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Article - Why Daily Showers May Be Bad For You
I've really been into researching/learning about health beyond just diet and exercise, and found this to be an interesting article... not sure I'm quite willing to give up my daily shower... but thought I'd post this for others to read.…
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Easy Weight Tracking Chart - Losing or Maintenance
I found this great free spreadsheet (Excel) that someone designed to make it easy to track your weight loss from week to week. I like it more than MFP's graph that shows your weight loss progress, so I thought I'd post the link here in case anyone else is interested. This is really easy to use and a fun tool to supplement…
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Eating Exercise Cals Slowing Your Weight loss? Read This.
Disclaimer: I love math. I'm a numbers person, which is what drove me to post this. It's kind of long, but I think it will help clarify for some people why it makes sense to eat your exercise calories, what may cause your weight loss to slow/stop when you are eating exercise calories, and when it would make sense to not…
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Riced Cauliflower stir-fry
Thought I'd share a new receipe I've discovered - this was inspired by some of the recipes I found when googling for "Riced Cauliflower" but this particular dish didn't follow any specific recipes. This dish is VERY hard to screw up - it's basically 1) your protein of choice + 2) your veggie mix of choice, grated/chopped +…
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Bi-friendly dating sites?
I posted this in the general "Single Peeps" group, but thought I should probably pose the question here, too... Anyone know of any decent (free or paid) dating sites (dating oriented, NOT hook-up oriented sites) that allow people to say they are looking for men or women? Not looking for one that caters only to the bi…
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Dating Sites Question
Anyone know of any decent (free or paid) dating sites (dating oriented, NOT hook-up oriented sites) that allow people to say they are looking for men or women? Not looking for one that caters only to the bi population, but just one that doesn't force us to state that we're only looking for one or the other. All the major…
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Tutorial: how to insert images in a blog
Copied from my blog: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/accountant_boi/view/tutorial-how-to-insert-images-in-a-blog-116126 This tutorial steps you through how to enter pictures to your blog, which is NOT the same as to the bulliten board posts One thing is the same, though - your pictures need to have been uploaded to a…
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Book Reviews/Recommendations
I figured we'd need a thread on books eventually - so why not start one out? :laugh: I HIGHLY recommend the book "29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life" by Cami Walker http://www.amazon.com/29-Gifts-Month-Giving-Change/dp/073821356X While the book is NOT Pagan-specific (or specific to any religion, really),…
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Space for Rituals
I wanted to post this topic to see if I could get any suggestions... I currently live in a house with 4 other family members, none of whom share my spiritual path. They respect my beliefs, but I feel a bit uncomfortable doing rituals out in our backyard if anyone is home (it's rare for me to have the house to myself), and…
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Icelandic Yogurt - Skyr - similar to Greek
I wanted to make people aware of another brand of yogurt out there, similar to Greek Style - it's Icelandic Yogurt that is called Skyr. The brand I've seen in the health/whole food stores around me is called Siggi's, and it's SUPER thick - moreso than typical Greek yogurt (in my opinion). I absolutely love the flavor and…
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Fat Fighters - Round 2 Fit n' Trim (Closed Group)
So this is a thread for the Round 2 Fit n' Trim Challenge - Team Fat Fighters to support each other. Since the other group already setup their own thread, I thought I'd setup one for us. Here's a list of our team members: McFatterton Evaitryst HeatherShrinking Minday Accountantboi Aprilstar Irishgal McDebbie Shamrock (List…
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miCoach Training (Free) - Info with Pictures
I love the miCoach program - have been using it a few weeks now. I decided to create a rather extensive blog post with screenshots that show what the program can do. I highly encourage people to check it out, especially if you feel like you could use help adding structure to your workouts. This goes way above/beyond a…
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Support for New or Slow Joggers/Runners
I see many people express anxiety over how slow they jog/run compared to other people. In a world where many people run in the gym next to lots of other people running, it's easy to get caught up in the game of comparing yourself to the others. Some people will wonder if they're really *running* or if they're only jogging.…
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Great low-cost weight-loss supplement
Posted this as a status message the other day, and after seeing so many diet pills / supplements / etc. threads lately, thought I'd post it to the board. My "dietary supplement" of choice to aid weight loss: water! Fine-Print: requires a healthy diet and exercise to be effective. Additional benefits you may experience:…
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The Unfortunate Separation of Weight Loss & Health
I don't get it. Time and time again I'll see people say that while something may make a difference when it comes to overall health, it doesn't matter for weight loss. I posted something on the boards about why quality of food is just as important as quantity, and someone posted back that it impacts health, but that weight…
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Article: Adult Picky Eaters Now Recognized as Having a Disor
Adult Picky Eaters Now Recognized as Having a Disorder http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20101129/sc_livescience/adultpickyeatersnowrecognizedashavingadisorder I'm definitely not a picky eater, but I found this interesting, so I thought I'd share. The first few paragraphs of the article:He's 63 years old, but Bob Krause…
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The Importance of Self-Compassion
Love the message behind this article - it very much applies to the health/weight-loss part of our lives, as well as life in general... http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20110515/sc_livescience/selfcompassionthemostimportantlifeskill A few key excerpts:Compassion is sensitivity to the suffering of self and others and a…
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Measurements/Weights 101
Many people have trouble with the serving sizes, measuring their food, etc., because so many different types of measurements are used. Here's some basic info people might find helpful... I'm not going to list ALL possible conversions, but some of the main ones, for both metric and US systems. For anything I don't cover,…
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Motivating Weekly Exercise Schedule
I've decided to make up a weekly exercise schedule at the beginning of every week to help keep me on track. It's a simple table in a word processing program, with motivating images copied & pasted to go with it. Some of the pictures are before/current pictures of me, and others are simply pictures I find encouraging. I'll…
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Spaghetti Squash Casserole - Easy & Delicious!
I LOVE spaghetti squash, and was looking for a different way to prepare it, other than as spaghetti or as a plain side dish with pepper (and sometimes a little butter). Here is a fabulous and super easy recipe for a casserole-type dish. Easy to change/customize to fit your tastes. Original Recipe from this site:…
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Carrot Pineapple Cake
So I found this recipe that says it's "Sugar-Free" Carrot Pineapple Cake, but really it's not sugar free, it's just table sugar (cane sugar/white sugar) free... big difference! :laugh: Either way, I thought it was yummy and figured I'd share. I made some adjustments/substitutions to make it a bit healthier. These are in…
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Weight Loss Products & Programs Fact Sheet
Very interesting! Thought I'd share.... Weight Loss Products and Programs by J. Anderson, L.Young, and J.Roach1 (12/08) http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/foodnut/09363.html This summarizes numerous weight-loss products and programs, and gives a pretty fair/balanced evaluation of each.
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Potatoes - Not as bad for you as you think
Potatoes have a really bad reputation. When people think of potatoes, they think of french fries, loaded mashed potatoes, chips, etc. But those foods aren't unhealthy because of the potato, they're unhealthy because of how we cook the potato and what we add to it. All by itself, potatoes are actually a fairly low-calorie,…
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35 cal pumpkin cheesecake bites
I really like these - easy to make, and very healthy. With the brands/versions I used, mine came out to 35 calories each, making 15 small cupcake sized servings (instead of the 16 servings he suggests in the recipe). I highly recommend this guy's site - it's got some good recipes and very interesting articles/blog posts.…
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Article: When the fat girl kissed sweets goodbye
Although this is posted on CNN's "Belief" blog, I think people of any faith (or non-faith) could benefit from reading this - it's a well-written, personal story (pretty short) about one woman's struggle with food and weight loss.…
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Article: Why You're not seeing fitness results so far
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/28/exercise.reboot/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1 Great article for everyone, but especially for New Year's Resolution newbies... "teaser" to the article posted below: "January is the natural reset point for people -- it's the beginning of the year. The holidays are over. It's a natural time…
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Homemade Nutella (all Natural)
So a discussion involving Nutella the other day got me thinking - I totally agree with having treats in moderation, but I'm also trying very hard to cut out ALL processed foods (as much as I can), including refined/non-natural sugars. There are so many healthy, non-processed treats out there that I don't feel deprived by…
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Be aware of ANTs! (Automatic Negative Thoughts)
I just finished "Change your Brain, Change your Body" by Dr. Daniel Amen - it was pretty interesting, and one of the most helpful, immediately-applicable things I got from the book was the concept of ANTs - Automatic Negative Thoughts. These are thoughts that almost everyone has that can sabotage our weight-loss (or almost…
