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Ontario Adds Calories to Restaurant Menus
"As of Jan. 1, all restaurants with 20 or more locations in Ontario will have to display how many calories each of their food and drink items have on the menu." Good idea? Drop in the bucket? cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ontario-restaurant-calorie-menu-2017-1.3919308
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How Accurate is a Hand-held Body Fat Analyser?
This is a rant. I just got back from the gym and I'm feeling down. Help me out with some reassurance. When I started training at my new gym back in October the head trainer used a hand-held device like this one and told me my body fat percentage was 39% He tapped the machine and said "I think that's too high. You don't…
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Help Me Interpret Recent Weight Gain?
I joined MFP in January of 2015 at 211 lbs and reached my goal weight of 118 in June of 2016. I maintained that weight successfully and in October joined a gym for fun and to improve my overall fitness. I currently am doing weight training for an hour twice a week at the gym and half an hour once or twice a week at home. I…
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Good King Henry
Blitum bonus-henricus. Also known as Poor Man's Asparagus, Fat Hen or Lincolnshire Spinach. It's a member of the Goosefoot family, and a Eurasian relative of quinoa. I started growing this in the spring and it's become a green leafy addition to soups, stews, eggs and stir-frys. I stumped the MFP database, which had no…
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Was That My Face Really?
January 1st. 2015: 211lbs June 1st. 2015: 170lbs. Maybe I'm vain and maybe it's just me but I think I look about ten years younger. Dang.
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I Have to Learn How to Shop Again!
After 30 lbs lost, I went shopping today with my sister and husband to buy some "in-between" clothes because I have nothing that fits. I complained to my sister how much good denim jeans cost and she said "So just go to Old Navy." Out of reflex I replied "I can't go there, nothing fits." My sister just looked at me and…
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Am I Too Small for 1200 a Day?
I am 5'0" and small-boned, from a family of tiny people. For years I've complained that I can't understand why I'm so fat because I eat so little. People would nod and say "Yeah sure." Well I started logging my food and realised that when I cook for myself, I've been routinely eating only 900-1000 calories a day for years.…
