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Biggest Loser Finale...what is going on??
Ok, I am normally a fan of Biggest Loser, but tonight is kind of disturbing to me. Maybe it is just where I am at in my head, but I am wondering if anyone else who is watching is thinking the same thing. Do the contestants look a little sickly to anyone else? I am seeing 2 of the 3 contenders for the grand prize and…
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Insanity or Les Mills Combat
I am wanting to get started on one of these and am not sure which one is better. I like the reviews for both but not sure which would be best for my starting off point and goals. I would like to lose about 60 lbs. Right now I log about 6 miles a day on my fitbit, but am not running and have no arm strength at all. About 10…
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Vegetarian Cookbooks
I have noticed my lack of vegetable based dishes and am wanting to add a few vegetarian cookbooks to my shelf. The thing is that I am allergic to soy and to all nuts, so I am looking for books that don't rely heavily on these in a lot of the recipes. Does anyone have any good cookbooks that they would recommend that have a…
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South Beach Diet Legume Servings
I was on South Beach and lost weight and I am wanting to go back on it. However, now instead of eating all the protein I can, I want to incorporate more of a plant based lifestyle approach, not solely vegetarian, but more vegetables. One piece of information I can't find is the bean servings per day per meal for a…
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BMR and daily calorie allowance
I used the calculator to look at my bmr and it said something like 1435. In my settings it is calculating my caloric intake should be 1200. Can this be correct? Why is it telling me my caloric intake should be less than what my body needs in a coma to survive?
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fitbit syncing
Just bought a fitbit yesterday and when I went into mfp today to log my food, it synced in 73 exercise calories. According to the fitbit I used 1470. Does fitbit just net out certain calories or is something not syncing right?
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antibiotics
I was just put on Augmentin for a sinus infection and even though I am eating the same calories and working out, I had an uptick on the scale today. I know that antibiotics can mess with weight loss, but is this a temporary thing. Is it like water weight that will go away once I am off of them or am I working out for…