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Air Conditioning & Obesity
I read an article a year or so ago suggesting a possible link between air conditioning and obesity. It talked about how, in the days before central air and forced-air heat, the body's normal cycle was to bulk up when the weather started to get chilly in the fall (to provide an extra layer of fat insulation) and then to…
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Eating smart is getting expensive.
A study published in the journal Health Affairs (August 2011) found that following USDA dietary guidelines for healthy eating will give your wallet wicked indigestion. While our food system is great at delivering sheer calories to the masses, it falls well short when it comes to supplying the specific nutrients everyone…
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Ideal Chocolate Milk Diet
After seeing the ads on here for the Ideal Chocolate Milk Diet, I decided to give it a shot. I went to their website where I was happy to find that you could buy individual serving-size packets to try it out. I bought a vanilla and a chocolate. They arrived super quick! The vanilla I made into a smoothie, using 1/4 cup 2%…
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Not sure what to do with some clothes...
The hubs and I are gearing up for a huge garage sale at the end of August (and arranged it to be a subdivision-wide sale in the process). I've already gone through my closet and gotten rid of everything that is massively too big. (I never thought I'd be happy to get rid of clothing, and yet I am ecstatic!) However, I've…
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This is so not cool! RANT!!
A little back story before I get to the heart of this issue. My hubs has a cousin by marriage who is in her mid-20s with a child of her own. The father is not in the picture (by his choice) and she has never pursued taking him to court for child support. She, and her child, still live at home, not paying…
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Cottage Cheese Ideas?
So I really like cottage cheese as a between-meals snack. I'm not wild about it by itself though. My normal way of eating it is on a salad or mixing in some fruit or jam. However, on days when I'm running low on carbs I can't do the fruit or jam thing. Any suggestions for add-ins to make it more of a savory thing, instead…
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Best Diets
US News & World Report evaluated and ranked 20 diets. Here are the top 6... #1 DASH #2 (3-way tie) Mediterranean/TLC/Weight Watchers #3 (2-way tie) Mayo Clinic/Volumetrics
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All this toilet paper...
is going to bankrupt me!! Seriously, how many times can I pee in one day?
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Early/Late Strawberries
You can do this with peak-of-season strawberries as well, but it's great for early or late strawberries that don't have as much sweetness. Everyone (myself included) makes a face when they hear what this is, but you have to try it to believe how good it tastes! Adjust quantities for how many strawberries you have. 4 ounces…
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Does anyone else get grossed out by...
that little sanitary pad that they put under your raw meat? Ugh!! I hate touching it so that I can rinse out the package for recycling!
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Creamy Balsamic Salad Dressing
I was searching around the kitchen, looking for an alternative to an oil-based salad dressing. On a whim, I combined 1 T balsamic vinegar with 1 T plain Greek yogurt. It's not bad! I added in a few grinds of Italian herbs and a pinch each of s&p. The result was only 19 calories and 3 carbs and was enough for a largish side…
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Vitalicious
I'm seriously in love with Vitatops! I don't eat them every day, but make sure to leave room for one on the night's that hubby is off. I love them so much that I decided to try the breakfast sandwiches. Uuuugh!! The English muffin tasted like cardboard, but it was probably an improvement over the egg and cheese, which had…
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You're stranded on an uninhabited island...
Hubby is addicted to survival shows. I Shouldn't Be Alive, Survivorman, Man Vs. Wild. He watches them all. We've gotten into some pretty hefty debates about what we would or wouldn't eat to stay alive. He says he'd eat anything. I think he's full of $h1t. My mom has bet him $ to eat stuff he hates and he's never won! So,…
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Interested in your Food Pyramid?
After seeing someone suggest to admin that they add some sort of a food pyramid tracking system, I went the USDA website and found this tool. I've been playing around with it for a few days and it's been helping me to get the right mix of nutrients, instead of just "hitting my calorie goal." Go to: www.mypyramid.gov On the…
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Dream Spit
I often have nights that I am aware of still being awake, yet still manage to dream. Does that make sense? Last night was one of those. So at one point, while I was hovering in that in-between stage, I dreamed that I had a mouthful of laundry detergent. Don't ask me why, cuz that part of the dream has faded away! Anyway,…
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Bald is Beautiful! LOL!
So I've been here for about 1-1/2 months. I've lost almost 15 pounds so far and I've been b*t*hing to hubby that I haven't seen any changes in my body yet, clothes still fit the same, etc. I mean come on... 15 pounds is 3 bags of sugar! I should be able to see that! Well, tonight I had my first NSV!! I can't even believe…
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Nutrition Label Food Scales
Does anyone have one of these? I've been looking at them for the past few months, trying to decide if I really want one or not. Every time I'm about to order one, I see awful reviews for it. And it seems like whichever one I look at, they've all got glowing and horrible reviews. So it's really hard to decide.
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Polar FT4 HRM?
So I bought my Polar FT4 heart rate monitor approximately 2 weeks ago. I purchased the mens one cuz the womens was (in my opinion) a pretty fugly shade of pink. I didn't think too much about it until I read an answer to someone else's post. The post was questioning if they're really accurate and the answer stated that they…
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Dehydration
So recently I started noticing that the pads of my fingers are prune-y (like when swimming or bathing) all the time. I asked my hubby (he's a nurse) about it and he said it's cuz I'm dehydrated. Which doesn't make sense to me!! Here's why I don't get it... 1) Our skin absorbs some moisture, so why would fingers and toes…
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sleep question
so i've read that averaging less than 8 hours of sleep is counter-productive to weight loss (and good health in general). so, if you're not sleeping well at night, could naps make up the deficit, or is middle-of-the-day sleeping a big no-no?
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Fizzy Water
Can anyone recommend a fizzy water that doesn't have a "mineral" taste to it? I've completely stopped drinking soda, but find that I'm really missing the bubbles. I'd like to be able to have a soda feel by using a carbonated water with some flavoring packets.
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Can someone give me the skinny on sodium?
For a healthy person, is sodium really all that bad? I read all this stuff about how sodium makes you retain water and about water weight. But our bodies are made up of up to 75% water, so why is retention a bad thing? I mean, we're told practically from birth that you should drink at least 8 glasses of water a day, so…
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Carbs & Fiber
I've read in various places that carbs you've eaten that are derived from fiber can be deducted, so that you would ultimately have a "gross" carb load and a "net" carb load. For example, the Mission Carb Balance Flour Tortillas packaging says "When counting carbs you can deduct the grams of dietary fiber from the total…
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Will Power
I just joined 2-1/2 days ago. I think the site and app are great, but I'm not sure if they're going to provide all the motivation I need! I have a huge problem with will power. I've started on weight loss crusades before, only to abandon them after a month or so. I have all the reasons in the world to lose the weight, but…
