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New Quest Bars and Blood Sugar
Thanks again to garber6th for pointing out the change in formula for Quest bars. One of the issues that always came up with the old formula was the sugar spike that diabetics and some others would see after eating these, so I thought I would test the old and new formulas to see if there was a difference. I did a short…
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1,000 Days of Tracking
I just reached my 1,000th day on MFP. I have weighed all my portions, and tracked every bite. I have been maintaining my weight very steady for almost 2 years. I have no doubt I would be eating a lot more and gaining if it wasn't for this fantastic resource. It really has kept me on track.
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1,000 Days
Today I hit my 1,000th consecutive day of logging every bit of food on MFP. A lot of people IRL refuse to weigh and log their portions -- they say it's too much trouble. But it really does become second nature after a while, and it's no trouble at all. This is an amazing resource. I don't know what I'd do without it.
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I'm Normal
I reached a couple of goals in this week's weigh-in. I hit Onderland, 199 pounds, which at 6"3" also put me into the "normal" BMI range, at 24.9. I don't think I've been this weight since my sophomore year of High School, some 35 years ago. I've already gone past my surgeon's goal of 250, and my own goal of 225, so…
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Suggestions for strengthening knees
I am looking for suggestions for any and all exercises to help strengthen my knees, looking down the road about a year from now to having both knees replaced. I was told five years ago I needed two new knees, and then likely hips, but I needed to lose weight first. Well, the weight is now gone. My orthopaedic surgeon has…
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Weights with odd size hole
I hope someone can help. I inherited a bunch of weight plates, about a half dozen each of ten and twenty-five pounders, but the hole sizes are not standard, about 1-1/4 inches, or halfway between standard dumbbell and barbell sizes. I've scoured the internet without any luck to see if I can find an adapter to use these…
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Is gaining strength the same as adding muscle?
I don't know if this is a dumb question or not. I was at a caloric deficit for a long time with a lot of weight to lose, and did a lot of cardio, with lifting to preserve as much muscle mass as I could. I did lose some muscle though, no question. Since I've rwached my weight goal, for the last month I have shifted into…
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Weight loss "curve"
For those who have been post-surgery for more than a few months, I have been wondering about your rate of loss. Mine has been very consistent, but I realize that will only last for so long. At what point did your loss start to slow down? Did you go from losing a steady amount of weight between weigh-ins to a new, but…
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Do you log calories for vitamins and calcium?
I have been adding 100 calories a day for vitamins, calcium, etc. I just figured if they had calories in them, I should count them toward my daily allowance. But I'm getting curious about how others log supplements. Do you count those calories?
