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How to determine calories in meat that has a bone in it
I feel incredibly dumb asking this question since I'm such a raging foodie. So, let's say I have a chicken thigh. I weigh it after I'm done roasting it. Then I eat the meat. Should I weigh the bone when I'm done and subtract it from the original weight to get my total ounces/grams to calculate the calories? ...or does the…
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Does anyone else not log their cardio/calories burned?
I've only been at this for two weeks, but I noticed I was haggling with myself regarding calories in and calories out. For example, if I wanted to eat more than my calorie count would allow, I'd go for a walk to burn the calories to "make room" for the treat, the proverbial dangling carrot. I'm oversimplifying, but you get…
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Cheat days
Yeah, I could do a search for other threads on this topic, but I'm interested in current, fresh answers! Okay, so since I'm new to this whole dieting thing, I'm curious: how bad are "cheat days"? Are cheat days an unwise idea in the first few weeks of dieting? I ask because I'd like to have Saturdays as my dedicated "cheat…
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Not sure how much I want to lose!
Hi all! I joined this site a while back to support my husband in his desire to lose weight. The issue we ran into was that nearly all of the food we consume is homemade, and it was simply too time-consuming to input every single ingredient for every meal, every day. I spent some time last week re-acquainting myself with…
