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The sodium count on this website's database drives me nuts
A freshly baked chicken breast with no salt added has 400 sodium? I call shenanigans on that! The sodium count on ALL of the food on this site's database is so overestimated it is bordering on the ridiculous. My father has extreme hypertension so I've tried and tried hard to keep my sodium within normal parameters, but no…
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Calorie Counting for Mom and Pop Restaurants
One of my favorite lunch locations is a mom and pop store front which is run by a good couple who probably wouldn't know the first thing about calorie testing. Therefore, their food does not come with a calorie count. They have healthy choices like wraps and deli sandwiches, but, as most restaurants, they use their own…
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Now That I've Reached My Goal...
Last week I reached my goal weight of 165 after a lot of work to get here. Now that I'm here, I realize that I have to increase my calories to level off. Honestly, I'm afraid to do this. I know I have to, but I'm afraid to eat the increased calories. I keep checking myself in the mirror and it's only been a few days. I'm…
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Is anyone else having a problem with hot sauce now?
Months of decreased food intake and low calorie meals have helped me lose a lot of weight. However, tonight, I decided to spice up my meal (literally) by using hot sauce. I now feel like I would really like to throw up. When I was fat, I could eat hot sauce straight from the bottle. But, for some reason, it immediately…
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The Adonis Abs-How do I get them?
I work out every night. I include sit ups and crunches which I do until I can do no more. Current count is at sixty. I'm seeing some definition and since I've lost all of this fat, I'm seeing a heck of a lot more definition. However, I'm not seeing mine shaping up into the "Batman" abs where they are seriously defined. Any…
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Straight Shooter, or Nice Guy/Girl?
If someone spells something incorrectly, habitually, are you the kind of person who believes that it is nicer to tell them about the error so that they will correct it, or do you leave it alone, believing it to be rude to call it out? I tend to feel like this situation is a "mustard stain scenario." Wherein, someone has a…
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Little things to lose extra calories during the day
I tend to park as far away from the door as I can at the shopping center, or grocery store. If there is a ramp, and steps offered, I always chose the steps. Even at work, when it's very cold outside, I will go out for my breaks without my coat on to force myself to shiver for the next five-to-fifteen minutes. I don't even…
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235 to 183
Hey guys, my name is Jared. My profile says Nightkeepr because it is the name I have my Facebook under. I'm proud to relay that I have lost 49 pounds (possibly more) and have gone from 235 pounds of fat, middle-aged man, to 183 pounds, with my target weight being somewhere around 170-175. My motivation was that I just got…
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Moobs--The Unbreakable Enemy
Every other part of my body has slimmed down over the past two months except my moobs. I'm starting to think that they are genetic and not just fat-related and, as a guy, this is heart-breaking. I've increased my chest exercises so much that I, perpetually, feel like I've been donkey kicked in the chest every single day.…
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Feeling like I can't really eat anything anymore
Looking up calories on everything that I have eaten, or want to eat, it seems like I can't really eat anything anymore. Even iceberg lettuce has calories associated with it. And I've always thought that it was calorie-free. I'm not trying to starve myself and I keep a healthy 1600 calories in my body, daily, but I've gone…
