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Compression stockings/pain/leg muscle
I'm in my early twenties and developed a varicose vein in my leg over a decade ago when I gained a lot of weight quickly and became sedentary. My doctor recommended compression stockings so I just bought some knee highs as well as tights to control the pain I experience and promote circulation (on feet all day at work)…
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Lower Fat Percentage, Exact Same Weight
So, over the course of a year I have taken two quarters of a fitness class (in college!) and I have been eating somewhat better than I have in the past. I don't consume nearly as much chocolate as I used to, and I really don't eat processed foods or large portions. Anyway, my question is, if I have lost about 4.5% body fat…
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Timing of Fats/Protein/Carbs
Can anyone please clarify whether you should eat fats/protein/carbs combined for each meal or if it's okay to meet your daily requirements randomly throughout the day? I heard that you should eat something from each of these groups for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but are the results the same if I, for example, have a…
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Vegetable Alien!!!
I looked up the Vegetable Monster because I kept hearing about it and discovered an alien from the Alien Quadrilogy composed entirely (?) of vegetables and just had to share it haha xD Idk how to post pics yet, sorry :I http://desktopia.net/wp-content/uploads/walls/thumbs/Vegetable-Monster-575x431.jpg
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Ow...running and boobs...
An hour ago I finished going on an hour and a half walking/jogging session. I only wore a t-shirt but it wasn't that cold out, being 35 degrees Fahrenheit or so. I got inside the house and realized my *chest* felt funny...I thought they might just be cold, but now I'm thinking that this is a chaffing problem. Ow. I haven't…
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Stranded on an isle with only one food source
http://lifehacker.com/5880037/the-next-time-youre-stranded-on-an-island-with-only-one-food-source-make-sure-its-breast-milk?tag=health ^ Interesting article! Apparently human breast milk has everything that a human needs to survive, even for adults. Just a tidbit I found on the webs, in case you're ever asked what food…
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Veins??? Help??
Okay...I know it's normal for your veins to show, especially the major ones due to certain factors, but is it normal that the veins on my legs and other body parts have been increasingly obvious? On the outside of my left leg right in the center of the outside there is an inch of obvious vein that appeared when I was…
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Losing 40 lbs in one month? Ha...
Okay, today at lunch I asked a buddy of mine why he didn't eat lunch (I didn't either lol) because we were both in the lab studying, and he went on belittling food, basically saying "lol food pfffff what a waste". I told him that he shouldn't eat too few calories (he said he only had a small bowl of cereal this morning)…
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"I'm so hungry I'm FULL"
Can anyone relate to this? It's been happening to me lately...for example, this morning I hadn't eaten for a while, my stomach was growling at me, so I went into the kitchen to get food and nothing was appealing/I felt too "full" to eat. Confusing, I must say. In elementary school when my stomach was messed up (wasn't able…
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra!
Look them up if you want epic holiday music! :D
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Full Body Workout Frequency...
So today I just completed a workout video which worked most of the muscles in the body (LOTS of squats, ugh!), and tomorrow I'm thinking about doing a different dvd....but I'm not sure what to do, since the other videos also work the entire body...should I just do more cardio tomorrow, like jogging, and then the next day…
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Hypocritical Critics...
Just wondering if this has happened to anyone. So my parents comment on how I shouldn't eat that and how it makes me fat, and that I should eat less, etc etc. But THEN when I'm not very hungry they freak out and ask why I'm not eating much, or why I'm not having a second helping. Why are they doing this?? And when I ran…
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NSV mile...haa
Okay, this seriously isn't a worthy NSV for here but oh well XD I haven't been able (or haven't tried!!) to run a full mile for about three years or so since P.E. in school, and I just got back from running a nine-minute one! Please hear me when I say that this is may be a very small victory for most but it is a very huge…
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Which meal is King??
"Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper." "Your lunch should be your largest meal since your metabolism is at its fastest between 12:00-2:30 p.m." "You should only eat a little throughout the day to leave room for a large meal...lions go to sleep right after their meals, so why not us?"…
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Lower Back Pain, and exercises to help!?
Okay, so I am experiencing some severe lower back pain, and I have no idea why. I've never had this problem before. If I had to guess, I'd say that it's because I've been slouching a lot lately while sitting at the computer or studying at my desk. Also, I've been lugging around a (roughly) 40 lb backpack, and when I look…
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Fasting?
Okay, so I'm just wondering if anyone out there fasts once in a while, like one day a week/month, and if it effects them negatively or positively. Would it be okay to fast if you ate way over your calorie limit the day before?
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Either Undereating or Overeating...
So I've noticed that at the end of the day I might have around 500 calories left, usually from a little bit of exercise. The thing is, sometimes I don't want to eat up those calories, even if it means I'm only getting 700 calories (if I didn't get any more from exercise) that day. I tell myself that, 'oh hey, cool, I can…
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Mirror, mirror on the wall...
The only reason I'm opening up about all this is because...well, I haven't before, and it's time to. I hate mirrors. I avoid them at all costs. It's quite sad what lengths I go to just to do that, actually...for example, I haven't properly looked in a fully lit mirror in about....hm...I'd say, two years? I go into the…
