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Fats and proteins are low glycemic index foods. The GI is a measure of how much a food raises your blood glucose levels, which is why sugary carbohydrate rich foods are high scoring. I don't know where you got your information but it's wrong. Fats and proteins in general (and I'm struggling to come up with an exception to…

You stated earlier that you have a food scale but haven't been using it and have been eyeballing it. That may be the problem. When you were eyeballing for the previous 70lbs you lost, even if you were over 2100 cals, it was probably still enough of a deficit for you to lose. That may not be the case now. Use the scale…

Start a weight routine and make sure you target your chest and triceps. If your strength class isn't improving your push ups then its probably not enough to stimulate much muscle growth.

The one where you said it's not well studied? The one where you said it's not even on Wikipedia? You are so incredibly wrong it's almost offensive. There's are a lot of resources out there and a ton of websites for EDS... there is an EDS specific website. You're playing a victim and getting butt hurt when people tell you…

Maybe you should get a better doctor.. EDS is a well known disorder that affects a lot of people. Six types have been identified and treatment to manage the symptoms are widely available. It is a connective tissue disorder which in some can cause problems in the digestive system with symptoms similar to IBS. This is not a…

3 eggs and oatmeal. Doesn't take more than 5 minutes and a lot of times I cook the eggs the night before and reheat them.

I cook mine with chicken boullion, I follow the directions for how much boullion to use with the water. Always comes out great! I also add cooked black beans to it at the end. Not sure why, but i've always loved quinoa this way.

Set smaller goals for yourself. When I trained for my first 25k I went from barely being able to get through 1 mile to running 15.5 miles. There's a couple things you can do. To increase the duration you can run for, make your running intervals longer. If you can run for 1 minute this week, run for 1:05 next week. Keep the…

Yup. Instant gratification is not part of weight loss. Weigh everything you eat to track calories accurately and make sure you eat less than what you burn. Time and patience. "eating clean" also doesn't guarantee weight loss. A calorie deficit does. My diet still includes a lot of things that are not "clean" and I'm…

I found I'm significantly less sore the next day if I work out in the morning. There's always the good ole ice bath though. Especially if you have inflammation issues caused by an autoimmune disorder. Also, tiger balm. Same idea as ice bath but I like it more than biofreeze or other similar products. A little goes a long…

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Try new things until they work for you. When I first started on here I tried going low calorie high protein low carb lowish fat. Couldn't figure out why I wasn't losing. Then I realized it was because I was miserable starving myself and trying to get 150+ grams of protein. At the time I was lifting heavy 4-5x a week.…

Honestly, don't waste your money. Protein powders are overpriced and overrated. You can get all the protein you need from whole foods. I used to buy them... there's some kind of allure to them because you see gorgeous fitness models drinking them.. seriously though, waste of money. There's a lot of high protein foods out…

Did you read all the way through the pdf you posted? Do you understand everything it says? There are over 9,000 peer reviewed articles on www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov which contains 22 databases if you search "carrageenan" You need to understand that when you post a rant villifying an additive that is in almost everything we…

I cook my quinoa in chicken broth (usually buy powdered boullion and add it to water) and then add canned black beans once it's cooked. It's simple and I like how it tastes. If I don't add the beans I will add it to my eggs and veggies as a scramble.

Careful with the word "prove" in the real world of scientists who have their masters or PhD's in chemistry, biochem, cell/molecular biology, physics, etc... "Prove" is a bad word. If you prove it, that means it is always true and you better have a rebuttal for every argument someone will throw at you. An obese person being…

It looks like you're doing pretty good. I'd pick up a protein powder and work it in somewhere. Cellucors powder gives you 25g for 120 cals and barely any carbs or fat. I usually have 2 scoops for breakfast. That will help up your protein. They have lots of flavors to choose some and can be added to that morning oatmeal to…

Work out before work or buy a pre wporkout supplement :)

Considering you just started running it's probably just a normal reaction to using muscles in a new/different way. Just give your body some time. I lean heavily toward it just being DOMS... You ran, and you don't run normally, so now your muscles hurt. Front of hips means hip flexors, which are used a lot during a run.…

That's IF your body is specifically working to heat the water. But most reactions in the body are exothermic (hence the reason we're "warm blooded") our basic metabolic reactions produce heat (cellular respiration which makes ATP) and the water will be heated by the heat expelled during those reactions. If you want to use…

Can we think about this from another perspective? Think of all the different kinds of meat that we eat. Chicken has light and dark meat. The breast has little to no fat while the thigh/leg/wing is a more fatty cut of meat. Cows are similar.. When you buy steak, some cuts like ribeye have fat marbled throughout the steak,…

That's all you eat in a day?

If it's happening on the down motion in areas where you have excess skin then it is likely due to the force of the down motion with added unsupported weight (kinda like if a girl tries to run without a bra on lol). Painful. Yes talk with your doctor. If compression clothing helps then wear it, it's helping support that…

I'm a little unsure about what you're saying here, or need more info.. So when you run that's when you feel the pain, correct? Does the pain stop when you stop running? Micro tears are part of the reason you feel sore after exercising (I'm sure you know that). But a true torn muscle injury is an intense pain that has other…

Is your goal weight loss or fat loss? Personally, I think there's a difference. I don't really weigh myself anymore because I realized I don't care what the number says as long as I'm happy with how I look. Protein will help you maintain and build muscle. If you're still at a deficit you'll lose fat but the protein helps…

It's up to you. If i'm hungry I do. But MFP overestimates calories burned. So I only eat back 25-50% of what they give me for my exercise.

Talk to your chiropractor about it. Get a professional opinion. It's a lot safer that way.

Hyperthyroidism causes your body to burn more calories becauses it makes the body do more work. It releases hormones that basically cause the body to do more work than it needs to (increase heart rate, breathing, anxiety). The actual net production of energy through whatever pathway in cellular respiration you would like…

Can't Hold Us - Macklemore & Ryan Lews <-- My absolute favorite running song. Thrift shop and white walls are good too though. Eminem has a lot of good ones. I love Cinderella Man Radioactive by Imagine Dragons (there's a remix version that's really good)

It's a lifestyle change for me. At some point I realized I'm never going to have the skinny victoria's secret model body that I always wanted. Once I accepted it I realized I'd rather be strong and healthy anyways. I've been doing body recomp for 6 or 7 months now. I absolutely love the gym part. I love lifting heavy…