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  • 2 thoughts after looking at your diary - 1) you seem to be having something carby at every meal - maybe try to eliminate that from at least one meal, and add your yolks back in - thats good fats! 2) don't stop the strength training, I think that is most important. You could try upping your intensity for both strength and…
  • Can of sardines! excellent if you like them - if you don't know then try em!
  • 2 other exercises I use: put the ball between your ankles and jump the ball into your hands; i.e. throw the ball up with your feet and catch with your hands. Wall ball - squat with the ball and throw it up against a wall as you come up, catch into a squat, repeat.
  • Depends on your tap water quality. Our city sends out a lab analysis each year of the water, maybe your's does as well so you could see if anything concerns you. I prefer filtered tap myself- I hate the excess consumption of water bottles.
  • I haven't tried, but I suppose you could take your minutes exercising multiplied by your baseline calories (the ones mfp would give you if you had a goal of losing 0 weight) and then divided by the minutes in a day. That'd be rough and making 2 assumptions: 1) each minute of the day has the same calorie burn for the…
  • I believe that would be over-training. Here is a video blog about the subject that I found useful. http://practicalpaleolithic.com/paleolithic-diet-blog/preventing-overtraining-paleo-diet-and-training-q-and-a
  • Agree that form is a big deal. I had back and knee problems with running until I switched to a forefoot strike (land on ball of foot, not on heel). Running barefoot teaches this technique pretty effectively. Take it very slow!
  • You can also use the broiler in the oven - I often time just move the rack up higher and throw a steak or whatever directly on the oven rack. Broiling and grilling are basically the same thing. Make sure to put a cookie sheet or piece of foil under whatever you are broiling if its gonna be leaking fat or juices out (any…
  • I've had 2 discectomies in the lumbar. For me the key is constant work on keeping my ab muscles tight - meaning without using my breath to do it I keep my belly sucked in at all times that I can think about it. When I'm exercising I must do this. Constant movement is also a key for me to keep my back feeling better; i.e.…
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