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C25K Question: Is there any reason to *not* run daily?
After running a mile in a stretch exactly one time (and what a glorious mile it was, being my first and all), I rapidly realized that I needed something more structured to keep it up and improve my running. So, hey, I'm starting out a C25K app. Cool, cool. I tend to do walk/jog daily on weekdays, and don't on weekends; it…
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How long to you leave leftovers in the fridge?
I made two jars of refrigerated oatmeal on Wednesday night before bed. I ate one Thursday, but forgot the second on Friday and am now dubious of it. It smells fine. More importantly: I'm gonna be hungry at 10am here (when I eat my desk breakfast, lol) and want to eat it. But I'd also like not to make myself sick. In…
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Adding variety to side dishes at dinner
Hello all! So, my side dishes at dinner feel like they're in a rut. I make dinner for a family of three (two adults and a six-year-old) and most days we tend to have a dinner that includes a protein, a starch, and a vegetable. The problem is that my vegetable game is weak, and my starches aren't much better. I've googled,…
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Success! Found a Lettuce.
A few times since I started back in January 2013, I'd started threads about being picky and finicky about vegetables. One of the things that had always plagued me was salads -- I wanted to make them work but have always found lettuce to have a weird texture and an odd "green" flavor that doesn't sit with me. So, I thought…
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Tips for Trying Out a Personal Trainer
So, I work for a university, and thus have access to not only a really inexpensive gym, but also really affordable sessions with personal trainers through it. As I've been cautiously more interested in learning about weights -- seeing if maybe learning how to do it properly makes it more interesting -- I'm thinking about…
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Tips for Using an Elipical
After my typical winter hibernation, I finally started working on my running again last week. I found a time in my day where the gym visit fit perfectly, and have taken the running indoors so that I do it even when the weather is bad. (I'm such a fair weather runner that it's not even funny.) Thing is, by Friday afternoon…
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In-Progress: 54 Pounds from January 2014 to January 2015
I've debated for a long time when is the right time to do an in-progress success story, because I love those as much as I love the complete ones -- and I've had some great success with MFP. I started in January 2013 with an official starting weight of 290, and am down 85 pounds to 205. While I've still got about 30 to 50…
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Help a Picky Eater Build a Salad
So, I'm a picky eater. I have a lot of textural issues with (raw) vegetables and anxiety about trying new things, including food. (Woo!) I've been making efforts to try new vegetables and push myself out of my comfort zone over the past two years, with mixed success. All that context in, I do not understand how one…
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What's Your Personal Experience w/ Starting Birth Control?
Hello there ladies. So, next month I'm starting hormonal birth control for the first time in six years, and I'm curious what your personal experience with starting the pill (or other birth control) while losing weight has been. I know conventional wisdom says its hard to lose weight while on it, but I feel like as long as…
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Clarification on Food Measurements
I feel like this is really basic stuff, but I'm still getting a handle on portioning and I wanted to clarify on measuring food. I have a food scale, and it's pretty much the best thing ever. I've started using it whenever possible -- like, I checked how much a teaspoon of sugar weighs, and now just go by weight when I have…
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No, Seriously: How do you learn to eat vegetables?
I don't like veggies. I don't like the way they taste, I don't like the texture. I'm trying to find ways to eat them healthily (read: not cooked to death and soaked in butter), and so far I mostly like spinach. In things. Sometimes. I not only want to eat more healthy food, but I also want to model better eating habits to…
