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3500 mg Potassium in 1200 calories? Diet suggestions?
I keep being frustrated by the 3500 mg daily value of potassium. It seems impossible, in my mind, to have a varied, tasty, and nutritionally complete diet of only 1200 calories and achieve 3500 mg of potassium. In a related post, someone pointed out that 100 g of white beans have a whopping 1200 mg of potassium and "only"…
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Be Gentle with Yourself - Decision Fatigue is real
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magazine/do-you-suffer-from-decision-fatigue.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 This link is to a 2011 article from the New York Times to help you be gentle with yourself. Do not get hard on yourself when will power fails. Scientific evidence demonstrates that decision fatigue is a real problem, and…
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Time to get serious again - Ministry is Hard
Hello - There was a time when I went from my current weight (~140) to a nearly gaunt 112. I was 24, had just escaped a relationship, job, and city to start over in a wonderful place (Minneapolis). I found a new job that treated me poorly and ate my soul, but had regular hours that ended at 4:00. I took advantage of that…
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A memorial for a supportive MFP friend, buudharich
Dear MyFitnessPal, There isn't a better place to post this, so this will have to do, because buudharich was an amazing friend in real life and on MFP. He was the one who cheered me on when I kept up with signing in and logging. He was the one who poked me when I missed signing in for a few days. He was always friendly in…
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Together, we can make this happen.
I started myfitnesspal back in April when I was participating in my local YWCA's "Meltdown." I was looking for a calorie counter at the time that would be convenient in helping me meet the goals of the program. However, once the program ended, I lapsed. I'm ready to get going again, but this time I no longer have a program…
