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Very easy 5-6 ingredients or less recipes?
Not only crockpot so making a new thread! I'm a lazy cook and frankly long ingredient lists just scare me off. I love skinnytaste but the recipes just seem like way too much work (although I've tried a few). Does anyone have some very easy few ingredients recipes to share? A couple examples Chicken curry 2-3 chicken…
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Another dinner 'party'... do I go?
It's been nuts here. We have family we don't see often that's staying for a couple more days an hour away, and we've seen them a lot. They came here for Christmas dinner, we went there (and ate out twice in a day) three days ago, they had dinner here last night, and they invited us to dinner tonight again... and it's going…
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Getting back in gear after the Holidays
We unfortunately hosted this year... So there were a lot of leftovers. So I've been eating pretty much at maintenance for a week and haven't hit my macros at all. Last night I had a small piece of cake over my goal, which I definitely wouldn't have done a week ago, and I feel myself slipping. Cookies and chocolates are…
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Only one person commented on my weight loss...
Every year we go to a Christmas Eve party. This year I bought a dress and everything, and I looked good. We had family over too for Christmas... Only *one* person made a comment about my weight loss. Saying I'm bummed is a huge understatement... I went from obese to a normal weight in a year (my highest weight was just a…
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Question about new rules of lifting for women
Does it give you a workout program that you can do with dumbbells? What about stronglifts 5x5? (and where do you find that one?).
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Chinese takout... what to get?
I don't typically have Chinese food, but tonight we're probably having take out... What do you typically get? I'm not overly fond of it so whatever works... Maybe just soup?
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Number of reps when lifting?
When lifting (relatively heavy), what's the recommended amount of reps? When should you aim to fail? And how many sets? Do you just do it until you fail, then remove some weight, then try and fail again or something? How many times?
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What to do after CLX? Dumbbells exercises?
I'm half way through the third phase of CLX, I can't say I've noticed any result as I was eating at a deficit anyway, but I've lost 3.5% body fat in the last 3 months (lost 10 lbs too), so I'm pretty happy about that. I'm just not sure where to go from there. I was thinking of just sticking to the program (probably phase 2…
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How long to lose the last 12 lbs?
Just out of curiosity, how long did it take you to lose your last 12 lbs? My goal isn't impossible either, I still have plenty of fat to lose and could probably go down 17 lbs still. My TDEE is probably around 2000 (should be around 1900 at goal weight) and I'm eating 1600 a day (but I had a cheat meal last week and…
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Maintaining muscle and macros question
I'm not maintaining yet but I've had some questions in my mind... What happens to muscles once you're at maintenance if you stop doing weight training? I don't really plan to, but I'm guessing I won't be lifting weights 3 times a week forever (I much rather walk for exercise)... so I'm curious about what to expect if I…
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Working out seems like a waste of time
Ok I'm not new to this... I started in January. Now, everyone's telling me that clearly it works, because I've lost 67 lbs in 10 months now... and yes I've lost weight and a whole lot of inches... but I'm still so fat! When I started this I had 40% body fat or more, I calculated on fat2fit that without losing muscle, I'd…
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Feeling you're going to pass out if you don't eat?
Does it happen to anyone else? Feeling a weird intense nausea like you're going to throw up or pass out if you're not eating something as soon as possible. It usually doesn't come with any other sign of hunger and is pretty sudden. It happens to me a lot after I drink tea (not as much if I add sugar or milk), and it just…
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Driver's license dilemna
I got a letter to renew my drivers' license by mail. But I'm 70 lbs lighter now... and my face looked very chubby last time... What do I do? Take the easy way and mail it or go there to have the picture redone?
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What do you do wtih turkey leftovers?
We have 2/3 left of a 10 lb turkey. Short of sandwiches... Ideas?
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What to do with leftover chicken drumsticks?
We're baking a bunch tonight, and we're going to have some leftovers... Any idea of what to do with the meat? I'm not that fond of plain reheated dark meat.
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Loose skin above belly button?
Is it just me? :( I have two fat/skin pockets on my stomach. One under the belly button, which still has some fat mixed in too, and one over, which I think at this point is probably 90% skin... I can pinch the skin easily and it just hangs there in two distinctive pockets on each side when I bend forward. Yikes. Anyone…
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Cornbread recipe?
I just tried a lighter cornbread recipe today and, well, it was dry and just not good. Anyone got one that isn't a ton of calories per serving?
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Body recomp at a deficit?
I'm not getting the logic behind this. How can you recomp if you can't build muscle? It's like the 'losing inches but not weight' thing while eating a deficit. I'm not getting it... how is it possible?
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For others Avengers fans
This made my day http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/11/avengers-gag-reel
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It's that time of the month when I'm starving!
How do you deal with it? It typically lasts 4-5 days a month, before my period. I'm just so hungry. In the past months I've been able to stay under my goal but now it's a bit lower and I've gone 150-200 over twice this week already... which has pretty much never happened. And I'm still hungry. This sucks. I haven't got a…
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Another reason why it's so hard to estimate food...
Different data entries in the database... Ugh!!! I'm having salmon tonight. I unfortunately can't measure it raw, as it's a big fillet and we're all sharing it. So I have to weigh the cooked version. Entries for 4oz of baked salmon go from 150 to 240 calories. This is just nuts. Same for grilled chicken breasts. Everywhere…
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Bulking around the holidays?
I figure we're going to have guests for a few days, I will hopefully be 10 lbs from my goal by then, I could eat at maintenance and do extra workouts to try and build some muscles... Right now I'm doing ChaLean Extreme (the weight lifting part) with cardio for walks... I'll be at the third phase by then (it's heavy lifting…
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Thor the Dark World
So, anyone else seen it? Opinions? I thought the ending was fabulous, even if it raised so many questions. Not enough Loki though...
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Surprisingly high calorie filling foods?
I've had that craving for a while, so for lunch I decided to order a pizza and that pizza cookie from Papa John (kids didn't have school and I didn't feel like figuring out lunch). I had two pieces of pizza and one piece of cookie (delicious, by the way). Almost 800 calories later, and after a pretty high calorie breakfast…
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No period = no weight loss?
So that's how I work, for 6 months now I get my period, then lose 3-4 lbs in a week, then nothing until the next period. But this month I didn't get a period... as a result I haven't really lost anything, maybe 1 lb, and my weight has pretty much fluctuated up and down a couple lbs the whole time. Has it happened to anyone…
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So I got some refrigerated pie crust...
What do I make with it? Made a delicious quiche yesterday... Ideas? (under 300 calories a serving please!).
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Frying pan nightmare
Oh man. I'm getting so frustrated. I had some old pans that hadn't cost a ton two years ago, the non stick layer was pretty much gone and couldn't even cook eggs without them sticking, so I decided to buy a new pan. First one was a nice titanium pan from Denmark, wasn't cheap, second time on the stove it took fire.…
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Blender recommendation?
I have a small Hamilton beach blender that I bought last year for shakes, and it's just not that great, there's always unblended ice leftover at the bottom, even if I let it run for a minute etc. Any recommendation? I don't want to spend the money for a vitamix, I don't need something huge either, but something that blends…
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Weighing food when you have guests...
Anyone else feeling extremely self-conscious when you have guests? Put food on plate, sneak in the kitchen to weigh it... What a pain. Do you do it? And with Halloween two days ago it's definitely not one of those 'whatever if I go over' days...
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Peanut butter cup Quest bars?
Has anyone tried them yet? I'm tempted, but 240 calories is quite a bit...
