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Tuna Stuffed Peppers
I tried this recipe the other night and it was real good. Tuna Stuffed Peppers Makes: 4 pieces Takes: 10 minutes Ingredients: 2 bell peppers (colour of your choice) 1 tin tuna chunks in brine/spring water (130g drained) 60g grated cheddar cheese 30g tomato puree (double concentrate) 1 spring onion/scallion (finely chopped)…
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Canned Tuna Ceviche
I tried this recipe tonight. It was really good and had great flavor. I used 2 cans of 5 oz skip jack tuna ( suppose to have less mercury) and I used two limes and a whole avocado. My calorie count came to 173 based on 3 servings and my substitutions. Canned Tuna Ceviche Skinnytaste.com Servings: 2 • Size: 3/4 cup tuna,…
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Garmin Index Scale
Just purchased the Garmin Index scale so that it works better together with Garmin Connect. I had been using the Tanita BC-1000plus but I had to pull out my old Forerunner 610 to capture the recordings so that it will upload to connect. What a pain. My new Fenix 3 HR is not compatible with the Tanita BC-1000plus and will…
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Injured one of my left adductor muscle
I've messed up ( pulled or over stretched) one of my left adductor muscles. I can walk and it seems to be fine, but as soon as I go to squat with any load it starts to hurt. This happened last Wednesday and I've been gritting my teeth and getting through my workouts but today was just unbearable. I got through two working…
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My 1yr Success
I started my healthy lifestyle Jan 19, 2012. My weight at that time was 260. I started eating healthier and started exercising. At first my knees were very week so I started with walking and the elliptical machine. After about a couple of months, I started adding some weight lifting to my workout. Long split routines that…
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Trying to understand sugar in yogurt
Sometimes I have a Chobani blueberry non fat Greek yogurt and I've been reading that it has high sugar content of 20g. One of the ingredients is cane juice. They add sugar as if the blueberries are not sweet enough. So I'm trying to find something healthier. Would 2% plain greek yogurt be better for you? I found Fage total…
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Egg Muffins
I saw egg muffins posted on a site and thought they would be good and great to carry to work as in between meals. I thought I would share. Found it at http://www.oxygenmag.com/Nutrition/Articles/Clean-Egg-Muffins.aspx These portable energy-revving muffins are great to make in advance and use throughout the week! By…
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Strong lift question
A little background: I've been doing some heavy weight lifting for about 8 months while doing a lot of cardio. Recently I've been lifting two days a week and running, biking, and or using the elliptical 5 days a week. I've last 70 pounds since February and am at a weight I like although I am currently at 16-17% body fat…
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My Basil Pizza
Had to share my basil pizza I just made. It was wonderful Ingredients 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste 6 ounces water 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced salt to taste ground black pepper to taste 1/2 tablespoon dried oregano 1/2 tablespoon dried basil 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed Directions Mix…
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Getting fat in diet
If I need to up my fat micros would it be bad to switch my skim milk for 2% or whole milk? I already added olive oils and nuts to increase my mono sat fat but I'm alway low for the over all fat micro. Another idea is I eat fat free cottage cheese, I good move that up to 2%. Would adding these type of fat add to much…
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Summer duties getting in the way of my workouts
Thought I would vent and blow off some steam. Weekend outside house maintenance has been getting in the way of my weekend workouts. Working outside all day and by the time I get inside it is late and I'm too tired to hit the weights. Also now that summer is here, our city has a Thursday night party in the park that the…
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great frozen snack
I just had a great healthy frozen snack that some of you may have done already but this was a first for me. I took the following ingredients and mixed then together in a bowl and placed in a ice cream maker for 10-15 min. Chobani Greek Yogurt - Non-Fat Rasberry, 6 oz Muscletech Premium Whey Protein Vanilla - Protein…
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Bike training routines
Anyone have any good bike training routines or links to some. I just got a new roadbike (trek fx7.7) I would like to start some sort of training routine to get in better road biking shape. I've been riding a Schwinn comfort bike with big tread tires on a lot of hills (grade 6-8) for a month preparing for the new ride.
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Help with calories burned
I was using my HRM as I worked in the yard today. For the 4.23 hrs it shows I burned 2259 calories. My activity level is set for Sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job but on weekends I do extra work around the yard. I'm trying to determine how many workout calories I should list so I can make up some of the extra…
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New polar FT7
Got the new polar FT7. Used it on my 40 min bike ride and shows I'm burning 850 cal. Pretty much matched what I was listing by MFP database. This includes 40 min bike and an additional 20 min exercises 1 hour duration 998 cal Heart rate was between 155-186 Fat burn 7:13 Fitness 53:01 Is the burn good or bad?
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Question on fitness and exercise
I have been working on loosing weight since January and I am down to a comfortable weight however I still want to get leaner and drop another 20 % more body fat and probably some more weight. My question is about strength training and calistanics. Currently I've been doing beginner full body strength 30 min 5 days a week…
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Sugar
I'm confussed about the sugar and what MFP has alloted me. MFP says my goal for sugar is 33. I drink skim milk to make up some calories and now I'm going way over. Just my little fruit and milk triples that amount. What am I suppose to do?
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Do I need more calories
I fairly new to MFP and have been using it for about a month. I started my diet 3rd week in January by counting calories, cutting my fat ( pizza, burgers chinese buffetts was my worst enemy) and increasing fruits and vegitables, into my diet along with 30 min strength and 30 min elliptical at least 4-5 times a week. I was…
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Calories during weekends
I work at a desk job M-F and the only exercise I get is my workouts or my short walks during lunch. When I calculated my calorie needs and what i want to lose they are based upon working this desk job. I normally consommé much less then the requirement and always a have big deficit.. When the weekend comes I'm out doing…
