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  • Hi EWJL, great question!! I've often thought about it and the answer I came up with is that is probably doesn't do anything to the amount of calories but it may improve nutrient availability. A quick google and link onto the first site came up with this: "The nutritional value of fermented foods is enormous, increasing B…
    in Does fermenting veggies change the macronutrient/caloric values? Comment by Vertisol December 2014
  • Age 50 Height 175cm (5'9") SW 96 kg (212 lb) January 2014 CW 75kg (165 lb) June 2014 Strategy for losing weight - not the best. I Turned 50 in June and decided I needed to get to a decent weight by then - time constrictions meant losing 1kg a week. I set 75kg as that was the upper end of the healthy range BMI according to…
    in MAINTAINERS Introduce Yourselves! Comment by Vertisol November 2014
  • I'm almost exactly the same height as you (just under 5'10") and weigh 75kg (down from 96kg). I chose 75kg because it was at the upper end of the 'ideal' BMI range. I'm 50 years old and was lookingto stay leaner as I get older. At 75kg I think I'm pretty lean - I can still lose about another 19kg and remain in the…
    in What do you weigh 5'9/ 5'10 guys ? Comment by Vertisol October 2014
  • 10,000 steps a day is a recommended minimum activity level by many government health organisations. There's no problem with doing that every day. I've also got a Fitbit and have done 10 000 steps a day for all but 3 days since I got it in January (and have not done less than 10 000 steps since March I think). Rather than…
    in Walking 10,000 steps day question Comment by Vertisol August 2014
  • From my (personal) experience, once I exited my 20s, even though I stayed the same weight, muscle was being replaced by fat. As you get older (I'm 50 now), this keeps happening in a very sneaky way, so that you don't really notice it. I've just finished losing 21kg (about 46 lb - which was my 50th birthday present to…
    in Those Who Were Fit At One Point.... Comment by Vertisol June 2014
  • Hi Littlefoot, you've already got some good advice but I thought I would throw my 2c worth in. Whatever you do, you need to be confident that you can do it week in, week out - don't take a really difficult regime right from the start that you end up dreading to carry out because it's too hard - you will set yourself up for…
    in Going from sedentary to active...advice needed Comment by Vertisol June 2014
  • <quote>I wrote a blog post on the importance of having a maintenance plan, if you're interested: </quote> Thank you so much for this. I am within a couple of weeks of reaching my goal and am struggling to figure out how to transition - if I wanted to I could keep on losing weight (because I now know how to do that) but I…
    in Transitioning from weight loss to maintenance Comment by Vertisol May 2014
  • I found this. http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/food-sources-of-potassium.php Hope it helps :smile:
    in any ideas for more potassium in foods? Comment by Vertisol May 2014
  • No problems, a quick google found this which explains it a bit better. https://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111006133937AA75pg3 There doesn't seem to be much information about it though.
    in Why do my joints crack and pop every time I move? Comment by Vertisol May 2014
  • Hi Dizzylizzie, First post here but I saw your topic and thought "I've been through that". First caution though - I'm not a doctor and only relating what I experienced, treat this information as you would any other that you source from the internet :smile: I had the same problem a few years ago (to the extent that when I…
    in Why do my joints crack and pop every time I move? Comment by Vertisol May 2014
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