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It's called Exercise-Induced Urticaria. Certain food triggers such as celery, cheese, seafood, tomatoes and wheat. In some cases, alcohol can also cause exercise-related allergies. If that's the case, avoiding those foods for 4-6 hours prior to exercise should help. Urticaria can be triggered by sweating or extreme…

Macronutrients are protein, carbohydrates, and fat. Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals,i.e. Vitamin A, B's, C, D, E, etc, and Sodium, Potassium, Iron, Calcium, Magnesium, etc.

Cortisol is released after about 45-60 minutes of continuous exercise, she may be concerned about that. She could also be concerned about liver glycogen depletion, but that usually takes a couple hours or more. Why not just ask her what her reasoning is?

MUFA's.

Do doubt, there are alot of amazing success stories here on MFP, and there are countless examples of people that have eliminated certain types of foods from their diets for a given period of time - and many may not even desire those food types any longer. If the individual no longer desires or "loves" the food type, it is…

Yeah, it's also a good idea to avoid sleep walking and eating while you're asleep too, unless of course you can also manage to log it into MFP and it fits into your daily calories/macros.

Yes, each person is different, but most people can't completely eliminate a favorite food or macronutrient from their diet indefinitely. Studies show that deprivation diets have the worst long-term success/compliance rate. Your healthcare background should familiarize you with the false validity of using N=1 as…

Someone said fettucini alfredo earlier. Now I know what I'm having for dinner tonight! Love it, one of my fav's.

Any diet that eliminates specific macronutrients, based upon severe caloric restrictions, or elimination of certain desired food types is impossible for most people to follow for an extended period of time. The key to diet and weight is eating the appropriate calories and macronutrients to support your goals- whether…

Your TDEE is going to be the same regardless of when or how often you eat based upon your weight,, LBM, age, gender, and activities both NEAT and exercise. Eating during specific times of the day or a certain number of meals has no effect on total calories expended, but it does have an effect on where you body derives…

Just misinformed.

Breakfast isn't a time of day, it's a break from your fast (usually over night/sleep). If your "break fast" isn't until lunch, there's nothing wrong with that, just more time for your body to oxidize fat.

dup post.

I'd say either a squat/clean/press full body compound exercise as mentioned, or either the Turkish Get Up with a heavy kettlebell.

Or you can do intermittent fasting and enjoy X number of significant meals during your feeding period that leave you satisfied and satiated while still meeting your caloric and macronutrient goals and stimulating fat loss and muscle growth/maintenance.

Completely overused and misunderstood term around here. There are so many people that think they have to eat every 3 hours, 6 times a day or else they'll go into "starvation mode" or their muscles will fall off due to catabolism. The fact is most people would need to fast for at least 2-3 days before having a significant…

Olive oil is comprised mainly of monounsaturated fats (MUFA) which may lower your risk of heart disease, inflammation, lowers total cholesterol and low-density cholesterol. It also aids in normalizing blood clotting, and benefits insulin levels and blood sugar. Olive oil, like any other oil is high in calories, so use in…

Whatever fits your calories and macros. Carbs will trigger melatonin, protein contains tryptophan - both aid in restful sleep, increases in HGH. Protein and some fat for satiety until you break you fast. I usually eat whatever I need to make up my macro/calorie gaps. I stop eating at 9pm, but only because I do 16/8…

If you don't want to eat breakfast, then don't. Maybe intermittent fasting is your body's natural feeding rhythm. If you chose this lifestyle (which alot find very convenient by the way), just make sure that you truly fast during your fasting period, i.e. no calories. Unsweetened coffee and tea and water is okay. If you…

Thanks. I only got serious about lifting 6 months ago. I lift at home, usually by myself, so I wasn't able to lift "heavy" for safety reasons until I bought a power rack last year. I went from 155 max to where I'm at now in that time. There was a poll in Men's Health last month and most readers considered 225 "strong",…

225 was a big milestone for me. 2 45's on each side was a mental picture of strength when I first started lifting. I suppose 3 45's (315) will be the next one.

Weight 200 lbs, my working bench weight right now is 235 on my last 2 sets of 10. I usually do 185 x10 to warm up, 225 x10, then 235 x 10 x 2 sets. I'm going to move the last set up to 245 during my next BP day on Thursday. BB.com estimates my 1RM to be 313, but I haven't tried lifting that. Squat - 305 DL - 410

MFP seems to target FDA minimums when it comes to protein, unfortunately. While carbohydrates are your body's preferred energy source, there are several merits to increasing your protein intake and lowering carbohyrates, especially for muscle gain/support while cutting calories and resistance training and satiety.

Definitely. Think of the excess weight you were carrying around as one of those weighted vests. You wore that thing all day/night, now it's off, think of how much lighter you'd feel and how much easier it is to just do daily activities. As long as you are eating sufficient calories (i.e. 1000-1200+) you should feel more…

You probably meant "macros" (short for macronutrients), which is protein, carbohydrates, and fat. "Micros" (short for micronutrients) are vitamins and minerals, such as Vitamins A, B, C, etc and minerals such as Iron, Calcium, Magnesium, etc. Alot of people, including myself, have daily macronutrient targets/goals for…

If you're worried about it, your body is releasing cortisol which isn't helping. One meal is not going to make or break your fitness goals in the long run . You'd eat anyway, so if you stayed home and ate a 500 calorie dinner, versus a 750 calorie restaurant dinner. That's just a 250 calorie difference, or about the…

3-4 30 min cardio sessions a week is sufficient for cardiovascular health without negatively impacting your muscle gains assuming your caloric intake is over maintenance after subtracting caloric expenditure for the cardio and assuming sufficient protein intake for protein synthesis, i.e. 1+ gram per lb target body weight.…

Alot of honest, candid posts. I was always thin as a child, teenager and in my 20's. I grew up in Florida, surfing everyday, biking to/from the beach, ran cross-country. In college I was in AROTC, so we had to do PT 3x a week, plus my metabolism was just naturally fast. I could eat 2 large Domino pepperoni pizzas or 12…

1 almond has 6-7 calories, so around 16-17 almonds is typical per 100 cals.

What are your results so far over the 2 weeks you have been dieting and following MFP? If you are right on target at 2lbs /week then stick with what you are doing for another 2 weeks and reassess your results. If that is the case then you might just be underestimating your true caloric intake. Your body is the true measure…