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Returning Member - Need Low GI help
hey folks. I lost 50lbs last time I was consistent with MFP but I hit a super long plateau and gave up (story of my life!) Anyway, my doctor just put me on metformin for PCOS and wants me to eat according to the glycemic index. Not necessarily dieting as I don't usually overeat, it's just WHAT I eat that my body can't…
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Ignorance = Bliss? (HRM Question)
Probably been discussed before but I just bought myself a Polar FT4 today. To try it out I went on my elliptical. I expected a slight difference between the amount of calories burned via my elliptical readout and my HRM readout but holy geez it's a HUGE difference! I'm a big girl, 222lbs at 5'4". I'm in better muscular…
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Husband on board ... with MOST of my changes.
Ok so my husband and I went out to eat for lunch yesterday to Chili's because we don't go out to restaurants pretty much ever any more, and I was able to walk out eating only 610 cals anyway so I don't really feel like I was cheating in any way but that's not the reason for this post. During our meal we were looking at the…
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Pattypan Squash?
We took a trip to our farmer's market this past weekend and I noticed every vendor had heaps of pattypan squash. I've never had it before and it looks difficult to work with. I googled and it says it's good to eat raw? I've never had squash raw before in other varieties and wouldn't think they would taste good (butternut,…
