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Eel is WONDERFUL, especially with eel sauce, its not raw, so its really just a cooked fish with no fins. All forms of tempura will have cooked meat, I like the nigiri with the japanese style omelette on top, california roll (surimi) and volcano roll (also surimi) are also cooked, softshell crab. Before i ate sushi, i used…

Have you all discovered the bacon weave? If not, google it. Certainly a cheat day food, but also the stuff dreams are made of

LIMES!!! The price of Limes hit $1.69ea here in Florida last year. I thought I was going to cry.

I'm 31. I don't weigh myself anymore, but I'm working on a body recomp that definitely involves losing some lbs 1.) What motivates you to workout? - I'll give the unpopular answer that's true for most people- I want to be skinny and cute. One cannot constantly be surrounded by skinny, cute friends and not want that. 2.) Do…

Not entirely true... the timing of meals (specifically protein) can actually help with muscle build. But more to the point, yes, if you burn more than you eat in any 24 hr period, you will lose weight and studies have shown that timing doesn't seem to have much of an effect there. I think the eating every 3 hours thing…

The interval idea is GREAT! If you push hard through your intervals (between your rests) its a great fat burning tool. I use an interval timer on my phone that will play tones in the background over my music (HIIT Timer) and I find it makes running much more bearable for me. I HATE steady state jogging with a passion.

Any chance you could just do (intense) morning cardio? It's probably the best metabolism booster known to man

you need about .4g*[your bodyweight] every day to hold your gains. If you weigh 165lb, you need to be eating at least 66g/day (assuming you're pretty sedentary). You won't gain anything eating this little protein, but you won't lose either. If you eat all of your daily calories in fruit (or other foods that have no…

I don't know that there is a "good" or "bad" carb. There are nutrient dense and less nutrient dense carbs for sure as well as carbs that are calorie dense and less calorie dense. The goal is to stay within your macros (on grams) of carbs and still get a proper level of nutrition. Veggies (think non tuber/non grain) tend to…

The longer I eat 1300 cals a day, the more my body has adjusted. I eat a high protein, mod fat, very low carb diet with almost no refined carbs. I typically find myself choking down my meals. I cheated a few times last weekend, went to a vietnamese restaurant and ordered two bahn mis (they're small and $4), I ate a little…

I started at 1200 calories and had a pretty similar problem. I lost weight quickly at first and plateaued with about 5-10 vanity lbs to go. I met with a fitness coach who looked at my log and said that "1200 calories was really light" for someone who was working out as much as me (5 days a week minimum, 30 minutes of…

I think you're looking at macro balance (percentage) and not the number of grams you should be eating, there's no way you're getting enough nutrients for that level of activity. Yes, it's bad. You will wreck your metabolism if you starve your body and work out that much. Its called thermogenic adaptation, essentially, your…

Start with the 1500 and see how you feel. Eat back about 1/2 of your exercise calories to make sure you're getting enough fuel. If you starve the muscle, it won't rebuild the way you want it to. Maybe try more frequent meals and calorie dense foods? Protein shakes are great on the go (and HUGELY beneficial after a hard…

nerd fitness is great, as are the workout ideas from shape magazine and mens fitness. There are a few great apps out there that will guide you through workouts in different muscle groups (fitstar, runtastic six pack abs, sworkit, pear). As far as running goes, I used Zombies, Run! and I LOVED it. I do recommend shelling…

really loud music... I just drown it all out.

I'm not a medical professional, but I did some "experimenting" in my youth... 99% chance its the adderall. I abused it in college to study and managed to lose so much weight (by not eating) in my first month that my BMI fell into the "underweight" range (19lbs in 4 weeks... not a good look). That stuff will alter your…

I work in an industry that involves a LOT of cocktail parties, my hack is club soda + lime juice. Everyone will assume you're drinking vodka or gin.

Interval training has worked wonders for me.

If you're within your calorie intake, they are fine. However, they are my arch nemesis and consistently cause me to either completely blow my calories for the day, or end up at a point where I can only eat a salad for dinner. I have found that I can eat a lot more food and stay a lot more full if I avoid them altogether. I…

Last weekend I walked 16 city blocks instead of calling an uber because there were about 50 pokestops between myself and my destination. I literally never would have done that before this game.

CONGRATS ON YOUR WEIGHT LOSS. I know you're feeling defeated, but you should be really proud. You're taking your life back and you've made some amazing progress. I had a stall very similar to yours a few months back, I did two or three major things to break it: 1) The cheat day probably has to go. I dropped mine to a cheat…

I try to load my salads with protein- hard boiled eggs, cooked chicken or turkey, and sometimes a small amount of cheese. If I need some crunch, I typically add almonds or sunflower seeds or crunchy veggies.

I'm chronic and have been since I was a teenager. My silver bullet has been a daily LA beta blocker (Propranolol) + migranal PRN as an abortive, and daily birth control (I skip placebo). I've been on all of the triptans, which I found worked well but left me lethargic. I also echo the sentiment above about Topamax, that…

cardio isn't necessary to lose fat, but it will make it a LOT easier to lean out. Lifting is anerobic, so it takes a lot of effort, time, and exertion to burn calories, whereas cardio is aerobic and so less time needed to burn the same number of calories. If you hate running maybe try interspersing your lifting with 10-15…

If you can afford it, I would recommend a Fitbit HR or similar. Not only will it help with the accuracy of your calorie burn measurements, but you can use it to make sure you're hitting the right zones during training. Sprinting into the peak zone is pretty critical if you're trying to achieve good "afterburn"

I use this article as a guide: http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/workout-nutrition-for-muscle-building It states that a good target is .73g/lb of body weight every day (about 105g for you), consumed throughout the day in chunks of no less than 20g/serving. I would recommend reading the entire article, though, as its…

cuties, bananas, single pop tart, english muffin, hard boiled eggs, avocado on toast, oatmeal, grits, yogurt, greek yogurt, pre-cooked chicken or turkey,

unsweetened iced tea or flavored sparkling water (perrier, voss, zephyrhills and I THINK Dasani all make them)

literally everything on the cookinglight.com website. I have a stored recipe index of like 300+ recipes, all under 600 cal.

Whey won't do anything to harm you unless you're consuming like 10+ scoops a day (then the protein starts to mess with your kidney function). I have friends who swear by unsweetened whey + frozen berries + greek yogurt (or almond milk). I prefer the muscle milk light, only because I sugar restrict and can't have handfuls…