is best. I'm willing to get a kevlar…
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Healthy snack!?
I am about to head out to the store, and since it's friday I usually allow myself whatever I want. I thought maybe I could do with some ideas on something thats good yet healthy. Like vegetables with a spice, or something like that? I can tell you all right now, that fresh avocado with lemon pepper.. That is a supergood…
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will too much protein make you gain?
My roommate is arguing with me- she's trying to tell me that I'm consuming TOO much protein and that I'm just going to gain weight. :explode: I don't agree at all. If I'm working out daily- eating around 1200 calories and have 90-100 grams of protein/day.. is that TOO much? Is it even possible to have too much? It's the…
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Turkey Bacon?
What the heck is turkey bacon? Bacon comes from pigs. What they should call it is thinly sliced turkey strips. I hate it. It tastes nothing like bacon. If hate when people create things to say its healthier. I would just eat the real stuff more responsibly. Instead of eating real bacon everyday, Ill just eat it every…
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1400 cal too low?
I am 18, 6'3, 320 pounds. I have recently been eating about 1400 cal's a day, and I went from 335 to 320 in less than two weeks. I was just wondering if this is going to hurt me right now? Or will this be fine until I'm down to about 290-300 then maybe raise it to like 1600-1700 a day? I also weight lift though, 4-5 days a…
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Anyone else have issues with low carb diets?
I see all this stuff on low carb and ketogenic diets and I'm horrified to tell you the god's honest truth. I understand that it works and it works fast, but does anyone ever care to know what's actually happening to their body during ketosis? How it lowers the pH of your blood and can lead to kidney damage long term? I…
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Crash diets?
Crash dieters are seen as foolish mostly because they have crappy eating habits (the ones that made them fat in the first place), & the quick fix diets they go on only serve as temporary successes because once they end it, they usually return to their old crappy way of eating and gain back not only the water weight, but…
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Halloween Candy
I had 4 fun size Milky Way bars today. They were so good! I think I'll lock them in the closet now-so I can control my cravings. So hard sometimes! What are your strategies to resisting Halloween candy?
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making first grocery list since MFP
Hey everyone, Im making the first grocery list since ive been on mfp and need some tip needing to loose 100 lbs ....HELP!!!!:smile:
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Eat it raw?
Which veggies do you eat raw? I'm sitting here grudgingly eating carrot sticks with the idea that raw is better for you (in terms of minerals & vitamins) but was told that the beta carotene is more easily released if the carrots are cooked. I also learned that raw beets were better for you than cooked so I'm trying…
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Vitamins Have Calories?!
I just took a gander at this vitamin supplement from Shaklee called Vitalizer Men. I've been taking them without looking at the back of the box, until this morning... They're freaking 20 calories! It just strikes me as odd and I have a lot to learn about checking for calories.
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How can I convince my girlfriend to eat healthier foods?
Hey everyone, So my girlfriend is a very lucky girl, very thin all her life despite eating total junk. Most of the food she eats is frozen instant food or fast food which is taking a toll on our already very short budget. Whenever I offer to go out and get food to make she just whines saying that she'd rather have a burger…
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Protein powder....do you need it?
So I see a lot of people on here using protein powder. I have never tried it and wanted to find out some information on it. I'm trying to shape up, tone my muscles, and lose more weight if possible. I run and lift weights as well for my normal exercises. My question is how do you know if you need protein powders? What's…
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Egg Protein shakes
I can't stomach the Whey in most protein powders (dairy allergy). The Brown Rice and the Soy powders also taste quite nasty, so I'm not very likely to take them regularly. I've been toying with the idea of Egg Protein. Has anyone used it? If you have, what are your favorite brands and flavors? I saw this one, and seemed to…
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It makes me so hungry :(
I sprained my ankle yesterday hiking, then had to walk on it for like a mile and something to get back to the car. It hurt pretty bad, I went and got it checked out and they gave me Vicodin. I took it last night and OMFG I was ravenous! I wasn't even hungry before I took it!
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Friday nigt socializing
I like to have a relaxing drink or two on a friday after a long work week, but now with changing my diet plan I would like to know if there any good mixed drinks or wines that I can buy that won't break the calories scale.???:wink:
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How many calories are in 1/2 cup of mashed cauliflower?
How many calories are in 1/2 cup of mashed cauliflower?
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New York and Boston-the healthy way
Hi All I am traveling to New York and Boston at the end of November. My boyfriend thinks the fact hat you can eat pizza everyday is great but since I'm trying to lose weight I don't want to jeopardise it. Can anyone suggest good place to eat that aren't very expensive. Also how much are you likely to spend on food drink.…
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Food Scale that Syncs to your computer?
I just purchased a food scale that also tells me the nutritional information if i put in a code. While testing it out I realized a lot of the food I wanted to weigh would not be in this scale. Or would have different nutritional values. I think all and all the built in values will be beneficial for things like fruits,…
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Protein, Lactose Intolerant, Vegetarian
I know there's probably 20 million topics on this already, but I recently noticed that my protein macro was really, really low, so I changed it (drastically) to 30% and I can't seem to get even close, I am a partially lactose intolerant, vegetarian, and I often don't feel very good after eggs. I also really want to…
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Pumpkin Pie..Healthy or Not?
Do you think its healthier then a slice of cake and has more nutrients..or no? Thoughts?
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What do you count as water?
I'm curious what types of drinks everyone counts toward the daily water intake. Flor myself, I count water (with or without crystal light, etc.), milk, coffee, tea and my powerade zeroes. I haven't been counting any of the occasional diet sodas or slim-fast type products I may drink. Does anyone count anything additional…
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clean bulking foods
As title suggests im looking for some clean bulking foods, i know the obvious ones - brown rice, chicken, turkey etc but didnt know if there were any less obvious ones im missing?
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Cheat meals/Refeeds
I'd like to find out if anyone has a cheat day or cheat meal either weekly or monthly? what do you eat as a cheat? Ive been on a strict low carb (40g max) diet for just 2 weeks eating alot of protein and lost 5.2kg (11lbs) and down 3%BF to 23.5% and weight from 65.6kg to 60.4kilos. Scale hasnt moved in 3days but i focus…
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how to log a chinese buffet?
So how would you log a all you can eat Chinese buffet? I had a bit of a bunch of things. Before going on how I shouldn't have eaten a buffet. I've been eating good for 40 days. I'm losing weight. I went down a pant size. Yesterday I only ate half my allotted calories and had even less today before going to the buffet. That…