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weight gain before period?
This is frustrating as heck. I'm trying to know if this is real or not, but I hear that you can gain weight before your period. I've been staying within my calories, I even upped them from 1200 to 1500 where it says they should be (uck, that's just too much food sometimes) and I WAS seeing the weight come off quicker. But…
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kinda gross question
This is a gross question. Forewarned. To reduce that I'll be using some euphemisms. One of the reasons I started on the whole "eating better" thing was because my GI tract was starting to cause me problems in the restroom. Things were moving through too quickly and the result was rather painful. From time to time during my…
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questions for low carb people
1) How do I store lard? 2) What are some low carb snacks that will boost my calories? 3) Is peanut oil a hydrogenated oil or is it OK? Or should I simply stick to butter and lard? 4) I've set my goals to 200g of carbs (100g below the FDA's guidelines) but I'm wondering if 100g would be attainable. I want to keep my insulin…
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100-200 calorie snacks
I ate my dinner (I estimated my steak size, I know the whole thing was 10 oz but I cut off a LOT of fat) and now I'm at 1100 calories. I have another apple snack thing that I could pair with a peach I bought (ooh! Or a mango!) but I'm wondering what else I could look at for quick snacks to boost me up a hundred calories or…
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this needs something....
Ok, so I made this dish the other day, but it needs something: Sautee 1/4 a cup of onions. Add one small potato, cut into 1 cubic cm pieces (about the size of a dice, little smaller) Stir in some carrots and corn A dash of paprika Stir until onions are clear and sweet. Then I lowered the heat and covered it for about 10…
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diet, obesity, and cancer
I found this interesting and thought I'd share. I was reading up on carcinogens and anti-carcinogens for my Chem final and found some info in my book I thought I'd share. "Nearly two-thirds of all cancer deaths in the United States are linked to tobacco, diet, or lack of exercise with resulting obesity." Moreover, a graph…
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SOOO tired of eggs
This is just a rant. I'm out of money until friday, and I'm out of fruit. I don't have enough milk to make mashed potatoes. I have no cheese. I'm rapidly running out of meat. But hey, I got eggs! 60+ eggs and more every day. Gonna be so sick of eggs by the end of the week....
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keeping bananas
I'm having trouble keeping bananas fresh. I love them, and they have become a good breakfast for me. But I am having trouble keeping them. I can't eat them fast enough, they keep going bad within three or four days. Is there a way to keep them fresh longer?
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Girls: Bras
Ok, so my old bras aren't fitting properly and are broken down. And I haven't bought a sports bra since I was 19 (actually, I don't think I've EVER been properly fitted); I've been working out in my regular bras. So dumb questions now I guess. Do I need to go to a sports store to get new ones? Or to a store that…
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Dumb weight lifting questions
So I wanted to start strength training. I did a few bench presses on the machine and my chest and (I'm not sure what to call these muscles) my back around my shoulder blades are really feeling it. Problem, I've only been taught to use free weights and I can't always take my husband to spot me. Sooo.... questions: 1) Do I…
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Old pants on!
Ok, so when I started I was a 18/tight 16. Well, they've been.... falling off recently. I got a belt, but they're starting to look silly. It's VERY obvious that there's too much material, and the button isn't sitting behind the belt buckle properly. Plus in my kickboxing class I had to take off the belt for sparring, and…
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quick food on the go
*collapses in a heap* Midterms are FINALLY over (with the exception of my English, which is tomorrow and shall be cake) and Spring Break is here. I now have a chance to re-organize and begin trying again to eat better. So since the start of the semester I have been going non-stop and my diet has been made up almost…
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Stress really a factor?
Simple question: can stress really affect my weight? If you check what is available of my journal you will notice a LOT of Subway. I have been over the past few weeks been trying to be better about it, I'll work on keeping better track of it. I have been having morning classes starting at 8am, then work, then evening…
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Where's the (organic) beef?!?
When my sister-in-law killed her cow and had it butchered we got half of it. We just ran out. So I went to the grocery store and bought some steaks. It's HORRID. It just tastes terrible. I've been trying different stores, different butchers and it's all just terrible. Plus I'm not feeling as good as when I was eating the…
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under 1200 calories, should I be worried?
Ok, so today I had 1143 calories. My daily goal is 1600-ish which is down from when I was eating unhealthily at around 2100 calories. I heard that 1200 is the minimum a woman should eat in a day, but I'm simply not hungry. I even got the soup simply because I was worried I wasn't eating enough. I don't want to stress too…
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New gal says hello
Hi, my name is Nata and I'm new. So I just started here on this site, I've been working on my "diet" for about three weeks or so and have gone from 203.6lbs to 198.4lbs and just wanted to get some more advice and to learn more about diet/exercise. Already my pants fit different and my hair and skin look better. I think I…
