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Calculating sliced bread before toasting vs. after toasting
Say I have 2 slices whole grain bread, I weight them at 80g. I toast, then they're 65g. Which do I log?
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Adding oat flour to protein shakes/yogurt/etc?
I was making some protein pancakes with oat flour (from Bulk Barn), then asked myself: If these are oats ground down, can't I add some to a protein shake for calories? I have seen countless protein shake recipes where people are tossing oats in the blender to make a shake, so why not the flour while cutting that step out?…
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Warm-up sets
For those doing squats/bench/deadlift/rows/ohp (the stronglifts/starting strength/etc. core, if you will), how many and what weight are your warm-up sets? Does anyone not do any warm-ups and proceed to the target weight? (Not no stretching or few light minutes on a treadmill or whatever you fancy, but no warm-up sets of…
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Waking up and sleeping timings-- what are your general schedules? How does it affect your fitness?
This interests me because some in my circle are up at 5am, others at noon, some can't sleep until 3-4am, others have set naps during the day, etc. I'm fascinated in people's general times and when they fit exercise into it, especially if you are a 9-5er. Me generally through the week: 7am up 1-2pm weights on lifting days…
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Calculating ham divvied up for meal prep wraps
I just made some wraps for the week, I had some ham I diced up and put in the pan for a couple minutes. I cut and measured the ham cold as 550g total I'm using (the ham's nutritional info showed per 55g serving, worked out I figured so I could use 55g/wrap for 10 wraps). After pan-frying for a few minutes, letting it cool…
