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More fat!
So, I've been doing well eating paleo about 80-90% of the time (Christmas cookies from Grandma...I can't resist.) but I need more fat! Right now the majority of my fat is from quality bacon, butter, chicken skins, and olive oil, but it seems I'm just sick of slathering olive oil onto every.single.meal to reach my 123 grams…
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Gluten and other allergen free food ideas?!
Hi MFP'ers. So, I've recently started seeing someone new, a great guy. Intelligent, funny, sweet, we get along great. We both have fitness goals (he wants to gain muscle and cardio endurance, and I'm looking to lose weight/also increase my endurance) and we both would like to learn to parkour around the university campus.…
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Intense sugar cravings
So, I've recomitted to eating primal, and I seem to be like a werewolf when it comes to eating right. I do fine from sun up to sundown, but once the moonlight hits me (or it's dark and I'm relaxing in bed) the sugar cravings hit me and I turn into this carb/grain craving monster. I almost always give in and have a PBJ or a…
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Question for fellow nurses!
Hey guys! So, I have a question for other floor nurses. I'm in RN school and have two 8 hour clinicals in the week, then I work an 8 hour shift as an LPN the next day. I spend the majority of my time at my med cart, at the bedside doing treatments, or standing and charting on the computers, or walking around the floor…
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Thought it was going well!
Wow. So, I really thought it was going really well for me, losing the weight. I'm getting stronger when I workout, I can see some muscles when I flex, I eat healthful foods, but I get on the scale (actually, two different scales at two different times) and I'm 203 pounds! WHAT GIVES, BODY. Y U NO LOSE THE FAT?! I can do…
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NSV with strength training!
Whoo hoo! So, awesome NSV for me! I was just playing around in the mirror after getting dressed for bed and started flexing, and I noticed my biceps and I said "Hmmmm! They're looking pretty swoll!" so I turn around and flex my back, and HOLY COW I can see my muscles in my back when I flex! It was SO AWESOME. So, I just…
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Working my way to 100%
Hey guys, so I've been eating MAINLY paleo for the past week (It's my first week really committing to it) and I'm still having trouble with late-night snacks! Since I was a kid, I'd always have some graham crackers and milk before bed, and it's a really hard habit to break. So, I eat well all day, keep my carbs under 130…
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New summer treat!
So, just a few minutes ago, I was mulling around my kitchen trying to find something cool, refreshing, and a little sweet to beat the heat in my house, but light and dairy free (dairy in this weather makes me feel icky, it's too heavy for me to be enjoyed in 90 degree heat). I noticed I still had a few unsweetened frozen…
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What to put peanut butter on?
Hey guys! New to paleo/primal here. Went to the grocery yesterday and got a bunch of yummy paleo food for cheap on sale, and one of those things was a huge jar of natural peanut butter (ingredients being peanuts and salt). So, I got that sucker all stirred and mixed up and then...nothing. I don't eat bread (didn't like it…
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Friend won't stop talking bro science about fitness and diet
So, not sure what to do here. My good friend, I'll call him Jazanthapus, always has something to say about fitness/diet/working out. Now, he's fit. I won't deny that, but when he starts talking about the science of fitness, almost everything he tells people is bro science. "It's better to workout on an empty stomach first…
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How do you stay motivated?
Hey guys. So, I went MIA from MFP for a few weeks. I started a new semester of school and used my crazy schedule as an EXCUSE to eat crap and not workout. so, here I am, probably weighing more than when I did when I started, wondering how and why you fabulous people stay motivated? I just did 20 minutes of high impact…
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Gained 4 pounds over the past 2 months, confused!
Hi guys. So...I'm pretty frustrated right now. I started Turbo Fire about 8 weeks ago after I was weighed by my doctor and told I was 192 pounds. So, I was exercising on the schedule, I stopped drinking sodas, I made an earnest effort to watch what I was eating and log it into Sparkpeople and I came in under 1900 almost…
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Weaning myself off sugars in my drinks
Hey guys. I apologize if this thread has been made before, but I did a search and didn't find any advice I found useful. I have a big problem with honey, sugar, agave, etc. I have a really hard time not using any of them. I've tried switching my coffee to watered down juice, herbal tea, black tea, or just water in the…
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Hello everyone, and my story so far
HI! I've been a member for a while, lurking on the message boards. I used to use Spark People and I've had some success with that site, but MFP is a lot cleaner and easier to use, so here I am. I'm currently an 18 year old female getting my Associates degree in Registered Nursing. I graduated high school a year early in…
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Muscle Memory and Weight Lifting
Hi guys! I did a search before this, but I apologize if I have missed a similar topic. How true is muscle memory when it comes to fitness and lifting weights? I'm an 18 year old female that's been out of HS for two years (almost) now, and back in school I was big on the heavy weights- squats, deadlifts, bench presses, etc.…
