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A little intimidated - I can finally get back to a regular exercise regime after 5 months off.
Well, more or less ... I still need a little more time, another 1-2 months, before I can do almost everything I had been doing regularly, 3-5/6 times a week for the past 5-6 years. I had to basically drop out of doing much about 4 1/2 months ago. I had an accident, and ended up breaking a number of body parts that were…
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Any secrets to getting protein powders to mix/dissolve easier
Hi guys, anyone known any tricks, like maybe something you can add to it, to get whey and beef based protein powders (mainly Isopure Unflavored and MHP Isoprime Beef) to dissolve easier? Even in the blender unit I use to make my shakes, I end up with big lumps sticking to the sides, and have to make several attempts at…
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Anyone with anemia here - struggling, any suggestions.
I'm really struggling - and have been for several years, to eat the exact foods I know will help me the most. The "redder" a meat or protein source, the worse it is to me. Sight and smell of it generally makes me nauseous. Crustecean seafoods and Greek Yogurt and cottage cheese are about the only protein sources that i can…
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Cultivating Mindset For Success ?
The personal traimer who leads my boot camp said something yesterday that really resonated with me. He said that in 10 years working professionally in a the fitness industry he has observed that the people who achieve long-term success in achieving weight loss and fitness goals develop a mimdset that says the goal is…
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Just sat here and ate a bunch of candy - WT* is wrong with me, why can't I nail down my eating?
Well ... it's frustrating beyond belief. I just ate 6 or 7 miniature York peppermint patties that were sitting here in the office from a long time ago (Christmas). I'm going to feel bad in an hour or two as my blood sugar spikes and then crashes. My fault, I deserve it. The thing is ... I really WANT to be able to control…
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I quit caffeine Cold Turkey on Ash Wednesday.
I had a major caffeine addiction - I was consuming as many as 12 12 ounce cans or 2 2 liters of caffeinated diet soda every day (mostly diet Mt. Dew, some diet colas or diet Dr. Pepper). AND drinking 2 to 4 16 ounce sugar-free energy drinks a day (mostly Monster, some Rock Star). AND, some days a 200 mg caffeine tablet (or…
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Hardcore caffeine addict - help me stop
I'm pretty much fueled by caffeine - first thing I reach for in the morning, last thing at night often. I am not really sure how much I take in each day - usually 2-3 energy drinks (diet, so few to no calories), generally at least one 2 liter bottle of diet soda. Often I augment this with a caffeine pill or two at some…
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How accurrate is musle mass weight on the scale?
I have a Garmin Connect scale. As my weight has declined in the last year, so has my body fat. But muscle mass has declined in a similar pattern per the graph. What does it mean? I feel stronger than a year ago - for example, I can bench press more weight, about 1.5 to 1.75 times where I was a year ago, and do more reps. I…
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Dole chopped salad kits - vegetable only nutrition data???
I have been buying and enjoying a couple of the various blends - a mix of cabbage/kale/lettuce/radicchio and other vegetables - and DISCARDING the "extras" in there - the dressings/nuts/cheeses/bacon bits. I can find semi-equivalent salad mixes to approximate the nutrition information, but I'd really like to know EXACTLY…
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I decided to start participating here to regain my motivation.
So, I'm not at all new to diet and exercise - but I'm fat again - and I hate it. Actually, I've lost about half of what I regained, and I could live with myself if I were forced to stay here forever - but I am nowhere near the weight or the shape I was about 2 1/2 years ago, which was when the weight gain started again.…
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Help, I lost the "magic" of a few years ago
Help! I need ideas to re-motivate my weight loss journey. I lost a great deal of weight about 4 years ago, and kept it off for a couple of years. Then I regained about a third of it, and have taken half of that third off again. I had a lot of motivation then - negative motivation - fear, from a major health crisis. But it…
