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Nine days recipes?
Hi, everyone. I hope those of you fasting had an easy fast, and didn't crash at 4 PM like I did. I was hoping people could give me some good vegetarian recipes for the 9 days. I can't eat raw cabbage or too much soy, and my boyfriend doesn't like fish. On top of that, I live in Israel and have no air conditioning, so…
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Concentration camp diets?
I figure when half of your family is killed in one, you get to start this topic. :) Occasionally on the boards, you'll hear someone complain that people are trying to lose weight by eating concentration camp rations. Is this a legitimate point, or is just being said for the shock value?
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This you call healthy food?
I stopped off at my usual hole-in-the-wall grocery store to get some yogurt with granola for breakfast today. A company representative from the competing yogurt company was there, and tried to convince me to buy his company's new line of yogurt. I pointed out that his company's new line of yogurt was yogurt topped with…
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Nocturnal calf muscle pulling
Once upon a time, I would occasionally wake up in the early hours of the morning due to an intense cramp in my calf. It happened maybe once or twice a year, and it would really hurt for a couple of days. Over the past week or so, I've been waking up in the morning (probably about two hours before "wake-up time") with the…
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Using exercise equipment in the park
My local park has a spot with exercise equipment! It's basically like a playground for adults. How would you log the exercise done there? It's a combination of cardio equipment (ellipticals) and weight equipment. Here are some pictures to give you an idea.…
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Olive oil?
Olive oil is high in fat and calories. But it's supposedly good for HDL levels. What does everyone think about olive oil? How can it be healthily incorporate into our diets?
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Strongest Woman Weightlifter in US Lives in Poverty
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/the-strongest-woman-in-america-lives-in-poverty What do you guys think?
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Over on sugar?
My macros are pretty much what the US government recommends (55% carbs, 15% protein, 30% fat). Yet somehow I keep on going waaaayyyyy over on sugar. For example, if I have a granola bar and a glass of milk for breakfast, I am already around the limit the day. Plus I love fruit. Has anyone gone through this before? Could…
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Any sub-clinical folks here?
Hey, everyone. I have a family history of hypothyroidism, and my TSH is higher than normal, but everything else is technically within normal ranges, so I'm not being put on any medications for it. That being said, I was told to supplement my iodine and my B12, and to follow a hypothyroid-friendly diet. Does anyone have any…
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Advice on increasing calories?
After a hiatus due to absolute chaos, I am getting back into exercising. The problem is that a typical session of exercise for me tends to burn a ton of calories (at least 1,000). I need to eat back my exercise calories in order not to become ravenously hungry. However, I find that the nutritious, healthy foods I normally…
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Article of vegetarian diets for athletes
Here's an interesting article discussing athletic performance by vegetarians and vegans: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/can-athletes-perform-well-on-a-vegan-diet/ People's thoughts?
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What does traditional mean to you?
I want to hear people's views on what "traditional" means to them, especially since tradition is strongly related to time and place and is not always healthy. So what does traditional mean to you? How does it relate to health?
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Check out Goerge Takei's facebook!
I'm not going to figure out how to post pictures here, but he posted a picture of a very overweight person jogging with the caption, "No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch." Thought this group might appreciate it more than the general forum. :)
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What's going on with chicken?
I had cornflake crumb chicken for dinner tonight (yummy!), and went to log it in my diary, when I found the weirdest thing. Thighs apparently contain fewer calories, protein, and cholesterol than legs, even though both are dark meat. Not only that, but the calorie values are lower if you have "unit from 1lb chicken" than…
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Need super-specific snack advice
I'm a big fan of sweets and high-carb foods. I've tried eating more fruit and vegetables in order to make my snacks healthier. That had some rather, um, unintended consequences. So I need some ideas for snacks that are: -Low in carbohydrates -Low in cholesterol and saturated fat -Preferably high in protein -Not fruits or…
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What kind of exercise is martial arts?
In the fitness section, there's a lot of talk about the difference between cardio vs. strength training vs. resistance vs. endurance. How would you classify martial arts (and maybe specify what kind you do in case it varies by type)?
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Is the hunger physical or psychological?
I have had a crazy chaotic past few days, and it's making it impossible for me to tell if I'm behaving or not with my diet. So now I'm sitting here, wondering if I should have a handful of cherries as a snack before dinner when I apparently only have 300 calories left and I'm expecting dinner to be 400-500. On the one…
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Shavuot!
I'm trying to find healthy dairy recipes in honor of Shavuot, but it's all simple carbs plus cheese! Anyone have any healthy Shavuot recipes? The secret to healthy blintzes?
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To weigh or not to weigh
Do you use a scale to weigh your food? Why or why not?
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So hungry . . . .
I was very naughty and stopped working out. In the meantime, I started on MFP and got myself into a good rhythm food-wise. But now I am starting to work out again, and everything is all out of whack! Specifically, I ate a huge dinner last night and a huge lunch today, and I'm still really hungry AND have a large calorie…
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Funniest exercise not listed in the database?
Chasing away pigeons from my windows
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Experiences with standing desks?
There was a thread a while back about treadmill desks, but I wanted to know what people's experiences were with just normal standing desks? My company changed locations, and we're thinking about what kind of new furniture to buy. Right now, I'm doing the experimental version of a standing desk, and I got tired and kind of…
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Healthy comfort foods?
I was thinking today about comfort foods and how some of mine, like sushi, are actually quite healthy. Does anyone here have recipes for "comfort foods" that are reasonably healthy? Here's mine: Shakshuka -chopped tomatoes (fresh or canned) -tomato paste -olive oil -hot peppers (jalapenos are good) -onions (optional) -salt…
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BMI down from overweight to normal!
On Saturday, my cousin noticed that the jeans she helped me buy 3 months ago were loose in the thighs. Today's weigh-in was the first ever where my BMI was clearly in the normal range! The last weigh-in had me just on the other side of the boundary. I'm still trying to get to the middle of the normal weight range for my…
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How do I get all the nutrients in???
I'm having two problems consistantly, and i have no idea how to get around them! I usually keep within my net calorie limit, and rarely go more than 100 over, but I keep on running into these nutrition walls. The first problem is that I can't have a normal serving of meat without being over for protein. The second is that…
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Need frozen food ideas
One of my main pitfalls in eating healthy is that I live alone, so it's much easier to go out and buy something unhealthy than it is to cook at home, even though I love cooking. I'm thinking that I should cook large quantities of food and then freeze individual/double portions for later use. I know that this approach works…
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Weight fluctuations during the day?
Sort of a newbie question here. How much weight fluctuation is normal during the day? During the week? I weighed myself yesterday, and seemed to have lost weight from the week before, but when I weighed myself at the same time today, I weighed a full kilogram (2.2 lbs) more! I've been keeping within 100 calories on either…
