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I’ve been doing keto since March, and I agree with the poster above - my energy levels are amazing. I’ve lost 33 pounds but that’s not even the best part - it’s the steady all day energy and the deep restful sleep and the clearer mind. Yeah, I miss pancakes sometimes, but not enough to give all that up. The big draw of…

I found beet chips at my local Amish store. They’re crunchy and salty and very good.

I’ve been doing “lazy” keto for two months and I can easily see myself doing it indefinitely. I can still eat most of my favorite foods with some minor tweaking, I have steady energy all day long as opposed to the spike-crash-gimme cookies or I’ll cut you cycle I used to deal with, I’m sleeping better and waking up rested.…

I’m doing lazy keto, and at first I was having major vertigo and muscle cramps because when my doctor told me to go low-carb she failed to mention that meant I could stop the low-sodium diet she had me on before. Mea culpa, I should have researched more before diving right in. Once I got used to the taste of salt again I…

My husband's a meat and potatoes man, too. I've found that I have better luck mimicking a meat and potatoes meal (you know, where the foods on the plate aren't touching) with healthier ingredients and in healthier ways. For example, almost any vegetable can be roasted and they're awesome - two of my favorites are: 1)…

Bread on the floor? Pre-sliced meats? Changing dates on food? Amateur hour. Waaay back in the day, when I was a wee adolescent serving my time in fast food hell, one of the grill guys found a mouse romping merrily around inside a bag of hamburger buns. After evicting said mouse (all the guys tried like hell to stomp on the…

My doctor diagnosed me with exercise-induced asthma and gave me an inhaler. I take a hit 15-30 minutes before my run and I've found it really helps with the chest achey wheezy thing I had going on. Now my legs start complaining long before my lungs do.

1) Depends on my mood. Treadmill if I want to zone out and stream Netflix while I jog. Pavement if the weather's nice enough and I want to push myself a little harder. 2) Spring and fall. Winters in mid-MO are cold and slushy and the roads never get cleared, let alone the running paths and sidewalks. Summers are just…

I'm about 60 lbs overweight (number completely arbitrary - that's how much I have to lose to match what my driver's license says) and I just make sure to stretch before and after and not push things too hard - if it hurts I stop until it doesn't anymore and maybe ice my knees down for a while. At the moment I'm averaging…

My fastest 5k time so far is 54 minutes and I was by no means the last. Turtles might flip me the bird while passing me on the right, but I don't care 'cause I get a t-shirt. And every time I'm just a little faster. Go for it!

It sounds like you may have strained or torn a calf muscle. I did that a few weeks ago; not fun. RICE - rest, ice, compression, elevation - was what was recommended to me. Mine cleared up after a few days; it wasn't too severe to start with, just bad enough to make me wince while walking. It sucks, but if you push it too…

I've been running since March (this time) and I'm still slower than a sloth on 'ludes, but every month I make it my goal to suck a little less than the month before. So far I'm succeeding; according to my handy dandy Excel spreadsheet my average speed for May was 3.39 mph; for June it was 3.52; and for July so far I'm at…

Yes, not giving a damn because PF ads poke some fun at behaviour which most people would describe as douchey (toxic toxins? really?) is exactly the same as banning gay people from public displays of affection. Glad you were paying attention there.

I use Planet Fitness and have no complaints. I go every other day and run on the treadmill because I'm not running outside in mid-MO's summertime heat and humidity, nor our wintertime slush and crap. Temperature extremes make me wheezy and chest-hurty. As far as I can see, the people whining about how PF's ads are…

Season and prep a whole chicken like it's Sunday morning and the pastor's coming to dinner. Chuck it in the slow cooker, breast down. Cook on low for 6-7 hours or on high for 4-5. (If your cooker is one with the removable ceramic liner you can buy yourself an extra hour or so of cooking time by preparing this the night…

I go 3-4 times a week to run on the treadmill at the gym that shall not be named, and by the time I'm done my hair is dripping, my face is fire engine red, and my shirt is soaked from the neck down to my bra band. I try to snag a machine right under the giant ceiling fan and it helps a little. Mostly I just try to think of…

This thread has tons of good advise: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1217573-so-you-want-to-start-running I've been running a couple of months now. The most important thing I learned was to go SLOW. Even slower than I thought slow was. I was trying to run a 15 minute mile and could manage maybe 3 minutes before I…

Remember, too, that a pound of muscle takes up less room than a pound of fat, so as you build muscle and lose fat you'll be smaller even if the number on the scale doesn't change as much as you think it should. Inches all the way!

When you order them online you're paying for some guy to grab them off a shelf and drop them in the mail. When you buy them from the store you're paying the guy that spent all that time with you helping you find the best shoe, not to mention the store's overhead. It's not a rip-off, it's just a different business model.…

You might see if your doctor could refer you to a physical therapist who can work with you to find an effective exercise regime that may also alleviate your sciatica isues (worked for me a few years back). Yoga and/or Pilates could be something to look into, too - low impact and all that jazz. Congrats on the weight loss…

Popping in to testify. I started running again in late Feburary after slacking off all winter (I started running last spring but then screwed up my back in September), and I have never been able to run more than a quarter mile, and by then I'm gasping and wheezing and feeling like my calves were about to stage an armed…

I did my first 5k a couple of weeks ago and I can't even run a mile yet. My goal was to finish in under an hour, while pushing myself to run as many intervals as possible. And I did it. And I felt marvelous! I'm doing another one on the 31st. You sound like you're more than ready and will do fabulously! As far as…

I've found that a panicked squirrel dashing out from the bushes and colliding with my ankles makes me stop real quick. Other than that, it's usually either because I'm panting for air and my chest is getting tight, or my calves and ankles start burning so badly I that I start to stumble. My longest run so far has been 4…

I'll second what everyone else has already said, and add in a good running bra. Seriously. I'm small busted and thought I could get away with el cheapo Walmart sports bras, and they worked okay at first, but as I run longer intervals I'm finding that they're just not doing the job anymore.

"Mowing lawn, general" claims to burn over a thousand calories for 2 hours of work. On one hand, that seems way too high. On the other hand, my yard is huge, and full of hills and sunken areas, and I'm using an old-fashioned reel mower that I have to manhandle and wrestle around because a large part of the yard is thick…

I used the Zombies, Run! 5k training app last year and found it lots of fun, but after slacking off all winter and just starting running again this March I'm finding I have better results just firing up my music player and doing run/walk intervals as my body allows. This morning I jogged my first quarter mile without…

Usually the conversation goes something like: Me: Mmmm, this is good! Husband: I like your _______ better. Daughter: It needs salt/butter/ketchup/BBQ sauce. I have tried some recipes that we all agreed were losers, but so far I haven't made anything new that they acted the least bit enthusiastic about. And I'm a pretty…

Oh, we still have "junk" food nights. (More of those than "health" food nights, if truth be told, which is why I struggle to come in at or under my allotted calories every day - I'm still a work in progress.) Last night, for example, was pizza night. Tonight I won't even be home so they'll have to fend for themselves,…

It's a Skinnytaste recipe: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2009/10/roasted-red-pepper-soup.html And it's really really good. I guess I just wish my family would be a little more supportive and a little less dismissive. The beast in my avatar loves my cooking and tries to steal it whenever possible.

The funny thing is they actually LIKE my spaghetti and meatballs made with whole wheat pasta! I'll try the Ronzoni, though, I think the whole wheat stuff has kind of a funny aftertaste. When I leave them to their own devices - when I'm working evening shift, for example, or sometimes when I just don't feel like cooking -…