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Starting runners:lets motivate each others
I started running again after a wee break of 450 days due to aching feet and not being in the mood. After 4 runs I at least can do 3-4 very slow km again without walking. It’s a start. What I learned: don’t overdo things. My feet are not made for half marathon training. Shorter runs are fine. Do write along if you just…
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Steroids and working out: your experience
edit: this is not about illegal drugs, but medication and their influence on sports performance. I had my gallbladder removed last week Monday. All went well and I was fit enough again quickly, if the anesthesia hadn't annoyed a nerve in my throat resulting in endless cough. I'm currently on corticosteroids after trying…
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So... who owns a spurtle?
Spurtle owners unite! Who owns one of those quintessential kitchen tools? Btw, I don't eat porridge, but it's brilliant for soups and stews. And it adds some desperately needed innuendo to my kitchen :D
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[science article wanted] inflammation and food
I remember there was a rather big discussion on an article about inflammation, metabolic and autoimmune diseases and specific food here somewhere. Does anyone remember this article and can point me in the right direction, please? I know I should have bookmarked it :#
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Data nerdery: influence of surgery on waterweight ;)
I left my gallbladder in a hospital on Monday and was released on Tuesday lunch time (meh, they kicked me out without lunch!). Weight from Wednesday onwards: Sun: 63.0kg ---- Wed: 63.9kg Thu: 63.6kg Fri: 63.3kg Sat: 63.0kg I guess most of it is from a bit of swelling and holding a bit more onto water as they gave me hardly…
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Lowest back strength, and stretching for inline skating
I picked up inline skating again and found that my lowermost back is not quite strong enough to skate in a crouched down position for too long. I'm talking the area from waist to tailbone basically. Also, when I crouch down my bum, kind of outside area, and outside upper thighs get really tight. Office workers' syndrome I…
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Food after gallbladder removal: what will I be able to eat/digest first few days?
Yikes! The hospital phoned me this afternoon and cancelled my appointment for gallbladder removal in 10 days time. They offered a new date, this coming Monday at 9. :# Apart from not being prepared at all I wonder what kind of food I should have at home. I can't eat a lot of protein-rich food without getting reflux,…
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calories inline skating
Does anyone have a suggestion for calories from inline skating? I'm considering dusting my skates and going on longer rides. walking calories: 0.3* weight * distance running calories: 0.64 * weight * distance both work for me. Skating doesn't involve the jumping motion that's present when running, and with a good set of…
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maxHR high or low: advantages?
There are people with a naturally low maxHR. I can still run fairly relaxed with an HR of 180, while this rubbish 220-age equation tells me I should not even be able get that high ;) Anyway, I wonder if there are any advantages or disadvantages of either. Do people with a low maxHR have more efficient hearts or might they…
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gallbladder removal: when feeling well/able to work out again?
Basically I'll need to have my gallbladder removed. No idea why, but it's filled with stones to the rim and I had two colics in the past 3 weeks, and generally don't feel well. Besides female and very pale none of the other risk factors fits. Oh well.. bad luck. So how long did it take you to feel well again and work out…
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Mets, calorie burns (number nerdery thread)
How good are METs for for estimating calorie burns? Can anyone help me understand this? The compendium of physical activity mentions: 3.5METs, walking, 2.8 to 3.2 mph, level, moderate pace, firm surface The following equation gets cited regularly: METs* weight in kg * 3.5 * minutes - oxygen intake in ml previous equation /…
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Does hypothyreoidism cause weight gain?
Unplanned experiment. Background: I've had hashimoto for years, mostly well controlled with levothyroxine. Since the beginning of the year I've been trying to keep control of my weight I'd lost weight years ago and have maintained since. Since January it became a lot more difficult to maintain, and in the end I completely…
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Does IF really cause gallbladder problems?
I will probably have to get rid of my gallbladder as it resembles a shingle beach, and I know now that it's been giving me problems for about 18 years. Of the 6 big risk factors only two fit, female and very pale and ginger/blonde. I've never had a child, it's not in the family, I've not been fat ever (just somewhat…
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3-potentially 4 weeks in Germany
Phew... been looking forward to this, but eating will be difficult. I'll be seconded to a drilling project in Germany for 3-up to 4 weeks from later next week. I'll be twice 3-5 days near the wellsite to supervise and in the town of the company for the rest of the time. The hotel near the wellsite doesn't have a fridge in…
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Optical HR sensor arm (not wrist)
My Scosche Rhythm+ seems to be dying and I need a new one. Looks like I only have three options for an optical sensor I can wear on my upper arm: The newer Rhythm24, Polar OH1 and Wahoo Trackr. Anyone has any experience with either of those? The Polar one seems to have the best sensor based on reviews/tests by DC…
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boneless chicken, raw, (thigh/drumstick), with skin
Looking for calories for both chicken thigh and drumstick without bone but with skin. Am having a readymade ovendish today and tomorrow with basically just chicken, oil, chili and salt, and can't work out the calories. The info on the packaging doesn't make sense unless bone weight is somehow in there. This database and…
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300km cycling in a day
I'm a bit crazy. A friend made me aware of a 320km cycle tour through the Netherlands on the longest day of the year. And I just decided that I want to do this. Which is crazy as I never cycled more than 40km on a day. Crazy? Me? :D At least my bike is not too bad: it's a fairly lightweight trekking bike (mountain bike…
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Found the switch in my head
Hell yeah! I don't know what happened, but at the beginning of this week I suddenly decided to finally turn my life around again. No big drama: I was nearly constantly sick or injured for nearly 2 months, frustrated, and could not stop eating snacks. After years of maintaining I gained some weight back. Not much, mind. Now…
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Frustrated: not being able to exercise means I lose control
Title. I know that something happens when I don't exercise. I get restless, I get bored in the evening despite having enough interesting things to do, and I am superhungry all day long, and especially for crisps and candy, and in probably 8 years or so exercising on and off for various reasons have not found anything that…
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Frugal food tips. Lets collect
My local supermarket has frozen pizza on offer this week, 3 for 5 Euro (saved 4 Euro). I don't often like pizza, but every now and then is fine, especially when I come home late and don't feel like cooking. Now those pizzas have a massive amount of calories, one with tuna comes in at nearly 900kcal! My dinners never really…
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Silly Fitbit!
I walked about 12km today, flat landscape, mostly slow strolling with lots of photostops and a museum visit. My stupid fitbit has so far given me over 2400kcal! For a bit of walking. On a mostly sedentary workday it gets me about 1600. Silly thing! Just venting.
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Dyspraxia: where the clumsy kids are
Surely I can't be the only one, right? Are there more people either with dyspraxia, or those that are generally just very clumsy and that enjoy working out regardless of cruises or looking silly? Give me a shout! <3
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Your vacations this year?
Oh gosh, I finally live near a proper international airport again! This year will be brilliant, plus I'll have 35 days vacation plus public holidays. So far 16 days are planned <3 2 nights in Belgium to see a band play that I dearly love and to visit museums in Brugges and Ghent 2.5 weeks on Cyprus in August/September,…
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Noob gains: over again?
I have some problems keeping up working out regularly. International moves, depressions, etc... For some reason I seem to be getting most gains by working out, stopping for 2-3 months, and starting out again. In the meantime my strength goes down though and I can't do a push up, etc. anymore. Note that gains are not really…
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This has how many calories? Rubbish nutritional information
Today I saw that some kind of Asian instant noodles were on offer at my local supermarket. Knowing these things usually have an awful lot of calories I looked at the nutritional information and found: 100ml = 60kcal Hmm... These are noodles, not a soup. Ok. Then I looked for further information. Add 360ml of boiling water…
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music on harddisk - speaker without cable: possible?
All my music is stored on a harddisk, about 1TB of data in total (high quality). I like a very limited interior design: few low furniture you can look under and am looking for a way to get music from that disk to a speaker in the same room, without cable and on a budget. That includes subscriptions for any music services.…
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OMG, that looks like so much!
You cook something, look at the calorie count an the amount of food and thing: something's off here! This seems to be happening a lot lately. Today I made tuna pasta. I though I'd used wrong entries, but they are fine indeed. For two days I used: 160gr spiral pasta 400gr tinned tomatoes 10gr olive oil 4gr sugar 10ml lemon…
