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I get low blood sugar at times too. Awful feeling. I find if I focus on complex carbs and some protein I do much better. What you are really trying to do is not get a glucose/insulin spike, so anything that keeps that spike down and spread out. You mention wholegrain bread, but that can be misleading... you want 100% whole…

There still must be an underliying reason why he is against going ot the gym. It's probably something he doesn't even realize. You'll both figure that out at some point. From my limited experience, gyms are busiest in January and starts slowing down thereafter. By the end of March or sooner, you will see what the really…

I really like AllRecipes.com and they have a free app. They are not all healthy recipes but they have healthly recipes.

I read The GI Diet and it helped me to understand carbs. Carbs are not bad but its easy to go overboard on them. Almost all food has carbs, but some more than others (except meat, that has none). Stick to complex carbs when you eat them.

I've heard that any type of pedometer should be worn on your core body for accuracy. Not sure how true that is.

Welcome! Considering your family health history, I trust you know when it is right to take meds or not. I'm not big on popping pills either if there are other ways to deal with it. Treat the problem, not the symptom. BTW, did you know that eating two stalks of celery is equivalent to one blood pressure pill? Celery was…

Never thought of it being the change in weather, but ya I want to eat! I thought I was doing so good but than Thanksgiving in October, I am struggling to not eat junk and now there is Halloween candy in the house!!! Oi.

Heart rate is a way to measure calorie burn but is not calories burn. You are actually burning more calories but your heart, due to the pace marker, is not allowed to work harder to get the oxygen to your muscles and hence you get dizzy and light headed and feel sick. So you don't have a choice but to workout in the range…

There is a difference between gross and net calories burned. This link explains it well. I think MFP uses net and exercise equipment use gross. http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/articles/net-versus-gross-calorie-burn.aspx

Thanks for the explanation, it makes sense and who said that over time you get to running faster with your HR lower. I can understand that in time I could run the same run and have a lower HR. Thats reassuring. I don't have a calorie counter on my HRM which is fine. So many different readings on so many things after a…

I use Runkeeper. Sounds like there are so many out there.