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Importance of protein "timing" (after workouts, etc)?
I am a supporter of long term trends. When looking at my "stats" I like to look at week long blocks (or even longer). I eat a LOT of protein and I feel like it has helped me maintain and even enhance my lean muscle mass (I lift more weight now than when I started losing (65+). But I am repeatedly told I need to focus my…
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Explain importance of Ketosis in CICO
It seems controlling carbs to the degree that an individual maintains ketosis has been a successful way for many to lose weight. I have seen several threads re: "Atkins" and "South Beach" diets being successful because carbs are less satiating than fat and protein. My curiosity is how ketosis is even relevant if we think…
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Fiber - Explain it to me
I've accepted and become an advocate of CICO but there seems to be some weird gray area with fiber. My understanding is that a lot of fiber is not digested and therefore, the calories wouldn't impact your intake. I know Quest Bars and many other health food products don't include the full 4kC/g carbs of their fiber. I have…
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Sidetracked by Injury - How to Deal?
For years I would do fairly well on diets for a while then push my activity just a little too far, causing injury which would invariably destroy the momentum of the diet until I completely fell off. I had a really great stretch this time avoiding some of the activities that had caused injury in the past (even though they…
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Help With Weight Lifting Basics
I'm more than a little embarrassed to be asking this. At one point in my life I considered myself an athlete but I never really took to weight lifting in any serious fashion. And that was a LOOonnngg time ago. The machines don't look anything like they did back in my youth and I never really got the basics of weight…
