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I've been making some very simple ones with just 30g Protein powder, 30g rolled oats, 5g ground flaxseed, 20g agave nectar. Mix the dry ingredients together, add the agave (and a little water), and smoosh together with your hands. Shape into one big bar or little balls or little bars, whatever you like, wrap in baking…

I'm interested in this too, I do my cardio very early in the morning, fasted from the night before, and take BCAA with electrolyte. I'm learning more about intermittent fasting though, so am doing this with an eye to eventually taking that AM fast through to noon or so.

I heart Gu, and take it every 45 minutes during long runs. I think I'll just try taking two chomps before I run...I don't normally eat much before running (plus ti's 4am then, who'd want to, urg) but I think some chompies might be a good start.

I've just started doing yoga using an old dvd, or sometimes an app on my phone, and I'm really getting a lot out of it. I run regularly, and since starting yoga my hips are looser and my pace has improved a lot. At first some of the stretches just felt, well, stretchy, but as I've become better at it the positions are…

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I haven't had any children, so no c-section issues.....but I went from 118kgs (260lbs) to 63kg (138lbs) in 9 months over ten years ago, and I have extra skin in my midsection that will be with me forever. I could have surgery....but my belly would be pulled so tight that it couldn't acommodate a child if I became pregnant.…

I took acetyl-carnitine for several months once, and i don't think it did anything except drain my wallet. There's no magic solution sadly, you just have to do the work.

Never had one, just the usual other niggles/hurts/creaks. I hope it heals swiftly, I know I freak out when I can't run and get grumpy :( *directs super healing mojo beams at Emmaleigh*

Mm, I think i'll stick the week out at 1800, then give 2000 a whirl for a month and see how it goes. I'm still tweaking what kinds of food I eat for that amount, and when I need the most energy or to feel the most sated. I may lose a little muscle...I do some basic body weight exercises (push ups, crunches, squats) as part…

Just to update- I've been eating the f2f way for two weeks now. So far the advantages are many. I have enough energy to run, I don't have to panic if I eat the wrong thing, and I don't have the horrible crankies that I get from not eating enough. BUT, I'm not sure that I'm eating enough. I'm eating 1800cals a day. I run…

That looks yummmy! I see a zuchinni munch in my future :)

I'm in! It will tie in nicely to my 'burn 500 cals a day through exercise' challenge :)

Looks yummmmmmmmmmmmy :)

I use it every day. It is very useful on the go, and helps me to plan my meals and be accountable on the spot (preventing calorie 'amnesia'). The scanner is really useful while in the supermarket, and it's like a mini MFP to go with you everywhere.

Why yes, that would work too. :)

I use them (within my calorie restraints) to make my breakfast more filling or to refuel post exercise. I like BSN Lean dessert, you can even make pancakes using it and a couple egg whites. Nomm!

"Dear Brandon, would you please provide the basic recipe here? I am not really in a position to watch a video right now but I'd love to try your recipe."

I think my biggest weakness is more about a state of mind, than about a particular type of food. My weakness is being too tired, too hungry, too overwhelmed, too stressed, and sabotaging my own dream by eating things I don't want or need to eat just to have that feeling of being full, of sedating myself with food. Having…

It's still a scary concept to me, but I've decided to give it a go-I live to experiment! I was thinking that I'd start off at 1600 cals per day, but not eat exercise cals (unless it's a long run day, same problem as you, Emmaleigh, i chew through the fuel then) and put more focus on protein. It's kind of a half…

F2F said that BMR is 1572, and 1760 cals per day based on having a desk job. But....it just seems like a LOT of calories. If I ate 1700 or so, would I not count exercise calories? I run 3-4 days per week for at least 40 minutes, and walk other days, but always base my intake on desk job/sedentary because I do have to sit…

Soo.....my BMR is around 1570 calories a day, and MFP has me eating around 1400 plus exercise calories. Is this too little? Should I be eating 1500 to break roughly even with my BMR? This information about BMR and adequately fuelling is fascinating, but i still don't understand what to do with the info. Further notes-slow…

Thanks guys! So far I am loving it, and it's so much easier eating REAL food :D

Whoah, I think you just blew my mind, Scott :D But it made sense, thanks!

I'd like to join in please...I'll even abandon the metric system (temporarily) to join! Name/ real name: Jojogoslow/Jo, Australia Goal weight on July 30: 172 07/01: 178 07/06: 177 07/13: 07/20: 07/27: 07/30