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Seattle 47yo single mom and 4th year attorney
Although at least three of those factors (getting older, being a single mom and becoming an attorney) have all contributed to my gain of weight and loss of fitness, at the end of the day being out of shape is still being out of shape. There's always a million things for me to do besides making good meals and working out…
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Does balance between protein, carbs and fat matter?
I've been staying close to and usually under my goal calories, but I seem to eat more than the recommended amount of protein and less than the recommended amount of carbohydrates (which is kind of surprising to me, but that's what the numbers show fairly consistently). Would this potentially have an effect on my weight…
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Realism and motivation through math
My love of math and Excel spreadsheets can sometimes get me labelled as a geek, but this morning, as I was waking up and doing a bit of math in my head, I realized that to lose the 40 pounds I'm setting out to lose, I will need to consume 140,000 calories less than my body needs to maintain its current weight (assuming I'm…
