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Sounds more like nerve compression, specifically the sciatic nerve. Not true Sciatica, it's what we call "pseudo-sciatica" or piriformis syndrome, and it's fairly common in people who do lots of running or standing cardio. What happens is that the nerves that make up the Sciatic nerve (which later splits into the Common…

You're probably putting on more muscle. With cardio exercise, even though your focus isn't on building muscle like resistance training is, you're still working specific muscle groups and therefore building muscle. Additionally, muscle weighs more than fat does, so you will gain "weight." The benefit of muscle weight is…

BBQ pizza! If you have a fridge and freezer, no big! Premake the dough at home, wrap it up tight and toss it in the freezer. When you wanna eat it, do it up flatbread style. Chewy chocolate chip granola bars (probably not diet friendly, but at least you know what you're putting in your mouth!) Yield: 10 bars Prep Time: 10…

Some really easy things you can throw together or leave standing if you have to run off to save kitty =) -Fruit kabobs with strawberry margarita dip 1 tub Phily strawberry light cream cheese spread 1 cup thawed cool whip light whipped topping zest and juice 1 lime 2 1/2 cups cubed cantaloupe 2 1/2 cups cubed honeydew melon…

I can't taste it, but I also like applesauce =) Baking takes practice, just like everything else. A year ago I could barely feed myself on my cooking, and now I've worked up to trickier things (PS baking with booze is WAY more fun). A few things that helped me was to follow a recipe to the letter, and then watch it like a…

You can substitute other sweet, natural products for processed sugar. I make banana bread with unsweetened applesauce and it's pretty darn tasty. As for flour, I'm unaware of anything that you can straight up sub in. Maybe switching to an enriched flour (higher protein levels) might be an option? You can also sub in…

Basic neck, shoulder, arm stretches are really easy to fit into a work day regardless of if you're sitting or standing all day. You can even throw in some good quad, gastroc and soleus (calf) stretches every once in a while. Proprioception (balance) exercises are really good to throw in if you're on your feet all day, so…