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Family bringing me down
Hi. My mom is in shape, super skinny, and can eat whatever she wants. Now that I am home from school, I have gained massive amts. of weight b/c her eating brings me down. She eats and eats and then I do to. I was going to try and clean it up today and was planning on cutting a few things out of my diet and when I came…
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Creating nutritional facts for our own recipes
Okay, so I was wondering if anyone knows of a website that will create the nutritional facts (carbs, calories, fat, sugar, protein, sodium, etc.) if we enter the amount of each ingredient we use in a recipe? I am sure many of you just estimate with a recipe that is similar to yours, but what if we make totally different…
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Fasting from a Biblical standpoint
Okay, so I know that not everyone on this site will understand this, but I am considering doing a fast for spiritual purposes, but obviously it's going to affect me physically. The last time I did one, I went 6 days, allowed myself plenty of water and herbal, non-caffeinated tea, and ended up losing like 8-10lbs. I have…
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Just NOT hungry... eat anyways...?
Hi, Quick question- what do you do if you're just not hungry? Do you eat anyway? Like we're talking just not hungry all day....
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Anyone else feel hungrier on days they DON'T workout?
Okay, so I am sure this is weird and maybe I am the only one, but I usually work-out at least 5 days/ week, sometimes 6 if I feel like it. However, I feel like on the days that I don't work-out, I am super hungry and that everything digests faster. Is this normal?
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I WAY undercut my calories today
Crazy... I looked at a report of my calories from the last 7 days and all they have done is drop each day. Today, I finished out at 699 calories- no carbs, no fat (natural ones of course), just vegetables, berries, and lean protein (ground turkey). And I had a great workout today! Spent 45min. on the Stair-Master. I think…
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Graduation Challenge- Who's With Me?
Hi! I will be graduating college in 9 weeks and I am looking to lose approx. 20lbs. before then. This is actually totally possible... I just need to be disciplined! So here's my plan: 1. Continue on my dedicated work-out of 5 days a week 2. Healthy eating- duh! 3. Breakfast= berries, grapefruit, apple, or Ezekiel cereal 4.…
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The cravings are caving in on me
Oh my gosh... at night when I am studying, I am used to snacking. So I am trying to stop the snacking. New idea- chew gum. Worked fine until I basically went through a pack a night (not really, but close enough). Any ideas how to fight these things?
