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Unprocessed so-called "virgin" coconut oil is quite good for you. Even though it is technically saturated, it melts below body temperature, so inside your body it's perfectly liquid. It is not comparable to saturated beef fat, for example. Past tests were done on hydrogenated coconut oil. One thing to be careful of is…
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Any time you have digestive upset with diarrhea, you should follow the BRAT diet, which is what the doctor would have recommended to you: Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast. Definitely NOT higher fiber foods. You need to slow down your digestion and eat the above. They are easy to digest and easy on your digestive tract.…
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learning to be satisfied with quality over quantity.
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Great job! You look fantastic! Sounds like you have been really disciplined, and the payoff is obvious. :-) I also think there's something to not eating back your exercise calories. I'm pretty sure that even if I assign a conservative amount of calories burned to my workouts, it's still too much. If I eat exercise calories…
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I'm stuck too. Eating 1200 calories a day + allotted exercise calories, and have been under my goal every day but one (200+ over that day because of a risotto recipe I wasn't familiar with) and I gained 4 pounds! So I am trying a new tactic. Exercising every day for at least 30 minutes (running, land paddling, video…
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Biking actually will bulk up your glutes and upper thighs, because those are the muscles that it works. Running doesn't necessarily give you slim legs either. I would focus on yoga, Pilates, brisk walking. Not biking. Tracy Anderson's workouts would be good too, they work on all the accessory muscles instead of the main,…
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I go with 500. Sometimes you might be a little under, sometimes you might be a little over, but unless you're really not making an effort, that's a good average.
