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If I eat breakfast, I get hungry
Hey everyone, just a quick question I've noticed. If i eat breakfast in the morning, I'm hungry ALL morning til lunch! And after lunch I want to snack all day. This is whether or not I eat something light like an apple, or something heavy like eggs. But if I don't eat breakfast and just have coffee with a bit of milk, I…
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My face gets BRIGHT red when working out. Help!
So much so that I can see other gym goers sneaking peaks...of concern or disdain, I don't know. Though I try to exercise pretty hard and am starting a running program, I'm not gasping for air or about to keel over. But my face makes it look like I am. I'm fair skinned and a redhead who blushes easily. Is this ok? Or am I…
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count calories while sick?
So I'm coming off food poisoning from mid-last week, and can't keep much down still. I know this might be a dumb question, but should I still be logging? I'm getting ZERO physical activity in and it's pretty easy for a couple meals to add up to a lot of calories so I'd kind of like to see where I'm at, but it also seems…
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what to dip in soup besides bread?
Okay so I'm obsessed with dipping bread in soup...sourdough preferably. But I'm trying to eat less bread since I eat wayy too many carbs. Has anyone come up with any alternatives? Silly question I know!
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Kind of want to eat meat again but not sure how
I've been a vegetarian for 12 years. Recently, I've been considering eating meat again (with the caveat that I will only eat it from small, local, sustainable farms near me.) I need the protein and vitamins to fill me up, I'm ALWAYS hungry unless I eat like, 5 eggs, which I can't really do every day. And I want to cut down…
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question about sugars in milk
So I always read that fat free or low fat milk has more sugar than full fat because they add it to compensate for the taste? Or something like that? So I checked all the milks at my work fridge and this is what I found (based on Lucerne milk, Safeway brand.) Sugar grams (per cup) Fat Free: 12 grams 1 percent: 15 grams 2…
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20-something with a little to lose?
Hey so I only want to lose 10-15 lbs, but my body fat is ridiculous since I barely work out. So my goal is mainly getting in shape. Which is really hard for me, I'd always rather read a book than workout. I joined this a while ago but haven't really used it until the last couple weeks. Anyone in a similar situation? Please…
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Office treats :(
So I work in a bullpen (a big square cube where four of us work, one at each corner, plus one extra girl in between. I love my coworkers, BUT one of the girls is constantly bringing in treats. She's probably 100 lbs and 5 ft tall and doesn't eat anything she brings in. Worse yet, she leaves them literally right next to me…
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DELICIOUS raw vegan chocolate cheesecake
Made this last night but added 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder instead of raspberries. Wonderful either way but the powder makes it super decadent-tasting and good for winter. Enjoy! http://mynewroots.blogspot.com/2011/01/raw-cashew-dreamcake.html
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sugar making me sick?
So I've been calorie counting a bit, but mostly focusing on exercise to lose weight ( I don't have that much to lose.) So I haven't been eating much differently than normal. But over the last few weeks, every time I've had sugar, I get REALLY sick. Like headachey and nauseous and weak for hours. Doesn't take much either,…
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undertrained for a half marathon- help!
So I'm running a half marathon a week from Sunday (GULP) and I just haven't trained enough. My long runs have topped out at 9 miles (and that was only once) and I've only run about 3 times a week, my short weekday runs being all under 5 miles. I'm kind of freaking out about completing the half, but I paid A LOT to do it, I…
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Delicious! Raw Cashew Dreamcake
My friend recently made this for me and it was delicious! It's vegan if you sub the honey for agave nectar. Great, healthy dessert full of dates, nuts, honey and coconut oil, and easy to make! Not particularly low cal however, but full of whole foods. Thought some people on here might enjoy it.…
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20-somethings with just a little to lose?
Hi there! I'm 24 and need to lose about 10-15 pounds, and TONE UP. I'd love to have some friends in similar situations to support each other! My biggest hurdle is exercising and eating out of boredom/stress at work. Feel free to add me even if this doesn't describe you, would love to make some new myfitnesspal friends!
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Logged most of last year then stopped..and guess what happen
Hi! So I joined myfitnesspal about a year ago with about 10-15 lbs to lose, and lost maybe 8? I also got into running, lifting, eating heatlhy and the like. Then I switched jobs and moved out of my favorite city in the world to a totally boring one. Then my boyfriend's father became very sick and we started dealing with…
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Running on treadmill-how far will I run outside?
So after three weeks of training, I can currently can run a bit over a mile on a treadmill at 1 % incline at 5.5 mph. Then I'll walk at 3.7 or so for a few minutes, then run another half mile, then break, then one more. Any ideas how long I can run outside for? A friend wants me to do Bay to Breakers (a crazy, awesome race…
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Vegetarian thinking about eating meat again-help!
I've been a vegetarian since I was 13, I'm now 23. Quite honestly, I don't even really view meat as food anymore. That includes all meat, fish, and gelatin. I do eat eggs and dairy. However...I was recently diagnosed with high cholestoral and a slow thyroid. Plus, I have a really difficult time meeting my protein goals. I…
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Is sugar toxic? Long, but interesting article.
Sorry if this was already posted, but really interesting article about how horrible sugar is for you. By Gary Taubes for New York Magazine. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.html
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coconut oil: a health food?
I think it is...I stir fry with it, bake with it, and use it as a moisturizer on my face! I adore it. And now the New York Times is beginning to agree: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/dining/02Appe.html
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Too much water?
Okay I'm not talking about liters or gallons per hour, obviously that can kill you. But is having like, 10-15 large (like 12 ounce) glasses of water a day too much? I just LOVE water...I sip it all day at work and all evening at home. Nothing is added to it and the only other liquids I'll have is a cup of coffee or tea…
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Why is it so hard to lose weight? -Excellent article
http://www.alternet.org/story/149628/why_is_it_so_hard_to_lose_weight/?page=1 Worth a read. It can be done...but here's why it's so hard.
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My first real test coming up...the weekend!
Been doing great this first week (started on Monday) but am terrified about the weekend. My friends and boyfriend are all drinkers and diners out Friday-Sunday, and while I'm not a huge drinker, lets be honest, hitting the bars is a little more fun after a couple drinks. And I don't want to be miserably picking through a…
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Is this enough?
I HATE working out. HATE. (Except swimming, I adore that, but due to my current situation in life I can't really get to a pool.) I hardcore power walk 2 miles 5 days a week, probably at about 4-4.5 miles an hour, which for a shorty like me is fast. I also strength train 2-3 times a week at the gym for 30-45 minutes, and…
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New and already my willpower is fading
So today is the first day of the rest of my life, yadda yadda yadda, right? Had a up and down weekend, and with the news that my mother, only 35 years older than me, has managed to fit into her skinny jeans after using myfitnesspal, I resolved to take it up again, after a weeklong failure on the site. So I walk into my…
