bchmura

It takes 21 days to break or make a habit. Drink water, get up and move around, just anything to distract you long enough for the craving to pass. Some theories hold that you get that urge if your body is low on something... Are you getting the right nutrition? is that causing it? If not, aim for eliminating empty…

AWESOME!! Looking up things has been my biggest motivator to stay on healthy options. Next to that is comparing that one little cookie to the amount of healthy food I could eat instead. Anyway, the quoted comment above reminded me of something a friend had posted which apparently has made the rounds unnoticed by me in the…

Measure them out and add the calories to your daily total. If it suddenly seems like WTF? to you, then put them back and deduct the calories. I absolutely adore potato chips, but once I started tracking calories it seems like such a waste of fuel points (what I have started calling my calories). You can aso try baking Kale…

The calculations for my max heart rate show 181, and my polar shows me above the zone at 151, which is the end of the easy zone, you can do more. I think it is just recommending that i am doing more than I really need to. I am typically running at more than 150 but not too much more on a normal jog - maybe 160 on an…

This explanation makes the most sense... I do CF workouts and a normal 60 minutes with warm up, skill work, then work out is about 400-450 calories. I wear a chest heart rate monitor so i consider this number to be pretty accurate. There is no easy way, just accept it

Kale chips are pretty good once you get the hang of making them. But as far as a snack goes... A bushel of kale goes down in a few seconds really. I'd recommend looking up recipes on making your own protein bars - you can easily make them vegan, customize them to your own needs and likes, and while you can't leave them out…

I think it makes sense that if you need to eat a certain number of calories a day, you want to break it up over that day. On days where I know my workout is going to get me back 500 calories I don't wait till after that happens to eat them. Depending on what I eat for breakfast definitely determines if I am hungry soon…

If i am at CrossFit they have music blaring most of the time. If i am home and on the treadmill, I watch TV (I really dont like running), but if I am doing straight weight training I am good with silence.

Yes, like other people suggested - get a good pair of shoes at somewhere that will fit you. If they don't let you run around in them a bit then maybe try somewhere else. Fleet Feet is really good if you have any near you... The only store where you can expect people to go running out of the store with unpaid merchandise.…

I am past 40, and a close friend of mine passed away. He was around 60, but while spiritually he was incredibly well off, physically he had a problem with food. He had started turning things around and lost 70lbs, but the damage was too great and he had a critical failure. I've never been in great or good shape... I am a…

1 Cup unsweetend almond milk 1 Cup frozen mixed fruit or berries (thawed mostly) 1 Cup frozen kale 1 scoop vanilla vegan raw protein powder if you can swing it, get an immersion blender (don't waste money on the wireless models, just get a good corded one). Sequester all the tall plastic containers you can (the chinese…

My doctor asked me to cut out a lot of things due to some regular abdominal pain for a few weeks, and dairy was one of them. I am on week three with no real dairy intake. I don't check labels and stuff, but I don't have any straight up dairy (eggs, cheese, etc). My problem has gone away, but there are a lot of things that…

Yeah, I think there is a world of difference between the natural sugars in an orange, and a packet of sugar, or splenda, or whatever. Your body needs sugar to run your brain. Refined sugars are being found to cause all sorts of things - I have yet to see a study that blames fruit consumption for something. White flours are…

I realize you said "many" which I take it also means "not all" - I can only speak to the box I go to. I am in my 40's and a professional IT person my entire life with very very little eye on fitness, so you can imagine my doughy self taking up CrossFit. I am the bottom of my box, almost always the last done with a scaled…

Every morning, sometimes just by itself and sometimes with some sort of protein. Very similar to one of the other ones mentioned: 1 cup unsweetened almond milk 1 cup frozen mixed fruit (partially thawed) 1 cup frozen kale 1 scoop sun warrior vegan raw protein powder (substitute whatever you prefer) Immersion blender is…