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Give Up? I Don't Think So!
We have a GiGi's cupcakes nearby, and my family are always BEGGING to go. GiGi's doesn't publish nutrition information, but if you look at their cupcakes, it's a regular-size cupcake with about 1/2 c frosting piled on top. Estimating the calories based on Betty Crocker cake mix and frosting, that's 270 cal for the cupcake…
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EA Sports Active 2
I bought EA Sports Active 2 to use with my Wii, and it came with a HRM (that only works with the program) and a motion sensor to wear on my leg. My daughter and I both did the 3-week cardio kickstart, and liked it, but I went to start the 9-week program, and my motion sensor seems to have gone kaput. I put fresh batteries…
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Traffic Ticket Inspires Weight Loss
This woman in South Carolina was ticketed for not wearing a seat belt -- but she couldn't wear it because she was over 400 pounds. The ticket inspired her to lose 200 pounds, and she's still working on it. Yes, Greg Proops is annoying but I enjoyed her success story.…
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Healthy + Convenient
Sometimes you just need healthy and lo-cal to be EASY, right? I know I do. So I was excited to find these GoPicnic meals to replace my Lean Cuisines and impossibly-high-sodium Progresso soups: http://www.gopicnic.com/ They're shelf-stable meals that include some kind of crackers, a protein source (like sunflower butter),…
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Working on Sugar
I've been working on getting my family's sugar intake under control. It's a real challenge. I'd love to hear your comments on that subject, either here or at my blog post on the subject: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jenbusick/view/sugar-sugar-254930
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Man Loses Weight, Gets Dream Job
I just thought this was a cool story, about a guy who at 49 years old, lost 40 pounds and became a firefighter in San Francisco. http://news.yahoo.com/video/vitality-19224193/firefighting-at-50-28914279.html It was pretty inspiring to me :happy:
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Shoulder Advice?
My younger daughter, who is almost 9, is disabled. As a result, I have to lift her more than you would have to lift an ordinary kid her age. She's small for her age -- only about 65 pounds -- but my shoulders get so, so sore from helping her up and down and into and out of things. I'm pretty good about protecting my back…
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"Cool" Fitness Aid
I thought this was interesting -- especially the part where it said performance athletes have known this for a while. When they put cooling gloves on people who were trying to lose weight, they were able to work out longer and lose more weight than people who didn't chill their hands while they worked out. The theory is…
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Two Articles
Researchers are finally starting to account for the "plateau effect" and what really happens when we try to lose weight: http://news.yahoo.com/total-rethink-needed-dieting-scientists-030545530.html The simulator is interesting. It's here: http://bwsimulator.niddk.nih.gov/ I'm not sure I trust 'em. I would be shocked if I…
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Rethinking Dieting
Researchers are finally starting to account for the "plateau effect" and what really happens when we try to lose weight: http://news.yahoo.com/total-rethink-needed-dieting-scientists-030545530.html The simulator is interesting. It's here: http://bwsimulator.niddk.nih.gov/ I'm not sure I trust 'em. I would be shocked if I…
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She Lost 135lb to Save Two Lives
I thought this was a great story -- a sister lost 135 pounds so that she could donate a kidney to her brother. “In an interesting way, this has worked out so that two lives will have been saved,” Snyderman said. “A kidney life and a life that might have been shortened from obesity. So it’s really an extraordinary sort of…
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Article on Willpower
This article from the NYT Magazine was fascinating -- it's on willpower, and on page 5 particularly discusses the relationship between glucose, willpower, and dieting -- and why that connection makes losing weight especially difficult.…
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The World Will Flock to the Door...
Or anyway, *I* will flock to the door of the restaurant that comes up with something to put on its lo-cal menu besides unadorned chicken, tilapia, and six-ounce sirloins served with broccoli. I want some genius restauranteur to come up with an under-600-calorie plate of nachos. Or an under-600-calorie burger with onion…
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Feeling Full
I've read, over and over again, that I should eat slowly, so that I will "feel full" when I am full, and not continue eating. Or that I should eat protein and fiber, because these help a person to "feel full." My daughters will push a plate away with food still on it, because they "feel full." And I would always think, "I…
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Fancy cheese question
OK, "cheese" for me is typically the pre-sliced, sandwich-ready stuff from Sargento and Kraft, yanno? But yesterday I bought some fancy cheese -- the stuff that comes not-yet-sliced, with the rind still on it (Kaltbach raw-milk gruyere, actually...man that's tasty stuff! It's in the database, too, just in case anybody's…
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"Diet" Foods Non-Dieters Will Eat
Since I've started MFP, I have (of course) changed how I eat. But changing how my family eats is a whole 'nother jar of pickles. Anything that smacks of "diet" food, they want nothing to do with. I have found some exceptions, though. I'd love to know what "diet" foods turned out to be hits with the non-"dieters" at other…
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Living At McDonald's
The Ronald McDonald House, actually. A bunch of folks offered suggestions for keeping up with the diet/exercise before I came, and now that I am here and have more information, I thought I would offer an update -- especially for anyone else who might have to do this sometime! First of all, the food is really problematic.…
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I have to go LIVE at Ronald McDonald's House!
Starting this coming Sunday, I am going with my 7yo to another city, where she will be undergoing specialized therapy for three weeks. Because this is a medical trip, we're going to be staying at the Ronald McDonald house. I have lost 18 pounds. Two pants sizes! I don't want to undo my progress. But I'll be away from my…
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Need Snack Suggestions
I need ideas for high-protein, low-sugar, readily portable, kid-friendly snacks that don't need refrigeration. Right now I have on my possibilities list raisins, bananas, and nuts. I could really use more.
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Tenting on the Old Campground
I have a t-shirt that is 16 years old (favorite team championship shirt, so it has a date printed right on it). It has always been kind of "tight." When I pull it down over my midsection, it gets snug and if I pull it down past my hips, it fits like sausage casing. A couple of nights ago I put that shirt on to work out in,…
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Ankle Weights and Running
I bought some ankle weights to wear while I do cardio with my Wii Fit -- step aerobics, running, rhythm boxing, etc. But when I opened the weights, there's a warning in large print on the poster that comes with them that says the weights are not to be worn for walking or running, ONLY for lower body toning exercises. ? Why…
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It's Gotta Be Worth Something
I need to get a heart rate monitor so that I can accurately log the calories I burn arguing with my 10-year-old over whether she really does have to do her math homework. Herself. Without me standing over her saying "Okay, now, what is the least common denominator for 1/2 and 2/3?" Srsly.
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Disaster Averted!
Today, because I was on the road, I knew I would be eating out twice. And I knew I would have a taco salad for lunch at a favorite Mexican restaurant, so I was able to plan ahead. What I didn't know was what supper would be. My spouse and kid voted for a local barbecue place, and I thought that would be okay -- I can order…
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Pan-Fried in Oil?
If I have a recipe that is pan-fried in shallow canola oil, how many calories does that add?
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"Clean" Food?
I see a lot of people say things like "I only eat clean foods now" or "I eat 80% clean foods now." I'd love to see some discussion of what "clean" foods means, and what's considered "processed" or "prepackaged." I wonder about this a lot when I cook. Frex, today for lunch I made chili -- I made it with organic beef and…
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Srsly?
OK, NOW I understand why people ask if they have to eat all of their exercise calories. Normally, I work out with my Wii Fit and use its calorie counts, and that has worked well for me -- my weight loss has been hitting right on target, and when I go over net calories, I gain just like you'd expect. Today, though, I worked…
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Eat More to Lose More? Eeek!
I joined MFP this month, because I have been losing the same seven pounds over and over for two years. I could not get below that -7 mark, and needed to try something new. The first week I was on MFP, I set my weight loss goal at 2 lb/week, which gave me a calorie goal of 1200. And I lost 6 of my 7 perpetual pounds, easily…
