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"Fat burning zone" refers to the theory that at a certain % of your max heart rate the majority of calories are burned from fat, thus the fat-burning zone. This is a lower heart rate. However, at a higher heart rate even if your percentage of fat calories burned is fewer, you overall are burning more calories per minute so…

http://www.greenkitchenstories.com/fermented-fruit-kvass/ This?

Seconded on the FT4. It does what it needs to do (I don't need GPS or mileage or anything) and I've found it accurate for weight maintenance and weight loss, even without all the bells and whistles (fitness tests) that come with the more expensive ones. I have the bronze one and love it, it's subtle enough for me to wear…

I used to be incapable of pretty much keeping my legs up during boat pose, let alone straightening them out; now I can with effort straighten them and fairly easily keep them held up :) (Also has to do with figuring out how the hell to balance on my pelvis.)

About sums it up for me. I've got a whole host of effed-up food history, but it basically boils down (right now) to all-or-nothing thinking.

Hola Hams Height: 5'7" Weight: ~133? Goal: 130 Non-weight goal: stick to workout schedule for next month, stop bingeing (...and purging :/ ), maintain 130

iHerb.com is pretty good for online shopping--I recommend buying the Protein Plus Peanut Flour which is essentially PB2 without salt and sugar, and muuuuch cheaper (you can sweeten/salt as you wish). Anyway, with iHerb they have a shipping option of flat 4$ to Canada if your total order weighs <4lb; and you can find…

I own just about everything she's put out except for the kettlebell workout and love them all. I'm currently running through Body Revolution and it's great! I'm pretty light and losing just a few vanity pounds (about six) so I have to push it really hard and do cardio everyday to get a high enough burn (because I just…

If you ever have difficulty locating the usda version here on mfp, nutritiondata.self.com is pretty much the usda database, so it's really easy to check it on there. They also have a plug-in for I think Firefox, so you can have a search bar for the site right in your toolbar.

http://www.amazon.com/MEElectronics-A151-BK-Balanced-Armature-Headphones/dp/B004OBZ2XQ These are fabulous. Fantastic sound quality and never fall out. The cord loops behind and over your ear,so even if the in-ear portion of the bud gets tugged out (like when the cord is pulled), the headphones don't fall away from my ear.…

I've never used trader Joe's brand, but here's an image of what it should look like http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/06/mango-coconut-chia-pudding.html. It takes my chia puddings no longer than 20 minutes to form some sort of gel, obviously ending up thicker/swelling more as I let it sit. Or, if I'm cooking oatmeal and add…

1/4c peanut flour, 1/4c Hershey's dark cocoa powder, a dash of cinnamon and salt, and stevia to sweeten. Intensely chocolatey peanut pudding (or, with less water, a fudge, with more water, a sauce). 150cals :)

I think it's important to distinguish between disordered eating and an eating disorder. A lot of people have messed up relationships with food--it's kind of impossible to establish what is normal, in my opinion, in such a diet-focused society. But not everyone has an eating disorder. Personally, I believe in orthorexia as…

I would imagine because very few people are able to properly eyeball a portion of nuts/seeds, and even if they could, it's unlikely that most people would stop at that. Nuts are healthy, yes, but people who don't understand the concept of calories and energy density may construe that as "eat as many as you like, they're…

...did you even read the post?

Breakfast-wise, oat bran is very high-fiber (moreso than oatmeal). I tend to make a porridge of oat bran, flax meal, ~1t psyllium husks (can't taste it, increases satiety), and cinnamon. Then I cook in egg whites for some extra protein and stir in fruit and coconut oil. Obviously the fruit is an issue for you, but hey that…

I assume the recipe includes the pasta cooked in this water? The calories from any starch that ends up in the liquid will already be included in the calories you list for the pasta itself. Salt content is a crapshoot. No one can tell how much sodium will be in the water but you, having salted it.

Full fat coconut milk can be really easily made into ice cream and would be much cheaper, I imagine, than store-bought goat's milk ice cream (store-bought coconut milk ice cream, however, is ridiculously expensive.). Likewise coconut oil in lieu of butter and cartoned coconut milk for milk (although they may add…

Yes, seriously. Sometimes it's not, sometimes it is. A common symptom of anorexia (yes, at the 1000-1200 level) is constipation and delayed bowel activity. Obviously I am not saying the OP is anorexic, but decreased calorie intake, or an energy deficit in general, can and frequently does lead to decreased bowel activity.…

I dig 'em :). They're not the bulk of my lunches/dinners but I do find having a complex carb (whole grain and/or legumes) helps with sticking power. For breakfast essentially every day I have oat bran (plus other things, but that's the base). I love variety though, not just bread and pasta--I currently stock buckwheat,…

A few possibilities: 1. 1200 calories is too low so your body is expending less energy on gut motility (just to minimize energy usage and to maximize nutrient absorption) 2. Small volume of food = small volume of waste 3. Insufficient dietary fat 4. Your gut flora is depleted. In which case: fermented foods (kefir, kimchi,…

I find that particularly odd given that he's such a CrossFit junkie. I'd have thought his new book would be more in line with the high intensity, heavy lifting, heavy fueling thing CrossFit seems to encompass.

My go-to breakfast: 1/4c oat bran, 2T tvp, 1T flax, cinnamon cooked as a porridge; 1/2c egg whites and ~1c fruit/pumpkin puree cooked in; topped with ~150-200 calories worth of nut butter, coconut oil, butter, or unsweetened chocolate. Carbs, protein, fat--and I'm full for hours :). If you need something a bit lower…

Joe FFresh workout clothes are actually pretty good. And if you're losing weight, it makes sense to buy less expensive ones so that when you go down a few sizes it's not just money down the drain :)

I'm 5'7", 130lbs, and ~35-27/27.5-35. Some might call that a disproportionately large waist because for some reason 24" has become the magic number. But remember, you're a pretty tall girl. And honestly, as you lose weight it basically depends on the distance between the bottom of your ribcage and the top of your pelvis.…

Maybe try out making milk mayonnaise (http://leitesculinaria.com/32983/writings-milk-mayonnaise.html). No egg, less oil, and it makes a small batch--so in case it goes wrong/you don't like the taste it's not as significant of a loss.

90% guarantee that for both of you it's combination of restrictive eating, insufficient dietary fat, and creating an energy deficit via exercise. All of these disrupt your endocrinology. Putting it very... loosely, you've created an internal environment that could in no way support a child, so menstruation is at the bottom…

If you're really neurotic, use the USDA database values per 100g. If its on the MFP database it could have been added from a package label which a) allow rounding down b) often subtract fiber calories. I think the USDA value is something like 3.8calories/gram.

I bought the peanut spread out of curiosity. Vile. Absolutely vile. Tasted lie salty play dough with a weird gelatinous mousse-like texture.

Depends on the brand for certain flavours like chocolate vs vanilla. If they're adding real chocolate it'll end up slightly more. In general anything with nuts, chocolate chips, caramel swirls etc tends to have more. Ice creams made with egg yolks and/or a higher percentage of milk fat have more (think Haagen Dazs and Ben…