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Weighing your foods
Just a general question: do you weight your food before or after cooking it? For example, I weighed a piece of chicken before and after cooking it and it went considerably down in weight. Which prompted me to think, hm, maybe I'm cheating myself out of a handful of calories /day. Thoughts?
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Water Drinkin' Question
Can anyone point me in the direction of, or is aware of any generalized advice on if it is/isn't advised to drink all your recommended daily water intake? I have this big bottle of water that is a little over 1/2 of the daily recommended 64 oz. I tend to try to drink one whole bottle before lunch and one whole bottle after…
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Fellow Swimmers?
I got back in the pool today after 8 years and (100+ lbs). I knew it would be rough, so I googled for some "easy swim workouts" and found one that, 8 years ago, was easy. 100 yd warm up (freestyle) 50 yd Flutter kicks on side (I have always had an unexplained aversion to the flutter kicks so I subbed it out with freestyle…
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Counting Calories AND Macros for the first time need help.
OK, math time. So my current calorie goal is 1360 (which is a 1000 calorie deficit for me). I planned all my meals for the week and am doing great on the calories. Macros I'm still figuring out, and am confident that I'll get more comfortable with it in time as I work out what fills me up and what is/isn't worth it. But…
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Diet Plans For The Picky Eater?
Hi! Getting down to business and REALLY trying to lose weight. I have a long journey ahead of me. I decided yesterday after pulling out my winter wardrobe and only a handful of things fit, that I HAD to change. I'm jumping into this really with not much planning other than to start making better food choices and to use the…
