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If you want it super smooth you might need a higher end blender (Vitamix, Blendtec, etc.). A cheap blender might leave it chunky? There is a review of blenders here that might be helpful: https://www.seriouseats.com/2017/11/best-inexpensive-blenders-equipment-review.html I like that website as a resource for…

Hello all! I'm interested in joining the challenge. I lost about 30 lbs last year doing mostly keto. I'm now working on the next (final!) ~30 lbs... I hope to lose 5 pounds in July. Sunday 07/01 Sunday 07/08 Sunday 07/15 Sunday 07/22 Sunday 07/29 I'm actually a little heavier (~3 lbs) than I was on January 1, 2018 (the…

I suggest you fine tune your carb targets using your glucose meter. Measure your premeal & 2 hour post meal blood glucose. If it is higher than your target (set by you and your doctor), then decrease your carbs and test again. The diabetics in my life cannot handle 35-40 carbs per meal- this leads to a massive spike in…

56 mg/dL is really low... It would be marked in red because it is _below_ the normal range. Above the normal range would also be marked in red, and a high number would be more typical of a diabetic. It is a little surprising that you would have such a low blood sugar for a non-fasted test (to be clear, non-fasted means you…

I recommend this book also. Parts of it are out of date (most recent edition is from 2011, I think), but the general outline of how to eat/think as a diabetic is still good. He also does webinars/ Q&A on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJ11OJynsvHMsN48LG18Ag

Turmeric does has side effects. It is also a blood thinner so probably should not be used if you are taking a blood thinner. Turmeric isn't particularly bioavailable by itself, but formulations that include black pepper or liposomal preparations are reported to produce higher levels in the blood compared to the plain…

I found collagen helped. I have a finger joint that was crunchy and painful. It stopped crunching and generally hurts less (though it is hurting now!) after a few weeks of taking ~12 g collagen/day. There are a few studies on collagen that show some improvements in range of motion though not pain scale. And a study that…

You know that all that was a fraud, right? On pretty much every level. They ran the tests on regular machines and claimed it was being done with theirs. They messed up a bunch of test results (for many many people) which got Holmes and the lab director banned from doing blood testing for 3? years. And the SEC is…

I have the Activite steel (no HR) and agree it is stylish. But I would never buy it again. The tracker plays very badly with MFP. I set them both up as recommended and found that I could exercise myself into the ground and never get a positive calorie adjustment. I went through a bunch of help tickets with Nokia, and then…

I think that is a reasonable starting point. I'm assuming you've discussed this with your doctor (and/or this is how you are typically eating now.) (If you've been eating higher carb then some medications (insulin maybe others) might need to be lowered if you are dramatically reducing carbs compared to your normal eating.)…

It doesn't help actually. Neither is a clinical study. One is an interview with the founder of TrueNorth (were you the one shilling that above?) and the other is a case study written by the founder of TrueNorth. While case studies can be informative, they don't really prove anything since they are not controlled studies.…

Old references aren't necessarily a bad thing. Why would people continue to research something that is solidly proven? There are very limited research dollars as well as limited time. There are tons of areas where there is no longer current active research because things have been sufficiently well studied in the past to…

@PAV8888 shared a lovely spreadsheet for calculating TDEE here: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10534897/tdee-calc-vs-fitbit#latest (@PAV8888 Thanks again for sharing! I've used it daily since I've got it, and I've found it extremely useful.) I would certainly recommend more than a week's worth of data to…

I think NerdFitness is a good place to start. I also think they have ways to increase the difficulty of the bodyweight circuits if they become too easy. I also think that there is more of an alignment with your philosophy- do just enough to achieve your goals (whatever they are) and then live life. I think the forums there…

Wow. That's really not how scientific research works. And that's really not what "proof" is either. I'm all for finding what works for you, but don't confuse that with scientific research or "proof" of anything. Setting up a good experiment is incredibly difficult, so concluding that a given action leads to a specific…

Zwift is a lot of fun. They do have a lot of different workouts, but you can also build training plans in other programs (that have better analytics also) such as training peaks or today's plan and upload them to Zwift. (You can probably run multiple free trials at once (for the different apps) so you can see how…

There wasn't a strong reason for 2 weeks. They say that they have no idea what the ideal interval is and suggest further research to determine it.

I think you should provide more information. Who are you? What are you doing with this data? Are you a high school student writing a report? A graduate student collecting data that will be published in a peer-reviewed journal? Just a dude who is curious?

The statement " Trisodium phosphate is a simple inorganic salt." is essentially useless and it should not relieve your concerns. It is factually correct, but it tells you nothing about the safety of the chemical. Lead chloride is a simple inorganic salt also, but it would be hazardous to ingest. You'd likely end up…

You should enter the total number of servings the recipe makes in the recipe builder as number of portions- such as 4. Then when you log it, you can enter you ate 1 serving. Or whatever. The recipe calculator does not really handle other ways of measuring portions well (like cups or grams). You can sort of work around this…

I almost posted this too... :). (Though I prefer the retro encabulator by Rockwell automation). However, the troubleshooting guide at the end of yours is pure gold. I've never seen that before.

In this case, I think he knows he's a fraud. I poked around his website and he claims that he's collaborating with a research lab and they have video of parasites being destroyed by the scalar waves ( through a microscope). I clicked on the linked YouTube video... It didn't show that data. It had stock photos of scientists…

You can individually portion your cooked dish roughly by eye and weigh each portion as you do this. If one box ends up more or less heavy you can scoot food from a heavy box to a light box to make them equal. You can do this as you go, or you can write down all the weights and do it at the end. You can then add up all the…

Well it depends how you are tracking them. In my exampke, suppose the 1000 gram weight corresponds to 4 servings of 250 grams. Your cook weight is 750 grams. You measure out 250 grams and log one serving. Do that again for lunch. Do that again for dinner. You've now eaten the whole thing but only 3 of the 4 servings you…

Yeah, I'm going to be a lot more careful about frozen "single serving" meals from now on. Thank you for noticing the discrepancy!

If you are fine with the inaccuracy, then it doesn't matter. But I got the impression you thought this method was more accurate than estimating portions, and that you were specifically unhappy with prior method estimating portions because of inaccuracy... in which case, this method is just as bad. Yes, the calories aren't…

According to this thread, someone called TJ's and the answer is the box has 1.4 servings and they rounded down to 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/1200isplenty/comments/501ru1/trader_joes_butter_chicken_with_basmati_rice_a/#bottom-comments

*kitten*. I think I might have accidentally poisoned myself... I looked at some micrographs of toxic nanomaterials. I'm pretty sure they were scalar images... they were images and they had a scale bar. I should probably send this guy all my money so he can beam me back an antidote. :smiley: If I were evil, I'd be rich. I…

I'd be cautious about this. If your ingredients have a bunch of water that boils off during cooking then your "start" weight and your "final" weight are going to be very different. I'd say the longer the cook time or the higher the temperature the more likely this will be an issue. You might want to track the total weight…

It is like polenta, if you know what that is? Grits are usually served (as far as I've seen) as a more liquid-like dish, rather than a firmer dish. Sometimes polenta can be made drier, then sliced and fried... I don't think grits are ever served like that. So basically a ground cornmeal cooked in a liquid to make a thick,…