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Well, IMHO your plan sounds healthy and tasty, you have a nice variety of veggies, lean protein, fruits and healthy carbs. I think you could add some whole grain bread/pasta and perhaps some legumes. Maybe try it for a few days, see what the actual macros look like and make adjustments depending on how you feel.…

Ah Ceviche is so good... some people might object to the raw fish idea though.

Ok, here's another idea... "Aztec Pudding" You basically layer corn tortillas and a mix of vegetables including poblano peppers, white corn, squash, tomato and squash blossom. You can add sour cream in the layers and/or chees on top. It really depends on how caloric you want it to be. It then goes into the oven. Some…

Now that Cotija cheese has been mentioned, here comes a recipe if you feel really adventurous and dont mind spicy hot food. Cotija cheese stuffed jalapeños. USING GLOVES (i cant stress this enough) cut open the jalapeños from one side, remove the seeds and veins, stuff each jalapeño with a piece of cotija cheese. Wrap each…

Pollo con mole! The store bought brands are actually pretty good. Just cook some chicken Mix the mole paste with the broth Serve the chicken with your mole The classic side dish for that would be rice, either white or mexican "arroz rojo".

IMHO a scale is a good investment. One of the thing's I've enjoyed the most about this getting healthy process has been getting to know my own body much better than I did before. The scale does not paint the whole picture, but it does give a valuable reference. That said, if you are going to weight yourself, I think It's…

Count me in! Id be interested in reviews, pairing suggestions and recipes; wine, spirits, beer and cocktails incluided.

Is there a reason why you want to be that weight? For your height 142 is not overweight. 117-112 sounds like it could be to low.

I chop them and mix them with chopped celery, smoked turkey breast, diced olives and a bit of mayo or cream cheese.

Hola, te refieres a un postre de limón que se sirve congelado? Si es ese, básicamente se hace con galletas molidas, leche evaporada y leche condensada.

Back when I trained, (taekowndo) our coach advised to avoid salty foods at least for the two days leading to our weigh ins. Having two pounds of water placing you on the higher category is definitely not good.

Absolutely agree, I think you made the same point I was trying to make. Enough research has been done than we can (usually) follow guidelines such as the ones you said and have a healthy diet. We really don't need to worry about the exact amount of walnuts in our salad or obsess about the relative health benefits of salmon…

Thanks for taking the time to reply. After this post and reading some more on the topics discussed I think I can make a couple conclusions. As it usually is with biological stuff, the deal with fat is much more nuanced than would be thought at first glance. High fat intake was thought to cause cardiovascular problems but…

It's amazing how biased I can be when assesing my own habits. I honestly wasn't aware of how often I eat out and not at home. I counted my diary for the last 30 days and it turns out I have my main meal at restaurants 34% of the time, Fast food 23%, and at home 27%. (The other 6% is eating with relatives, dinner parties,…

Right now my goals are "general health". I want to get/keep my BP, LDL, triglycerides and blood sugar at normal levels. I also want get a waist circumference of less than 85cms (so my Index of central obesity will be less than 0.5) and get a normal BMI. Usually I do, though there are days wen I go overboard at lunch and I…

First of all, congratulations on your progress! If your exercise calories, your food calories and your normal activity calories are all correctly assesed, you should still lose weight eating back your exercise calories. You'll notice that there are three rather big ifs in there. From my experience MFP's numbers are a good…

Coincido con LMMBDM. No creo que el estimado de 4000 calorías sea correcto, eso sería más de medio kilo de peso perdido. Tendrías que mantener el ejercicio con una intensidad bárbara para lograr quemar ese número de calorías. En mi caso por ejemplo (34años, 70Kg, 1.70 mts) basándonos solo en ritmo cardíaco, para quemar mil…

The only things I've deliberately cut out are fruit juices and sodas. Other than that, If it fits my macros and I feel like having something I will have it, be it cake, tacos, bacon or whatever. That being said, the foods I now eat a lot less than I ate before are cheese, bread, chips, and sweets.

I hadn't heard of carbs affecting blood cholesterol before. Would you mind elaborating on that?

I track saturated fats and not cholesterol. The cholesterol found in food has much less effect on the level of cholesterol in your blood than the amount of saturated fat that you eat. Plus, I've found that MFP's database lacks cholesterol data much more often than sat fat data.

The military calculator said I'm 22, my handheld BIA thingy says I'm 23, from pictures I've seen I judge myself to be between 20% and 25%. So I guess the military one works more or less fine with me.

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144 sounds like a perfectly good weight for your height. Is there a particular reason you want to be 130? Perhaps you need to focus more on losing body fat and fitness goals instead of weight.

Oh nice! So now I can finish my wife's last purchase:

First of all congratulations on starting running! I started too a couple of months ago. It definitely got easier as I got less heavy. In my experience a midfoot strike is the best. As timboom said, that might mean a shorter stride, but that is ok. I've found that I get tired much faster with long strides than with shorter…

20% Body fat for females is definitely lean and fit. BMI is biased against those with low body fat or a lot of muscle, in the end it is just a measure of height vs weight. Body composition has no role in it. If you want to get athletic, BMI wont measure your progress accurately In the end, if you get to a low body fat…

Usually the MFP estimates are pretty good. You could also use this as a guide: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

I had a similar problem when I started running. Dr recommended I started including stretches in my workout, (specially for quadriceps) and that I take glucosamine supplement. After losing about 10 pounds and a month of the exercise and supplements the pain went away.

From numbers alone i dont think you are losing too fast. I started at about the same BMI as you and lost about 2-3 pounds a week for the first month. Usually, the heavier you are the easier it is to create a large caloric deficit and lose the pounds. You also have age working in your favor, and weight loss is usually…

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