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Solar Energy
Since we're talking about home temp control I thought it would be interesting (and helpful to me) to see what people have to say about solar vs traditional heating/cooling. We live in an area where we use more cooling in the summer and less heating in the winter, and there's an aggressive campaign by various solar…
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106 Year Old Cyclist
My latest hero! https://nowthisnews.com/videos/sports/french-106-year-old-cyclist-gets-back-on-his-bike Edited to fix link
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Help with Wide Trail Running Shoes
A friend and I are planning to start trail running as soon as I find a pair of shoes that fit. I'm having a hard time, the box on all the shoes I've tried so far is too tight across the ball of my foot so it causes cramping and pinches my two smaller toes. I just had a fit id scan at Fleet Feet that shows a neutral gait…
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Somebody lectured me about Splenda today
At Starbucks (!) I was standing at the bar with her - she reached across me for truvia, I reached across her for splenda. We smiled at each other. And she says out of the blue "You shouldn't use that stuff, you know. It's worse than sugar." I did my tight, inappropriate stranger smile and finished stirring my coffee - and…
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Changing Diet for Weight Loss
I'm interested in hearing about people's experiences when changing their diet specifically for the purpose of losing weight. I'm talking about people who changed from a conventional diet with no specific food constraints to a more restrictive way of eating - keto, plant-based, paleo, whole foods or some other specific…
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Rear-Mounted Computer for Trainer
I hate the search function - sorry if this has been discussed extensively, maybe someone could point me to a relevant thread if so :# I've been using my bike trainer a lot this year and following a (beginning) progressive interval training program. I'm at the point where just using cadence feedback is no longer effective,…
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MFP Rated Top Fitness App
http://www.cookinglight.com/healthy-living/fitness/the-best-fitness-mobile-apps-2018-iphone-android "This is the greatest app ever" This is from Cooking Light and OK is a result of a poll of staff members so really just an opinion piece, but the magazine has a huge following so really good, sensible information to counter…
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Breathe Out the Fat!
Gah! This inexplicably showed up in my news feed this morning - I can't even. It's called the "Long Breath" diet. http://www.medicaldaily.com/long-breath-diet-miki-ryosuke-former-japanese-actor-breathes-away-28-pounds-and-5-inches-video If you don't want to click (and who could blame you, it might show up in your newsfeed…
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The slot by the door...
So this happened this morning. My gym is in a big strip mall. There's a small horseshoe parking lot in front, parking all down the side of the building and acres more to the rear. Everyone does a turn around the horseshoe and if there's no parking exits and continues on to the side or rear parking spaces. Except this…
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Confidence On Bike After Injury
This was going to be a post titled "Strengthening Back Muscles For Cycling" but I had a freak accident on Sat, broke my elbow, and will be off the bike for about 8 weeks. I just got back on the bike after being off for over a year with a (non-cycling related) broken foot, and my confidence in my balance was destroyed.…
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Notification hell
Aarrgh! I lost my mind and posted in the protein bar thread and it JUST WON'T DIE!! Every time I check my notifications it's all protein bars all the time. This'll be going on till at least Christmas, won't it...
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Made my day
So I'm sitting at a light on the way home from a hot miserable ride. It's at a busy intersection where bikes don't trigger a light change. I was about to get off the bike and slog across the right turn lane to hit the pedestrian button when an enormous pickup pulls up behind me. I kinda crept forward hoping I could get out…
