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Celebrities are a different "size" than the rest of us
It drives me crazy when celebrities lose weight and reveal that they are now a size 4 or 6, when they clearly are an 8 or 10 (if only because of spanx). Do you think that: A. the people that dress them lie about the sizes they're putting them in, B. they buy ritzy clothes that are deliberately sized smaller than they…
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What if C25K is too hard? Is there something wrong with me?
I am generally a healthy person, I eat well, and of late (since April) I've been getting regular cardiovascular exercise in the form of hour bike rides 3 or 4 times a week, keeping my heart rate up in the 80% range. I just started some really light weight training, and plan to up the weights once I'm comfortable with the…
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Adventure Vacation. Anyone?
Anyone been on an "adventure vacation"? I see them online that are hiking, cycling, kayaking, etc, either separately or in combination. I'm very excited to do something like that, but don't know anyone who's ever done it, and would like some advice. Wacha got for me?
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Real time exercise video
I think it would be really cool if someone would produce a set of workout videos where the people who are exercising behind the trainer are just starting out, and as you progress through the series, you see them getting fitter (as you yourself would be). Is there anything out there like that?
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Dry skin from low fat diet?
The subject says it all! Since I've been dieting, I tend to lean toward higher volume, lower fat foods, and my skin is starting to get really dry. Is it a coincidence? I'm also bicycling for an hour every other day, maybe it's from the wind on my face? (I go after 7pm, so very little sun.) Maybe this is tmi, but the worst…
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Wear HRM all day?
Has anyone here ever worn their HRM for 24 hours to see if the calorie expenditure was close to what it should be?
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caloric expenditure at different fitness levels
Hypothetically, you have two identical people, same height, same weight, same gender, but one is fit, and one is out of shape. Would they burn the same amount of calories doing an identical exercise? If you used a heart rate monitor to estimate, the fit person would burn less because their heart rate wouldn't elevate as…
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Vegetarian protein
I've got my protein carbs fat set to 40%, 30%, 30%, and at the end of the day, I keep ending up high in carbs, and low in prot and fat. I'm a vegetarian, and try to consume as few animal products as possible, so I don't want to add dairy or eggs. My fundamental problem is that I prefer a high volume, low calorie foods, as…
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Strength Training Book
I want to start strength training, which I've done in the past, but never for long. I have all these books with exercises, but when I'm exercising, it's akward to flip through books. I was thinking of photocopying a bunch of exercises, then put the ones I want to do in order in a ring binder. Then when I want to change up…
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Eating and exercising on alternate days
The days that I exercise (4 days a week) my appetite seems suppressed. Will I lose as much weight if I eat my exercise calories on the days I don't exercise, and eat my non-exercise quota on exercise days? Over a week, I'd actually net fewer calories since I'd be eating 1300 4 days and 1700 3 days instead of vice versa.…
