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What you can do for knee pain?
My knee's started getting bad when I gained all the weight, but not so bad I couldn't function. I don't know if its because of the extra time working out, but this last 2 weeks or so they have been a real pain...literally. They don't hurt when I do normal activity like walking etc. But anything where I bend down a lot…
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Low Sodium Tasty Family Meals?
I hate to ask...I think I ask to much about meals sometimes on here! But I try looking stuff up, and nothing ever fits what I'm looking for (usually its either super expensive, or its high calorie and low whatever I'm looking for (be it fat, sodium, sugar etc))...oh or really BORING....like grilled chicken over rice...…
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9 secrets of motivated people
I'm going through a lot of my old magazines I hadn't had a chance to read lol. I just finished reading this, and thought it was really good, and wanted to share. You can read it online too :bigsmile: Now if I could just get myself to follow some of this advice! :laugh: Link -…
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Make friends with your scale
Was reading this in Prevention...thought I'd link to it since so many of us have a love - hate relationship with our scales. :laugh: http://www.prevention.com/scale/index.shtml
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130 cal meatloaf cupcakes
I just wrote a blog too, but I really like these, so I thought I'd share. This is the original recipe I found w/ the directions. I used different ingredients though. http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/colorful-cupcakes-686085/ Ingredients 2lbs Ground Beef (93%...95% would have been better) 1 cup chopped green onion 1 cup…
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Heart Rate percentage? How high is to high?
I've heard that being above 85% is where you burn the most calories....but is it bad to be in the 90s? When doing the 30 day shred, my heart rate gets up and stays up...and I'm around 85%-95% for most of it. It doesn't get this high during Zumba :( So just curious how high should you let your heart rate get before you take…
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Starbucks help...why did I have to look on google...
Okay, so I decided to get Starbucks today when I grocery shopping (I've been in a chocolatly death mood, and this is my alternative to a cake lol)... So I'm looking at their dang nutrition thing trying to figure out my calories, and what would be the best "method"...and I suddenly realize....I might have been skipping…
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Healthy Family Meals when your broke & not a good cook?
I'm find myself struggling with that saying Fast, Good and Cheap (and how you can only do 2...Fast & good...but then not cheap..Good and cheap...but then not fast etc).... I somehow want all 3 when it comes to food! I'm coming off a eat out all the time life style, so eating at home all the time, especially when I'm not a…
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can you bake a corn tortilla till crispy?
i want to make tostadas tomorrow for dinner, but i was wondering if anyone has ever baked a corn tortilla instead of frying and got it to taste right.
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Do Insomniacs burn more calories?
I'm just curious if someone who wasn't sleeping, but was still being active (work, grocery shopping, exercise etc) would burn more calories? The body has to be pushing pretty hard to keep someone awake for 48 hours or even longer AND still be functional and active. So I was just curious if anyone knows? I'm in no way…
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Gastric Bypass & the band etc.
I just finished a little article in All You about Gastric Bypass and Gastric Banding. It says"if you follow your doctors diet and exercise advice to the letter, you can expect to shed roughly 40% of your extra weight over three years" If you followed any diet and exercise plan to the letter, then wouldn't you probably lose…
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Where should I put my calories?
I have my food diary set up by times 12am-4am, 4am-8am, 8am-noon, noon-4pm, 4pm-8pm, 8pm-12am. Well, I had a not so food great day yesterday, and ended up eating at like 1am, went to bed around 3am, woke up around 11am. If I post it where it should go (on today's), that only leaves me 400 calories for the rest of my day.…
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Best workout DVD's for home? Old & New
Looking for suggestions for work out videos at home that people like. :)
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Best work out Games for Wii / Playstation?
I meant to post this along with my DVD question. I just saw someone post about a Zumba Wii game...omg awesome sounding. lol Any suggestions for Wii games or playstation games for a good work out.
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16 Ways to Get Motivated When You’re in a Slump
I thought this article needed another post, I just found it through iwannawearatutu's blog. And there is an older post, but since its the holidays, and I know I'm not alone running out of motivation, I thought I'd post it again on here. :) Hope it helps some of us. LINK:…
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So I'm thinking about doing a push-up challen for Nov...sinc
This is really sad to admit, but I can't do ONE "real" push up...and I top out at about 3 modified push ups. I've seen a few challenges on here before like this, so I think I'm going to try and get up to 100 modified push ups (in a row) by the end of November. Start out doing as many as I can, and then every other day try…
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Drinking 1 liter of water before morning coffee
I saw this on that movie "food matters". Saying to drink 1 liter (4 cups) of water first thing in the morning, before your coffee, before your tea, before your breakfast..... kind of like a way to detox the body (or at least that's what I got from it) Has anyone tried it?
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Energy boostering food/drinks etc?
Any tips on foods or drinks to go to when your really dragging, tired, and stressed out? I know there's got to be good foods out there that won't blow calories, but will keep you going ... even if you've only gotten 3 hours of sleep! :sad: I always feel like I "need" caffeine (as in gallons of soda or super sugary coffee)…
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Raw vs cooked food and weight?
So I just got a food scale, and was playing with it this morning. My potatoes weighed 15 oz raw, but only 6 oz after they were cooked (I baked fries). Thats a huge difference.... So the question is, do I count the 15oz or the 6 oz? I'd assume the 15oz, but I was just curious about this, I never realized how much food…
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Drink Beer to lose weight!
Just saw this via facebook, gave me a laugh. So I thought I'd share. :laugh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD3deQmyRHw
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I need help for a dessert Idea?!
I have a friend that is doing a challenge, and we are doing a potluck in a week or so, I'm in charge of desert, I want to make something that she can eat....but I have no ideas. She's already bringing a fruit tray...so there went that idea haha Here is what she's doing 1. Eat real food – meat, eggs, vegetables, nuts,…
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Was anyone able to flip flop from a night person to a mornin
I am a night person, which on average isn't a big deal. But I would really like to do the Zumba class in the AM instead of 8pm at night (after a long day I just want to unwind at the point...not wind back up)...but its at 5:15am....I'm still groggy and out of it till noon usually lol. Which is not very functional for…
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Does anyone else feel like eat out but healthy defeats the p
Question: Does anyone else feel like eating out but healthy defeats the purpose of eating out in the first place? I mean, I get there is a difference between getting the worst thing on the menu and at least trying...but I feel like if I'm going to pay $30 for a meal, and that meal originally comes with a dinner roll,…
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Low Cal Alcoholic Drinks?
Any suggestions for low cal alcoholic drinks, that you can drink enough of for a good buzz? lol
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Who knew I'd actually have choices!
So...I live in a small "city"...ok I'm told where I live is a city (I always call it a town lol), but I moved from phoenix, Az...which is in what... 5th place as far as largest cities go in the USA. When I moved, it was like life as I knew it ended. Everything closes at 8 except walmart...and EVERYTHING is closed on Sunday…
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Sweet potatoes vs regular potatoes
So...I noticed a lot of people switching to sweet potatoes instead of regular russet potato. But when I looked at the nutritional facts in the store, they seem to be around the same calories. Is there a reason to stay away from a regular white potato that I'm missing?
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When entering my own foods - serving sizes
I have a question, when you enter your own food, how can you make more than one serving size for it? Like I've seen foods in the system that will for instance say...Cookies...Serving 2 cookies...but you can also choose serving 1 cookie, or serving whole bag 10 cookies...etc. So how can I do that?
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hrm question.....
so ive just been kind of playing/experimenting with my hrm while working. It takes a continuous heart rate, has a chest strap, and its set to medium activity person. for a 12 hour work day it said i burned around 6000 AFTER i subtract my resting hr calories. Im just wondering if this is probably even close to correct? I am…
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Can you make meat loaf with out bread crumbs?
So...since I've been on the health kick, I don't have bread crumbs in the house...I don't have crackers in the house...I have actual BREAD (low cal whole wheat) lol I've only attempted meat loaf once before, and it did not go so hot :blushing: ...is it possible to make without the bread crumbs?
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HRM calories burned question
So, I just got my heart rate monitor, and tried it out at Zumba. I stopped it to get my calories burned after the class, but my heart rate was still like 160...I think it was just instinctive....Class over...press stop, even if I was still panting haha. I checked the calories burned and it was around 780. Well, it stops my…
