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Would you consider this fast food?
Here's my little question. If you eat strictly from a fast food joint's "healthy" menu (I use that term loosely), would you consider that fast food or not simply because it's on the healthy menu. For example, when I eat Jack in the Box, I always choose a Fajita Pita, fruit smoothie or Teriyaki bowl, for example. Rubio's…
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Confused on Net Calories vs Calories remaining...
Ok, so you take your daily calorie requirement plus what calories you've consumed less what you've burned off during exercise to meet the Calories remaining goal. Here's where I get confused. If my Calories remaining total is around 1200 at the end of the day, does that mean I have the option to consume an additional 1200…
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Probably the craziest pizza question EVER!
Ok, so I broke and had a small 10" pepperoni pizza today, so 6 slices. My first pizza in probably at least 90 days. So I looked up multiple small pizzas and they look to average anywhere from 1100 to 1500 calories for the whole thing. Logic would stand to reason that if you ate the whole pizza, you're hitting that calorie…
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Counteracting Sodium???
I understand our body needs some sodium but no matter how much I try to keep it to a minimum, so many foods have a high sodium content. Even much of low-calorie or low-fat/fat free foods seem to have high amounts of sodium. I get these delicious soups for lunch that are low-cal and filling but they're crazy on the Sodium…
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Is there such a thing as TOO MUCH cardio???
Here's my deal, on any given day it's not unheard of for me to run 30 minutes in the morning (burning about 300 calories), then taking 2 walk breaks at 4 mph for a total of 20 minutes, then walking uneven terrain on my lunch for about 30-40 minutes. This wouldn't include my post-strength gym session after work where I jump…
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Greetings all! Newbie here!
Hi I'm Rick and I've just signed onto Myfitnesspal.com for the first time and I enjoy the format! I'm looking forward to progressing toward my goal of losing 15 lbs by this Halloween!
