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Early AM Workouts...Thoughts and Opinions
Hi Folks: Just a throught...I do alot of early AM classes this time of year, Spin, Boot Camp, and Power Yoga/Pilates. These classes are very early and at times I am at the class having only been awake like 10 minutes. (I live 3 minutes from the gym.) Yes...it would be possible to get up earlier.....but the rest of my life…
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AccuCheck Nano....Any User feedback??
For those who use a glucometer...they advertise 23% Morer accuracy exceeding the FDA requirement which is +/-20%. Thinking of switching from my current glucometer if anything for the smaller blood sample required. And I don't really like the precision of my current meter which routinely exceed the FDA requirement of 10%…
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Frustrated?? Before you go and eat back your exercise calori
Get to understand the real skinny on energy balance. If you are getting results then ignore this post...if your stuck...keep reading! I have spent the better part of the past few weeks on a mission! I started out not eating all my exercise calories back and lost no weight and then I ate em all back and gained 4 pounds in a…
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Glucometers, Most Reliable??
Anyoine here test there blood sugar??? Do you have a brand that you are having great results with?? I have used both the One Touch Ultra, and One touch Select and I am frustrated because the precision stinks. I can test my sugar 4X within the same 2 minutes and get 4 toally different numbers. And I don't mean like 101,…
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Tabatas...how many???
Guys: Per the definition...it a 4 minute cycle, 20 seconds balls out, 10 rest, repeat. Question here is how many of these can you throw into a workout?? I seemed to be touted as a way to get cardio done in like 12 minues, but there are You Tube videos showing folks that stack differnt exercises and do like 4-5 in a row…
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Anyone else do this???I had an AHA! Moment.
Folks, from my MFP stats....My TDEE is 2170, so that equates to 90 cals/hr base.....SO If I don't work out at all thats what I burn. Yesterday I went out fishing....according to MFP 6 hrs of fishing standing up burns 1886 cals....now I was dead tired when I got home, 8 hrs on a boat, 6 hrs fishing(1 hr each way to the…
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The Pre-Workout Meal/ Snack
What do you folks think about this??? Beneficial to fat loss?? In the old days, the belief that working out in a fasted state burned more bodyfat, but from what my glucometer tells me....this isn't true for folks with insulin resistance. Maybe a small High Carb Snack (1/2 Bananna w/ 1.5 tsp of Nat Peanut Butter) would be…
