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Integrity and keeping your word to others...
I'm not a real sociable guy, never have been. I have my small circle of friends and I am pretty happy with that. My wife is considerably more sociable than I am. About a year ago she wanted me to be more outgoing and more friendly to people in general. Mastering the art of small talk, follow up and essentially getting…
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Being supportive of friends
On a couple of other threads, both regarding deleting and adding friends, one thing that seemed to get people the boot was if they were not supportive. However "support" was defined in various way from an occasional 'WTG!!" to daily engagement. How much support do you really expect from your MFP friends? Also, how many…
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Signs of ketosis
I apologize if this has been asked before, but what are the signs of your body going into ketosis? I hear people speak on it a lot, but not sure how you known when you are there or not. Thanks in advance.
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Are your goals sustainable for life? MFP Exit strategy.
My objective with MFP is to develop better diet and exercise habits that I can maintain as part of a healthy lifestyle for the rest of my life. The best way that I can think to do this is by tracking my progress, my macros, and calories and compare them to my overall results. Eventually I would like to get to the point…
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Building up elbows
What are some good weight training exercises to build elbow muscles? I've been lifting free weights for about 1 year and have seen a lot of mass improvement, but my elbows seem to be lagging behind (both in size and strength). They are the same size that they were a year ago.
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Is it rude to tell someone they looked good before?
I've seen people post before and after pics to mark a weight loss goal and even though I see a clear difference, sometimes the before picture wasn't too bad looking. Is it rude/demotivating to tell someone that they actually looked good in both pics? I know that sounds silly, but I'm sure that people only want their after…
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Running in the summer - suggestions
I've been running for the last several months and really enjoy it. My body warms up in the cold, the brisk weather in early spring is nice and the temps of late spring can be ideal. That said, what do you guys do during 90 degree days? The only thing that I can think of now is running on the treadmill or early morning…
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Too much fiber -- What is the downside?
I have been eating healthier for the last few months and feeling infinitely better. However, I have been getting back into the whole MFP discipline, meaning filling out my diary again. I've noticed that I routinely go over on the fiber recommendation, however the foods that I am eating are good healthy foods that provide…
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Running in the morning
My wife and I went on vacation back during the week of October 17th and I knew that it was going to be a potential detriment to my routine since I would likely not want to work out in the evening. I decided to get up early and go for a run every morning and I felt awesome for the rest of the day. I've been getting up at…
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Setting a personal best!
I ran my first half marathon in May and finished at a time of 2:31. I didn't have a goal, I simply wanted to complete it and have the benefit of the training program to help me get into shape. I'm planning for a second 1/2 in October, and now I want to set a goal. What is a reasonable way of establishing a new goal? Is a…
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How do you run for a cause?
I am scheduled for another 1/2 marathon this fall and instead of simply running for a PR or a shirt I would like to run for a cause like MS. How do you go about doing that? Does it have to be sponsered by the race or do you go to the charity itself?
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Okay, you haven't logged in in X days, soooooo.....
If someone one your friends list is clearly not logging in or responding to any e-mails, how long is customary before unfriending them? I don't want to feel like I jerk, but if you're not even here what's the point?
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Avocados
Does anyone have any ideas on what recipes (other than guacamole) to do with avocados? I've only eaten them raw and in a dip/salsa, but I would like to try something new.
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Tomatoes
Okay an idea from the last thread since so many people had such interesting ideas for avocados. What can you guys think to do with tomatoes (any variety)?
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Fennel
Does anyone here have ideas for fresh fennel?
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Cooking food items and changes to nutrition..
Does the cooking process change the nutritional value of a food item just due to the chemical changes? If so how to you construct a good profile of what you're eating for your food diary? The reason that I ask: Sometimes a specific item isn't located in the database or it's a recipe that I use and I want to assemble it in…
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How many meals per week....
During the course of a normal week (Sunday - Saturday) how many meals do you prepare for yourself versus eating in a restaurant or otherwise have prepared for you (eat at mom's or family)? Edit to add How difficult is it to track calories when you don't prepare the meal?
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Why should I eat back my exercise calories?!?!
Okay, this is far from a scientific study, but I thought that this was interesting. I was just sitting down on the computer with my HRM beside me and remembered a few threads about the calorie calculations from the little device. Just on a lark, I decided to set my HMR to track my calories as I sat here over an hour. I…
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1/2 marathon in 2 weeks -- Questions for the vets
Time is ticking away for me to run my 1st 1/2 marathon (I may run one again in October) and I'm getting a little nervous. I've completed the Hal Higdon novice training plan for 12 weeks (maybe a little early) but I am using this time to prepare myself mentally and tapering myself to shorter runs. My goal is to complete the…
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Transitioning to healthy eating...
One of the biggest road blocks from me starting down this journey was the idea of giving up all of my favorite foods and eating like a rabbit. The idea of making a series of substitutions on things that I actually like was about as appealing as intentionally going to a bad restaraunt to eat where I know that everything is…
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Blogging
I realize that we have the ability to start a blog as members of MFP and been considering the idea, but not sure what to do with it. Most seem to be about people documenting their progress, reviewing trials, sticking points and successes. Do you personally blog here and if so why? Do you have a consistent theme that you…
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Hit a goal...sort of
My goal for the end of April was to go down a pants size. I figured that this was attainable and safe and I correlated it to a weight. I figured that when I was at 205lbs that I would have a 36" waiste back (since that is about when I switched to a 38"). Well, this morning I just ran out of holes for my belt and I'm…
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What do you monitor?
When I set up my account I was glad to have my food diary set up so that I could budget and monitor my calories. I left the settings on the items that I monitored on the default settings (calories, fat, protien, fiber). As I went on my journey I started seeing the benefit of keeping an eye on my protein and carb intakes…
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Exactly what is a plateau?
Is a plateau simply your body going into starvation mode or is it a sign that you're getting lazy in your routine or something else?
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Training like an athlete VS trying to lose weight
Are they mutually exclusive or go hand-in-hand? I decided that the best way to get back into shape was to give myself a goal, so I decided to train for a 1/2 marathon. I run about 5 days a week and life weight 3 days (I do short 1.6 mile runs on weight lifting days). I filled out my goals on MFP and recieved a goal for my…
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The best way to use the food diary
I've been logging into MFP for about 2 weeks now and have really benefitted from the food diary. It helps me make good choices, modify my eating plans, find trouble spots, phantom calories, ect. I'm curious how others use the tool. I personally use it as a budget, meaning I fill it out to the best of my ability in the…
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Food Network / Cooking Channel
Does anyone else watch these? If so, what are your favorite shows? I like the Barefoot Contessa, Chucks Day Off and French Cooking at Home. Suprisingly, a lot of the recipes are pretty healthy.
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What caused you to get fat?
Not a very motivating title LOL! Yesterday I was talking to my wife and the subject of going out this weekend came up, which turned to eating, which turned to this site. One thing that I noticed was that I knew the amount of calories in some of the things that I enjoyed and was making decisions based on that, thanks to…
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Staple Ingredients
What are some of your staple ingredients? Items that you try to keep around as a basis for several different meals. Blackbeans Pinto beans Chicken breast Chicken stock Cannellini beans Peppers Corn
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SMart food choices to for calories
Another newbie question: I understand that I need a certain amount of calories to stay healthy. I also understand that along with calories that the nutritional content is import. The problem is, as I go through the database and start making healthy choices in food select. I find that simply getting the recommended amount…
