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Register for competitive run or fun run (same race)?
I am planning on running in a 4mi run on Saturday, it benefits the memorial fund of a good friend of my brother's who was killed by a sniper in Iraq, while serving in the Marine Corps. (I did not know him personally, though the cause is close enough to my heart, as my husband is a USMC vet.) The race is through a "grid"…
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Two things: Chia Seeds? Hemp Protein?
I bought some at Whole Foods. What do you put them in? Just sprinkle them on stuff? Also, I've been thinking about staying away from whey protein powder if I use it. Trader Joe's sells Hemp Protein powder. It looks like a good source of Omega-3's, but how does it taste? Anybody here try it?
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Slight bump in activity and I'm hungry - will that settle ou
I have my activity level set at lightly active. I wait tables, and I have a 6 hour shift on Thursdays, 6-7 hours on Fridays, 7-8 hours on Saturdays, and 12-13 hours on Sundays. These are all without breaks; I do not sit at all and I move around a lot typically. I would say about 1-2 days a week are spent with a lot of the…
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Eggplant Parm - can't figure out my calories!
I got eggplant parm for dinner tonight from a local Italian place (it is a pizza place with a restaurant attached) and am not sure what to put in my diary. I am thinking about breaking it down into components, since I am pretty good at eyeballing/estimating things like how many ounces/cups of cheese are used in a food, how…
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Having a "why am I bothering" moment
I am really, really discouraged today. My eating habits have improved tenfold, and I lost 2.5lbs the first week. (I am down 11lbs from HW, not from joining MFP.) 10 days later I am UP 2.5lbs. I thought it was because I weighed myself on a different scale (my friend's scale vs. my mom's) but I weighed myself at my mom's and…
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Why do I want to eat more?!
I am not good at tracking calories...when I've done it in the past, I've lost weight, but I also get myself so worked up and obsess over what I'm eating. I see that I have some calories left for the day, and I feel compelled to eat them - and I will probably go over them. But why? Does anyone else have this issue?
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Chronically ill and looking to improve my health
Hi there! I signed up for MFP a few months back but am finally using it now. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, a painful autoimmune condition, and I am looking to try to ease my symptoms through diet. I would also like to lose some weight and get back to the 165lbs I was at when I was my fittest, but I am focusing more on…
