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Is there anything that makes cottage cheese taste better.
I hate the taste and texture of cottage cheese, I know its very healthy for you and want it in my diet. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT TO MIX WITH IT TO MAKE THE TASTE GO AWAY, i HAVE HEARD PINEAPPLE, i TRIED BLUEBERRIES TONIGHT BUT ALMOST GAGGED.
Low sodium whole wheat bread??
Does anybody know of a low sodium whole wheat or whole grain bread? My sodium is through the roof!
Whats the most calories you have burned in a day?
Curious to see what the most Calories everyone has burned, mine is 1158 on 05/16/11
Muscle Fatigue, When is it okay to work them out again?
I did over 100 pushups on Monday and P90X plyo on Tuesday, I wanted to do a chest and shoulders work out today but my chest is so sore from all of the push ups, I decided to do Cardio. I am still sore, so my question is. "is it better to wait till all the soreness is gone or is okay to work it out with soreness? How much…
If ya cant laugh at this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bADeJSFGQgk&feature=related This is not advertising hipefully this will give some of yall a giggle
I have a new GOAL! WARRIOR DASH 2012
I have set myself a new long term goal to compete in at least 1 warrior dash in 2012. I had friends who competed in 2011 and it looked like a lot of fun. I don't know how to start a group but I think this would be a fun event. I posted a link here in case ya don't know what it is.…
Stationary bike speeds?
Does anybody know the definition of Vigorous, Moderate, Very Vigorious etc. in RPM's . When I ride I usually average a 106 RPM. It doesnt really matter to me that much because I go with what the HRM says, but I am curious. Another question I have is that I am thinking about adding some dumbell work while I ride does…
Brazilain butt lift? Should I be scared?
I found out today that our county has a beach body trainer that works for the county. He contacted me today because I had been asking about P90X and said he had a class tonight and that if i came to the class he would answer any of my questions. Soooo I immediatly responded and said hell yea. Then I learned its a…
Polar FT7 Vs MFP
I just used my Polar FT7 (awesome I might add) It said I burned 556 calories doing 55 minutes of execise. I did 20 minutes of stationary biking at Vigorous level( I think my RPMs were in the 90s) I then did 20 minutes Eliptical. and 15 minutes of circuit training. MFP said I burned 729 calories. The polar FT7 was dead on…
Gotta take the good with bad....I Guess
What a great week it has been, I had my first NSV's I noticed I was losing my man boobs, I ran my first 5k( walked a bit). I did have some set backs though. I had a setback with my knee(going to doc tomorrow). My big set back was my weight. It looks like I gained 2 pounds, let me rephrase that I gained 2 pounds. I am no…
I need some good low impact exercises for arthritic knee
I am thinking Stationary bike, but when looking through MFP its doesnt give RPM's for the different levels. I am still gonna try P90X,( no Plyo) but does any one have any good low impact calorie burners. I don't own a real bike, and I enjoy the Stationary bike. My knee is pretty much shot so no jumping and no running.
P90Xers wth Arthritus????
I went to the Doc today the reason my knee is hurting is Arthritus. He advised no running and no high impact stuff. My question is simple I know you can modify the workouts on P90X. Will I be able to modify the workouts enough to keep my heart rate up and get an effective workout. Is there anybody out there on P90x with…
My first 5k in over 20 years
I completed my first 5k in over 20 years, my time was in the 44s.My knee was bothering me so I took it easy, I had plenty of lungs.When I was in high school I ran cross country and my times were always in the 17s( at altitude) Boy I am outta shape. This wa sone of my goals and I compeleted it, now to get the knee looked at…
I am ordering MY POLAR HRM Do i need any additional stuff
I am ordering a polar ft7 HRM today, and I am wondering if I need any additional attachments. I am ordering it off of amazon and I cannot see if it comes with the chest strap. Is the transmitter the chest strap??? also do I need the electro gel and all of that other stuff. I am ordering within the hour because I am a…
Losing my man Boobs my first NSV
My gym has little tvs on the ellipticals and I can see my reflection, well I usually see my man boobs bouncing (quite embarassing) today I didnt see them bouncing Woo hoo. I figure I can share this with yall because I am sure some guys have this issue or had this issue. I also completed 2 miles on the elliptical in 19:44.…
A scale that measures your body fat...SWEET
BF-683W Body Fat / Body Water Monitor made by tanita http://www.tanita.com/en/bf683w-scale/ My Lt. is a nutrionist/health guru, He brought in an instrument that I held in my hands and it measured my body fat. He said there fairly accurate. He informed me of teh scale you see above and highly reccomended. Does anybody use…
Whey Protein question
My buddies are telling me I should take whey protein and instead of reading all of the technical terms I figured I would ask ya'll. I want to know if I should try taking this while trying to loose weight. They have told me it will help with muscle recovery an dhelp my metabolism. Is this true. Any and all advice on whey is…
Anybody use medice balls?
I watched a infomercial last night on Kettleworx, My little gym doesn't have kettleballs but has orderd some kettleballs. I saw some medicine balls that ranged from 2 pounds to 12 pounds. I imitated some of the workouts I had seen done with the kettleball. I had a HELL of a workout. I calculated it as Circuit Training. I…
Up from 3-5 am watchig infomercials on workout videos
Okay So I am so motivated to work out I am up watching infomercials for workout videos by beach body. So far I saw p90x, 10 minute trainer,hip hop abs, and now kettle worx. The prices are better when you get it from an infomercial. The one I was looking for was insanity and I guess I missed it. I never have seen…
20 pound dumbell weights how much?
After a GREAT workout yesterday I was sitting there resting looking at the dumbells all lined up by weight and my eyes cast upon the 25 pound dumbell. I then looked over to the 70 pound dumbell. I was fixated on these 2 dumbells. the 25 pounder had me because I have lost 27 pounds, so I just had to feel how heavy it was,…
Low Carb Dieters Net Carb vs Carb
I am not a technical person but I have a simple question for you folks on low carb diets, I just want some advice on how you count your carbs when their are net carbs involved. Do use the net carb count or do you us the actual carb count. i always use the higher of the 2, which is usually the reg carbs
Abdominal work=Sucking in gut????
One of my goals is to start doing abdominal workouts when I hit 250 pounds, I am closing in on that goal. I have heard several people at the gym saying anytime you work out you should concentrate on sucking your gut in, especially when doing abdominal work Can anybody tell me why and what that will accomplish. any and all…
COME ON Sunday weigh in .... who is your Daddy?!?!!
I have weigh in tomorow, and I am thinking my loss will be minimal. Not to worried because I am in it for the long haul. Just kinda curious as to why, but I am pretty sure it is because I increased my water intake. my work outs have been great this week, and my am doing zig zag on my diet. I took today off from exercise…
MFP LINGO???
I now know NSV is NO SCALE VICTORY, but what is with "BUMP" and is there any other lingo I should know
Dry cracked fit
Since I have started working out, my feet have become real dry and cracking, I started putting Corn Huskers on them and its helping. Anybody got any ideas on lotions or creams to prevent this. Ihave good running shoes an dmy socks are always clean of course. I posted it here because I believe it is from the exercise.
When did yo hit your Plateau's???
I started my weight loss program on April 1st and found MFP on the 4th. I am doing very as of this morning I have lost 23 pounds using a low carb diet. My question for many of you is at what time did you hit your plateau. I want to prepare myself and see if I cannot increase my workout load to hopefully ease through it. I…
Potassium not showing up in many products
Hey I am doing a low carb diet and many of the meats, fish and carnivorous type of foods are not showing any Potassium showing up. Any ideas why? or can it be fixed