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Everyone take a "before" picture today!
Before and after shots are so fun! I'll take one after work today. Who's brave enough to post theirs? :smile:
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Avg HRM reading in the 160s during jog... wtf?
I just started using a heart rate monitor. I went for a 40 min jog today and it recorded my average HR as 169, with a high in the 180s. After sitting on the couch for about fifteen minutes it's showing 75 - 90 depending on when I look at it. I took my heart rate manually and it seems to be showing the correct HR, at least…
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23 1/2 hours: the single best thing for our health
Hi folks, considering the MFP audience this video may be preaching to the choir but I found this entertaining and intriguing: http://youtu.be/aUaInS6HIGo A doctor discusses and illustrates how one single factor can improve health and happiness. It's not a food or a drug or any kind of magic potion, it's simply exercise.…
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What is your favorite "OMG SO GOOD" low cal recipe??
Last night I discovered this method of cooking shirataki noodles: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/307942-169-calorie-big-big-big-bowl-of-noodles and this recipe for banana "ice cream": http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/513845-really-low-fat-banana-split I was stuffed after a huge plate of the noodles and a…
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What movies/documentaries about food and weight loss have in
I've watched Supersize Me, Food Inc, and Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. All were really good in their own way. I have some free time this weekend, what else should I watch?
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How do you decide WHAT to eat?!?
The conflicting information out there on WHAT we should eat is astounding. For example, I read Robb Wolf's The Paleo Solution that recommended following the diet our ancestors supposedly ate: meat, fish, veggies, fruits, NO process foods, NO grain products, NO dairy. The author claims that grain makes people sick because…
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I have no energy! Help...
I started eated Paleo last Thursday. On Saturday I felt terrible, major carb withdrawals. After that I felt ok but I have very little energy. I didn't even notice how bad it was until last night when two people, within ten minutes of each other, asked if I was okay because I looked really drained. I've been eating eggs and…
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Which diet method are you using?
Low carb? Paleo? Calorie counting? Weight watchers? I've done Atkins before with great success when I followed it to the letter. I once lost 10 lbs in a month, and I'm not a huge person to start with. Obviously that didn't last or I wouldn't be here :-P Calorie counting has worked for me too. It's such a pain though, and…
