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Metabolism, fasting, or many small meals?
In the past I used to hear that it was good for your metabolism to eat a bunch of very tiny meals all throughout the day. Recently I have been hearing more about fasting and intermittent fasting playing a role in insulin and hormone levels that effect your resting metabolic rate and fat burning. Anyone do research on this?…
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Gazelle or cheap elliptical?
Do you get a decent workout with something like a gazelle edge or cheap elliptical like from walmart? Looking in the under 200 dollar range.. closer to 100 would be better.. I see 2 or three on Amazon and Walmart.com but hearing some bad reviews... Broke and would love something low impact to do cardio (Live on second…
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Flavored water. How do I log the nutrition information?
So I have been making my water a gallon at a time. I cut up things like cucumber, lemon, blackberries, and mint and stick them in the jug overnight with my water to flavor it. I dont eat the fruit but the fruit does add juices and things to the water. How would I log this? Is it enough vitamins to be worth logging or…
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Add eachother for support?
Do you guys think may be we could all post here if we wanted friends added for support? We could just all post here and you can add whoever above you that you would like? Introduce yourself? May be talk about your goals and what you are looking for out of your MFP friends? I am Megan, 24 female, looking to loose and keep…
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Shirataki Noodles question
Can they be reheated in the microwave after already been boiled once? Is it better to store them alone in the fridge or mixed into the stir fry? Will it be ok reheated for lunch? What is the shelf life after being cooked? Thanks guys!
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Fat, Sick, And Nearly Dead
How many of you have seen the documentary "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat,_Sick_and_Nearly_Dead It is on netflix. The guy does a juice diet where he only eats fresh fruits and veggies for 60 days and he blends them in a juicer. He eats a LOT of veggies though... He loses weight so fast! I…
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Post your lowest calorie snack/meal ideas here
I am interested in collecting a good list of very low calorie go to snacks. I watch calories and sodium. If any of you have ideas for meals and snacks that cost almost nothing in calories but can be filling or fun to munch on post them here. Some of mine are: Air popped popcorn Apples Oven baked fish and veggies Normendy…
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Goals
What are your goals this week? What are your goals this month? What are your goals this year? This week I want to continue to eat healthy and I want to increase the amount of activities I do. This month I want to lose like 9 pounds and I want to work on my self control. This year I want to lose 60+ pounds and I want to…
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Photos
Hey everybody! You could post your photos here of your progress! My goal right now is 5 photos( start, 15 lost, 30 lost, 45 lost, 60 lost)
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Mini weight loss goals Photo after 15
I made a new group where people with big goals can take photos every 15 pounds to break up the long process. We can look forward to a little goal every 15 pounds and at the end we can share our photo journeys. I want 5 photos of myself (start, -15, -30, -45, -60) The group is called Photo after 15 come join if you want :)…
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Lifetime goal
Hey guys! Starting the rest of my life here. Hopefully! My goal is to "diet" until I get to my ideal weight and then continue with monitoring my health and lifestyle from then on to maintain. The weight loss is my first goal but my long term goal is lifelong health. I dont want to gain it back again and I want to always…
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Jicama
Has anyone ever tried a Jicama? Are they better raw or cooked.. it says 1 cup is 46 calories.. but a whole one is 250 calories.. how are they measuring a cup of it?
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How would I count work calories?
Right now I am a student so I only work 2 days a week. I therefore have my settings set on sedentary.. But on weekends I work really hard. Today I worked 10 hours (fast food style job) but it was very busy because it is a college town and there was a football game. If I were to enter in 10 hours light cleaning or 10 hours…
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Would like some friends to encourage and be encouraged by
Wow thanks for all the friend requests :)
