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A friend of mine thought cheese with a wax coating was "real cheese" from cows, as if it was some sort of egg-like thing they laid. Cheese in blocks and shredded cheese were man-made.
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Tall and curvy. My wife keeps asking me if I still find her attractive -- she's also on MFP and has lost about 80 lbs. since we started dating -- but she still has the same body shape. :)
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I have it set to 2 lbs. per week, so I always try to go slightly over; my main problem before MFP was not consistently eating enough. I also don't log any food that is under 10 calories and has an insignificant amount of sodium to cut down on the entires I have to make each day, which means my food diary makes it look like…
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I'm on a low fat diet, so I aim for high protein meats like Palmer milk chocolate bunnies. There's something slightly disquieting about entering "Lil' Pete" into the food search. I ATE HIM!
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I used to live in the country, which meant any ride involved dirt. The only issue I had with my old 3 speed were pinch flats thanks to a combination of 1 3/8" tires and large rocks in the roadway, while I'd ride my road bikes straight to the nearest pavement, about 1/2 a mile. Now that I'm in town, I have no problem with…
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You need to start fasting and detox!
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1. Bacon 2. Talking about how music/tv/movies/cars/etc. "suck these days" 3. Guns as a hobby 4. Nutella: Nutkao is better 5. Vacationing at a resort
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I know the reflectors are required by law from the manufacturers, but I don't understand why they bother including saddles since they probably won't fit right for 99% of the owners. Pedals are almost as bad. This bike (a Gran Royale Aristocrat) has one warning sticker with skulls and crossbones running along it: "Riding…
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It's amazing how much stuff you can/need to add to a bike to make it really usable. After joking with one of my friends about doing an unboxing video for my new bike, I've been posting "unboxing" photos to my FB, trying to be as vague as possible. So far I've posted the following: An unmarked box (held the saddle that came…
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At this rate, about twice a season. When I shifted back to pants last fall, I found I had to replace all my current pairs because they would barely stay on with a belt. Now those new pants are too loose. It looks like I'll be doing the same thing with shorts this year. Shirts can vary a lot by cut, so I've gradually…
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ATM, all I have is an '85 Schwinn Le Tour, but I plan on buying a crank forward bike once the weather clears up, and I'm eyeing old 10 speeds to build a replacement for the single speed converison I traded a friend for to get my wife's cruiser. They've been owned by Dorel, Schwinn's parent company, for the last six years.…
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You can thread a cog onto the freewheel threads of the current wheel, then an English bottom bracket lock ring on top of that. Track hubs use a lock ring with a reverse thread so that no matter which way pressure is applied the cog and the lock ring can't both be unscrewed; with both the cog and lock ring threaded the same…
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These types of bikes are going out of style, so you may want to check some local shops: they may have an older model on sale within your price range. Mail-order bikes usually fit in between what you get at a bike shop and what you get at a department store (aka "bike shaped object.") As for what to look for, $300 won't buy…
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My wife weighs every day, and she usually drops the most weight just before her period: she's been doing MFP for several months, and you tell when her cycle is by just looking at her weight loss chart.
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I'm salt sensitve and my blood pressure was consistently in the pre-hypertension stage which was a worry because practically everyone in my family dies from strokes. Thanks to tracking on MFP, I've been able to keep sodium around 2,300 mg, and that's been enough to bring my blood pressure into a normal range.
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I had something similar happen when I took my first long trip in my wife's car: I would get really uncomfortable after a couple hours when I was used to being able to drive all day. At first I thought it was the seats, but after a few trips in different cars, I've realized that it's my new lack of back and butt fat.
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- Buy a skin fold caliper and learn how to use it. My weight fluctuates a lot which makes it hard to measure progress on the scale. - Learn new low sugar dessert recipes and sugar-reducing cooking techniques to replace my current recipes. - Put together a bulking program with sandbag-based lifts for when I hit my…
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Both terms don't really mean anything. It works like this: The less fat you have, the more your muscles show. The more you lift, the bigger those muscles are. If you've lost a lot of weight, you might have loose skin so your muscles don't show even if you have a low body fat percentage, but adding muscle can fill up that…
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Usually, people notice I've lost weight and then give me their crackpot advice, like the seamstress taking in my suit jacket who was going to start dropping pounds by ordering pork tenderloin sandwiches from a local burger joint and not eating the bread, or my friend who read "Wheat Belly" and claims she's losing weight…
