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gnat bites? we have tons of gnats here right now, and they make me itch!

they have an earthy sort of taste... i think for most people the texture can be hit or miss, they have a very pasty soft texture.

i feel like my workouts are much much harder starting the week before my period, then as soon as I get it I am back to normal. I will get out out breath really fast doing the same workouts I killed 2 weeks earlier, and my legs feel like they weigh a million pounds. I save the really hard workouts for the first two weeks of…

I just wanted to add, if any of you are taking vitamins, certain ones are linked to breakouts... i've tested this on myself and found this to be accurate, especially B6. If i eat or drink foods fortified with a high percentage (energy drinks,certain protein bars) I get sore under the skin spots around my smile lines and…

some medications can make you gain rapidly. Several years ago I was put on lyrica for 3 weeks and i gained 15 lbs. I never felt like eating while I was taking it either. Some just swell you up with water weight.

tennis is such a great workout!

5-6 days a week... one 3 to 5 mile jog, one run with sprint intervals for about 30 minutes, 2 or 3 days of some type of interval training that includes burpees, jump squats, pushups, lunge jumps or maybe an insanity cardio workout or step aerobics, whatever i feel like that day... usually they are around 45 minutes to an…

I do a lot of corner stretches, arms out parallel to the floor to stretch my chest out, if your chest muscles have shortened/tightened up, then your shoulders can slouch forward causing back pain. I usually notice this when i do things that require "good" form/posture. What are your non exercise daily activities like? Does…

what part of your back hurts? I used to get really tight trapezius muscles, mainly from the way I was sitting most of the day, then when i would run, i would unconsciously keep my shoulders shrugged up which made it worse. Is it more of a tight muscle kind of pain, or pain in your spine?

Epic bars

PB2 blended with plain Greek yogurt or sour cream and vanilla, sugar free hot cocoa, spoonful of artisans coconut butter, ricotta cheese with a small spoonful of lemon curd, egg custard, meringue cookies, Eden organic pumpkin seeds

Sucralose or any of the loses just give me migraines and intestinal problems. I try to avoid them, they are even in a lot of OTC medications and vitamins too

I find this happening if I am not eating enough calories, or don't eat a large enough dinner. Also, if I'm planning a really intense workout, I try to get it in before 4 pm or I have problems. Do you ever wake up with a fast heartbeat or feeling hot in the night? I had this problem last year where I would wake up at 2 am…

if it came up suddenly, and this is not something normal, could it just be irritation that resembles acne? I've had heat rashes, fungal infections (sorry gross! picked up at gym!) and folliculitis and all just looked like acne comedones. I use a damp paper towel with a splash of witchazel and just quick wipe my face and…

drinking coffee definitely aggravates my gut if i am going to be running long distance, doesn't matter if it makes me go right after, the coffee is still in the intestine and will cause trouble later. Eating a high fiber meal the day of might be problematic as well. I stick to easily digested carbs, and avoid things that…

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the worst for me were simply bars. I have a whole case of them sitting in my cabinet in case I really want to punish somebody lol. I did find taking an activated charcoal tablet with it will eliminate the gas problem, but what's the point of that right! I really wish these types of fibers were not added to most things…

kale chips, roasted chickpeas

me, but i only have 6 days logged so far

I still can't figure out how i do not get gas from these with all the fiber on the label. usually with prebiotic fibers,inulin, chicory etc. I get horrible bloating within 3 hours of eating anything with more than 3 or 4 added grams. 17 grams and zero bloating? seems very odd

all the above plus make sure your vitamin D levels are optimal. I was eating plant based dr fuhrman style for about 3 years, and still had high cholesterol. My vitamin D ended up being very low, as I supplemented my cholesterol levels went back down.

have you been checked for a hiatal hernia? I have a mild one i was born with and can control the symptoms most of the time if i avoid caffeine, fizzy drinks, high fat, citrus and tomatoes. Lately i have been terrible with the caffeine part though :/ . There is a book called dropping acid that has recipes in in specifically…

I think it depends what kind you are on, I was on ortho tri to get my estrogen level up. I think it's just the ones with higher estrogen that can cause the cellulite. Progesterone dominant pills may be better

In addition to what was already mentioned, I find that certain vitamins or other medications can jump start heartburn for me and last all day. I switched to liquid vitamins and that helped a lot... This is just in case none of the other ideas apply to your situation. Vitamin d and b complex are the usual culprits, as well…

Quick question, are you on bc? I have had cellulite pretty much since I hit puberty, regardless of how much body fat I had. When I was on bc my cellulite was much more noticeable, now being off for a year and a half, even though my fat increased, I have very little cellulite.

When I was a cashier I would do lunges,calf raises and squats when I didn't have customers lol. My legs would ache from standing still so I would move them. Probably got some weird looks! If you are going to do this, I recommend not wearing corduroys, do not ask how I know this :#

Same, if I stop logging, I think I'm eating the same sized portions of the same things, and I slowly end up going way over, even though everything seems like it exactly the same. It's foodnesia lol.

I initially lost 20lbs on a 1200 cal diet 2 years ago, then bumped my cals slowly up to around 1500 -1600 and did a. It more intense exercise. I maintained for a year, and then after that I gained 10 lbs pretty quickly, and then the rest all back after another 4 months. I also had to stop taking birth control at the same…

Once in a while, if I am just having a standard migraine, exercise will actually get rid of it faster. It will hurt worse in the beginning, but it seems to burn out faster this way. 30 minutes of cardio a day is very good migraine prevention so my doc tells me.

I get severe hemiplegic migraines, that actually cause partial to full paralysis on my left side and lose speech and ability to swallow. I have not been able to find a medication that helps me, as most I cannot take, but I have found that avoiding certain foods, sleeping the same amount of time each night, and keeping…