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Website issue: Unable to edit nutritional information
In the past, when I came across food entries that had incorrect nutritional information, I was able to click "No" to the question "Is this data accurate?" and then a message would pop up "'To correct the information for this food, click here:" with an "Edit" button. However, now, when I click the "Edit" button, I get a 404…
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If we share the same love of quirky tv shows, then maybe we share a sense of humor. Wanna be pals?
This is probably a lame basis for MFP friendship, but then again, who knows? Some favorites: Red Dwarf Wonderfalls The IT Crowd Pushing Daisies Flight of the Conchords Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (I know, I know, this wasn't on tv. But it was quirky!) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt BrainDead Anyone else out there who shares…
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Today is my 4 year anniversary of using MFP. Any other long timers who'd like to add a long timer?
I'm thankful that I found MFP when I did. It made tracking what I ate so much easier. Now, four years later, I'm still at it. My weight has been up, down and sideways since I started. I haven't made it to the promised land yet, but I keep plugging away, haha. If you've been around the block and want another long-timer…
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Oh, the bitter loneliness of being an Instinct in a sea of Mystics and Valors. Woe is me.
Yes, I am a grown woman who should have better things to do with my life. My kids downloaded the game onto my phone as a diversion for me while I was recovering from a minor surgery. There happens to be a Pokestop so close to our house that I could collect items from the comfort of my living room couch while propped on…
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Please help me cook my Whole Oat Groats the way I like them: chewy not mushy.
Behold the oatmeal continuum: powdery instant oatmeal--->old fashioned rolled oats--->steel cut oats--->whole oat groats I bought some whole oat groats and have been cooking them according to the package directions (or so I thought): 3 cups water & 1/4 tsp salt to one cup whole oat groats, bring to a boil, reduce heat and…
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Are there commercially available phone apps or activity trackers that quantify time spent sitting?
I know that there are accelerometers/inclinometers used in research that can identify the number of hours subjects spend sleeping vs. sitting vs. standing vs. moving. Do any of the commercially available activity trackers (Fitbit, Vivofit, etc.) or phone apps give you a total count of how many hours you spend sitting? I've…
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Do it! Just do it! Don't let your dreams be dreams! Yesterday, you said tomorrow. So just do it!
Oh Shia. You never cease to entertain. https://youtu.be/os6U77Hhm_s
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Hey girl, let's stop being couch potatoes...together.
I've been on MFP for going on a thousand days, but I've been going through an inactivity phase lately and I've not been very consistent about sticking to my calorie goals. I need to get back into groove. Maybe you do, too? Hey girl, let's stop being couch potatoes...together.
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Swim to gym wear?
Just curious if women have tried out Tryad swim/gym wear (used to be Nayad). I've had the site bookmarked forever, but have been hesitant to bite the bullet because it seems expensive and it's not easily returnable. If you haven't tried this particular brand, can you recommend some other swim-to-gym-type brands that you've…
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Cool idea! Citrus fish packets in the slow cooker.
I have done fish packets in the oven before, but I have never thought of doing it with the slow cooker. What a neat idea! Link: http://www.slowcookeradventures.com/2011/06/citrus-white-fish.html
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The Mystery of "If every day were like today... You'd weigh X pounds in 5 weeks" revealed.
I'm sure that someone has posted about this previously (probably many times), but it seems that people continue to be flummoxed and befuddled by the message that appears after they complete their food diaries. So at the risk of redundancy, here is the calculation: Go to your goals page and find your "Calories Burned From…
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Bad Horse and Dr. Horrible have rejected my application...
to the Evil League of Evil. What's more, my diabolical plan to miniaturize the world's cattle population, while initially successful, has gone terribly wrong. Now it is I who is shrinking! To top it off, some of the desperados I count among my cursed cadre of compadres have ceased apprising me of their evil doings. I need…
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Fried sweet potato is not bread.
No. Just, no: http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/sweet-potato-turkey-sandwich/ If you want a sandwich, have a sandwich and work it into your diet accordingly. How does frying sweet potato in olive oil constitute a substitute for bread in a sandwich? I love sweet potato. But give me a break.
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Found a cool website: Food Volume to Weight Conversions
I am entering a recipe into my MFP recipe file to see the "damage" before I actually begin making the recipe. (Sometimes, after reviewing the recipe "on paper" I decide to make changes or sometimes ditch a recipe altogether in favor of another.) Anyway, I like to enter my recipes using weight measurements vs. volumetric…
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Human Bookshelf
I was just doing planks and was reminded of the music video for Valley Lodge's song "All of My Loving", which I saw for the first time only recently. This is a fairly old song and old music video and people may have already seen it, but it was new to me. I just wondered if anyone else here had seen it and was impressed…
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Hacker's Diet Anyone?
Is anyone else using an “exponentially smoothed moving average with 10% smoothing” trend line to track their weight loss a la John Walker's Hacker's Diet? I have found the use of the trend line extremely helpful in tracking my weight, as well as for monitoring my average saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium intake. I…
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QUESTION for folks using http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/
I have a question about this calculator: http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/ (Note: For the record, I am neither a proponent nor opponent of intermittent fasting. I do not use intermittent fasting, nor do I have any intention of using it. I have not researched the topic, but, at first glance, it appears to be applicable to…
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Question to lifters about bodyweight ATG squats
Before we start, no, I don't even lift, bro. I am fumbling my way through a calisthenics routine. For full bodyweight ATG squats, I have my feet planted slightly wider than shoulder width and toes pointed slightly outward, maybe 45 degrees. As I drop, I make sure that my knees are tracking in line with my toes. The mantra…
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Riddle: If your foodlog was JerryMaguire, what would it say?
"Show me the money?" Noooo, silly! "You complete me." I've had MFPals come and MFPpals go, but one thing that I have noticed is that the folks that complete their diaries every day (whether or not their diaries are open or closed to their pals) seem to stick around the longest. This isn't fool proof. I do have some…
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Holy data analysis, Batman! I think I detect a pattern here!
Any data driven folks out there who want to add me to your pal pool? Please do! I am not a professional number cruncher, but I play one TV. Hey, I even got an A in statistics! (I've forgotten everything, except that I like to see numerical data displayed visually.) I am struck by the fact that weight loss does indeed just…
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Come back, Pisscat!
I wasn't there when you needed me and you disappeared when I wasn't looking. I'm sorry. I miss you, pal.
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How is knowing my VO2 max helpful?
I'm still trying to wrap my head around some things that I have read this morning. I have not had enough coffee yet. Can someone explain in layman's terms how to translate back and forth between estimated VO2 max and actual heart rate at a given point in the midst of exercise? I am trying to understand excess post-exercise…
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Stupid Question Time Re: VO2max
I was reading an article that referenced VO2max and I'm just trying to translate it in my head in order to help myself understand the ideas being presented. So, I found the following web page with a VO2max calculator that does not require any physical exertion. (I know that this isn't going to be the most accurate thing in…
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Men: Need another reason to lower your saturated fat intake?
Here's an interesting study: High dietary intake of saturated fat is associated with reduced semen quality among 701 young Danish men from the general population "Conclusions: Our findings are of potentially great public interest, because changes in diet over the past decades may be part of the explanation for the recently…
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I'll have a half double decaffeinated half-caf...
...with a twist of lemon. Sometimes I have to chuckle at the very specific introductions that I read in this forum. (I have been guilty of specificity in my own introductions, so I'm not casting stones.) In any case, young or old, fit or unfit, befuddled about the weight loss process, or experienced "loser", city mouse or…
