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I really like to scramble up 1 whole egg for the taste and nutrition and mix it up with loads of egg whites for the extra no cholesterol protein and then mix in loads of yummy veggies for all their nutrition -- after all calories & macros are not all equal (white bread vs. kale, for instance). But yeah, as others have…
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In my experience losing weight & body fat from 200 lbs/30% BF, any discussion of body fat needs to be tied to overall weight and muscular definition in the lean mass. For me, I can be 147 lbs/15% BF without working out and I look "scrawny and skinny" or I can be 153 lbs/15% BF and be lifting weights and look "athletic and…
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Yum, the taste of late Fall! I've been grabbing a half-hemp, half-soy latte with half the amount of pumpkin spice syrup on my way into work. I call it my "half & half & half" :-)
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I weight myself daily. I get the look at weekly or longer trends completely, and that's what I do (Withings scale so it tracks the trend automatically). I don't get weighing weekly at all though, because the daily fluctuation still applies! You could weight yourself on a Sat. at 150, wait a week, weigh yourself again at…
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Darn -- I had everything set up perfectly and my iPhone has decided to wipe out my categories and put everything back to normal! Another reason to be frustrated with the iPhone app! I'll keep this system in mind when I regain the energy to try this again one day.
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Wow...just wow. Great visual -- thanks for sharing and HUGE CONGRATS!
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That is brilliant! I'm trying to balance veggies, fruit, protein (beans, nuts, seeds) & grains and always wondering how the heck I'm doing calorie wise! I'm going to try this for a bit and see how it goes -- thanks!
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Fitbit definitely calculates a higher calorie burn than MFP and if you've got your MFP activity set to Sedentary, then you'll get extra Fitbit allowances too easily. Consequently, as you're seeing, you 'll gain weight if you eat back those calories! One thing you can do is raise your MFP level up to Active, which will…
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I'm not sure why I waited until I turned 50 to really explore nutritional science, but now that I have, the advantage of a whole-foods plant based diet is clear to me. I can proudly say that I've been vegan for 3 weeks now! While this will surely get a laugh from those who have had the advantages of being long-time vegans,…
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Sounds good -- thanks for sharing! What's your secret for making it with only 178 calories per serving though? I'm guesstimating 140 cal for the chicken, 150 for the bun, 70 for the chips = 360 calories. Do you only eat 1/2 the sandwich in a serving?
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Those are good points! I can why that over marketed hype is annoying and misleading. Too bad since there might actually be some good ideas in there.
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Having just read his 2-day detox meal plan: 2 days of eating quinoa, flax seed oil & some prunes sprinkled on top for breakfast, a kale & pineapple smoothie or veggie sticks for lunch, and veggie soup for dinner. I don't understand all the negative reaction to this making him a quack. If anything, it seems like a good step…
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I'm not recommending Fucothin but believe there was a placebo-controlled double-blind 2007 clinical study of fucoxanthin with pomegranate seed oil "The effect of Xanthigen, a phytomedicine containing fucoxanthin and pomegranate seed oil, on body weight" which seems to supports the claim that fucoxanthin helps to reduce…
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Sorry that I misunderstood your question and for being snarky. As for you original question, when I've done LC and are well past the initial phase, the occasional week back on carbs hasn't hurt anything and I haven't had to restart the process, so to speak. I'll go find another thread to bug now :-)
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Which is great...there's nothing better on vacation than letting go and relaxing. For you, it's no big deal. And if it was no big deal for the OP, they prolly wouldn't have posted the question. For me with weight control issues, it's fine to remember that there are other rewards in life, other rewards on vacation, than…
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I agree you can let loose and *relax* but for me, if I overindulge on vacation and pack on the pounds, it ruins the vacation for me! The best feeling I have is coming back from vacation, having eaten well and made good food choices and having had fun being in a different place, to discover that I've continued to lose…
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You can drink 20 oz. Cokes and it won't stop you from losing weight, but it will make it MUCH HARDER! Flooding your system with high-fructose corn syrup jacks up your blood sugar (that's the part you love or you'd be drinking Diet Coke or water), then cause your body to flood insulin. High insulin levels then prevent your…
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I regret deleting my "before" pics right after taking them. I was embarrassed and wasn't at all sure I'd be successful. Now, I wish I had a clear pic of where I came from and where I never want to be again!
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That's right -- be careful of believing a HRM if you're doing strength training as it will overestimate your caloric burn. There's a physiological response when weight lifting that cranks up the heart rate without the corresponding high oxygen rate that would happen with aerobic exercise. This is because weight training…
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Hahaha...classic! First thing that sprang to my mind as well!
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Withings scale -- expensive but it rocks! Got mine at the Apple Store. it's WiFi enabled, so after displaying your weight, BF %, it and sends that data to it's website which then automatically shares data with tons of other sites, such as RunKeeper and Fitbit. Unfortunately, there's not MFP support yet :-( but supposedly…
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First world problem. :-)
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Awesome and inspiring! Well done!
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At the gym, I love the elliptical machine because it's much easier on my knees than running on a treadmill. Start off just trying for 20-30 minutes without HIIT. You might find that's enough of a challenge for several months! Once you are ready to increase your intensity, a great HIIT routine is to find a moderately hard…
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Before tackling a balance ball, you should be able to perform a set of those exercise with perfect form without the balance ball. Once you can really nail an exercise perfectly by itself, there are a couple modifiers you can add to make it tougher! - bigger range of movement (if you are squatting or doing lunges, go deeper…
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I based mine on BMI with guidance plus the excellent called the "People's Choice Ideal Weight" calculator, which shows the average weight that other people of your Age, Height, Weight and Gender would describe as their ideal weight. http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm Good luck on your journey!
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For blasting out those fast intervals: - Monkey Wrench (Foo Fighters) - Monkey Man (Specials) So, basically, I guess any song with "Monkey" in the title.
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"Transformation is not a future event. It is a present activity. That is why you must bring everything you that have to give in every moment. It doesn't have to be perfect. It's not about perfect. It's about effort. If you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs."…
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Initially, I struggled as well and the cravings were crazy! Moderation and slightly better substitutions did not work for me at all. I decided to go cold turkey and **completely** avoid the junk -- which for me was sugar. It was very tough for a couple weeks but then the cravings disappeared and I no longer cared about…
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Weird how much water we respirate/sweat off overnight, I was wondering about that as well. As a side note, if your scale shows your body fat, measuring yourself in the morning after you wake up and pee is the most consistent, however, because home scales measure your body fat using a small electrical current and you are…
