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Carb loading for endurance sports
I am starting a 5 day 80 mile high altitude backpacking trip tomorrow. My priority with nutrition on this trip is to stay as physically strong as possible. I'd like to carb load today. I can't rest because I run / hike 4-5 hours a day for work. Will eating at maintenance fully resupply my glycogen or how much over…
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I need a stiff kick in the...
So I really love working out, but I have always been an up at 5 am, to the gym for the 6:30. For my current job, I start at 7, so morning seasons are out. But I find it so hard to find the will to go to the gym after work. First, I am legitimately tired, I've already run for at least an hour and hiked for 3 over the course…
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Weight loss for athletes?
What strategies are their for maintaining athletic performance while cutting calories? I like to train hard twice a day: boxing for 60-90 minutes, and running, cycling, climbing, at a slow to moderate pace for an hour or more per day. I also have a fairly active job. When I try to restrict my calories down from 2500…
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Coconut flour tamale quickie
2 tbsp. coconut flour 1 tbsp. flax meal (optional) pinch of salt water 1 oz cheddar cheese I <3 tamales. My tummy can't deal with corn. Coconut flour is reasonably close! Throw some hot sauce on it, and I'm totally set. Not as good as if you tried to steam the thing... but hey, it's a quickie. Mix flax meal and coconut…
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Low Cal Paleo Bread?
Anyone have a low cal paleo bread recipe? I just did one with flax meal, and it was yummy, but the recipe didn't actually make a loaf, it made two sandwich size pieces. I'm trying to duplicate the paleo bread that I found at whole foods. It's a loaf, and it's 40 cals per slice. It's made with coconut flower and egg whites.…
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Bad idea?
So I've been sick with a bad cold for almost 2 weeks with no sign of improvement. I've been running a fever off and on with headaches, weakness, and fatigue. I have a 240 mile backpacking trip scheduled to start next Friday. I will be doing about 20 miles per day with a pack. Should I cancel? Should I wait till Monday? Or…
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Has Anyone Tried the Candida Diet?
I have been suffering with fatigue, IBS, skin rashes and recurrent yeast infections for YEARS! I'm willing to try anything. My diet has become very restrictive as it is. There are a few DOZEN foods I can eat without digestive issues. I was reading about candida, and now I'm wondering if a Candida Diet might help me. It…
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Neverending pattern up 5 lbs down 5 lbs...
So, I'm seeing a pretty clear pattern: Weight 07/10/13 135 lbs Weight 07/01/13 133 lbs Weight 06/20/13 130.4 lbs Weight 06/13/13 131 lbs Weight 06/06/13 129.6 lbs Weight 06/02/13 132 lbs Weight 05/17/13 135 lbs Is this just the normal 5 lb fluctuation from my menstrual cycle or am I losing then gaining body mass? (It's TOM…
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Stop Binging by Stopping Restricting?
I've been in a constant cycle of lose 5 lbs gain 5 lbs for the past 8 months. This coupled with rapidly worsening treatment resistant depression and anxiety and the onset of binge eating (never a problem before). So I went to OA for help with the binge eating, and it help, well sort of, because "abstinence" created whole…
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Sorghum? Trigger or not?
Hi. I just found a cereal I thought I could eat. I have a ton of triggers AND I've cut refined sugar out of my diet. I found a non-wheat, non-corn, non-oat cereal with no refined sugar. Then I realized it's main ingredient is Sorghum. I don't have any experience with this grain, so I'm just wondering if anyone has…
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lower cal marzipan sub
I was trying to make some kind of griddle cake, when I tasted the batter I was making, and thought it was marzipan for a second. Awesomeness. INGREDIENTS 2 tb quinoa flour 1 tb coconut flour Almond extract and sweetener to taste DIRECTIONS 1) Mix dry ingredients 2) Add almond extract plus water until you get the right…
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Help! Save my legs!
I accidentally just ran 18 miles (that's triple my normal distance and I'm not really a regular runner anymore), and I already FEEL IT in my legs. I've never run my legs out like this. What can I do to salvage them? Ice? Ibuprofen? I have seriously messed up my legs before. I once suffered a 3 month period where I could…
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Getting low blood sugar with moderate carb intake?
I cut refined sugar from my diet about 2-3 weeks ago. My stomach can't tolerate most carbs, and refined sugar was probably making up 50% or more of my carb intake. The first week I felt like crap, so I've tried to up my carbs to at least 100. Now I'm getting bouts of low blood sugar type symptoms. (rapid onset of:…
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Toss or test?
I found this crazy awesome recipe by Chocolate Covered Katie that actually fit all my diet restrictions, and I have a lot (no flour, no sugar, no IBS triggers). Problem is, it's a little too delicious. I just made it, and I immediately ate 4 servings (4 servings fit my snack plan for today). So here's my question. I also…
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Choclate cloud cookies: under 50 cal per batch
2 egg whites 2-4 packes spleda Spoonful of unsweetened cocoa powder Preheat oven to 300 F Beat eggs until soft white peaks form Scoop up a spoonful of cocoa and slowly sprinkle it over egg whites while beating Beat in sweetener to taste Spoon onto sprayed baking sheet Bake until they start to crisp (about 10-15 minutes)…
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Please talk me off the ledge.
I'm trying to kick refined sugar cold turkey. This from someone who was eating candy daily like it was a food group just a few weeks ago. I got super motivated to give it up for good about a week ago. I breezed through the week with zero sugar cravings. I think my carbs have been too low though, and I have been weak with…
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Carne Asada Fries
I had these for the first time since moving to San Diego 2 years ago, and I was sort of blown away by their taco shop 3 in the morning after a drinking binge glory. Then I was like, hell, I could make these healthy at home. Oven fries: 1/2 potato, sweet potato, or butternut squash cut into fries and baked on a sprayed…
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New favorite salad
Big handful of chopped arugula, diced tomatoes, diced cold sweet potato, diced avocado, plain canned tuna, big handful of chopped fresh parsley, olive oil, tons of lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, and salt to taste. Happy mouth. Happy tummy.
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Kicking sugar
Recovering sugar addict. No sugar in three days, and now anything sweet-- including sweet potatoes, bananas, or carrots, literally turns my stomach if I eat more than a little. Weird... Two weeks ago I was eating bonbons by the box full.
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Buying pants
It's been 2 years since I've been in the best shape of my life. And I still pull pants off the shelf that are 2 sizes to big when I go shopping. I put try them on, they fall off, I look at them incredulously, and then I smile slyly to myself.
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Magic super filling ingredient?
I am never never never full. It does not matter how much fat, fiber or protein a food has, I just don't experience satiety without filling my stomach with water... and even then... I just feel uncomfortable, not really satiated. Well, I just ate coconut flour bread for the first time, and I am amazingly full off of the 60…
