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I love my trail shoes and wear them everywhere :) You'll wear down the treads faster running on the road.

Spinach actually isn't good in iron! There was a decimal place error that has been perpetuated by a popular misconception!! But eat your spinach cause it's yummy!! I think broccoli? And veggie meat. One of the problems is that plant based iron isn't as bio available as meat based. So eat more than you think. Also, trader…

Why do you think a machine that doesn't know your height and weight and probably isn't calibrated often would be more accurate than your HRM? What does MFP say for calorie burns. Also, is your HRM set to the right height/weight?

I made my own using bicycle handle grips rather than pvc pipe (as in his video) and they're great!!!

No I've never seen a rope trainer before (I just did a quick google search) that thing looks perfect!!! I want one!! Maybe I'll try scaling things back and doing tabata style for a more cardio work. I'm at a point where carrying around a backpack (laptop + lunch + notebook) is too heavy. So I'm extremely limited in terms…

Yeah, its a big mess. Great! I'll check out target!

I've been doing upper body circuits this whole time, I'm getting some strength gains but I'm getting bored with them. Though this might just be the only things I can do I just started back at crossfit last night, so I will try to improve my gymnastic skills. That sounds like a good idea.…

I'm not sure, as far as I know I have very little risk of diabetes which is why I was scarred! I'm not overweight (5'6" 140lbs) nor have I ever been overweight, I don't really have a family history of it, one grandma was diabetic but she was overweight and didn't really take care of her health. I also never ate breakfast…

I did a quick google search but can't find anything on pub med. webMD and other such sites state a link between not eating breakfast and insulin resistence in women. I will try having 1/2 my usual breakfast (making it 1/2 glass of milk + 1scoop of protein powder)

Swimming is sort-of an option. I can swim for 15-20 minutes before it starts to hurt Biking was done on an actual bike outside on the lowest gear, neither the crossfit gym nor the climbing gym has a stationary bike. I tried a row machine (one legged) today at crossfit which KILLED my good leg, I was wobbling while walking…

Recipe!?

I'm trying to get ideas because nothing seems to strike my fancy at all!! Lunch is the most miserable meal for me. :( Any "recipes" like what exactly do you put in your pitas? I have to pack a lunch for school, but I have a fridge, microwave, and toaster oven at my disposal.

I have stretch marks on my ankle from spraining it. Stretch marks don't necessarily mean fat.

My boyfriend guides kayaking and he has this issue all the time. He went to bath and body works and they gave him this "body butter" it stays on better than normal lotion and smells fantastic!

Can you get out of there when someone brings in pizza? Say "no thanks" and rather than sitting there watching everyone eat it, take a walk or go get your own yummy (healthy) snack? I like to reward myself with shopping when I do well with something I'm working on. Like promise yourself if you go 3 times without eating…

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How did you do zumba with a sprained ankle?! Send me your workouts!!

I'll try yoga! Thanks :-)

My doctor was a total pain in the butt. I also (likely) partially tore my ACL and meniscus and he told me it's not a big deal because he's had 3 reconstructive knee surgeries. So he wouldn't give me a brace for my knee or PT for my knee OR sciatica. I'm getting a second opinion but not sure what to do in the mean time.

Southwest quinoa salad: Quinoa Tomato Avocado Black Beans Salsa Corn ** you could add chicken, I'm vegetarian though** Lime juice And it keeps realllly well!

So I just tested 29.7% body fat, which seems high and they say my RMR is 1176 and my TDEE is 2046. Does this sound reasonable? I can attach pictures if you'd like.

Its $30 for students and you underestimate how poor students are.

No, its evening, I just bought the scan and booked it for 9am tomorrow.

I've been putting this off. There is a bod pod on campus for $30. Its just only open from 6am to 8am so I've been avoiding it... I will do that today.

Possibly. I try to eat back 50% exercise calories and I wear a HRM. I'm sure I've become more efficient, but I'm also climbing harder things and about 3 months ago switched to climbing with a 15lb weight vest. I also spend about 3 hours at the climbing gym and give a conservative estimate to actual time spent on the wall…

Its not a matter of good enough or not good enough. I just want to know what the hell is going on inside my body. Apparently I can't be gaining muscle since I've been climbing 6 years, crossfitting 2 years, and not overweight. My biggest question is: why am I losing inches but not weight? The best explanation I can come up…

As for quitting birth control, you should probs use a condom or else you'll gain a lot of weight ;-)

Edit: I messed up my average in my excel sheet. My average # calories eaten per day is 1724, my average NET is 1242 and my average exercise burn is 667.8 Sorry!

I haven't really increased activity, I've been running the whole 6 weeks and climbing the whole 6 weeks, climbing outdoors on the weekends as well. And I started back at crossfit just this past monday, so I doubt that has any bearing on what actually is going on. Sorry if that was confusing how I previously wrote it. I…

Eat more protein. I know its random, but I challenged myself to eat 130g of protein today and I was not hungry for dinner and had only eaten 1100 calories but knew I needed to eat more so finally am sitting down to dinner now. But I actually have not been hungry at all today. So try upping your protein. Start your day with…