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I'm surprised that the 6 yr olds were considered that active given that around here it's becoming rare to see even a toddler without some kind of electronic device in hand.

Depends on the kid. Depends on the age. Depends on the situation. They should know it by the time they graduate high school, but specifically is a good time to learn it would differ. I wouldn't teach it to a kid that's displaying any degree of obsession over his/her body. Which means I don't think smack in the middle of…

Yep, just recovered from something similar last week. Ran a long run (first time at that distance in 6 mos.) in the hottest and most humid weather of the year so far and it completely wiped me out. Oh, and that week was also an uptick in weekly mileage. For my two typical rest days following I was dropping off to sleep…

Walking is complicated because calorie burn actually can change significantly with speed, unlike running. Once you get faster than 4mph, you get closer to running calorie burns, which are approx 2x calories burned at a slower walk. Assuming you're walking <= 4mph at both slower and faster speeds, you burn equal calories…

Lately, it averages at 50bpm. Used to be in the mid-40s when my weekly running miles were higher.

I'd want to know if they checked to be certain that the mice: 1) Chewed the palatable and unpalatable food equivalently - mouse food requires thorough chewing to extract nutrients. Food that isn't thoroughly chewed would not be equivalently digested as food that had been thoroughly chewed, which leads to ... 2) If they ate…

I like ground nuts sprinkled on the bottom of tart or pie shell dough. I use them as a topping on ice cream, in salads, crushed as part of a crust for fish/chicken/pork or mixed with panko and grated cheese as a crunchy breading on a casserole or gratin. Honestly, I just don't use them all that much and only buy when a…

No, actually you typically don't - there's no need to make sure two materials are the same volume before weighing and it often adds an extra time-consuming step. Imagine trying to excise a precise cubic centimeter (or inch, or whatever) of material from a larger block, especially if the block is irregular in shape. It's…

Yes, they weren't clear. The objection is that weight-relative terms are used when it's density that's really being compared. The counter-argument is that 'everybody knows' that when you say X is heavier than Y that you mean equal volumes of X and Y. Now personally, I'd be ripped a new one if I use heavier and lighter in…

I do this. It used to be because I wanted to end with a nice taste and not a nasty one (and I knew I had to eat my veg, which were almost always my least favorite so best to get it over with), but these days it's more habit than anything else. I'll still eat pizza one component at a time if I'm not with company. If I am,…

Yep. I think that's why I've found eggplants to be so unusually tasty this year. I'm growing them, so am excited to pick and taste my own produce :lol: Though, admittedly, they are much less bitter than what I usually get at the grocery and that helps.

FYI, since it was an easy post to miss: So, reputable, but then the Dr ought to have a recommendation for how much of an increase is reasonable based on the results, yes? Are we talking add a pinch or two of salt per meal, or what? Also, the Dr ought to be able to give a rationale for why. There shouldn't be a need to ask…

You do not have to run. There's plenty of other cardio to try. That said, I love running, but only got to even liking it after I'd gotten close to the end of the C25K program. It wasn't too enjoyable while building up the most basic of bases :tongue:

And, are you eating exercise calories back? If so, how many calories have you estimated your workout is burning?

Weight loss surgery isn't an easy way out - the surgery and aftereffects are a *kitten*, but there is no doubt that some that get it think that it will be easier than alternative methods, that it will enforce what they should be doing. And it does, to a degree, but not perfectly and not forever. Those people are the ones…

So does one of our local ice cream shops. The kiddie size scoop in a cup is typically the size of a softball. God forbid you'd like two flavors (no extra charge) because instead of doing half size scoops, you get two full sized scoops - one balanced on top of the other. I hate going there, even though they make great ice…

The problem is that most cancers preferentially use glucose as energy because fats are more critical to their survival and growth. Fats are required and are often a limiting factor for rapid cell replication. Cancer cells don't require dietary sources of glucose to survive. Take that away and vastly increase dietary fats…

And the corollary: "You can't eat that <pie/cake/ice cream>! You're on a diet!" Am I only childish one that then ate whatever it was 'I wasn't supposed to have' very slowly and with many a 'MMMmmmmMMM' sound?

Or if your bumps and bruises are accompanied by swelling and there is enough swelling for the weight to register on a scale. I have a lovely large goose egg on my arm this morning from an accident yesterday, and while it probably changed my weight by an oz or so, I'd never be able to see the difference in the background of…

In addition to all of the above, get more sleep and if you're dieting, you can reduce your deficit until you are done. Obviously make sure you're getting good nutrition. Give your legs the best chance to recover that you can.

"Worst" as in 'least nutritious for the calories' would be sugar free black licorice whips. There's something about the chew that I'm finding very satisfying as a work snack at the moment.

One option is to buy sweets in single servings to have in the house - so, have a single candy bar or a single serving of ice cream, etc. That way they are available, yet there's no overindulging unless you actually leave the house to get more. You might see if that strikes a happy medium.

+1 Good example of that is grains. Because guess what the US produces a lot of - and yet no one with any knowledge claims that grains and grain products are a necessary part of a nutritious diet. We don't need so much as a single serving, and yet there they sit as the base of the old pyramid.

If I do that, I'm only having two meals that day - easy for me because I find those big burgers ridiculously filling - or I just finished a long run (in which case I'll be jonesing for onion rings and whatnot as well). I was really pleased to discover that the best burger places in my area often have options like seared…

What, use the mean HR I can sustain for an hour*, understanding I was probably not putting out my 100% best effort given it wasn't an actual race? Yes. No calculation involved on my part, but of course it's still an estimate. I could use a lactate analyzer, but that's unnecessary for someone that doesn't train using HR…

Definitely unpopular in certain circles, but along these lines, I wish all naturalistic fallacies would die a fiery death. Something is not necessarily bad because humans were/are involved in some way. Something is not necessarily good because it arose without human influence.

Pack of 6 means a pack of 6 packages of tortillas. Each package of tortillas contains 8, so $24 for 48 tortillas.

Depends on how dead-set one is on training using HR zones and calculating those zones based on a calculation that uses max HR instead of one of the others that uses lactate threshold or age. It is useful for letting you know if the age-estimation HR zones are even in the ballpark for you or not. Though if they're really…

Ah, never mind, then. And I'd definitely forget about training to HR zones. My dad's on a blood pressure medication that keeps his heart rate artificially low (to protect his kidney, not for cardiac-related issues). He's been warned about doing significant effort because his heart can't compensate quickly enough and he'll…