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Rethinking being a vegetarian - my experience
Well as of today after 10 years of being a lacto-ovo vegetarian, I ate meat for the first time. I started 10 years ago as part of a health kick or was it the vegetarian girlfriend? - I actually cant remember. Anyway, the health kick ended a long time ago, the relationship ended a long time ago, but the vegetarian thing…
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Who needs a personal trainer when you have a toddler ...
Hi I thought I would share a story.... I just started doing P90X over the last few days. My 3 year old toddler woke up this morning walked in the room and saw daddy jumping around to plyometrics and then she goes "good boy daddy - you are doing it". She then grabbed her own little chair and started doing leg swings as…
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Caffeine free thermogenics
Hi I know this is a dumb question and the answer to any question that asks "does supplement X work?" is usually "NO!", but has anyone found a caffeine free thermogenic that actually works? thanks
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accuracy of scale
so I step on my homemedics digital scales this morning and go wow I have lost some weight ..... but I dont believe it and try 3 more times and get different readings depending on how I stand. Does anyone here find that their scales fluctuate wildly?
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Cortisol supplements
I have been reading the " cortisol connection" and thinking about trying the recommended supplements. has anyone here had any successful experiences with cortisol supplements like cortitrol? Thanks
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Massive exercise calorie deficit and gained weight
ok, so riddle me this. I had a massive day in the garden yesterday, and by dinner time i had 2300 calories to spare. I could not possibly consume that much in one sitting so I had a 700 calorie dinner and hit the sack with 1600 calories to spare. So I wake up the next day and wonder what the net impact of yesterday was and…
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Sugar and sodium intake
Hi, I am currently aiming to loose about 1.5 lbs per week, and I average around 1.3 lbs per week. I figure part of the reason about the difference is probably in the measuring for food sizes (I dont use cups and scales), and around estimating calorie expenditure (I dont use a fitbit or bodymedia type device). So I am…
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100 calorie challenge
ok fellow MFPers here is a challenge for you - so you have gotten to the end of the day and due to that "snack" you now have roughly a hundred calories left for dinner and you are hungry - what do you do? I will do the easy one - 2/3 of low carb protein shake (79 cals) and a side salad (30 cals) for a total of 109 cals.…
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Under reporting in your food diary
i was watching this show on diets last night and they were talking about under reporting your food calories. They gave this woman who complained her diet was not working doubly labelled water DLW. DLW is a marker used by a lab to track your actual food intake. She also recorded her food intake in a diary. After a month her…
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Rapid vs. Gradual weight loss
the MFP defaults recommend gradual weight loss at about a pound a week. I was just reading an article about rapid vs gradual weight loss, which says that we basically have a window of about 6 months before we loose motivation and that those who are more aggressive (not to the unhealthy extreme) about their weight loss are…
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Advice for a frequent flyer
Hi, Is anyone out there a frequent flyer? I notice that every time I go on a work trip (which is sadly a weekly event for me and some times three or four times a week) my weight goes up even when i keep inside my calories and when I am home my weight goes down. My gut feel is the restaurant and function food has many more…
