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How to stay healthy with little sleep and physcial activity?
My boyfriend has to get up at 4am to go to work (hard physical work), and gets home at 4-5, and then goes an hour to the gym 3-4 times a week. I worry that it's too hard on his body with so little sleep, and so much physcial activity. He wants to gain at least 30lbs, partly in muscle (hence why he lifts weights) but some…
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When does surplus-eating turn to fat?
My doc has advised me to gain some weight, mainly because my period has been missing for 21 months, and that I actually ended up getting a little underweight after my weightloss. I've been eating at a large surplus for the past 1½ weeks, and I deffinitely feel really fat now, even though I know I'm not, but it feels like…
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Lost more than half of my starting weight!
Stats: F23, 5'8", SW: 120kg/264.6lbs GW: 60kg/132.3lbs CW: 59kg/130.3lbs Long story short: First I stopped getting so damn drunk so damn often, which lost me 44lbs/6months. Then I made calorie counting my new favorite hobby for 11months and lost 86lbs doing that. Then I cried over my lack of progress for 3 months, only to…
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Soy flakes? What can they be used for?
I recently saw a bag of soy flakes at the grocery shop, and it peaked my interest! I don't have all that much experience with soy - so I'm not sure what I can use it for - can I throw it in soups? Will it thicken, like oatmeal, or just be gross, like... corn flakes? Can I bake with it? Can I make falafel etc. with it? How…
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I'm starting back at the gym tomorrow, but my back pain is worse than ever
Is it extremely bad timing? I've always been prone to back pain, to a degree where I've really had to plan it into my life (ie., I know I cannot go out in the evening, if I've been out through the day, as my back will need to be leaned back and rest by then). It got a lot worse (ie. I literally ended up crawling the last…
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120lbs down! Advice on goal-weight, and stop tracking needed!
SW: 264.6lbs, CW: 144.4lbs, GW: 132.3lbs (up for discussion!) (apologies for the tiredness in the latter 2, hair+makeup from yesterday due to late night shift) Today I finally hit under 144.6lbs, which was my 120lbs-lost-mark! Today is also exactly 10months since I started logging everything I ate, which has been amazing,…
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Alternatives to pickled herring?
Many Nordic people probably know this dish - basically, raw herring is cured with salt to dehydrate it a bit, before pickleing it with vinegar, sugar and spices. And I freaking love the curry-sauce version, where they are transferred to a creamy, sweet/sour curry sauce. I know how to make low calorie curry sauces, and I…
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Wanted to share some progress for no particular reason ;)
There's no particular reason to celebrate with progress pics atm, in fact, it seems August will be my least-pounds-lost month, but I am not bothered! Due to vacations and fancy restaurants, the scale has been very annoying, telling me I wasn't losing a thing, until today! :D Annnd, I shopped at a shop where I thought I…
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Some questions about cholesterole
So, I recently had some bloodwork done, and my doc said I was super healthy, but I asked to see the details anyways. As he went over them with me, he did note that my cholesterole was actually a bit high, but I shouldn't worry about it. But, I do :b Well, looking through the advice often given to lower cholesterole, I…
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Anyone tried Allevo bars?
I've been given some Allevo 'meal replacement'- things.. Both some microwave meals and some meal-replacement bars. So, the bars, I will not be using them as meals, but as candy bars - and they are a big portion of candy for only 200calories! I read a lot of applause for Quest bars, are these similar? I've read often that…
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250cal full piece very decadent chocolate/apricot cake!
I recently made a Sacher Torte, and had a lot of fun with it :) I made the recipe into an album, so click through: http://imgur.com/a/09Dip Added info: I made a double-batch of jelly, since I couldn't find any in the store, and if I was going to be making jelly, I'd stock up :) So for a single batch, you'll need: 11…
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Today, I've lost a 3rd of my body weight
From 253.5lbs to 168lbs as of today I'm 5'8" and 22 :)
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If I don't have my period, does that affect weight?
So, I'm experiencing some 'athletic amenorrhea' i.e. missing periods due to change in diet and exercize. Got a clear from my doc so far, we'll talk about it again if I keep missing them. So, sorry if this is a bit graphic, am I now carrying around all the stuff I used to get rid of every month? So the weight I'm at now is…
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"I'll just take a few days off logging..."
See TL;DR at the bottom Well. I had some family coming to visit, whom I haven't seen in 2 years. I would road-trip a bit with them, visiting some other family members etc., but I pretty much had no idea what the plan would be, didn't expect computer access, and everything would just be too dis-organized to try to keep a…
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What makes food inflammatory?
I'm struggeling to find info on inflammatory foods, which isn't clearly biased. I'm seeing a lot of anti-carb and anti-dairy, and I can't really pick out if it's based on facts, or just some vague clean/healthy ideas. Can anyone define what makes a food inflammatory? Or offer a link to an unbiased info? I would like to…
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How much meat is on a fat flatfish?
I've got these 2 babies And together they weigh 541g. How much of that do you think is meat, that I will get to eat vs. what is just gills, tail and bone? At this food data base http://www.foodcomp.dk/v7/fcdb_details.asp?FoodId=0236 , it's says that loss/waste with plaice is 67%. So that would suggest there's only 90g meat…
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Emptying my fridge
And it seems like I'll have to make a meal containing lettuce, carrot, goat cheese, shrimp, red onion, tomato paste and the possible sides of lemon juice and garlic cloves... What are my best options?? I'm considering making "carrot fries" and pretending the tomato paste is a ketchup... And grilling the shrimp with the red…
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So uhmm, I bought a crop top...
Today I weighed in at 75lbs down... I really feel like it can't possible be true! So in my mind, this person: went to the store and bought this outfit I guess it must be true, I've lost 75lbs and I'm wearing a crop top!
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European low-calorie websites?
I abseloutly LOVE Hungry Girl and Skinny Taste... But a very frequent problem I have with them is, that I can't get any of the ingredients here (Denmark). And especially Hungry Girl uses a lot of fat free / super low calorie food-alternatives, so if one of those is the main ingredient in the recipe, even if I find a…
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Can I use popcorn in food?
I bought a big box of light popcorn when I just started tracking calories, because I thought I would have crave snacks often. Well, by now, I'm completely fine with just eating at meals, so now I have all this popcorn that I don't know what to do with. And I was thinking, are there any dishes I could include it in? It's…
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Food waste
How much thought to you give to food waste? When starting to diet, or changing our eating habits, it's tempting to throw out all the foods in out cabinets that no longer fit our eating habits - or we may even feel really good about leaving part of our portion un-eaten. But I really hope you all consider food waste. With…
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Foods that help your bowel :(
Well, TMI, I know, but it's a big problem for me.... I am doing low carb-ish (since I'm doing pretty low cal, while still wanting a lot of protein, carbs is what has to go! + bread and pasta is boring=not worth the calories), so yes, I'm not getting a lot of whole grain.... BUT, I'm rather eating a lot of fiber-full things…
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Frustrated about people getting up in my business
So, I've never liked people commenting on my weigtloss in general - I'm an extremely private person, and it feels a bit invasive to me, to have people make uninvited comments on my body, something I can't really hide. I sometimes talk weightloss with my mom, but I also told her how I felt about people bringing up the…
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Shin Splints :(
When I was my heaviest, I got shin splints very very easily - like, if I jogged to catch the bus, I would have shin splints. So forget about running!! I had hoped that with the weight I have lost, the stress on my shins would be so much less that I could actually soon pick up running (I want to focus on strenght training,…
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Weight training on a deficit
So, I just started weight lifting, and I'm really enjoying it! I keep hearing how good weight training is at bringing down bodyfat% and burning calories long term, so it's all a plus! Also, I would really like to be strong, I can feel that I've gotten weaker with my weight loss (because my body suddenly has less to carry…
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Drinking a lot + eating almost no salt
I was worried if the combination of very little salt + drinking loads could have a negative effect, mess up the salt balance or something? Or does it take more than that?
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Recipes for "multiple allergies"
I'm trying to help out my mom! She has histamine intolorance, which practically presents it self as an allergy to, well, um, everything (not just food, there are enviromental triggers as well, but lets narrow it down for now!). The symptoms are both instant and long term, and range from mild, like an 'asian flush' look and…
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More accurate estimates on bicycling?
I've seen a lot of peple say that MFP overestimates calories burned, so I was wondering if there was a better way to roughly calculate it? Even though I don't eat back my calories, I would like to not overestimate how much I'm working off! 5 times a week, I bicycle to university: There's 4km, and I do it in about 18min…
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Sample of flavoured whey protein???
I've been given a sample of some cranberry/rasberry whey protein... I would like to find some good uses for it - I don't want to just drink my calories in a shake, so I went looking for recipes... I also would like to have it be a central part of the recipe, not just added for extra protein, because then I just feel like…
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Making *fancy burgers* - what condiments?
I'm having a dinner on friday, and I plan to make 'fancy burgers' :b 2 of the guests aren't really big on meat (not really vegetarian, but just doesn't care much for it) so I am making black bean/squash patties (might throw in an eggwhite to make it stick better), and so I thought I would make the whole burger a bit more…
