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Here's one that I use now & then. It tastes like cheesecake ice cream to me: 1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder (I use About Time) 1/2 cp Chobani non-fat plain Greek yogurt 2 tbsp Friendship low-fat cottage cheese 1 tbsp Grade B maple syrup 1 tbsp coconut oil I use an immersion blender to smooth it out. This one's not really…

It's set to calories per hour at the moment (top of columns C and D for male and female, respectively). I've updated the spreadsheet a bit to make it easier. Enter the exercise duration (in minutes) into cell B1, and columns E and F will now show the calorie burn estimate for the duration that you've entered, while C and D…

(As a few folks have noted), unfortunately, an HRM's unlikely to be accurate unless you're doing a blended cardio / circuit-type routine with relatively little rest between sets. I gather that strength training / lifting gets you post-exercise calorie burn benefit that lasts longer than for typical cardio exercise, so I…

Strength training can be found under Cardiovascular, strangely enough. Just go to your Exercise tab & search on "strength": http://www.myfitnesspal.com/exercise/add_to_diary?type=cardio If you're into geeky spreadsheets, I've put together a Google Docs spreadsheet of the Compendium of Physical Activities that you can use…

It probably makes sense to check with a doc first to see what might be causing the pain, but if it's osteoarthritis then there seems to be evidence that glucosamine + chondroitin can help. I've been using a glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM supplement & it does seem to help, but it's certainly not a cure-all... I'm sure that,…

Got my season pas the day it was released. Just finished mission 8 of season 2 tonight. :)

I use them in smoothies or stir them into yogurt. You can also make a chia fresca: Add 1 tbsp chia seeds to 1 cp cold water. Let stand ~10 minutes, stirring occasionally to keep it from clumping. Stir in ~1 tsp lime juice & ~1 tsp agave, honey, or maple syrup. The seeds do get a gel-like covering & they'll be suspended…

Usually I'll do a protein shake after working out in the early evening. Every now & then I'll use one for a meal, but not very often... If I'm going that route, I try to make sure I'm making something with a cup or two of spinach or kale, some chia or flax, and peanut butter or coconut oil to try to round out the macro…

I've been using one of these & haven't had it break yet: http://www.amazon.com/AccuMeasure-MyoTape-AM-3000-Fitness-Personal/dp/B002VAPHXW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367157597&sr=8-1&keywords=body+fat+calipers If that's what you're already using, not sure what to recommend.

Like others have said, yeah, you should be eating at least some of the exercise calories back... I'd say if your goal is weight loss, then you may not want to eat *all* of them back, if only because calorie burn estimates from HRMs and other sources tend to be a little generous. If part of your exercise routine involves…

Subaru WRX STi. New model should be coming out in November, so I'll have to wait a while for my crisis. It'll be an upgrade from my Legacy GT though, so maybe I've just got an ongoing crisis. ;-)

The ABV runs about 30% for the Kissed Caramel, so you're probably looking at around 55 calories per oz.

Check out Siggi (it's not Greek of course) or, if you can find it, Wallaby. Siggi has 0.75g of sugar per oz. and Wallaby has 0.67g of sugar per oz., while Chobani's got 1.17g of sugar per oz. The spreadsheet that I linked above has the details, but these two might be worth checking out if you really like the yogurt more…

I was actually thinking that we might be debating semantics more than anything. Could be terminology differences too if we're on opposite sides of the pond. :) And BTW, I meant the opinion comment in jest, but it probably didn't come across the screen pixels that way despite the attached ;-) ... Apologies if so.

From everything I've seen about the case that you reference, Chobani had a problem not because of the ingredients or the way the yogurt is made, but because of WHERE the yogurt is made. They've had no such issues here in the U.S. and both Chobani and Fage are labeled as Greek yogurt. Regardless, folks can read the…

Chobani and Fage are pretty much the same, as are the others I've listed on the spreadsheet above. Chobani's ingredients are milk and cultures, and their fruit varieties add a jelly/jam-like mixture that includes pectin and guar gum (edited... I mistakenly said corn starch originally). Chobani's made by straining milk, no…

If anyone's interested in my geeky little comparison of a few plain Greek yogurts, here's a Google Sheets spreadsheet that I put together: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al5RZKHzjd6wdEdiU2hoTlgtMFZIY1pGZXE4b1k1OXc&usp=sharing You can figure out which is best for your personal dietary goals based on different…

I hear ya'. I'm down to wearing a large from a... er, yeah... 2XLT. :noway: I wore the baggy stuff as long as I could, but ended up buying two new sets of pants & dress shirts along the way & probably have a few more things that I should replace one of these days. Congrats on the loss & yeah, good problems to have. ;-)

Some treadmills do have decline settings as well, although most don't, I agree. Treadmill, road, track, and trail are all different, but (for general exercise -- as opposed to race training) I look at it as any one of 'em will be better than none, and you can make up some of the shortfalls with appropriate non-run…

About an hour after a meal... 15-30m if I've just eaten something light. I don't really have problems with cramps if I run sooner, just doesn't feel as "comfortable" for some reason.

Most plain yogurt will have around 7g of sugar per 6 oz (170g) or so of yogurt, including both Fage and Chobani. Siggi's Skyr, which isn't really "greek" yogurt (as noted above) and is noticeably less sweet / more tart comes in at about 4g of sugar for 150g of yogurt. Where you get a lot more sugar is with the fruit…

Chobani makes a plain yogurt as well. :)

Say what? http://chobani.com/products/low-fat-plain/ Chobani ingredients: "Cultured Pasteurized Nonfat Milk, Cream, Live And Active Cultures: S. Thermophilus, L. Bulgaricus, L. Acidophilus, Bifidus And L. Casei." Maybe you're thinking of something else? Chobani, Fage, and Siggi are a few of my favorites, although Siggi's…

No, you can keep the Fitbit on. To avoid duplication of the calorie burn estimation, just enter the activity manually on the Fitbit web-site. Depending on your HRM, you might be able to sync the data to Fitbit's web-site automatically. For example, I record my HRM data using Digifit, which syncs to Fitbit. So my HRM…

Long time's passed, but just saw this when the thread was bumped... In general, no, a typical HRM only works accurately for periods of consistently elevated heart rate... in other words, aerobic exercise. It won't be accurate (or at least not accurate) for low-intensity, inconsistent exercise like non-circuit resistance…

I'm wondering what bacon would taste like fried in plastic fat. ... but maybe it's just me.

Here's something I posted a while back for a similar question: To answer your original question, I think I started feeling more comfortable at around 200 lbs (I'm about 5'8").

Sweet potato lentil burger with a sour cream adobo sauce.

Basil-lime scallops & green beans.