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Carbs, carbs, and more CARBS!
Lets hear all of your yummy low carb dishes and snacks. I'm trying to expand my cook book. :)
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Fat, fat, and more FAT!
Hey everyone!! Two questions here............... 1) What exactly is the difference between trans, saturated, monosaturated and polysaturated fat??? 2) In your opinions, what is a good amount of these to stay around, or stay under, or if any which one's should be avoided all together??
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Hey Greek Yogurt Lovers!!
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE greek yogurt. I eat it for breakfast a ton. However, I always get the vanilla flavor which has quite a bit of sugar. I am trying to keep my sugar to a moderate daily amount so I started getting the plain greek yogurt. However, Its just not as sweet obviously as the vanilla. Besides adding fruit any ideas…
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Chicken salad snadwhich MAKEOVER!!
HELP!!! I love chicken salad sandwhiches but they aren't all that great for you! I am trying to come up with a more healthy version with shredded turkey breast and shredded chicken, any ideas??
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To eat or not to eat?
even when your not hungry do you still make yourself eat something to ensure that your not going too long without fueling your body?? I try to eat every 2.5 to 3 hours either a healthy meal or small healthy snack to help keep my metabolism going, and sometimes I eat eventhough I am not hungry and I'm wondering what are all…
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Burning calories by STANDING?!?!?!
I recently read in the current issue of Womens Health Magazin (U.S.) that on average a women can burn approx. 570 calories from standing for 8 hours a day. They said thats approx 60 calories an hour!! Thats nuts! I don't know if I belive that or not! What do all of you lovely ladies think?? ** I guess I should metion that…
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How long is too long?
How long was it until you started seeing results when you first started your fitness journey? And where was the place you noticed results at first!?
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Sugar, sugar, sugar!
Hey everyone! I have been hunting down yummy ways to cut down on sugar. Its nuts how that stuff adds up and sneaks its way into things we didn't even think would be so high in sugar. What are all of your low sugar go to foods?? Breakfast, lunch, snacks, or just foods in general I want to hear them all :p
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Calling all COFFEE LOVERS!
I have heard a lot about coffee both good and bad. How many of you cut coffee and caffeine out of your diets and whats your guys take on both?
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Got Suppliment Anyone??
As I'm sure we all know there are TONS of suppliments out there all claiming to help aid in a million different things. Everything from meal replacements to vitamins to thermogenics. I would love to hear what suppliments if any you use and what is your opinion on them and if you have had any results with any?
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What do you trust to tell you how much to eat!?
I am short little lady coming in at only 4'9. I currently weigh 145 pounds and I'm on my journey to lose 25ish pounds. Now I have read a trillion differnt things, all from peoples personal opinions to magazins to tv shows to books, on how many calories we are suppose to eat on a daily basis. I personally belive that 1200…
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Favorite Foods Of The Holidays
We all know there are TONS of holiday traditonal food around this time of the year! What are all of your favorite holiday must have treats!? Mine: Anything and everything PEPPERMINT. I love peppermint coffee, candy, icecream, especially peppermint hotcoco. :)
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Do you questions your BMI?
So there are million different websites that offer BMI calculators and I have used quite a few of them. I honestly just don't agree with any of them for my personal BMI. I am 4'9 barely so I am a very tiny lady however my BMI tells me that 88-111 pounds in my healthy weight range. I have yo-yo'd in the recent years and the…
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Clean eating.
Ok everyone know I'm sure a lot of you are familar with clean eating and i'm sure a lot of you follow clean eating. (I posted a link to an article of what clean eating is and is what I belive clean eating is) Now I run into the issue that I don't always have the time or funds to eat as clean as I would like too. First off…
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PROTIEN HELP
ok ya'll!!! Here it is. I have a love/hate relationship with protien shakes. I don't always love the taste of them and I have tried TON's of ways to make them. I don't like to always get out the blender, nor do I honestly always feel like drinking my protien. Soo..... what are all of your favorite high protien packed…
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Flax seed oil??
ok guys whats the deal with this stuff?? I have read a lot of things but I don't feel like I have a clear understanding of what this stuff does for us weight wise and health wise. Help a girl out :P
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Cravings anyone??
I have never understood this about myself. Why when I know something is bad for me to eat, however I eat it anyways a lot of the time?? What the heck is it going to take to say NO WAY to those awful foods that I already know are bad for me more often then not. I know a little treat here and there is ok, but I treat a…
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What is YOUR breakfast go to??
I have always loved yogurt and when I discovered greek yogurt and its health factors I was hooked. I now can't live without it. I always have greek yogurt with granola and some sort of fruit and it keeps me full for what seems like forever. I noticed this when just last week I had 100% whole grain oatmeal for breakfast and…
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Its killing my weight loss progress! HELP!
For the past week I haven't been able to sleep well at all. I will go to bed around 10-10:30pm which is normal for me it has been for the last few years. But now I will wake up around 4am and then not be able to get back to a solid sleep. I have tried melatonin (sp) and sleepy tea and no luck I have tried eat a bit better…
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Healthy food or not?
Now we all know things like sugar isn't the best for us and we all have heard the bad rap that carbs and fats have gotten as well as sodium. Well I wanna know what is all of your opinions on what makes a food a healthy choice or a better choice then something else. Like do you choose the meal with lower carbs but slightly…
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Significant others??
For those of you who have significant others do you guys work as a team in supporting and motivating each other? Maybe your not even on the same page with each other when it comes to health and the healthy life style? Either way I wanna hear how you guys make it work. My hubby and I aren't on the same page at all. While I…
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Its not a good day unless its a gym day! Right?
I have gotten to the point with the gym that our relationship is perfect. I have gotten to the point where if I didn't hit the gym this morning, I feel frustrated and mad at myself the rest of the day for not going. (no it doesn't effect my day in a negative way nor to I fuss over it allllll day I just get down and about…
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NEW RICE IDEAS PLEASE :p
I recently discovered that I LOVE BROWN RICE but I am not sure what to do with it to give it the best and most flavor and still keep it clean and healthy. (i.e. Low cal, low sodium, mod carbs ect.) Anyone have any great ideas!? :)
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this is for all you lovely ladies!!!
Now I know this on the other end of the spectrum for this site but you guys are the best people I know to ask. Lol. I am dying to find a great skin care line specifically moisturizers. I have extremely dry and oily skin. Any tips or suggestions ladies!
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FAVORITE WORKOUT?
The gym that I belong to is HORRIBLE! It is small cramped and has very limited machines, but I make do because I have been a member of this gym for four years and I can use any location I want and its open 24/7. But since I recently moved the one in my new area sucks. Of course I am not going to let this be an excuse. But…
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What do you set your food levels at??
I was wondering what you all guys set your food levels at? (sodium, fat, sugar, protien ect..) Or what advice have you gotten or heard of regarding this topic?
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What keeps you going??
I want hear what keeps all of you motivated to NEVER GIVE UP! I want to hear your goals, long term and short term. My goal is to be able to wear the most AMAZING red dress for the December holidays and look just as amazing as that dress. So needless to say I have about 65 days to get that accomplished. So lets hear em??
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Diary Viewable VS. Not Viewable
I have never had my food diary viewable to my other fit friends on here. Which might have been a good thing due to the fact that I am a horrible logger. I always do good on logging all morning calories and even lunch but its always dinner and late afternoon that I have trouble logging. I NEVER SEEM TO DO IT! lol. I was…
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How do you stay accountable and on track?!?!
Hey everyone! I know this is a big topic for a lot of people, staying on track each and every day. Staying motivated and be accountable for your choices. I am sure we all have many different ways of doing this. I am curious as to how all of you do it? Lets hear it fit friends! :)
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how do you handle a slip up or worse...a horrible food day!
I have had a few days where I am left disappointed by the slip ups I had I know where all human and allowed a treat every now and then but I'm curious as to how you all handle slip ups and binge eating days???
