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I use this as a base for most of what I make: http://quicheaweek.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/protein-bars-no-bake-and-baked-versions/

Here's one that I use: 1 cp almond milk 1/2 frozen banana (or fresh and add some ice cubes) 1 tbsp cacao powder 2 tbsp PB2 1 scoop protein powder (optional, I use RAW Protein Vanilla) 1 scoop Green Superfood (optional, or a handful of raw baby spinach) If you omit the protein powder it'll reduce the calories, but you may…

Total Gym's useful for working up to full-blown dips & chin/pull-ups though. When I started, there was no way I was doing anything resembling a real dip or a real pull-up. :)

That's the biggest problem, like someone else said. I'll like to melt some cheese on them & have a bunch of homemade salsa to dip them in. Takes more time to enjoy, plus my salsa tends to require taking breaks to sip some water in between bites. ;-)

For "that type" of food, I'd say they're pretty good. ;-) Good ingredients, a little fat (and low saturated fat), some carbs, some protein. Sounds ok to me. There are healthier options I'm sure, but as long as it fits into your calories & macros, why not?

1 cp almond milk 1/4 cp rolled oats 1/2 cp frozen blueberries (or fresh & add some ice) 1 scoop RAW Protein powder, vanilla 1 scoop Green Superfood 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon 296 calories 4.8g fat (0.2g saturated) 158mg sodium 40.5g carbs 10.2g fiber 16g sugar 23g protein

Posted this a while back on a similar thread...

1. Buy good shoes. 2. Start slow. 3. Mix in some strength training. 4. Do intervals. Go to a good running store & get some help buying the right shoes. It might turn out that the shoes you have are fine but, if not, you'll save yourself a lot of pain. :) Don't worry about how fast you're going. What worked for me was…

I use 1/2 cup of Egg Beaters, a slice of low-fat cheese, some ham or smoked turkey, and various veggies for my "normal" omelette... Just use some misted olive or canola oil to keep it from sticking. Usually gets me 25g of protein, 6g of fat (3g saturated) depending, and 200 calories or less.

Put the spinach in first and press it down, then liquid, then the heavier stuff. That'll work with most blenders, but you may have to do some tamping in between blending cycles.

Ice, ibuprofen & rest. :) If you haven't already, go to a good running store and make sure you've got the right shoes. That can make a huge difference with knee and hip pain for both walking and jogging. And do some strength training as well if you're not already... Like DontStopB_Leakin said, surrounding muscle strength…

That basic recipe works with a lot of vegetables... We've used it with squash, various root vegetables, potatoes, green beans, cauliflower, broccoli... you name it. Some cook for a bit less time, some a bit more, but there's not a huge variation. ETA: Just noticed LeesaHart47 said the same thing. :)

Probably. :)

Pretty much any liquid has some diuretic properties but from all the research I've seen, the diuretic properties of caffeine have been wildly overstated, even relative to water. Along those lines, one to two cups of water to compensate for every cup of soda or coffee is overkill & there's really no reason to not treat…

I pretty much log anything that isn't just "normal activity," except maybe a casual walk here or there. If I'm walking or jogging for exercise, I use the HRM and log the activity into Fitbit. For non-aerobic stuff, I don't use the HRM, but I do enter the calorie burn estimates into Fitbit manually.

I think your doc probably needs to brush up on his/her research. There's a lot of information out there, including links to various studies, but here's a bit of info: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/health/nutrition/04real.html?_r=0 ... and I won't comment on "military intelligence". That joke's too old. ;-)

A lot of people adjust the default macro values that MFP provides, and protein's pretty good for making you feel full, so -- like folks have already said -- nothing to worry about. I changed my own macro targets to 40% carbs, 30% protein, 30% fat... Could be my imagination, but hovering around those targets makes for a lot…

I think it's been said above already, but you don't necessarily *need* to drink 64 oz. of water in a day, and pretty much any liquid will count as "water intake" (even coffee or beer, although some choices are obviously going to be better than others in terms of calories / sugar content). The bonuses of water over a lot of…

What Matt_Wild said above... Some related info here: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/phys-ed-does-ibuprofen-help-or-hurt-during-exercise/

I like About Time for making my own protein-supplement stuff, but there are definitely some cheaper options out there that I'm sure folks can point you to. http://www.shopabouttime.com/

Try this: http://42.195km.net/e/treadsim/ I think a HRM would be better for you, but that might work. :)

I've been using this: http://quicheaweek.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/protein-bars-no-bake-and-baked-versions/

You might try changing the way you're lacing your sneakers too. Sometimes the numbness is just from pressure as your foot swells from the exercise. That happened to me when I got a new pair of running shoes... 30 minutes into a run, my feet would start to go numb. Here's what I do now, and I've had no issues since making…

Good advice here re: starting with intervals & even trying some flavor of C25k. Above all, I'd say GO SLOW. Don't worry about speed, just find the point at which you can be either walking really quickly or jogging really easily. For me, on a treadmill, that was about 3.8 MPH. There's pretty much bound to be a point at…

Best thing about these threads: Brings out the alarmist tinfoil hat types to populate my ignore list.

The only way I could figure out to do it was to use the Polar H7 and a non-Polar iPhone application (in my case Digifit) linked to Fitbit, and then linked to MFP. I think you could do the same basic thing using Endomondo linked directly to MFP, but I haven't done that myself since Digifit <-> Fitbit is working for me.

Couple of years back. More gray in there now... :tongue:

I use my treadmill usually 4-6 times a week, and then do 2-3 days of resistance / strength training on a TotalGym. Both sit in my bedroom, so there's no avoiding them. :) On the treadmill I usually walk for a couple of minutes at 3-3.5 MPH, then jog for 30m or so at 4-4.5 MPH. Sometimes I'll alternate walking / jogging for…

Agreed... I switched to Brooks Adrenaline GTS 12 from a Nike Air Pegasus+ 26 and some knee/hip soreness I'd been having went away pretty much overnight. The Pegasus is a neutral shoe & the Adrenaline's a support shoe, so part of it was me just having the wrong shoe (that's the type of thing a good running store will help…

Their nutrition info's posted here, but I didn't see the Delight: http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/getnutrition/nutritionfacts.pdf Sounds like it's only in test markets, so your friend might have to contact McDonald's to get the details.