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Agave Nectar and Coffee
I recently switched from artificial sweeteners in my coffee to Agave Nectar, it tastes great. However, since starting this my weight loss seems to have really slowed down to a crawl. Anyone else had a similar experience? I try not to drink more than 2 coffees a day and I use 1 tsp of Agave Nectar per coffee. I am working…
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Emotional aspect
Last year I lost close to 60lbs, was determined to lose even more. I did some traveling and fell off the wagon big time. Since then I've gained almost all of that 60lbs back. I remember telling anyone that would listen that I'd never be over weight again. But here I am, almost back where I started. BP is on the rise, Apnea…
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Abs diet
Yesterday when online I stumbled onto the book the Abs Diet, it was written in the early 2000s. I started reading the reviews and subsequently bought the book (not read it yet). Has anyone tried it? It sounds really good. Thanks Mike aka memro Add me to your friends
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Question about fat calories
Hi all, yesterday I cooked up some uncured nitrate free bacon. 70 cals for 2 slices. Naturally I did not add any oil. Once the bacon was cooked there was a ton of oil in the pan from the rendering of the bacon. With that in mind, does the above 70 cals include the fat or not? Also, I then cooked 2 eggs in this bacon fat,…
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Bread
Morning all. I'm looking for a really healthy (no high fructose corn syrup) and tasty bread to replace the bread I'm using (Ezekiel). Ideally it will be multigrain and be relatively high in fiber. I'm not worried about carbs. However, it must be 80 cals or less per slice. Any suggestions? Please, if toasts up like…
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What changed?!
I did great last year losing weight, lost 60lbs from Feb till Sept. Then I started to stumble a bit. But overall stayed within a 5-10 range from Sept till Nov, which I was OK with. Then xmas quickly approached and I knew I was going to spend xmas alone for the first time. The stress of it got to me so much I did the…
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Fasting - is it good for you?
You know I've tried many things to lose weight but fasting isn't one of them. I understand there is good and bad to this type of process but wonder if the good out weighs (pun intended) the bad. I've done a good job losing for several months now but struggled the last two, mostly because I've allowed sugar back into my…
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Work out time, how to change it.. can you help?
Hello everyone, I have a simple question but the answer seems to escape me. How do I change my routine so I work out early in the morning? I've tried getting up early and then I get distracted. I've tried working out before even drinking my first coffee and then feel sick to my stomach as I've not eaten or drank anything.…
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Insanity vs P90X
Not sure if this has been discussed before, but would like to get opinions of people that have tried both. Which do you prefer? Why? and which do you feel gave best results? I need to step up my work outs because my weight loss has slowed a lot this past 6 weeks. Thanks Mike aka memro (go ahead, friend me!)
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4 Hour Body
Hello All, been on here since Feb and until the last month or so I've been losing weight regularly. I have stalled a little lately and I believe I know the reasons why (not enough cardio, too much resistance, not enough water and too much dairy - but still losing inches). Anyway, I decided I need to change thing up a bit…
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Bullet
Not sure if this is the right forum for this, but I have a Magic Bullet Smoothie maker and it's great. Make at least 1 smoothie a day with it. But it's not lasting very well. It's my second one and likely will need to be replaced in the next few months. I love the convenience of making a single drink at a time. Can anyone…
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Best gadget
Just bought a bicycle and was looking for an onboard computer and came across the Garmin Edge 305 and almost bought it. Tonight I noticed the Garmin Forerunner 305 which is more of a watch that does all the same things but can easily clip to a bike for riding, wrist for running and there's even a shoe holder for in the gym…
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This looks really good
has anyone tried this or similar? http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/double-broccoli-quinoa-recipe.html Mike
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Oranges
Recently I've been eating Tangelo's from my local store and they are great, I think they are a hybrid Orange/Tangerine, big like an Orange, sweet and seedless like a Tangerine. However, they are all done now. Can anyone shed any light on a similar option for me for various times throughout the year? Worst case, which…
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Calories - should you (I) increase them?
There is a lot of talk online about eating to few calories and putting the body in starvation mode. However, when you've been losing weight at a reasonable weight for a while, it's hard to get my head around increasing them. So why am I thinking of increasing you might ask? Well I've been working out with intensity about…
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Time to say hello
Good afternoon MFP'ers, I want to have a sense that I'd actually use this site before introducing myself. I have to say this site is much easier to use than I thought and has been a great tool so far. Far better than I had expected it to be. Having the app on the phone is a life saver when on the road. Not really sure what…
