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Light strength training with dumbbells and kettlebell
I'm currently doing a home routine that's very light, using a small kettlebell and two five-pound dumbbells. I'd like to enter it in my diary, but I don't want to have to enter every single exercise/set. How can I create and use an entry that says "half-hour of assorted kettle/dumbbells, light" and then have an estimated…
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How do you keep carbs below 25?
I've been trying really, really hard to do this, but I find it almost impossible to do, especially given that all vegetables have some. Three here, two there, four there, it adds up so fast.
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DaVinci Sugar Free Vanilla: Need suggestions
I'm cleaning out my kitchen cabinets and found a bottle of DaVinci vanilla sugar-free syrup. I don't recall why I originally bought it, or whether I've ever actually used it (the bottle has been opened), but I would welcome suggestions on how to use it.
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I need more sleep
There is a correlation between my getting healthier (diet, exercise) and needing more sleep, especially in the morning. I'm not sure why that is. I'm going to bed fairly early, and not having any problem getting to sleep (granted, I do take a small dose of generic Ambien). But now I feel compelled at 6:30, when the alarm…
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Kitchen appliances: what do you have/what do you use?
I live in an efficiency apartment, so space is at a premium. I've got a microwave with an induction/toaster oven on top, and I use those the most. My food processor? I use it for kneading bread, but haven't been doing that a lot lately. Could use the food processor more, but when I'm chopping/cutting something it's easier…
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My goal for 2012
is to be no longer "obese", but "overweight/fat". That's less than 30.0 BMI. I'm currently at 36.2. I weigh myself daily on the Wii Fit board, and the little Mii character very rudely informs me "that's obese!". So, I want my Mii to say "that's fat" instead.
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I love viewing food diaries
Thank you to the people who've made their food diaries public. i find the details fascinating, and there's so much in there that gives the story of our individual tastes and likes/dislikes, and our daily struggles.