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We have PB2 but I don't use it in place of peanut butter. I use to give peanuty flavor to Asian sauces. Peanut butter's okay but it's not all that. I actually prefer sunflower butter. And our entire family grooves on Justin's chocolate hazelnut butter. SO MUCH BETTER than plain old peanut butter!

I started when I was around the 240-250 mark. Walking. Then I just kept speeding up till I was jogging a little bit here n there with my walks. Finally, I sped up enough that I was running all the time. Then I added a stationary bike. Then I added some hand weights. Then I added swimming. Now I do triathlon all the time.…

I personally wouldn't think very highly of a doctor who told me a great way to eat was a vitamin fortified milk shake. Sorry.

You. Are. A. STUD!!! Keep up the good training, great racing, and not dying. Very impressive!!!

For me, when it's race day all I'm focused on is "fueling", not "dieting". All the maintenance, and deficit, and all that good stuff will just have to wait till the morning. This is race day. And making sure I've got the fuel I need to race my best race takes precedence. The right fuel before, during, and after. Now. Once…

2 of my 3 daughters have had GI issues. The oldest had them for a few years and suffered greatly before her younger sister started having the same problems. We eventually found a doctor who understood the problems we were going through (surprising how many didn't), took the younger daughter, got her tested, and found a…

It sounds like you may be exercising a lot already. A physical job should count toward your overall calorie burn, and, depending on your job, you may get in some hidden strength training along the way. When you come home tired, are you physically tired or mentally tired? If you're just tired from your idiotic coworkers or…

HA! Dinner was at 6. The 5 of us went through 8 avocados. They were the small ones, mind you. Oh, it was so good. And easy to whip up, too. Total prep time? I don't think it's even 5 minutes.

We're having crab n avocado salad for supper tonight. Fresh crab meat, lime juice, garlic, paprika, cabbage, celery, cilantro, and a small shmear of low fat sour cream. Mix it all up and put it in an avocado half. Oh yeah. Heaven.

There's a wonderful, and wonderfully active, GF group on MFP. You should check them out. It's filled with people who can relate to what you're experiencing, health and diet wise. They're always sharing recipes or ideas, or just leaning on each other. Best MFP group I've ever joined.

But you DIDN'T die! You lived! This wasn't your spouse or kids telling this story from the funeral parlor, this was YOU. Personally, I'm doggone proud for you. You worked out for 15mins! WOOT!!! Look: Don't give up. Keep at it. If it's tough, well maybe it's just tough for now. Every day you do 15 mins, that's a day it'll…

DEFINITION!!! Oh yeah! There've been days when I was brushing my teeth and I'd look in the mirror and notice these weird new "curves" around my shoulder/arms. It was muscles starting to grow through. How beautiful are those!!! Very happy for you! Keep up the greatness! (For the record, I'm personally a big fan of flipping…

YES!!! I can. not. stand. being around people chewing gum. It's endlessly irritating! Either they spit out the gum or I leave. My FIL eats loudly and smacks his lips. It's like fingernails on a chalk board. Popcorn I can handle. There's just no way to quietly eat popcorn. And basically, if I'm around people eating popcorn,…

We had steak and pork chops, creamed spinach, and roasted potatoes. No king cake - we have a gluten intolerance in our house and couldn't find a GF king cake. Drat. There were parades in our area, but we didn't make it to any of them. And now starts the buckling down, contemplation, and all those other Lenten good things.

*Going to bed every night with the same number of kids I woke up with. *All the wacky wonderful surprising things my kids say that catch me totally off guard. *Every time one of my kids tell me they love me. *Every time one of my kids tell my wife they love her. *Every morning when I wake up next to the love of my life.…

I have 2 bikes, and 2 adamo saddles. I love mine. I highly recommend finding a LBS that lets you test ride the saddle for a week or 2 and see what you think. It takes some getting used to, for sure. But I don't want anything on my bikes but Adamo.

Burpees are tough, for sure. Try adding hand weights (manmakers). I used to train with a woman who did 1 pushup with every burpee AND ended with a kneeslap. She's one tough woman. But they're not the toughest. The toughest is any race day. A race day ALWAYS out-toughs a training day. Like A-L-W-A-Y-S.

*Jumps up and down, waves arms in the air* Ooh ooh ooh Me me me me me MMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEE ME!!!!!!!!!!!! Love triathlon. Just freaking love it. Did my first in 2007 and haven't looked back. Best noob advice ever: Enjoy it. Enjoy your training, enjoy your race day. Enjoy improving. Enjoy figuring out the sport. The…

Now that you mention it, I did, once, have an orthopedic doctor tell me, "It's patients like that that keep doctors like me in business." Sorry. I just had to giggle. And, while I'm on the subject, I've quite frequently heard, "You're not running, you're jogging. Jogging is easy, running is hard." Then they sit their butts…

Talking with my mom with alzheimers: "Mom, I'm racing a triathlon this weekend." "Oh, now I'm worried. Can your legs handle it?" "Yes mom, it's a triathlon. I'll be swimming and biking, too." "Wait, do they allow you to bike? Won't they disqualify you? I thought you were only allowed to run." Another Mom conversation: "I'm…

With my daughter, it takes 3-5 days before we see negative results, usually in the form of constipation and nausea. So I have to think back to what I might have missed days earlier. It can take up to a week to get her regular again. Easily digested foods, and usually a little miralax help her. But past that, we don't…

Best. Comment. Ever. Soda free for a little over 2 years and I have no desire to change it. If I did, I'd be right back to 2L (or more) a day. Many people know what they can and cannot have in moderation. It's a shame so many other people can't, or won't, understand that.

Celiac is NOT an allergy. It's an auto immune disorder. People who don't have Celiac can still be allergic to wheat, gluten, corn, rice, any number of cereal grains or their ingredients. Then there's the issue of "sensitivity", which for some reason is listed as different than an allergy. Not sure why. It's perfectly…

Wow. This is the best way I've ever heard it put. This totally sums things for me, too. I would add that WHERE I exercise counts, too. In the winter, when I struggle the most with depression, exercising indoors doesn't do much at all. In the summer, when I'm outdoors cycling or running or lawn mowing or whatever else,…

There are certain decisions you're going to have to make for yourself. The biggest one that comes to mind is, "Made in a facility that processes wheat". Since wheat is so easily incorporated into the air, it can be virtually impossible to make a facility that uses wheat gluten free when they're making non-glutenous…

When I'm on a treadmill, music always. No ifs, ands, or buts. When I run outside, never never never. For one, I want to be safe and make sure I know what's going on around me. For two, if I'm running on trails, I enjoy all the little sights and sounds going on around me. The rustling of trees, or the panting of the doggies…

First off, great job! Keep up the great training!!! Second off, running does get easier. As your body adjusts to the workload, so does your mind. Exercising takes both body and mind. Sometimes your body will tell you when you're tired from something but sometimes your mind will tell you instead. So, as you keep doing it,…

I try to avoid pretty much all baked sweets. Truth is, I really don't enjoy them. Except cupcakes. They're my achilles heel. Slowly - very slowly - I'm getting them back under control. By "under control", I mean 1 every 3 or 4 months. My family got me this brownie cake thing a few weeks ago, and I had a super-small piece…

There are lots of running groups on MFP. I think you would do well to take this question to the runners and see what they have to say about it. I'm a triathlete and I LOVE LOVE LOVE TADs. Any day I can TAD is a day I go to bed happy. But every workout has to have a purpose or it's a waste. And I don't have time or patience…

Ha ha ha ha!!!! This is the winning post of the thread! My daughter who'll eat any kind pre-processed garbage put in front of her while she turns down fresh fruits and veggies, goes nuts for kale. I put it in the crockpot and braise it with a beef roast. 8 hours later, she's lining up to chow down. Funny how so many people…