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Water and Protein Powder
After I workout, I have 2 scoops of Iso-Extreme protein powder (orange flavor) mixed with 12 ounces of water. Should I count that 12 ounces of water in the cups of water that I drink for the day, or should that be separate since I am dumping the protein powder into it? Or is that just too much micromanagement to even…
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Cold Water Fish
After doing some research, it seems that a good protein to eat when trying to lessen triglycerides and cholesterol is cold water fish. Only problem is, I am not sure which fish in my fish water is cold water fish, lol! :laugh: After doing an online search, the only thing that I came up with was salmon, tuna, sardines, and…
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Dietary Cholesterol VS Cholesterol measured by the Doc
One my goals when I start my new regimen after the New Year is to reduce my total cholesterol count as measured by the doctor. I would like some good information concerning this, because you hear mixed info all the time and I want to sift through and find the truth... As a side note, the doctor says that I have an…
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Turbo Kick / Turbo Jam cals burned
Does anyone use a bodybugg or a heart rate monitor to calculate their calories burned doing Turbo Jam videos or Turbo Kick workouts? If you do, can you let me know how many calories (on average) you burn for different Turbo Jam DVDs or Turbo Kick rounds? I seem to burn a ton of calories doing these workouts, even moreso…
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Grams of Sugar per day
I know that when you are trying to lose weight that it is important to limit your sugar intake. There are sooo many sources on the Internet that simply disagree with each other, so it's like pick and choose your favorite one sometimes. Does anyone have an opinion on how many grams of sugar you should limit yourself to per…
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Yummy Breakfast from the Biggest Loser Cookbook
I am all about finding new recipes and trying them out all the time, because I simply don't like having the same thing all the time. I know that a lot of people eat the same foods all the day out of convenience, but I've never been able to sustain that for long without getting bored, even if it is my favorite foods.…
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Starting Over October 25
Hello everyone! :happy: For those of you that don't know me yet, I wanted to give a little bit of background on me...don't worry, it's painless and I will keep it short, lol. :laugh: My heaviest weight was 191 pounds and I wore size 18 clothes (even though I should have worn a 20, but I was prideful and didn't wanna get…
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Just something small...
I am not at my goal size yet, but at least this first little success is one step closer. I thought that I would share since the small successes are important too since they add up to those big ones! Back in October I bought a new pair of jeans that were a size bigger than I was used to. I decided that no matter what the…
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Excited!
I know all the rules about ads and all...so I hope this doesn't look like an ad cause I am not selling it or making money from it or anything like that. :) I am just so happy about the product that I found yesterday. I always add a scoop of vanilla protein powder to my oatmeal to balance the meal out. And I had been using…
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Need some new snacks...
I know that this topic has been pounded to death already...but I need some more snack ideas. I prefer something about 150-200 calories, and I also prefer my snacks to be low carb since I get my carbs mainly from my meals. Normally I have a protein shake, cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, etc... I don't want fresh nuts. It's…
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Whole Wheat Pasta
I'm going to be honest with you, I simply cringe when someone tells me I should be eating whole wheat pasta. I can't stand the stuff! But I do have a question about it though. I was under the impression that whole wheat pasta had more fiber than regular pasta which is why it is more nutritious and better to eat. But, when…
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Insanity on an empty stomach?
As a lot of you know, I was going to start doing a round of P90X with Turbo Kick to last from now until the end of the year. But, I have had some roadblocks already, amd I am frustrated again with this bloaty weight gain feel in my tummy...and I am deciding on something different this time. I have done lots of research,…
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CHOLESTEROL...
So I had a health screening today for work. I had to get my little finger pricked and blood checked out as part of the "wellness program" so I can get the cheaper insurance with better co-pays at work. Before I started exercising and losing weight, when I was around 191 pounds and wearing size 20, my cholesterol was…
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Calculating Recipes
I encourage everyone on this website to manually enter in your recipes, even if your recipes have a cute little chart telling you how many calories and ratios of macronutrients are in each serving. I get most of my recipes from the recipe books that come with the Beachbody programs, Max Muscle, and the New Dieter's…
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Annoyed
Anyone else find it offensive that there are these huge Domino's Pizza banners on this website sometimes? Shouldn't it rather be Subway, if anything like that at all? One single slice of boring ol' cheese pizza has over 400 calories in it, and I personally can finish the whole medium pizza myself chased down by 2 cups of…
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Sore pecs
It has been a couple of months since I did any kind of serious weight training. This week, however, I started my program to lose body fat. My program looks like this: Monday: weights (chest and back) Tuesday: cardio Wednesday: weights (shoulders, biceps, triceps) Thursday: cardio Friday: weights (quads, hams, calves, abs)…
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Finding my body again!
Hello everyone! Even though I am new to this website, I am certainly not new to nutrition and fitness. In 2007, I weighed 191 pounds and I was wearing a very tight size 18 (I should have been wearing a size 20, but I simply refused to do so). I had tried so many things to lose weight including all the latest fad diets like…
