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Target weight
I set my target weight at 234 partly because I was between 16.5 and 17 stone when I was at my fittest, and partly because on the standard BMI scale 6 foot 2 obese cut off is 233. I have just done my lean body mass calculations on fat2fit and 15% body fat is 231lbs, and my lean body mass is 196lbs, which just happens to be…
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Coconut muffin - 100 cal
15g Coconut flour (I used Let's Do Organic) 25ml skimmed milk 1 medium egg white 1/4 tsp baking powder 1tsp sweetener mix everything together in a mug and put in microwave for 1 min or so. If you have the calories a little nut butter on the muffin would be great.
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Leg extension help
I have just reintroduced leg extensions back into my routine. I was trying to do 2 sets of 12 reps at 30kg (66lb) and I was struggling after 8-10 reps, however, the start was very easy. I decided to see what happened if I increased the weight. At 60kg (132lb) I was still doing 8-10 reps before I started to struggle and it…
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Mythical BMR
Why do so many people say you should not eat under your BMR? Some even try and get slightly scientific saying that the BMR shows how many calories your body needs to survive if in a coma. 1. People who log on here are not in a coma, we are moving about so burning more calories. 2. BMR is an estimate. Just look at the…
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egg white powder to whisk up
I have just tried Dr Oetker dried egg white powder it does make really fluffy whisked egg, but I am looking for a bigger tub of powder as I use a lot of whisked egg white. Quite a few of the protein powder websites sell powdered egg white. Is this the same sort of stuff, does it whisk up to stiff peaks?
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USA calorie free food labels
What does calorie free mean in the USA? I was looking for a good place to buy defatted peanut flour and stumbled onto a few American sites and noticed quite a lot of diet foods were advertised as calorie free, but they have ingredients in them that have calories. The calorie free noodles and whipped peanut butter spread…
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Jelly to replace ice
A big thank you to chrisdavey for posting his meals up on another thread. Just tried replacing ice with frozen jelly. Wow it creates a monster. To steal a famous line. "we are going to need a bigger bowl".
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Leptin and weight loss
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18393391 Just read this article and thought I would share it.
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Strawberry jelly fluff
Development from the idea of frozen jelly 3 egg whites whipped to stiff peaks add Jelly (1 packet of hartleys sugar free jelly made up to double concentrate) 100ml Almond milk scope of vanilla casein (I used USN) 2 tsp xanthan gum 200g frozen strawberries Whisk away in a very big bowl. The bowl is the same one as I used in…
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100 day progress (pics)
I started changing the way I eat and exercise on the 5th Jan 2012. After many failed attempts to be healthier I looked at what I had done in the past and why they resulted in me going back to my unhealthy ways. I came up with the following. I quickly get bored when on diets that restrict some types of food but allow…
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blueberry fluff
That is a 10 inch bowl, 4.75 inch high. Ingredients 3 Medium Egg White Alpro - Almond Milk, 100 ml Usn - Premium Casein Vanilla Cream, 30 grams Tesco - Frozen Blueberries, 175 g 244 Calories, 17 carbs, 1 fat, 40 Protein
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Chickpea dip, hummus alternative
200g low fat cottage cheese 130g chickpeas clove garlic tsp paprika squeeze of lemon juice 3 reasonable sized portions (photo is 3 portions as I am hungry) Put everything in a bowl and blend with a stick blender per portion 104 calories, 11 carbs, 3 fat, 9 protein, 2 fiber
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Strawberry fluff
http://proteinfluff.com/pages/fluff/strawberryeggwhite.html Not my idea at all, but decided to give this way of making fluff a go. WOW I had to eat it from the mixing bowl as I am not sure if I could have fit in the 250 odd calories worth of fluff into 2 large bowls.
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Body fat calipers
I am trying to work out what a good target body weight would be, and have come to the conclusion that the best would be based on my lean body mass. With currently being obese there is a lot of me to fit into the calipers, so I am wondering which ones would be best for the larger person. Also, suggestions of good web sites…
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Understanding the difference between fat eaten and body fat
If my food diary for a day is as follows Breakfast 3 egg white omelet with 300g of spinach and a roasted red pepper. Lunch Chicken, salad and LF cottage cheese sandwich on brown bread. Dinner Tuna, poached egg and broccoli with wild rice My total carbs will be just over 100g, fat over 20g and protein around 100g but…
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Couch to 5K, my story
At the start of the year I did next to no exercise and weighed in at 396lb. It was time that I started to sort myself out, this time my head was in the right place. I worked out what I was doing wrong, why I stopped my weight loss attempts before and worked out a fad free plan to get back in shape. When I started exercise…
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Fortnight of temptation
It has been a temptation minefield for me over the past two weeks. So far I have been invited to the following (all paid for by others) Lunch with cream cakes X 1 Evening drinks X 2 (did go but stayed on diet irn-bru [soda]) Restaurant dinners X 2 Football (UK version) including corporate entertainment (3 course meal, pies…
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Egg on bread with a twist
Got inspiration from another web site, but tweaked it myself. preheat the oven to 200C. Toast 1 slice of bread. separate an egg. Whisk the white to very firm peaks. Thinly spread some tomato puree on the bread, add herbs of choice (sage is good) then a slice of chicken. Put the whipped egg white on top and then place the…
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Casein powder recipes
I have ordered a tub of chocolate and peanut butter ON casein powder with the intention of making fluff as I wanted something that was good for me, tastes nice and fairly low calorie. I have had a quick look for other recipes that use casein powder but struggling as most say whey. Any yummy, fairly low calorie, casein…
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How tall am I?
There are quite a few posts about when you should weigh yourself, but when should you measure your height? In the morning I am 6 foot 2 inches and at night I am just over 0.5 inches smaller.
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Power plates
I have recently got my routine changed at the gym, it now includes a couple of exercises on a power plate. Does the power plate actually help or is it just a new version of the vibrating belt people used to wobble there bums with.
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Spinach slice
Sorry no photos, but just made this, really enjoyed it so thought I would share. Ingredients 300g spinach 2 egg whites 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp coriander 1/2 tsp chilli powder Leerdammer light slice (or other low fat cheese) Cals about 200 depending on cheese preheat oven to 200C cook the spinach, drain and spread on an oven…
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Eat more to lose weight, please explain
There are so many posts here that tell people to eat more to lose weight as they are not eating enough to lose weight. How on earth does this happen? Looking at it from a mathematical point of view there should be a graph of weight loss v's calories difference. If you are on a very low calorie diet and not losing weight…
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Protein that fluffs
I am looking at getting some protein powder to make fluff. I intend to just use the protein powder, ice and skimmed milk. So far I have read that ON Casein is a good option and the flavours are nice. I have also seen that Syntha-6 has loads of flavours, but I am not sure if it makes good fluff. Does Syntha-6 make good…
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calories burnt fishing
I do not have a HRM to see myself but wondering if anybody has worn one whilst fishing from a boat or shore. With the weather improving its about time that I will be heading out again so I looked at the calories burnt on line and on MFP. MFP must be way off unless I am reeling in 200lb skate all day, others suggest 175…
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Swimming pace
When I enter in swimming on the tracker I am not sure what the pace is for fast and moderate effort. most of the time I am doing a rate of 10 lengths (250m) in 6 mins. I am up to 50 lengths none stop. When the swimming pool is crowded my rate drops to 10 lengths in 8 mins as there is always someone who thinks the slow lane…
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Calories nagging
How many calories do you burn per hour nagging. I think my wife might have done enough today to have a pizza tonight.
