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  • We make a chocolate Peanut butter shake at the gym where I work and I have been duplicating them at home for my son. You will have to mess with the proportions, but here is what I include: ice 1/4 - 1/3 of a banana sliced an frozen water chocolate syrup (optional, but improves the flavor if your chocolate protein has a…
  • Keep up the great work Stacey. You are an inspirtion :)
  • You just need to find the right gym for you. Check put all of the ones in you area and ask them what they can do to help you meet your goals. If you are anywhere near Lake Orion, check out the powerhouse gym at Clarkston & M24 - I have been there for about a year and their goal is to help you reach your goal.
  • I just started a job where I am up at 4am to be to work by 4:45am. I get off at 1:00pm. I eat a small breakfast before leaving the house - offer a rice cake with almond butter and some fruit. I take 2 meals and a snack to work and try to eat bout every 3 hours. Most of the food I take would be considered breakfast food -…
  • This is how i eat and here are a few of my stand bys that are really quick and easy. Plain or vanilla nonfst or lowfat Greek yogurt (1/2 cup)with fruit(1 cup) and granola(1/4 cup) or a few chopped nuts(1/2 ounce) Cottage cheese(1/2 cup) and triscuits(1 serving, 6 crackers) Big salad - lots of fresh lettuce and the veggie…
  • I did not read through all of the comments here so some of this may be duplication. I am in the process of recovering from a similar injury. My son's physical therapist told me I had strained my IT band. If you Google this, it can cause pain in both the hip and the knee - I just had pain in my left hip. First of all she…
  • I have added the following on the advice of my trainer: Multi vitamin - this is important when on a calorie restricted diet Vitamin C - 1000mg - helps repair more that your immune system Fish oil - 2000mg - our bodies are meant to eat fish and most of us do not eat nearly enough
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