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Electrolyte drinks have the sole purpose of helping you replenish the salts you lose in exercise from sweating. Those salts are needed by muscles to potentiate the action potentials to signal the movement of muscles. If you replenish those salts, you'll have more endurance. Therefore, electrolyte drinks can indirectly help…

Red Doubles. Mmm.

I've actually been genuinely surprised at how few calories doubles have (only 300-350). I can't eat any calalloo though since I'm allergic to it.

Pizza. I miss pizza. And I would definitely have a few margaritas.

YES PLEASE

Please read this article if you have any questions about protein. It's published by the CDC so you know it's legit. It also answers your question with no, but it depends on where you're getting your protein from. If all your protein is from animal sources, then you run the risk for heart disease.…

I make sure I follow what the CDC recommends for all my macros, fruits, and veggies almost every day. So 2-3 c veggies. Eating enough fruits and veggies significantly lowers your risk of cancer, so I try for every day. Some days I fall short though.

I am also interested. I tried insanity once but I think I pushed myself too hard and felt it bad for the next few days.

Here's your citation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_onset_muscle_soreness And yea, it should be fine after the first 48 hours. And some edits: Actually, the more I look into this, it seems that low intensity, low impact workouts can be really more beneficial. Just stay away from something high intensity.…

NEVER work a muscle if it feels sore. NEVER. I know, it's tough to have to not exercise. I hate it. But that soreness is caused by microtears/microtrauma in your muscles. But this is ok! This is how you build up stronger muscles! You need to first deconstruct them to reconstruct them and make them stronger and more…

Of what nutrition classes I've taken, the there aren't many problems that come from getting too much protein when you're having a very high protein and very low caloric diet. Basically the worst that will happen (for the average dieter) is that you won't see any muscle growth in your body because your using all those…

Unless you exercise in a laboratory setting, there's not really going to be an accurate way of measuring your calories (sorry!) I think the machines in the gym tend to be a little more accurate than the MFP calculators, only because every machine is different and there's no way to account for the resistance or include on…

Do you have a desk job? You could get one of those exercise balls and replace your chair with it. Or run around the block during your lunch break. I had a coworker that would take a 30 minute longer lunch break so she could eat a light lunch and then run for 30 minutes.

haha. Totally forgot I changed my profile pic to a monkey with a banana.

Oh man, I couldn't live my life without bananas. Especially finger bananas, they amuse me so much.

Going to new gym, especially after never going to a gym is pretty scary. Most people are pretty enthusiastic about explaining something. Or you can just watch other people use the equipment if you don't know how to use it. Every college gym I've been to has had some form of a gym wipe. And don't worry about looking sweaty,…

The CDC says you can split up your workout as many times as you want in a day so long as you do at least 10 minutes at a time and it's actually better to spread out the workout. http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/guidelines/adults.html

Sounds very Caribbean. My favorite.

I feel you. I got such a bad craving for Fanta earlier today (yea, it's oddly specific). I just kept drinking water and chewed some fruity gum instead.

I actually make 2 small dinners for myself and I think that helps a lot. I have a salad around 5 or so and wait for myself to feel really hungry again and then eat something heavier.