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Avocado Recipes?
I have two ripe avocados in the house that I'll be eating over the next few days. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can eat them with? I'm sort of scared of their calorie content so if anyone has a recipe of up to 400 calories, that'd be ideal! I've got all sorts in the cupboard, so throw stuff at me :)
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Getting back into exercise?
For the past few weeks, I've been trying to get back into going to the gym, but it's just not working. I can't make myself get up. I hula hoop and do cardio in my house and sometimes go for walks, but anything other than that is just a no-go - it's like there's a mental block. I used to be able to spend 2-3 hours running…
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How quickly does one lose muscle mass?
I have lost a lot of weight relatively quickly for my size (gone from 137 to less than 130 in three weeks with no exercise) due to my illness and I'm sure that not all of this can be fat (although my measurements ARE going down steadily). I am not dehydrated whatsoever, so I know that it's not primarily water weight I've…
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All or Nothing
Okay, so I can only go by the extremes, it seems. I have been trying to up my calories from an average of 500-900 for quite a while now. But every time I try, I binge. Then I panic because I gain weight (real weight, not just food) and I go back to the beginning again. If I was trying to maintain, I think it'd be fine, but…
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Time taken from digestion to use by body?
Bit of a strange question: I'll try and phrase it in a way that makes sense. If I eat something sugary such as a piece of cake that has icing, how long would it be before that sugar was being processed and used by my body? So if I wanted to go for a run, how long would I need to wait before I was being fueled by said cake?…
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Help me with my breakfast?
Hello! I'm trying to work out a way to get more calories (maybe 100 more) in my breakfast without eating many more carbs, as I already have a lot of those. I was just going to have a slice of toast, but again... The only thing I can think of is an egg, which doesn't really suit what I ate :P Any suggestions?
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How much fibre do I need?
Recently, I've not been too good with my diet (I'm working on it, no fear). One thing I wondered though is that it's recommended to have at LEAST 18g of fibre in the UK, but I have around 7-14, depending on the day. However, this is because I'm on a diet and don't eat a lot of my usual foods at the moment. Does the amount…
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NSV - My back!
I'm soso pleased about this picture - I don't even do anything specific for my back and shoulders: just pushups every now and again and chin ups. And my waist is currently 26", which is also great :D I think I might be stopping at 55kgs instead of going much further (I'm currently 60.4kgs). (Excuse my hair - I just woke up…
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Slow and Steady?
I just looked at my total weightloss since Christmas when I first actively started trying to lose weight again. I've gone from ~143.5kgs to 135.8kgs, so 7.5lbs. It's been 12 weeks since then, so I've lost around 0.6lbs every week. Is that an okay rate? Weight doesn't really stay off me very easily (not to mention my…
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Just ran a half marathon...
And it was really easy! I felt like I definitely could have kept going for longer, but it was getting late so I came back in again. It took me 2hrs 20mins, which I think is pretty okay considering I've never run more than 4.5miles consecutively before :D Does anyone have tips or a link to improving past this point?…
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Portions of vegetables?
Okay, so I'm trying to rule my plate more by what looks right for the size of the plate, not just how much it weighs. However, I'm running into a few problems with this. For example, 80g of peas (one portion) has only 54 calories and looks such a pathetic amount on the plate. For me, a portion would be 200g or so (peas are…
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Let this time be the last!
I've pretty much been on a diet for more than half my life, and considering I'm only 18, that's preeeetty sad. So, I'm hoping to get myself in gear this year and make myself as happy as I want to be - after all, you're the only one that can change your own life :) I love TV and the internet, much to my detriment, but I…
