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What's today's menu?
I thought it might be helpful to have a thread where anyone who chooses to can share their daily food intake, so we can get ideas from each other, and new people can get an idea of what ETL looks like in the real world. I know from the monthly threads that there are different ways of making the program fit individual…
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How do you keep/organize your recipes?
Hey all, I'm wondering how you guys keep your recipes, and why you use the method you do. I don't often use recipes, but since I am trying to get a wider variety of fruits, veggies, beans, etc. into my diet, and I now have the time to cook, I want to start a recipe collection, but I don't know how best to do it. I think…
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The good news about willpower
As I have mentioned in a few threads in this forum, I have been doing some research into the psychology of behaviour, motivation, and change. One of the most encouraging things I have read is that willpower is not absolute; it can be trained, much like a muscle. On the positive side, this means that the more you…
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What benefits have you seen?
I have only been doing this for about a week so far, but I have already noticed some fantastic changes. I wake up without the alarm clock every morning (I used to have so much trouble getting out of bed) I have lots of energy My mood is noticeably better. My joint pain seems to be getting better. I'm wondering what kind of…
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How many calories are you guys eating on average?
I don't mean to ask a personal question; don't feel pressured to share. I ask because my calories seem to be hovering around the 900 mark most days, and I am wondering if that's common, and if so, if it has led to problems for anyone. I am meeting my protein requirements, and all my RDA's except for a few that I have been…
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Be honest - how hard is it?
I recently read ETL and while I was pretty convinced about the efficacy of the plan, both in terms of weight loss and overall health, I am having a hard time imagining following it long term. For those of you who follow it 100%, how difficult was it to start? Did it get easier? Any tips? For those who modify - what do you…
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Sodium question
I am curious if anyone knows of any negative health effects of sodium, in the absence of hypertension. My BP is well below 120/80. I limit sodium just because that's the guideline and I want to be safe, but I don't really know if it's necessary. I'm not planning to start bingeing on chips and french onion soup or anything;…
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Looking for some published studies or journal articles, please
I have been looking for studies that look for negative health outcomes of low calorie intake (under 1200) in healthy adults who are not overweight or underweight. I've found studies of obese people, and of chronically underweight people, but nothing in between. I am not interested in adaptive thermogenesis, as it isn't…
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You are so much more than a number on a scale
I do quite a bit of lurking here, and in reading people's stories, I am so struck by how weight is such an inordinately huge factor in self esteem. Seeing posts from successful, kind, funny, nurturing people who contribute so much to everyone around them and yet feel worthless because they carry excess weight absolutely…
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I'm injured AGAIN!
I have been trying to train for a Muay Thai fight forever, it seems. Every time I get back into training after injury rehab, I hurt something else. This time I have been off for 2 weeks with a strained rectus femoris, and my physiotherapist wants me to wait until at least next week even to start running. I finally had…
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How can I stimulate my appetite?
Lately I have lost my desire to eat. This isn't the first time it's happened, but it's also not my usual state. I am finding it especially hard to eat healthy foods that, frankly, I don't find appetizing at the best of times. I am trying to get back into shape and rehab my ankle and shoulder, so I need to eat to fuel my…
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How do you log your classes?
Calorie burn is not my primary goal at Muay Thai, but I would like to try to log it accurately to help make sure I am eating properly for it. I do a 90 minute class but it is broken up into warm-up, conditioning, pad work, and burnouts, with time in between for watching the instructor demo combinations, and of course…
