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Ideas for quick lunches?
Ive started university this year and there is NO time to eat between classes. I literally have to inhale a museli bar or half a sandwhich between classes (unless I eat lunch at 10am or at 3pm which just means I'm STARVING)... So what are some quick lunch ideas? I have time to prep them, just not a lot of time to eat them.…
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doctors ordered no exercise lose 5kg before christmas HELP!
i need some help. ive been on bed rest for the past 3 days (looking forward to another few days) because of my hip/pelvis/back. doctor wants me to lose 5kgs at least before christmas to help ease the strain. i CANNOT do any form of exercise because now i have my walking cane pretty much attached to me. i can do sitting…
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circuits for beginners?
anyone have any ideas or links to circuit programs for beginners? and whats best to start off with? a friend and i would like to get into something more than just walking and zumba but we dont have the money for the gym. ive been looking up plans to get us started and i cant seem to find anything that says ie "4 reps of 6…
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Tea drinkers- whats your favourite blend?
So whats your fav blend? I have a tea place near me that does special blends and my fav from them would be Cream (vanilla, caramel and black tea) and Gingerbread (black tea, cinnamon and ginger). But i cant go past a good old Irish breakfast, roobois and vanilla or a earl grey!!! whats yours??
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do you count water in coffee/tea as daily water?
so just wanting to see how many of you do this. do you count the water thats in other beverages (coffee, tea, hot drinks) as water consumed on your daily diary??
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fav juice/smoothie recipes?
i love smoothies but i cant keep buying them in stores as there is SO much sugar in them! so i need to make my own. so what are you fav recipes? mine are banana, yogurt, honey and light milk. apple, banana, spinach, yogurt and vanilla. oats, vanilla, cinnamon, light milk and strawberry strawbs, lemon juice, vanilla, ice…
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cooking vegetarian around my allergies?
hiya! im looking to get into more vege recipes (meats getting a bit too exxy for an everyday meal item) and was wondering if anyone can help me!! i suffer from allergies to most veg so these are the ones i cant use (trust me, i LOVE half of these things on this list and would happily eat them if they didnt make me stupidly…
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need low impact cardio
hiya guys, need some help!! i need some low impact cardio exercises. i have a pelvic/leg injury that makes walking almost impossible and side stepping, well thats how i got here hahaha.. ive been doing some upper body weights, crunches/push ups and punching but it doesnt get my heart rate up to where i want it. any thing i…
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what to do with pumpkin?
i have a whole pumpkin that needs to be used very shortly before it wanders off this mortal coil... besides soup, what can i do with it???
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how did you lose the back fat?
i am one of those "lucky" people to have all of my weight dumped on my front but im ok with that. what i want to know is how you lose the back love handles?!!?! they are LITERALLY the only thing on my body that i hate (even though the gut it gross, the back wiggles still win out)...
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tell me about yourself.
im sam. i have more male than female friends. i like to wear dresses as long as they are 50s type and skirts must be knee height or floor length. 99% of my wardrobe consists of tshirts and jeans. every piece of clothing in the jeans and tshirts category have holes and stains in them from me climbing into dumpsters,…
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exercises for the bed ridden/house bound?
ive been bed ridden and house bound due to doctors orders and pain for the past two months. and its probably not going to let up soon because im booked in for explorative surgery in the next month.. question is: what exercise can i do?? the pain is in my lower belly/left leg so it cant be heavy lifting unless im sitting…
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whats the worst "food myth" you have heard?
my cousin is spouting some wonderful untruths this morning. just a few gems for you: (oh and all her friends believe her because she goes to the gym. BLAH) -fat free/low fat cheese has less sugar than normal cheese (since when did cheese have sugar in it??!!) -eating a fibre supplement (metamucil, benefibre) will stop your…
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any bird owners on here?
hi i am sam. i currently have two resident cockatiels (and one on the way!! hes an egg). i seem to be a "rescue service" as i end up with every one elses birds or i remove them from bad homes myself. over the past year i have found homes for 3 budgies (found abandoned in a unit with no seed or water), 2 cockatiels and a…
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gaming mouse and head set. recommendations?
ive decided i need to get serious (lol) and get a better mouse and head set. any recommendations?? the other half has a razer deathadder and i really like it.. i dont want to spend epic moneys ie under $150 for the both, since im an unemployed bum right now.. what do you all use???
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who has pets!!
what pets do you own? i have 3 cockatiels- Sere, Nym and Zu. i also have a 2ft fish tank.
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white wine, tomato and fish stew.
its better than it sounds, trust me!!! haha what you need: 400gr white fish. (i used nile perch but cod/hoki works just as well!) tinned tomatos 1 glass of white wine. (i just used the box stuff, doesnt really matter) spices (pepper, chili, parsely, chives) spinach, mushrooms (add whatever you want, i didnt include these…
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the KE (feeding tube) diet. OMFG
hope this is the place to put this little gem of insanity... http://abcnews.go.com/Health/diet-brides-feeding-tubes-rapidly-shed-pounds/story?id=16146271 "Brides-to-be looking to shed that final 10, 15 or 20 pounds in order to fit into their dream wedding gown have taken a controversial approach to crash dieting that…
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looking for good juice recipes
im looking for good recipes for my blender.. i dont have a juicer so it needs to be something my blender can take care of. any ideas?
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can anyone do these??
http://youtu.be/Is70xIKyGWY my dad and my brother can both just bash out sets of these and no one else at their gym can do it. ive tried and i cant either (i need to work on my core more!!)... so is there anyone else out there that can do them??
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boxing setup in an apartment? help!
anybody have any ideas on how to set up a boxing area in an apartment? i dont have anywhere to hang a bag...
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SF softdrink, bad aftertaste??
does anyone else get that bad after taste after having a glass of SF softdrink (soda)?? im finding that i cant get it out of my mouth for several hours, even after brushing my teeth or eating other foods!!
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am i set up correctly?
hello. ive been at this since mid jan and MFP put me on 1200 cal. starting weight was 85kg and im currently 80.1kg. now im a sedentary because im a student. i burn at least 300cal each workout session with a mix of cardio and weights, at least 4 days a week. im losing only 500gr every two weeks (1lbs). is there anything i…
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need mushroom recipes!!
i need some good mushroom recipes.. preferably lowcal but it doesnt have to be.. anybody care to share? even links??
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why do meats have different cals?
why do meats have different calories? seems to me after looking through the database that pork has the highest followed by lamb, chicken, beef and then fish.. why is this? its all lean, it all weighs the same.. i thought proteins were supposed to all be 1 gr = 4cal??? help me understand?
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any minecrafters out there??
hiya! any one a minecrafter?? im looking for a decent server to join and just wondering if any of you out there have one or play!
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how to count cals in homemade stock.
im making a clear stock. now if i was doing this as a soup, i would count all the vegetables, water etc that i put into it because it would all be blended up and used. but im making a clear stock, which means im straining out all the veges... how do i count it?? its pretty much flavoured water..
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how to tell someone with good intentions to back off?
im 24 and recently my mother moved in with me because she lost her house. im in a rental apartment and im a student so i cant really afford to move out and move away. well i have just come back from a 5day beach holiday to find that she has rearranged my whole house!! she packed up all my course paperwork, moved all my…
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74 calorie banana muffins
1 cup of self raising flour 1 cup of mashed banana 50gr raw sugar 1/2 cup of natural unsweetened apple sauce 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence pinch of cinnamon beat banana, sugar, egg, apple sauce and vanilla together. add in dry ingrediants and fold in. split in to 12 muffin cases. cook at 180C for 10-15 min or until…
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Pork Soup
300 grams lean pork fillet cut into thin strips 1 cup carrots chopped 1 cup mushrooms chopped 2 chicken stock cubes 1 cup spinach 6 cups of water 100gr dry pasta 2 tblspoon light soy sauce spices (i used chilli powder, pepper, chives, parsley) pork bone (optional) put water and stock cubes in large pot. bring to slow…
