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I eat easily 60 or more % carbs every day and have been for years, and basically maintain my weight (there was a little bump in the road caused by being inactive for 6 weeks after major surgery and starting blood pressure medicine). I have great bloodwork values for cholesterol, etc. That being said, I am not just drinking…

I have an entire basement room full of stuff I collected over the years. Started with lower weights which I do still use from time to time when recovering from surgery or an injury (not that I have many of either, but having been through one of each since 2017, I don't get rid of the small stuff): * kettlebells (1x10lb,…

I am maintaining but I always worked out at home and ate most meals at home and so those habits haven't really changed. Got a puppy right at the time I started working from home (this was planned, she was born 1/22 and I brought her home 3/14) so I have playtime and walks to compensate for lost non-exercise walking (like…

Food and exercise calories are typically in kilocalories (kcal) although we use the word "calories," maybe some component somewhere is not making the conversion properly and you actually burned 212 kcalories?

Just pick something similar in the database. I don't know what the workout entails as I haven't been keeping up with anything from Beachbody lately, but there are entries for things like aerobics, dance, strength training, etc. (Like, I just put all my kickboxing workouts as Tae Bo even though most of them are harder than…

Kundalini yoga is not for everyone, but there are some sets that can be done seated (on the floor or in a chair). There are segments in these two videos that are decent upper body and/or core work (if you don't like the chanting, just ignore those segments, you can pick segments in the matrix menu that skip that):…

When I started blood pressure medicine I wasn't sure if it would make me feel dizzy or anything so I just took it slowly to see what I could tolerate and built up to where I wanted to be.

I got a puppy last weekend. She was very young (7.5 weeks). We are having like no accidents in the house because I am here to take her out as often as she needs. This will be the fastest I have ever house-trained a dog. Also my husband and I are office workers who are both capable of fulfilling all our job duties from home…

Same here. There was a virus-related death at a hospital in my county in Georgia today. Older person with underlying health conditions but still. I guess my social anxiety is serving me well for once. (I have a treadmill, recumbent bike, pull up tower, Smith/cable machine, bench, tons of dumbbells and kettlebells, cardio…

Two half-hour dog walks and a gym session as described don't add up to 3+ hours. Maybe 2. I don't currently have a dog but when I did, I never counted walking her as exercise. She was stopping all the time to sniff things, or play with her doggie friends, or I'd have to plant my feet firmly when she saw a squirrel because…

There are some popcorn snacks out there with no butter. Although they have coconut oil, it's minimal, and you feel like you're eating a lot. It's also whole grain. I think the ones by Lesser Evil are decent tasting (they're Paleo so they should be dairy free).

I am computer challenged today. Read this post, not the one above.

I feel your pain but lost a 700+ day streak when I was in the hospital for a few days because I couldn't figure out how to log in from my tablet. You have to actually log on a given day (even if you don't log in/visit the site any food or exercise or anything) to get that day counted. Edited because I left out a word.

I have a PhD in biochemistry so I can pronounce all of those things and usually also have a pretty good idea of the chemical structure without looking them up. Does that mean they're healthy for me but not for someone who majored in library science or math or history? On the topic at hand, I stay away from the Impossible…

I find that yoga improves my flexibility and balance. Having known all four of my grandparents into their 80s (1) and 90s (3), I know that balance issues are potentially in my genes and I'd like to avoid them! Because losing your balance can mean falling, broken bones, hospitalization, etc., when you are that old, so maybe…

I became a vegetarian at age 15, did no research whatsoever (there wasn't much in the way of internet in those days), and today I am 42 and quite healthy (and still vegetarian). The American diet is awfully protein-heavy as-is and if she is still eating eggs and dairy then there are probably no deficiencies to worry about.…

I save up calories during the week so I can eat out on Friday (when I don't get to exercise due to scheduling issues). It has been working for me.

I do yoga for a half hour in the morning, really helps me work some of the stiffness out. But then I do cardio and weights in the evening, just so I have time. Otherwise I'd be getting in to the office at like 11 AM and staying until 8 PM or something and that won't work for me.

I don't track macros at all. I probably eat something like 2/3 carbs, mostly fruits/veggies/whole grains, not much fat, and that works for me. It doesn't work for everyone. I have been a vegetarian for 26 years and I really didn't change the way I ate other than dropping some fats I wouldn't notice (like I don't need 300…

I do a lot of these too. I would never actually be able to use a move from a video for self defense but it makes for decent cardio.

Diagnosed with fibroids at age 39, one was 15-16 cm, the other was small, opted for a hysterectomy about a week after I turned 40. (I had no specific symptoms at all, this was discovered on my first routine physical in years. In retrospect, some of my acid reflux, constipation, inability to empty bladder completely, etc.…

Last time I had a cold, I was showing symptoms for three weeks. If I had not worked out, I probably would've gained 5 pounds, not to mention lost strength (not much, but some). I was not overly fatigued and even my doctor (I had my annual physical in the middle of this) said it was not in my lungs and thought it would be…

QuickAdd hasn't been working properly for weeks. It just says "saving" forever. If you exit that page, it turns out the calories did get added. (It's not my computer or browser as this happens at work and at home.) Have also had various errors on the website like the main page not loading (at all), exercise calories…

Those numbers are going to be completely different for a small, elderly woman and a young, obese man, and everyone in between.

You are not being sedentary when you do yoga (ok maybe for savasana) but actively using muscles to try to hold a position, or doing lots of movement (for vinyasa or kundalini). And yeah, calorie burn is not that high, but it does build core strength and flexibility so I think it ought to count for something. I do 30…

I do work out when I am sick with a cold. Colds tend to linger for me and I can't skip like two weeks of exercise. I actually find workouts pretty good for clearing my nasal passages. However, I only ever exercise at home. I have a weight machine and various other equipment plus a TV and DVD player for cardio workouts at…

Best of luck to you, it sounds like you have a great start with the trainer and all. I am only 42 and have done strength training off and on over the past decade or so but have been more serious about it lately. I was lucky enough to have all four grandparents into my late 20s or 30s and to spend a lot of time with them.…

I have the actual Crock Pot brand (bought from Target, no fancy digital display) and I use completely variable cooking times, typically on low, though. I do pre-cook certain things first, like onions (just a quick saute in oil) because I don't like the flavors of these ingredients thrown in there raw or I think the texture…

Yeah, if I am eating at a small restaurant, and I order something like, say, eggplant parmigiana, I use a bigger chain like Olive Garden or Maggiano's as a starting point, but then I adjust based on portion size and/or oil content (the local independent Italian restaurant uses way less oil than most chains, for example).…

I made a lot of juice when I first got my juicer, and now I am down to doing it once a week, for Sunday brunch, which is the only time I drink juice (3 oranges and half a pineapple split between my husband and me). I think it tastes better than juice out of a carton, but of course is not pasteurized so has to be consumed…