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Fun fact for anyone who cares: The cheapest shelf-stable food item you can buy(at least in Canada) is dried soybeans. They're $0.19 per 100 g. I used this as a reminder to restock my emergency food supply in my pantry, not because I'm worried about this in particular but because we have had blizzards as late in the year as…
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Bidets are coincidentally popping up everywhere for sale for dirt cheap on Amazon. (In all seriousness, though, that's going to be the next thing that will be in short supply, won't it?)
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Committing to cook at home can be a bit of an uphill battle, simply given the time commitment involved. To jump from regularly buying food out to preparing your own meals is a challenge all on its own. If you find it to be a little overwhelming, the easiest thing place to start, I would suggest, is to make healthier swaps…
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I'm with you there. Plus it's well established from all reputable sources that a diet high in whole grains is a healthy one, and the lack of whole grains, and healthy carbs in general, is clearly a problem with long-term keto adherence. People can debate the health implications of eating patterns with all sorts of macro…
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Fav hip-hop/rap song on my playlist(probably the only one, actually) is Remember the Name by Fort Minor. My ultimate pump-up jam on a long run. And, actually, my entire workout playlist is here if you want to take a peek, see if there's anything there that catches your fancy.…
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There are a number of chemicals that give a false positive on a presumptive test for blood, including, of all things, bleach. Don't clean a bloody crime scene with bleach, boys and girls! :D
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When you first start exercising, you will retain water. Just keep your calories in check and don't stress about it. As long as you stay consistent, eventually your body will get used to it and your weight will settle back down. I mean, I'm an fairly seasoned athlete at this point and water retention is still hard to…
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I'm looking for friends too, if anyone feels like adding me. :smile:
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Sometimes the simplest answer, like above, is the best answer(at least in my opinion). And there's no one way to do strength training or cardio, and you can do both at the same time(rowing, weighted walking, yoga, HIIT as just a few examples - my personal favourite is VR boxing or playing Beat Saber ;) ). Do whatever…
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You're not alone. I have this experience any time I'm in a calorie deficit for an extended period. I think, at least for me, it could be due to the way at times the body can confuse hunger and thirst signals. It's like my brain is going, "Hey! I'm supposed to be taking in *something* right now, but I can't figure out what…
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Tell that to my thunder thighs! :D They didn't get the memo.
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Have you ever tried yoga or pilates? I'm an avid runner, which can get to be pretty hard on the hips and knees. I found yoga has really helped with my mobility and strength, and the beauty of it is it's so adaptable and easy to modify.
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I can think of at least a dozen former soldiers I know personally who can attest to the effectiveness of this. I also carry a fairly heavy backpack to work every day on my transit commute, so I guess I do about 3 km a day of this. Never really thought about that, but come to think of it, it sure has built up my leg…
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Yeah, I'm with you here. If you're looking for a fast workout that gets results, then HIIT might be a good fit, but it is HARD. I can go run 15K no problem, or I can go hit the heavy weights hard, but I simply can't do HIIT. I hate it, it sucks, and I can't imagine how I would ever stick with something that feels like…
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Is your profile set to private? I can view other profiles and add people, but when I click on yours, I get a "page not found" error.
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Hi everyone! I'll start adding some of you who are having issues adding friends. I can't get it to work on the app, but adding friends is working just fine through the website.
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I would echo what others have said. I've never bonked from running on an empty stomach on any distance less than a half marathon. Like many others, it's usually just coffee for me and then off I go. If it's an afternoon run, then I make sure I pick a time to go that's at least two hours after my last meal and certainly am…
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Short answer: Yes, definitely a possibility. It is fairly well known that weight impacts the effectiveness of hormonal birth control, making it less effective when a woman is at a high body weight, so I would imagine that with that reduced effectiveness comes reduced side effects as well. I got a hormonal IUD four years…
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One thing that makes cardio really a secret weapon for achieving goals is that it tends to blunt appetite for a lot of people. It doesn't work for everyone in that way, but it works for me. A morning workout before breakfast helps keep my appetite stable throughout the day, while an evening workout is great to do when I…
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I think most people here hit on kind of the same sorts of comments that I was going to make. For me personally, free weights make more sense than bodyweight simply because I don't have the strength yet to crank out, say, a whole bunch of pushups, for example. In that sort of scenario, it makes sense for me to do bench…
