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Nut free alternatives
So I'm about to join a fitness challenge, which recommends often eating say 14 almonds. I'm peanut/almond/walnut intolerant and avoid all tree nuts on principle. I'm also not in a place where it's easy to obtain alternative butters and dairy is difficult to get and expensive (China). Are any of you miserably creative in…
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Calories for chinese food website
Hi all-- I was searching in Chinese for the calories in an item and I came across this website: http://www.boohee.com/food/ It lists calories for various packaged Chinese foods. You do have to know characters or pinyin for items, but I know I'll use it to save me some calculations!
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Baked Quinoa
Found this recipe in a kid's book, the broccoli could probably be subbed for whatever add-ins float your boat. Ingredients: 1 c. raw quinoa 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 c broccoli chopped 4 large eggs 1 1/2 c unsweetened soy milk 1/4 tsp black pepper Steps: heat oven to 350F spray pie pan with cooking spray cook quinoa in 2 cups of…
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Delish breakfast cereal (quinoa and oats)
Recently found and tried this recipe. It makes one smaller portion, but it's super delish and at only 220 kcal as written, super healthy, too. You can sub ingredients as you prefer. I used sugar free soymilk, and subbed the oatbran for ground flax. I also have mini-bananas right now so I threw in 2 of those instead of the…
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T25 for non-gym days or body weight exercises
A friend recently gave me DVDs for this program that they no longer want. I already have a fairly set gym schedule of cardio and some resistance training, but I'm looking to add something for the days that I either don't go to the gym or I don't have time to go to the gym. I'm a little unsure over whether I want to start…
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Just saying hello!
Just a pop in to say hello. I'm in my young thirties,and trying to get in shape, get healthier and get back to the weight I was at a few years ago or even lower. I'm about 5'6" with a starting weight of about 76.5 kg. People never told me I looked overweight as I have a bigger frame, and my body tends to hide it fairly…
