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question re: TDEE activity level
Hi all. I’ve really enjoyed reading through the posts on this group and have learned a lot! I’ve got a question re: the Scooby Workshop TDEE calculator that I haven't been able to find an answer for in previous threads. It seems to me that the activity level options have a pretty big range—I feel like there is a HUGE…
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Exercise with low back pain
I've known for a while that I needed to start a more serious strength training program to deal with my lower back issues. Just when I was about to start (found a gy,m, etc), lower back decided to FREAK OUT and prevent me from working out at all. I'm now on painkillers and muscle relaxers from my doctor, but they haven't…
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Ugh, now I'm all paranoid about gluten
How did this happen?! LOL. I just read this article about David Perlmutter's recent "Grain Brain" book, which I think as recently been discussed in several posts on here. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/this-is-your-brain-on-gluten/282550/ Even though the article is ultimately skeptical about the author's…
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Is frying really inherently worse than baking?
Baking foods instead of pan frying them is often an element of "healthy" recipes. Is there something specifically different about the process of frying that makes it "bad," or is it simply because it typically uses more oil than other techniques? For example, is there a difference between tossing some chicken in 1 tbsp of…
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Here are some really dumb strength training questions
Seriously, I am not going to be offended at all if you snark away at me. :) I've lurked enough on this and other fitness forums to recognize how silly these questions are (and that this is waaay too long of a post). But I've always been confused about some of the lingo/advice around "lifting heavy" and building muscle. 1)…
