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Curious About Vitamins
Can anyone help out with making sure we are getting the right vitamin intake? I joined today not because I want to lose any weight, but rather I want to just live a healthier lifestyle and make sure I’m eating the right foods. Entering my entire food intake is a great start for me to do that, but as I was doing that I…
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Strategy after exceeding calorie count for the day
Hello! I am curious to know how all of you out there deal with having gone over your calorie count for any particular day. Last night I went to hibachi with my family. I certainly did not go hog wild and I ate only the healthier items (salad, chicken and filet combo, some fried rice, veggies). Nonetheless, the meal put me…
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Green tea
so i heard from a few different people that drinking green tea actually aids in speeding you metabolisim.....anyone tried it????
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Protein
Help! I am doing good on my calories and other things, but I keep going over on the protein. Any suggestions?
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Breakfast Question
I've heard in the past that it is bad to eat the same thing everyday. I LOVE oatmeal and I eat it every morning for breakfast. This fills me up and satisfies me at 6 when I get up until I have a midmorning snack (fruit and a granola bar) around 9. Is this really that bad for me? I always switch the flavors of oatmeal I eat…
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Chop Sticks
Ever tried eating peas witrh chop sticks? Its so fiddley that the rest of my stirfry was getting cold so i gave up, that got to be -100kcal at least, lol, plus the finger work out. :D
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easy breakfast ideas
i go to work early and i work on a sod farm so we work late to and have quick lunches any ideas would be helpful
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No carb/ low carb foods
I'm looking for any and all no/low carb food suggestions! I'm coming up blank.
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Stay away from Tim Hortons muffins
They consume 1/4 of your daily calorie intake. I learned that the hard way...I thought the whole wheat muffin was safe. That muffin was the devil.
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Scary Moment...and it still hasn't passed
Okay All... I finished supper about an hour ago and I was standing up talking with my neighbor for about 35 min. and then suddenly my stomach dropped, I broke out into a cold/hot sweat, I got terribly light-headed, my neighbor had two heads, and I also was very pale. I have no idea what happened. I am still very pale and…
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6 Most Insane Crash Diets of All Time
I got a laugh out of this! :laugh: http://www.cracked.com/article_15780_6-most-insane-crash-diets-all-time.html
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Can Fasting Assist Rapid Weight Loss?
Can Fasting Assist Rapid Weight Loss? Every desperate dieter has at some point considered fasting for weight loss. Yes, fasting can promote fast & rapid weight loss. Now, before you go on a hunger strike, remember your real objective. Your real objective if you have excess body weight to shed is to improve, maximize and…
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Olive Garden...
I'm going to Olive Garden tonight for my mom's Birthday dinner. I love Olive Garden...can anybody give me some healthy alternatives to the Fettucine alfredo and pasta I usually get. Thanks. Wish me luck!
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Headaches
Does anyone out there have any good cures for headaches? I have taken every over the counter pain medication you can think of. I just can't get rid of the headaches. This has gone on for years! I have been to countless doctors, who have diagnoses from allergies, migraines, .....you name it. Nothing makes them go away.…
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Calcium
I just watched one of these diet programs and they mentioned calcium and osteoporosis. I knew you had to have calcium so as to avoid getting this disease but i never really knew how much and they mentioned a lot of foods that i don't eat! It made me check the nutrition progress in the reports for all the time i have been…
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Will I gain weigh if...
I just realized that I am not eating enough calories. I am nursing my two month old daughter and only getting around 1700 calories a day. If I start eating more will I gain weight before I can lose it? And if I stay at 1700 Calories for now and after I am done nursing only eat 1200, will that be a bad thing?
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Protien Intake
I has a question! Can you eat to much protien? I had a chicken breast for lunch, and just regular protien in milk and other things, and it says I'm over my protien intake. I'm planing on makeing chicken for dinner as well and I know I will be way over what they say I should have. :grumble:
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Protein question???
Asi enter in all of the food i have eaten for the day...my protein is Always over, today by 25...what am i dfoing wrong...everything adds up right as far as fat, carbs and calories...those are usually under by a few...what should i do??? help, im new, but motivated anf i want to do this right... thank you in advance :)
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Turkey Mignon!
I just tried it this evening. It is delicious....Yeah, it is not filet mignon, but it is great for us dieters! You can find it at Aldi's...SUPER CHEAP. It is a "Fit and Active" brand. I am sure you can find it other places too...but that is where I found it. There were only 8 grams of fat...I put the nutritional content in…
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4 Keys To A Smart Nutrition Plan
4 Keys To A Smart Nutrition Plan D.I.E.T. -- By Mike Kramer, Staff Writer Think of the word "diet," and what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Visions of joyless eating, piles of pale lettuce, bored taste buds, more pale lettuce, meals that would starve a mouse, and mounds of food labeled "Off Limits" and locked away,…
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Weight Management--Body Balance
Hello, I am a cycling coach in my late 40’s and like a lot of you fight my weight on a daily basis. I have been an avid cyclist for over 35 years and since my mid-thirties have had to constantly work on weight management. You can probably remember back when it was so easy to eat what you wanted and just run a little bit…
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help.....trouble with carbs...need advice
I am eating 1200 cals. I hardly ever meet half of my carbs allowed and I am usually over in the protein. I have been counting calories and working out 2 months.However I have slacked a bit with both here and there. I have lost 12 lbs. and weight loss has remained the same for week, stuck. Do I need more carbs? Advice…
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How food works.
Wondering how food works? Check out this site recipes.howstuffworks.com/food.htm
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withdrawal
is there such thing as withdrawal? I have stopped eating sweets(all sugar) . Its been about 1.5 weeks and for the last two days i have been getting some headaches... I wonder if the two are connected?
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Importance of Healthy eating
www.lifescript.com/channels/food_nutrition/nutrition_tips/the_importance_of_healthy_eating_habits.asp
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Any other vegetarians out there?
I decided that starting Jan. 2nd (I allowed myself a morsal of pork yesterday), I will cut meat out of my diet. Not for health reasons (I rarely ate red meat anyway) but more for moral & environmental reasons. I think my vice will be chicken...I love(d) chicken. But, after doing some extensive research, I don't love…
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Vitamins
Hi guys, I am new to all of this and was wondering what type of viamins should I be taking, or how much of each should be in a vitamin tablet? Thanks.
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Looking for tips for dieting on a budget!
I am hoping someone out there has some good ideas for inexpensive, healthy recipes and diet foods. My family and I are on a pretty strict grocery budget and I cannot really afford to buy myself "extras". I will up the fruit and veggie purchases but from there, I need to know what other snack items out there are both…
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eating grapefruit?
Has anybody tried eating grapefruit after their meals to lose weight and has it worked?
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Beating the sweet craving
just wondering what every one eats to curb the sweet cravings. I use to spoon down a chocolate milk shake before bed...lol...now I find that frosted flakes or honey dew melon works o.k...low calories and sweet..... wendy