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Not a typical evening
I have been a little achy today from running around all day yesterday and dancing last night. I ended up eating several servings of dark chocolate pomegranate candies after my partner brought the whole bag into the living room. Then I had a sugar headache to go with my other aches. Hoping to help with the sugar, I dragged…
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Biggest Loser does it again
Sometimes I think the show is determined to show how out of touch with reality they are! Last night's episode included a challenge to buy a week's worth of groceries on a "budget" of $70 per person. Our average is higher when you factor in the staples, but we often only spend about $70 for the two of us! Last week was…
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SCIENCE!
It seems to me that one reason we have so much trouble with getting accurate information is that we need to brush up on scientific facts. Muscle is *more dense* than fat. Calories are units of energy. When referring to dietary calories, we are actually using units of kilo calories. (Ok, not as important) Proteins and carbs…
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A different kind of gripe
See that avatar, that is me dancing with my man. He has a very low BMI. He plays soccer and goes to body sculpt class on his lunch hour. He eats fruit like I used to eat ice cream. He has the same salad for lunch every day. Shortly after I started working out and skipping McDs, he signed up for a trainer at his gym on…
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Advice from weekend warriors
We are planning on going sailing tomorrow and will probably be gone at least from dawn to dusk, making it impossible to participate in a dedicated workout. We will be fairly active in spurts, but frankly, with light winds a large part of sailing is sitting around (albeit on a rolling seat and without a back rest) and I…
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House rules
We all know that only water counts as water and we should be drinking our weight in ounces. I also recently learned that each type of fruit and vegetable only counts once towards your nine daily servings. Does that mean that a glass of V8 counts as eight servings, instead of just two? What if I have V8 for breakfast, salsa…
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? for those treating PCOS with diet
I have mentioned before that although I do not actually have PCOS, I do have some hormonal problems that I am trying to treat with a similar diet. Do those of you who have had success with treating PCOS with diet alone find that your symptoms return with even temporary lapses? I have been on vacation for about a week and a…
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May I brag for a minute?
I have recently taken up hula hooping. Last night my partner and I were at a dance studio, where he was helping set up, and I was using the space to practice things that I cannot practice in our living room. For one of the moves, I kept hitting myself in the *kitten* with the hoop. I looked up to see him giggling and…
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What should his punishment be?
I served up a little less than half the eggplant lasagna for dinner and now my partner has finished off the other half by himself. Since he doesn't really cook, what does he owe me?
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Arrrgggghhh - reading the labels
How many times do I have to learn the same lesson. Must. Read. Labels. One of my motivations for healthy eating is that I have been having some unexplained health problems. They seem to be hormonal, so part of my dieting has involved avoiding soy. Not entirely, but not allowing it to be a part of my daily diet. And it…
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Dangerously Good!
We love banana cream in this house. You freeze chunks of very ripe bananas, then blend them. The bit of fat in the banana allows it to whip up into a soft serve texture. If you then freeze it, it becomes almost an old fashioned ice cream texture. If it was like runny soft serve in the first place, it becomes like an…
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Vegan, gluten free ropa vieja
I have a dinner next week at which one of the guests is vegan and mostly gluten free (a choice, not a necessity). So I am thinking of making ropa vieja, with spaghetti squash substituting for the beef. Should I add anything to make up for the missing beef flavor? Hey, you think this is odd, you should have seen me trying…
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Help me avoid emotional eating
We are having plumbing issues at the house and just found out that there is no way to resolve said issues completely until at least next Friday - as in, a week and two days from now. Add my hormones into all of this and I would really like to just break down and cry, but I have work to get done! On top of that, I am just…