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Homemade bread
I just started making my own bread. How do I work out the calories in it? Is it as obvious as weighing the ingredients and working out their calorie content, then weighing the finished loaf and working out serving sizes, or does the baking process create changes to factor in? Sorry if it's a silly question - advice…
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tall women starting exercise classes
Any other tall women feel awkward joining exercise classes? I used to go to Tai Chi, but I was always out of sync with the rest of the group becauase my stride was so much longer, LOL. I'm not much of a group person but I feel I could probably benefit from joining some gentle classes - however I'm a bit put off by the tai…
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Eating for mental wellbeing
I've had a few queries from friends about my choices of macros and the supplements I take, and I've responded to several threads about what nutrients might help with anxiety/depression. I just came across this article and thought I'd share it... http://themindsanctuary.com/good-mood-food/ingredients/
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Croatia
I'm off on a ten day holiday to Croatia on Tuesday. It's a long time since I've had a holiday so I expect to fall off the wagon a bit, but I don't want to undo what I've achieved so far. We're stying in a self catering apartment but realistically we'll be eating out most of the time. I've never been there before and…
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What can I cook?
My only cooking facility for a few days is going to be one oven! Thehob's been erratic for a while, now it's died altogether and I can't get it replaced till Tuesday. The last time it packed up for a bit was a nightmare - I ended up eating ready meals which I hate. I generally eat pretty well. I'm feeling I don't want to…
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Traumatic events
Has anyone else experienced the suicide of a close family member? I've had two in 5 years, and after the most recent it's taken me nearly two years to wake up and realise that I need to look after myself. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who's been through it, and how you've dealt with it (or not, of course). Posting…
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Eating below BMR??? - your thoughts on this article please
Your Basal Metabolic Rate – How it Applies to Rapid Fat Loss Your basal metabolic rate is the number of calories your body burns, not including calories burned from daily activity. I realize that calorie counting and knowing your BMR may seem like an "old school" approach to dropping body fat, but an understanding of…
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How did you decide what activity level to set???
Hi I'm a bit confused about how to accurately choose my activity level. The choices seem to have a lot of leeway in them! Currently I've set to sedentary and then I log cardio excercise and aim to eat about half of those calories back, as that seemed a safe option and a conservative estimate of calories burned. I walk for…
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Help please! With entering strength training on MFP
Apologies in advance if this has been covered loads of times before is is outstandingly obvious, etc... I'm in the UK and used to use the gym regularly but have had a lapse of several years. I've just restarted, and now that I'm on MFP I want to enter the details. However the machine names as used in my gym aren't found…
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unhealthy water!
Well not really! But just a warning for anyone who like me likes theirs bubbly - usually I buy carbonated water, but today I ran out, went to the local shop, and got what they had, which was carbonated MINERAL water. Which isn't the same thing - it contains all sorts of stuff for good (like calcium) or bad (like sodium) in…
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IKEA food
Hi all. Anyone have any info on IKEA food shop nutritional information? I was there today and stocked up - nothing on the labels, and can't see anything on the internet - there's calorie information for meals eaten in the restaurant, but not for the goodies from the shop. All help appreciated...
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alternating maintenance and weight loss eating
Apologies if there a zillion posts about this already that I haven't seen! And just to be clear, I don't mean intemittent fasting. But I wondered if anyone has tried eating to lose weight for a given period (say a month or six weeks) followed by a similar period of eating at maintenance, and if what effect has it had?…
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Posting new foods on the database - do all, or none at all!
I get annoyed if people enter a new food on the database but only bother to list the calories and not the nutritional information; I think it's inconsiderate - you don't have to make it available to everyone else if you only want one part of the information yourself. I'm not trying to track sodium, saturated fats, carbs…
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Hitting macros without supplements?
Does anyone else have trouble staying within their calorie allowance while hitting their macro targets? I've no trouble with my daily limit, and I eat pretty well - almost all homeprepared, chicken, fish, pulses, lots of veg,wholewheat bread and pasta, etc - although I'm not saying I'm perfect, far from it, chocolate,…
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Advice please on recording exercise/activity levels
Any help please? I''ve rated my general lifestyle activity level as sedentary. However, just now I'm working part time and temporarily as a painter and decorator. It's only about 5 hours a day, 3 days a week, and will maybe last 3-4 weeks. It's not cardio activity, but I am doing things that I wouldn't usually do, standing…
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How much is too much?
This is a bit of an odd one, especially when I read posts from people who are stuck looking at the same weight on the scale day after day. I haven't been doing anything extreme, but I'm losing weight rapidly - 16lb in less than 5 weeks. Many posts suggest .5 or 1lb per week as a healthy goal. Obviously I'm glad to be…
