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Lots of stretching and water consumption! I always do a long warm up walk, followed by more stretching. And not just quick stretching, but for a good ten minutes. Helps me a lot. What part of your leg is cramping?

I love brown rice, but that's because I always mix it in with something. My favorite thing to do is sauté a huge blend of vegetables, add them to a tomato and roasted red pepper soup then pour that over a bowl of rice. Great for the winter, super filling, and healthy! And I also love to sauté red peppers and onions, add a…

The same can be said about those who are intoxicated and driving. There are a lot of good drunk drivers out there too.

That's a good video, and I can see how they got those results. I have a lot of friends who are regular smokers and have no problem driving whatsoever. I just know that, in my personal experience, I could not drive, so I can't possibly be the only one. Maybe it's something that comes with more regular use? But legalizing it…

I am all for the legalization of marijuana, but here's my question. How will it be monitored when it comes to vehicular use? I say this, because, I know there were times when I used to smoke that it was not safe for me to be behind the wheel. Fortunately, I had the common sense to wait it out, but not everyone does/will.…

I would say to just make sure you are getting GOOD carbs. If you cut down on carbs, but still get quick carbs from high GI foods, then that won't do as much good as eating high quality carbs from low GI foods. I haven't changed my daily carb intake at all, just the kind of carbs I eat, and there hasn't been any problem!

Thanks guys! Yeah I don't understand why I'm on the MetFormin either if I don't have an insulin problem. I'm going to try that low carb shock and see what happens! I have been lifting weights more than usual and I know that sore muscles = water retention, so maybe it's really nothing. :)

I got to UGA so obviously SEC! That Dawgs win against Mizzou! GROWN MAN FOOTBALL.

Hey! I've recently been diagnosed with PCOS and asked my doc a few questions. I see that you wrote you work out 30min a day, 6 days a week. I would suggest increasing that to maybe 45min a day if you can. That should definitely stimulate your body to lose a bit more. 30 is generally considered to be the time to maintain…

I live in gym clothes. Seriously. Spandex and t-shirts. Most of my nicer clothes are dresses so I can belt those around the waist and they still look good, but I'm slimming down so fast that I can't afford to seriously buy new clothes until I level out a bit

One of my gym instructors who teaches 3 classes every day told me that her HR reaches over 200 during some of the classes she teaches. I don't think reaching 170 is anything to worry about!

Hi! If you're going to cut down on meat, I would definitely recommend trying to cut out as much red meat as possible and maybe do some replacements with seitan. If you cook it up in a bit of olive oil, it is delicious! I make philly cheese "steaks" with it and add it to soups and stir fries. As for recipes, you can make…

Hi! A really common ratio is 45% carbs, 30% protein, 25% Fat. This is the ratio I use and I feel like it's working for me wonderfully as far as reaching my calories and not going too far under or over in the other nutrients!

My go to recipe is 1 scoop chocolate EAS soy protein powder 1 banana 1 scoop white chocolate peanut butter 1 cup almond/coconut milk So so good! I never get tired of it.

Hi! Here's what I do to make sure I'm not overeating: 1. Buy a food scale and only eat 1 serving size of a food. 2. For lunches, you can pack in a bento box which have nice small portioned containers! 3. There are many places online that have portion plates for your veggies, grains, and meats.

I've seen a lot of tips to help with choosing clean foods: -Eat foods from the outter "ring" of the grocery store. -Choose foods that have a shelf life that is no longer than 1 month -Be able to pronounce every ingredient in a food item and know exactly what it is. The less ingredients the better (generally). -Do not eat…

This answers more than your extended question, but here have been my keys to success so far: *Drink lots of water. Lots and lots. More than 8 glasses if you can. Cut out soda. Drink hot tea! *Eat as clean as possible. I didn't realize how much "food" we buy from the grocery store isn't actually food. It's created in a lab.…

I've read multiple times that one should stick to eating no more than 6 whole eggs per week, but there are a lot of people who eat eggs on a daily basis and have had no cholesterol issues whatsoever.

Stretch Company Fruit Leathers! All natural and only 45cal. So yum. Carrots and hummus - 85cal Apple slices tossed in cinnamon with a drizzle of melted peanut butter ~160cal Mini rice cakes - 75cal for half serving Laughing cow lite swiss on almond thins ~135cal

C25K is great for everyone! But make sure you have a good pair of running shoes. Maybe go to a running store and have your stride/feet analyzed to make sure you won't cause yourself injury. When I started C25K, it was quite a change from the impact I was used to and I got stress fractures pretty quickly from not having…

I would say yes, eat back those 400 calories to reach 1200. I think the people that don't eat back their workout calories are the ones that have their calorie intake set at, say, 1800. So if they burn only 600 calories, well, they've still got a net calorie intake of 1200 so no need to really eat back the burned ones. I've…

Well you definitely need to be eating more than 800 calories! And when you reach 800 and 1200 is that before or after exercise? Increase your calories and make sure you eat back your workout calories. That's always a good place to start!

Shiritaki Miracle Noodles! No calories and so good!

I would say not to force yourself to eat if you're not hungry because that won't encourage any good habits, but at the same time, you don't want to be eating under a 1200 calorie level. My advice would be to find some small foods that are high in calories to fill the gap if you're too far under. Like peanut butter!

I used to work at an asian restaurant and a lot of the foods that came pre-packaged such as spring rolls or soup bases all had MSG in them already, so maybe ask just to double check to see if they can help you!

Zumba!! I burn an average of 700 calories (when I go at it hard) in an hour and it's a ton of fun!

A lot of people don't eat them back, but if you have MFP set up so that you're on a 1200 cal a day diet, you should just to make sure you're not going under 1200 net cals. At that point it's not healthy. Just make sure you're eating more than that and you're good!

That post is brilliant! Thanks for linking me to it!

Thank you again! That's very informative. I go to a lot of spin/dance/step classes and they're very intense hour long classes that strive to get us working in every zone, but I definitely spend more time working in anaerobic. I will definitely take some time to build up my bases.

Yeah I think you're probably right! My training program only wants me to work in zone 1 and 2 right now, but being fairly out of shape, it's really easy to push it into zone 3 and for long periods of time. I think I'll just get some lower end cardio and fat burning in this week and not push it so hard. Thanks for the…