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Get the ball rolling: hockey calories
So.... the group exists, perhaps it's time to put something in it. Not to cast aspersions on the MFP exercise calorie counts, but... the ones for hockey make me a little grumpy. A) I think the ones they have assume skaters, not goalies and b) I think they assume continuous play (which, of course, doesn't actually happen).…
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Small Pieces of Food More Filling?
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20120710/diet-secret-small-pieces-food-more-filling?ecd=wmh-dia-071312 Interesting bit of research that seems to have applied equally to rats and college students. Not sure whether that says more about the rats or the students... :-)
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NPR: Skinnier Summer Cocktails
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/05/19/153001621/sacrifice-calories-not-taste-with-skinnier-summer-cocktails Red Lobster's Traditional Lobsterita packs 890 calories. Romano's Macaroni Grill's Margarita Prima has 440 calories. You might just skip the dinner, based on those calorie counts, she suggests. Each of these…
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New snack find
Sensible Foods (http://sensiblefoods.com/) makes a line of freeze fried fruits and vegetables, called "crunch dried". The fruit ones have only fruit. The vegie ones all seem to have salt. Gluten free. I've only tried the Sweet Organic Corn (70 calories, 37 mg sodium) and the Orchard Blend (apples,peaches and apricots - 70…
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Slow Cooker Potato Soup
http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/recipes/r-penzeysSlowCookerPotatoSoup.html Made this soup the other night - really good and filling. 150 calories per cup. It's in the food database already. Use the reduced fat cream cheese (neufchatel) to reduce the fat content a bit. Slow Cooker Potato Soup 31/2-4 lbs. red…
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Weight loss and doctors
So, I was talking to a ob-gyn friend (went to medical school at age 40, if you can believe) and she told me that medical school does not spend much time on weight loss and nutrition. Some doctors pick up a lot more, especially ones that specialize in things like diabetes, which have a heavy nutritional component. But your…
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Is there a right way for women to get ripped abs?
I thought some of you might find this interesting, from the LA Times. http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-fitness-women-abs-20120130,0,5949957.story
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Carbs at breakfast study
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9069276/Chocolate-cake-breakfast-could-help-you-lose-weight.html Some excerpts: Morning is the best time to consume sweets because that's when the body's metabolism is most active - and we have the rest of the day to work off the calories, a new study shows. Researchers split…
