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Congratulations! Just keep doing the thing!
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Being kind to your body is very important! I bought a used piston rower and I have been using that - it's low impact and works my body all over. I have slowly built up my frequency / intensity / time. And I sometimes overdo it. (I am so motivated to lose my COVID quarantine weight gain). So, I cut back just to give my body…
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There is a difference between naturally occurring sodium in food and added sodium to prepackaged foods. One of the easiest way to reduce sodium is to "cook from scratch" rather than from a box. If time is a consideration, invest in a "pressure cooker" that will save you time and allow to to cook healthier foods. Also, look…
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Congrats!
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Congratulations!
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If people have a lot of friends, for example, 10s, 100s of friends, they ask that their friends turn their exercise notifications off; otherwise there are 10s, 100s of notifications to "like" that clogs up their news feed. It's like FB on steriods... So... congratulations on your blood, sweat and tears journey. Maybe…
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Celery and peanut butter - low carb, crunchy, filling. I also drink a flavored seltzer water. I really like Spindrift sparking waters. Sometimes I eat a tablespoon of peanut butter and chase it with a blackberry seltzer water. tastes like a PBJ (sort of).
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Just "doing it"... exercise routine was harder today and I did it anyway.
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It's a marathon, not a sprint. The goal is to create sustaining habits that will serve you well for the rest of your life. Each day is a new day. Don't worry about yesterday or tomorrow. Focus on today and do the best you can. I have found that focusing on macros as well as calories made a HUGE difference for me. I didn't…
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I eat around 9.5 oz of chopped veggies (trader joe's chopped 8 veggie salad - 85 calories) plus 3 oz of their "Just turkey" (100 calories) for 185 calories. I add raw ACV and various Penzys spice blends (they are filler and sugar free) to change the taste to keep it from getting boring. Here is a link to a DIY…
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A calorie is a calorie (carbs, sugars, protein and fat are all processed the same and have the same effect on weight).
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Resistant starch is a thing and you need it to keep your bowel biome healthy when it is under attack from viruses (like stomach flu or influenza), otherwise the bad bacteria will overwhelm to good and you will have sludge that doesn't move... at all... ever. Trust me on this... once you have overgrowth of the bad bacteria,…
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I like Dandy Blend - It's a coffee substitute that is gluten free and super yummy. It also supports the liver due to the roasted dandelion root! I use about a tablespoon and a half to 16 oz water. I put enough water in to make a slurry and then use a hand blender to whip it. After that I pour the rest of the hot water in…
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It's not a sprint it's a marathon. When I get up each day I say to myself, "It's a new day and I will do my best today to take care of me!" I have found it helpful to forgive myself if I eat things outside of my "allowed" list (like a piece of pie) and I just try to do better the next day. I don't weigh myself, but, I do…
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Sagginess also depends on your genetics and your age. The best advice I can give you is to lose weight steadily and slowly. Like a pound at a time. Also incorporate a lot of collegan forming foods into your diet - bones boiled to make soup, eat the skin and the animal fat in chicken thighs. Check out…
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I used to drink protein shakes but it really messed up my bowel biome (I caught both norovirus and the flu and required a lot of medical support to undo the damage I did to myself, which the doctor said had to do with the protein shakes "under-supporting" thus killing off the good bacteria). To get everything working right…
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Egg yolks are an essential part of the egg and counteracts the loss of biotin when only eating the egg white. Egg whites actually cause biotin depletion in the body (which is why many people who eat eggs only eat the yolks.) Biotin loss can eventually lead to seizures, hair loss, lack of muscle coordination and tone, and…
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Add an egg, chopped veggies (like onions, bell peppers) to the meat, make meat balls, add to the sauce and cook until done. Remove the meat balls and keep warm; make a half serving of angel hair pasta, drain and mix it in with the sauce and let it set covered for 30 minutes (it plumps up the noodles). Divide into portions…
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Yep agree with the above - try using low carb / low sugar veggies (like zucchini) in place of noodles (get a spiralizer) or make or buy shirataki noodles - which are made with konjac root / Glucomannan. BTW, they are easy to make and taste better. I use a metal potato ricer and that works pretty great.…
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I ate for my desired maintenance weight and let things sort themselves out naturally. It gave me an extra 300 calories a day (based on my height and weight) and it's been easier long term to stick to a regimen. It wasn't super fast, which in a way was good because I am older and I didn't want a lot of flab. I already have…
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I use a combined apple slicer corer (it looks like "*" with a hole in the middle). I put my apple back together and then wrap it tightly in plastic wrap (like saran wrap) and the apple stays mostly un-oxidized (not brown).
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You can be leeching minerals by drinking that much water and it can over time cause oxidative stress and cause inflammation. You could change to a mineral water to see if that helps. Or stop drinking that much water! Also, some other thoughts: In the US we can buy individual mineral powders in bulk and make up our own…
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There are ways to increase your iron intake (Floradix Iron + Herbs - "herbal (8.5 Fluid Ounces Liquid)) or the Indian herb Moringa also works. Moringa powder (to me) tastes like matcha green tea, (I like the Organic Veda brand) (some like it, others don't) but, when mixed with frozen fruit in a smoothie might be palatable…
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23andMe offers anecdotal information if you opt in and do the health quizes. (It compares your answers with other people with your same general DNA and then says that you may have an increased allergic reaction to mosquitoes, or get more cavities than average, for example.) All that aside, by reducing calories and eating…
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Well, the first thing I would do is erase this post and not include your full name... and your birth year... that is, if you are a real person.
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Maybe look at how much hidden sugar he and the rest of the family are consuming and also looking at what kind of meal he is getting at daycare? Maybe look to reduce foods high in saturated fats, simple carbs and sugar overall and that will help?
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They are labor intensive to make also. Once you make the bean paste you shape it into balls; then you make the sticky dough and wrap it around the bean paste and then put it into mold and stamp it. See this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo3e0DVy71E
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That is the smart way to do it - I was able to lose consistently and easily at that caloric amount and I wasn't too miserable. I also lowered my carb intake to about 100 g and sugar to 50 g most days and it seemed to help keep me from craving sugar. A great website for nutritional guidance that isn't from the USDA is:…
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If you look at this "dieting" as a lifestyle change and not a sentence (with an end date) then it is easier to look at your eating habits in the long term, big picture, and not in the short term ("Oh my God I am going to gain it all back!) Relax! It's all about the calories. Burn more, eat more to maintain your weight.…
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It would be helpful to know your height and current weight. In order to lose weight you need to eat enough calories so that your body doesn't think it is starving!
