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I have a similar problem - unless I eat more than my calorie goals permit, I am hungry pretty much constantly. I have been managing this for the last 3+ years by: - eating plenty of protein, healthy fats, and fiber, of course - spreading my calories out over the day. I rarely go more than 2.5 hours without eating something…

There's an entry in the MFP database - "Skin diving, scuba diving, general", but it can't help but be an estimate. Calorie burn is going to depend on many unusual factors for SCUBA. If you're an experienced diver, you're barely using your arms at all for almost the entire dive, so the only activity an activity tracker…

Neither. You have no idea who you are when you're not defining yourself through your relationships with men. Leave your horrible, controlling boyfriend. If he's a good father, find a reasonable way to share custody. Spend some time learning who YOU are (besides a mother) and who you WANT to be (besides a girlfriend or…

Do they force you to buy their food? If not, it sounds like you could sign up for WW, use the accountability and camaraderie part, use whatever food plan you prefer, like basic MFP CICO, lose 8% of your weight, and collect $100. If you have to have proof that you used a WW system, you could log points even if you're not…

People, please do not feed the troll. Or do; it's kind of entertaining. (Honestly, I think BreezeDoveal is the best troll I've seen since Usenet days, so good on you, sir or madam.)

Oh wow, I just looked up Icelandic expressions and I have a new favorite. I think we should make this one (and latte-drinking wool scarf) a thing in the US: "That's the raisin at the end of the hot dog". (Something that comes as a surprise at the end of something, something extra that wasn’t expected. Usually something…

Any US restaurant chain that has 20 or more locations is required by the FDA to publish nutritional information.

The back of the class is the worst possible place to be in Zumba for every single reason. Every newbie starts there because they don't want other people watching/judging them. I certainly did, but it is a terrible place to be. As you mentioned, you get squeezed by latecomers, but worse, it's much harder to see the…

I would find GoT too easy to tune out. I found it too easy to tune out when I was actually reading the books, which is why I never quite got through the third one. Suspenseful or really entertaining audiobooks work much better for me at the gym: Gone Girl, Girl on a Train, Stephen King in general, the Sookie Stackhouse…

I know almost nothing about MMA - would adding an actual martial arts class outside of your gym make sense? Tae kwon do, krav maga, judo, or whatever. Might be a helpful foundation. There are tons of workouts you can do at home if that's what you're looking for, using streaming videos, whether paid or free. For cardio, I…

While some people do certainly keep that level of activity, especially competitive athletes, it's pretty extreme and it's far more than you need to maintain an excellent level of fitness. Why do you want to do so much? Are you preparing for a competition? You'll need to be really careful about a overtraining. It can make…

http://freakonomics.com/podcast/new-freakonomics-radio-podcast-the-upside-of-quitting/ "Sometimes quitting is strategic, and sometimes it can be your best possible plan... Sunk cost is about the past – it’s the time or money or sweat equity you’ve put into a job or relationship or a project, and which makes quitting hard.…

Try eating greek yogurt with live cultures or drinking some kefir. That will give you a protein boost and the probiotics might help your digestive system adjust.

@diannethegeek's tips are all excellent, and have all helped me with my hunger issues. Even after implementing pretty much all of them, I was still waking up in the middle of the night starving until I added: 8) drink 4 oz of water with water-soluble fiber like Benefiber or Optifiber before bed. For me, that's just enough…

Using the mall is a really good idea. I am also in AZ and I took my walk last night at ~8 PM. It was "only" about 104 degrees F. I carried a bunch of water and walked through every lawn sprinkler I saw. It was still awful :p I also just work out at home - I have Zumba games for the Xbox, yoga vids from Amazon Prime, an…

Yeah, I just did a quick Google for childfree restaurants, found a bunch of news stories debating the pros and cons, and all of the restaurants I saw mentioned are still open and in some cases very successful years after they banned kids. I wish the concept would be more widely adopted. I was out at a nice dinner just a…

Hah :) Anyone who can't appreciate a Ho Ho should be banished from your circle immediately!

Oh, absolutely. To clarify, the scenarios I'm talking about are more like this: Character A throws spaghetti against the door of a refrigerator. Character B: "You're like the Jackson Pollock of pasta." Character A spends a paragraph on an internal monologue that serves no purpose except to explain to the reader that…

I've been using my GoPro for about 3 years. It is an AMAZING little camera that produces professional-quality video at a great price.... for very specific things. * In full sunlight or very well-lit areas, the footage is crisp and gorgeous. The dimmer the light, the poorer the picture. * If you use a tripod or a mount,…

The worst/hardest part for me isn't the metabolism thing -- it's that I get injured more easily and there are more things wrong with me now than when I was in my 20s. By now, I have chronic injuries that are easily irritated - bad back, Achilles tendinitis, etc, plus Hashi's, which didn't start until I was 40. People who…

The short answer is that, in general, they are slightly better than nothing, and some are better than others. Dedicated step counters are pretty accurate for step counting; phone apps less so. Wrist-only HRMs are not particularly accurate. Chest strap HRMs are a little better, but that almost doesn't matter. Most people…

It's only spelled "curb" in North America. Everywhere else, it's "kerb". BOOM. I just broadened your horizons.

Unfortunately, that 650-calorie burn is old information and is no longer assumed to be true. Years ago, the Mayo Clinic web site stated that in their facts about donating blood, and every blogger on the internet quoted it. I believed it and ate a cheeseburger after every blood donation :) Mayo has long since removed that…

I am a 143 pound, 5'6", 42-year-old female. I do at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise every day, usually 60 minutes. I also eat healthy, nutrient-dense foods. I maintain at 1450 and have to drop to 1200 to lose weight. I am older than you and I have Hashimoto's, but it still might just be your (crappy and unfortunate)…

I understand what you're saying, but if I am ever diagnosed with a life-threatening cancer, I am going to eat cheeseburgers, pizza, ice cream, and funnel cake until I explode or until the chemo makes me too sick to eat, whichever comes first.

Sorry, but others cope with minor annoyances like bad hair dye by saying, "Well, that sucked." and moving on. This is affecting you abnormally strongly, and you should probably talk to your therapist/doctor. Electrocution... well, that seriously sucks, but be glad you're ok :)

I lost a bunch of weight in my early 20s and kept it off for about 6 years, but it was a struggle the whole time. I lost a bunch of weight again about 3 years ago. I've maintained, but it's much worse in my 40s. I have Hashi's now, I'm older and get more frequent injuries from exercise that never used to bother me, etc.…

Just an anecdote... One of my coworkers used his phone app (I don't remember if it was specifically Samsung S Fit) for a work-sponsored step challenge. We were about 2 weeks in to the 6-week challenge when he got a FitBit. He was walking the exact same route every night, and the FitBit was giving him 15-20% more steps than…

I've extended work trips over a weekend to do some sightseeing in cool cities - it was fine, but it would have been a lot more fun with my husband. We're each other's BFF and we love to travel together; I can't think of any place where either of us would want to go without the other. I even shlepped along to one of his…

120 calories in a tablespoon of oil. A teaspoon is a 3rd of that. You can have more oil than you thought :) (or that was a typo).