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Greek yogurt as a substitute in recipes
I use plain Greek yogurt in place of sour cream already for toppings. Last night I made cucumber and tomato salad using yogurt instead of mayo. The family agreed that it wasn't a noticeable difference. So now the question how do you use Greek yogurt instead of another ingredient? Also anything you tried and it was a…
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Armband suggestions for iPhone in otterbox?
One of theses days I am not going to catch my phone when I accidentally hit the cord while adjusting treadmill, while the otterbox is good not sure how it would hold up getting flung against the wall by a treadmill nor do I want find out. Also do find that the armband gets in the way when you are doing things other then…
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What is an acceptable LBM loss while losing weight?
Start weight 220, 44% BF (figured out by a trainer at gym). Which means 96.8 pounds of fat 123 pounds of LBM. Correct? A month later weight 209, 42% BF (same method as above) which means 87.78 pounds of fat and 121.22 of LBM. So a loss of 9.02 lbs fat and 1.78 of LBM. Is that too much? I am just started added in doing the…
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Jogging... Wearing out socks.....
Ok I feel kind of silly even asking but.... Is it my shoes, socks, they way I am jogging? I am doing couch25k but after I do that I still walk ad a moderate pace after that (3.5) for a while today it was for a total of 5 Miles.... The bottoms of feet started to hurt towards the end. When I was done the bottoms of my socks…
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Chia Seeds
After reading a few post here about them I am interested. One of my thoughts is that it would make a good thickener for soups and things like that and would be better then using cornstarch or flour. Does anyone use them for that with good results? Any tips for using them in that way?
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Thoughts on this type of home gym?
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Weider-2980-214-lb-Stack-Home-Gym/11993386 or http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gold-s-Gym-XR45-Home-Gym/14234886 Not really looking to pay a lot of money right now or joining a gym. But would like to add more strength training then body based or my 5 lb dumbbells. I understand at this price not going to…
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You can't build muscle on a deficit but
Is it still a good idea to lift weights? Will it at least help you maintain what muscle you do have?
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User Name says it all.
Yet again I am determined to lose weight and this time keep it off! At my heaviest I was 299 when I gave birth to my second child 9 years ago. I got down to 170 when she was three. After my third child now 3 I was back up to 240's and went down to 185 and now am back to 218 as of Monday. I am a classic yo-yo and at 35 it…
