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homemade greek salad (no meat) with butternut squash-green apple soup. about 450 calls. of dinner

detoxifying liver is always a good idea maybe once a year if not often. The recipe has been used for liver cleanse programs but just if you really need to clean the liver then you will need to go do a complete cleanse eating liver favoring foods for few weeks. Only drinking this juice is always good but not sure if liver…

there are many school of thoughts - some will advice to ignore and some will recoomend you to add. I am one of those who ignored and now i am counting. In most diets or lifesytle changes in eating habits, fruits and vegetables should make helthy percentage of food consumed especially veggies which will help you eat a lot…

so, to everyone who says they do not eat back their calories - what percentage of their maintenance are they talking about. For me MFP has given close to 480 cals deficit from maintenance and when i workout i burn anywhere between 500 to 600 cals. So, if i do not eat back my calories then my real deficit is around 1000…

soreness is normal especially when you are new to weight training or even to cardio. Your body takes time to heal from all the micro tears that you create when you are working out and it takes time to repair. When i first started i was so sore in my legs that my condition was very similar to yours and was considering to…

cool. I changed my version today to perform biceps & back. 4 exercises each with 3 sets arranged as superset for 8 to 10 reps. Then 15 minutes of HIIT using Elliptical

there has been lot of good advice here but this is what i am doing right now. I have seen for a long time that i have been working out both strength and cardio i have been unable to loose weight or body fat. Ofcourse body fat should be your goal since body weight does not differentiate between muscle weight (desireable)…

this is what we do on stovetop. Add 1 cup of oatmeal into few cups of milk (you can choose, whole, skim or almond). You need a good size pot since this will last for whole week. As you continue to cook, you need to stir it regularly to avoid oatmeal sicking to the bottom of the pot. Keep an eye on the thickness and you…

20 minutes of interval training on Elliptical - i finished it this morning :-)

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Coconut oil for decades has taken a bad rap for its saturated fat content. Now, i am not a doctor but what i read made sense to me and we have been using coconut oil in our cooking for last few years and my physicals at my doctors show all my measurements of cholesterol are not any higher in these years of using coconut…

are you open to using green leafy vegetables with your fruits? Is yes, then i do apple, ginger, celery (2 apples, small piece of ginger and few stalks of celery) Now sugar from fruits are generally ok.I say generally since i do gain weight when i drink too many of m green juices, so i have drink them in moderation and…

Whenever i make smoothies (even if they are protein smoothies) i always use spinach. The website that someone suggested by Victoria Boutenko is excellent start. I downloaded her app on my ipod for ideas. One thing to keep in mind that spinach has neutral flvor so it works with all types of fruits (low caloric like apples,…