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Lunch ideas for roasted chicken?
I've heard about a lot of people talking about buying a whole discount chicken, cooking it, and using it for meals throughout the week for work lunches. I found a 3 lb chicken for $4, so I decided to try it out for this week. After I cooked the chicken and carved it, now, I'm not really sure what I can do with it besides…
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Couch to 5K question
Last year I completed the Couch to 5K, and was regularly running a 5K three to four days a week. That is, until I injured my knee and couldn't run for a year. Now, my knee is mostly better, and my friend very generously gave me her cushioned NordicTrack treadmill, which is pretty easy on my bad knee and a lot easier than…
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What can help severe fatigue?
I know the forums aren't filled with doctors, but if anyone knows a way to help out these crappy fatigue problems, that would be pretty awesome. I've have fatigue problems for about a year and a half now. In January, I was diagnosed with celiac disease. The fatigue eased up a little once I switched to a gluten-free diet,…
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Plateauing for a long time, could use some help.
I've been plateauing for what seems like forever. I got down to 201, then gained 4, then lost 3, then gained 2, etc. I used to have extreme fatigue problems, but my energy has been coming back and I've been working out again. I don't know what the problem is with my diet, though. Is there anyone that would mind looking at…
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Question about fat intake
Some days I tend to go over my fat allowance. It's not every day, but I do notice it happens two or three times a week. However, the vast majority of my fat intake is from foods such as nuts and seeds, olives and olive oil, sardines, and other types of fish, which I honestly do eat quite a bit of, along with a lot of…
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Tips for breaking a plateau?
I've been steadily losing weight over the past few months, and now I've hit the dreaded plateau. Over the weekend I decided I would increase my exercise (cycling) and somehow managed to gain two pounds. I've heard weightlifting is good for this, but I have a bad shoulder and weight-bearing on that side causes some pretty…
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Gluten-free options
I was recently diagnosed with celiac disease (and my doctor figured out that is why it has proved impossible for me to drop weight). I was going through my pantry, and EVERYTHING has gluten in it. I guess now's the time to become a really good cook. I am pretty new to the whole gluten-free thing (like, less than a week)…
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NSV - completing something I have never done
My entire life, I have never been able to run a mile. If I had to go that far, I'd walk it. Even as a thinner teenager, I couldn't run a mile and would have to stop to walk many times throughout. Yesterday, I ran two miles without stopping. I'm not a fast runner, but I ran that and didn't give up. It's not a big deal to…
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Healthy, higher-calorie foods?
I never really ate a lot, so my contribution to weight gain was eating processed and unhealthy foods. Now that I've replaced that crap with fresh, healthy foods, I'm having trouble on some days hitting the 1200 minimum. For example, yesterday I had a total of 730 calories. I realized how low I was, so I added some more…
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Today's run sucked! What am I doing wrong?
I'm on week 3 of the Couch-to-5k. After a brutal first day, it's been going pretty well since. However, today sucked. I did the 5 minute warm-up walk then jogged for 90 seconds, no problems whatsoever. I then did the 90 seconds walking and headed into the 3 minutes jogging. Felt okay after that too, a bit more tired but…
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Mini-Pita Personal Pizza
As a college graduate, pizza was one of my downfalls. However, you can still have pizza and have it low-calorie and healthy too! I've come to like this healthier version more than regular pizza because it's not greasy but still really filling, as well as really quick and easy to make. Ingredients: 1 whole-wheat mini pita…
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Rebounding vs jogging
The past couple of weeks I've been working on the Couch to 5k running program (since I'm terrible at running). I run outside around the neighborhood, and since it's all uphill it's a fantastic workout. Lately, however, it's been so hot and humid that I can barely stand to just be outside. Two days ago I ran in the high…
