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Athlean X anyone? Ladies, especially?
So I'm considering ditching my gym membership and getting into Athlean X instead. There's a few reasons for this: I really enjoy the gym, but it's across town, and the most convenient time for me to go is late at night after work...so if I'm too tired or work runs late, it sometimes doesn't get done. My beloved does…
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Men vs women: how to make a challenge fair
So my amazing hubby and I are going to start a weight loss challenge, and whoever wins has to buy dinner at a fancy Brazilian place (where everything is spit-roasted and it's easy to eat healthy). The problem is that we're aware that men tend to lose faster than women, at least in the first few months. So what ratio would…
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What "person above you" thread would the person above you start?
Since there is no person above me, the person above me would post a "post if the person above you is invisible" thread.
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What YOU should know about GLUTEN SENSITIVITY
It doesn't exist. This has been proven by the researchers who originally provided evidence of its existence. Their followup research shows that there is no such thing. http://www.businessinsider.com/gluten-sensitivity-and-study-replication-2014-5
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THE UP3 EXISTS!! IT FINALLY ARRIVED!!
I've only been waiting since Nov. 30. :/ It arrived nicely packaged, but had zero charge - although it appears that it had a little charge during shipping, as it recorded steps on its journey. The form factor is surprisingly small. It's narrower than even the Fitbit Flex, but not quite as flat. The main body is not as long…
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Pivotal Living Life Tracker review
I just got my Pivotal Living tracker to tide me over while waiting for my Up3, and will be posting a review. This is the tracker that costs $12 per year for a membership fee, and the item comes free. It seems too good to be true, but at that price, it's difficult not to at least give it a chance. Out of the box, it was…
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Quest calorie confusion?!? Halp! I can't maths today!
So, I noticed that my numbers weren't matching up...I have calories leftover where I shouldn't because I don't have so many carbs leftover. And I figured out that it's coming from my Lemon Pie Quest bar. I checked the label, and it matches, but the math just doesn't add up: Protien = 20 Fat = 5 Carbs = 26 20 x 4 = 80 5 x 9…
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Grains of Paradise
Do you guys know about this stuff? It's a spice in the ginger family, and it looks like little round seeds. You grind it like pepper, and it tastes kind of like pepper...only much richer, a great deal more depth, like pepper on steroids. I officially think this is my new favorite thing! Do you guys have some…
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NSV: Increased my TDEE by just over 100 calories!!
I use a BodyMedia Fit band, which has proven very accurate. Recently I decided to try Jessie Hilgenberg's home edition of her muscle building program. Between that, and intentionally increasing my steps by about 2000 a day, I have increased my TDEE by over 100 calories, on average. Also, with Jessie's program, you are…
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Jawbone Up3 update....finally!
Jawbone has finally announced a release date to begin shipping the Up3. They will start April 20 and say they should finish sending pre-orders by mid-May. I would expect them then to be in stores by late May or early June. It's about freaking time. However, they also announced that they were unable to resolve the sealing…
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We're engaged!!! Wooo-hoooooooo!!!
My amazing awesome and beautiful boyfriend kthulhu69 is now my amazing awesome and beautiful fiance!! SO EXCITE!!!
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Holy flesh-eating cow! Not even herbivorous animals are vegan?
So, this lovely article has been making the rounds, all about how deer have been caught on camera and in field studies eating birds. So I got curious...apparently, this is a thing. Wild herbivorous animals will, given the opportunity, supplement their diets with meat. Apparently, herbivores are not vegan!! And here's a…
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Gluten sensitivity...or SIBO??
So, several people I know have been having some digestive upsets lately...lots of painful gas, fairly frequent bathroom trips after eating, that kind of thing. And at least one of those people has decided that she is "gluten sensitive" and must now very loudly proclaim her gluten sensitivity to anyone who will listen and…
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Guys, stop with the orthorexia already!
This interesting article discusses the growing epidemic of orthorexia, an obsession with the virtue of your food, rather than how much or little you eat. This can be obsessive thinking about gluten-free, clean, low-fat, local, juice-fasting, cleansing, or any other healthiest-diet-flavor-of-the-month. It is often…
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For those who won't waste cals on chocolate...
made by Hershey or Dove because you know what real chocolate tastes like, what's your favorite? I am currently eating Endangered Species lavender mint creme filled dark, and it's pretty good, but these are my faves: What amazing chocolate bars do you love? What's the most unusual that you've seen or tried?
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Heart problems? Low heart rate? What's your story?
Hey guys, So it came to my attention that my heart rate is unusually low...like, resting rate is in the high 40s to mid 50s, and I'm far from being an athlete. Add occasional heart palpitations and family history of issues (my dad died of a congenital heart defect) and I decided to get it checked out as a precaution. So, I…
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Halp me! Up3, Surge or MS Band?
The next wave of fitness bands coming out far surpass the first gen, and I'm a bit stumped on which one to get. As usual, there are no clear and obvious winners. Part of being stumped is simply that two of the three I'm considering aren't out yet, so I cannot get an objective review. I don't really want to wait, since I…
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Would this work, do you think?
So I was wondering (something I'm prone to doing a lot of): I'm recomping, so my deficit is small and I go over it sometimes on workout days anyway. So what if, instead of eating at a specific deficit, we ate instead at the TDEE we would have if we were at our ideal weight? I know this would be a challenge for someone with…
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FDA demands calorie counts on menus!
This is good news for people who like to eat out, but feel limited by the amount of information readily available. Hopefully, it will also make a lot of people think twice about what they're about to order. Some of this information is already available online, at each individual company's website, but this will make it SO…
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Oh my freaking god my new favoritest thing!!
Stoneyfield Petite Creme...I don't even really know what it is. It has the creamy consistency of yogurt, but none of the twanginess. The name says it's creme, but the package also says "sweet fresh cheese" but it doesn't taste anything like cream cheese. It says "Our creamy, silky Petite Creme has high protein like Greek…
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Mindful eating...putting down the smartphone/remote/book/etc.
I've been thinking a lot lately about positive relationships with food, and how to go about it, and what it looks like. One of the things that just occurred to me is that I often eat while multitasking. I'm especially guilty of this at work, as I work for a newspaper and we're on deadline. I usually proof pages while…
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Oil pulling cured my gluten sensitivity!
Apparently, it isn't the gluten that is toxic. It's the sensitivity! And oil pulling pulled that sensitivity toxin right out! Now, if I could only stop getting bulky on my 1200 calorie diet.
