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vegetarian with diverticulitis
Hello - I spent all night in the ER because the docs thought I had appendicitis. After a very uncomfortable CT Scan and blood / urine tests, it turns out that I have diverticulitis. Better than appendicitis, but still very painful. How can this be? I eat nothing but fiber. The only animal product that I eat are eggs. Ten…
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Huff Post: 9 Habits Successful MyFitnessPal Users Swear By
These habits look pretty good to me! :smiley: Hope you all find them useful, too.
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Went running & now I can't touch my toes!
I am an active person. I bike about 8 miles per day and I climb about 3 days per week. However, I decided that I need more cardio, so I went for an 18 minute run for two days in a row. It was great, and I am happy that I had the stamina to do this. However, now I am so stiff & achey. I am having sciatic pain and cannot…
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Juicers - What do you do with the pulp?
I made my first juice yesterday and was amazed at all the pulp it created. Not wanting to waste it, I set aside the kale to add to a quinoa salad later on and made paddies out of the rest. I covered the paddies with ground flaxseed and put them in the oven with some olive oil. The paddies consisted of turnips, beets,…
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Raw Cacoa Powder / Nibs - do you use them?
I am a chocolate lover and recently got some roasted cacoa nibs from that Taza chocolate factory. They are delicious on their own and I have put them in vegan chocolate stout cupcakes. However, I have read that roasting them takes out some of the antioxidants and makes them less nutritious. I am wondering if anyone uses…
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Low-glycemic index foods may be the way to go
Interesting read / listen on WBUR today: http://www.wbur.org/npr/160757730/low-and-slow-may-be-the-way-to-go-when-it-comes-to-dieting "Researchers compared the low-carb, low-fat and low-glycemic diets to see which one burned the most calories per day. The low-carb diet was the clear winner. The low-fat diet was the loser.…
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Have you snagged any good groupon / living social deals?
I have! So far I have scored $25 for 5 yoga classes and $79 for 10 pole dancing classes (twice!). Do you take advantage of these deals? Scored anything good? Gotten into a new fitness regimen / tried something new and fun? I'd love to know what other people have gotten.
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What is in your snack drawer at work?
I tend to keep snacks at my desk. This keeps me from roaming the downstairs cafeteria for chips or a cookie. My current stash consists of: pistachios almonds cashews rice cakes peanut butter Various forms of tea Sometimes I also keep dry seaweed and usually have fruit or an avocado on hand. What do you keep on hand to keep…
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My stomach was happy in Thailand
I have an interesting travel observation. I have had a bad stomach all of my life. My GERD completely went away when I quit dairy and things improved but I always had stomach aches / noisy stomach / etc. I just spent two weeks on a peninsula in Thailand where I rock climbed for 9 days and ate healthy vegetarian and basic…
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Not all 'organic' eggs are created equal
I am happy to know that the farm where I get my eggs scored as 'exemplary': http://www.cornucopia.org/organic-egg-scorecard/#.TyBQuGmydaQ Here is a legal complaint filed against some layers that claim to be organic: http://www.cornucopia.org/organic-egg-scorecard/Scorecard_Appendix.pdf
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Avoiding BPA in your soups
My mom loaned me her slow cooker while she's snowbirding. Here's another excuse for me to put it to good use: http://www.womensvoices.org/2012/01/13/avoiding-bpa-adventures-with-your-slow-cooker/
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Help with creating a long-distance coumadin meal plan for an
I feel like I need to have an eating intervention with my aging father. He had blood clots in his lungs that landed him in the ICU in critical condition this last summer. A few years ago half of his face froze and he lost part of his vision because one of the arteries to his brain was 90% clogged and he had to have…
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Who Hula Hoops?
I got a weighted hula hoop for Christmas, and I am sore from giving it a 30 minute trial last night. My goal is to learn some performance tricks (move it from torso, to arm, to neck, etc.). I don't think I can do this with the weighted hoop because it is ribbed and would not be good for your neck (and also kind of hurts my…
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Does your city have a bike share program?
We have a hubway program in Boston that you can pick up a bike at certain locations and drop it off at your destination. I am absolutely loving that I have cut down my commute by 15 minutes and can get some cardio in before work, to boot! There is even an iPhone app where you can see if there are bikes available at your…
