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Anyone here who understands VO2max and it's pitfalls?
Ok, VO2max is an estimate of the total oxygen consumption during physical exertion. In a lab setting it's a number calculated somehow from ventilation and oxygen and carbon dioxide concentration of the inhaled and exhaled air. If I understand this correctly, if there's one part of this not working properly, be it…
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Yay, finally getting things done!
I'm totally into simplifying my life: living close to all shops, a not too big flat which is easy to clean, little stuff, etc. Only problem: I don't clean. And it drags me so down to live in a dusty flat that I don't feel like doing anything else. I finally found a solution for this: a vacuum robot! My flat is quite ideal…
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higher volume, low weight strength without gym
I love strength training, yet it totally wrecks me for days. I now know that I have a muscle condition and that most things apart from walking on flat surface are anaerobic. Not sure what exactly strength does, but it also has some fab benefits: I'm not constantly hungry, and running works so much better. I just seem to…
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Wait, how is MFP able to update my app without updating my app? (measurements messed up)
So since yesterday something happened to the app on iOS. it looks like always - at least until I add the amount of an ingredient, because now the serving size site looks a lot different. The serving unit selector is tiny! hardly able to use it on my 12mini. And the number of servings field suddenly highlights the whole…
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Sports doctor prescribed exercise
So basically I do have muscle problems that I'm born with. Doctors are finally trying to figure out where things to wrong as a cardio pulmonary exercise test I did was mostly ok apart from the known problem of possibly not accessing fatty acids for energy for anything above relaxed walking and lactate rising a bit too…
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dry beans, calories (here black turtle beans)
Now I'm stuck with an ingredient. I have Brazilian black turtle beans, dried. Considering they're hard and probably contain very little water I'd think they should be around 350 calories/100gr yet everything I find points towards about 140 calories. Basically I find no database entries for any type of beans that appear to…
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Running: ankle injury.
I somehow managed to get the first running injury ever, after 7 years. So I tried to run slower, made smaller, more steps. Somehow injured my heal or outer ankle at the first attempt. 3 weeks later my heal still hurts without any improvement. It's not very strong to start with though. Anyone know what kind of pain this is?…
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Favourite cookbooks?
What are your favourite cookbooks? Not so much for learning techniques but for everyday cooking. My favourites are the three books my Meera Sodha, and the Lotus and the Artichoke series. I cook from all of those regularly. While they are mostly vegetarian/vegan I'm not. I don't eat a lot of meat/fish, but if I feel like it…
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Odd observation re: restless night after evening workout
Warning: don't try this if you have a high blood pressure. Mentioned a few times over the years that I can't sleep well after working out in the evening, especially running. Just totally restless, wake up constantly, tired in the morning. Well, evening is the only moment I actually am able to run. So that's not good. For…
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The crazy hamster in your brain, or why to delete Candy Crush
A while ago I saw an investigative journalism tv programme on why children are getting more and more overweight. There was a lot on easily available fast food, supermarkets outside school, the usual. A boy featured in this programme who has a genetic variation that makes the hamster in his brain go wild if he sees any…
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Mobile phone game: offline, brain use, no candies
Basically I'm looking for a phone game that I can play a bit every day if I feel like it. Needs to play offline as well as I'm traveling quite a bit and often don't have phone signal. Preferably something to think about, maybe something like Lemmings (get something over an obstacle course). No candy crush or anything else…
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HR mystery, possibly tech related
I'm trying to solve a HR mystery. When I run regularly I observe some strange things. It doesn't happen with every run, but when it does it's always after around 3km: suddenly the running becomes super easy. When I then look at my phone connected to an optical upper arm sensor my HR is about 15-25bpm lower than it was a…
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A huge box of veggies. There'll be lots of cooking (TGTG edition)
I love using Too Good To Go every now and then because I like getting surprising food and having to figure out what to do with it. Today I finally managed to get a leftover veggie and fruit bag from a local supermarket. Which was MASSIVE! This is what I got: (note, about 8 mushrooms were included, but I'm allergic and left…
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What's going on here? Bot?
Anyone else noticed a whole group of posts showing up today from similar sounding names (random+ numbers), no images, with similar English, asking very basic questions without providing any information. Has a school class been asked to research nutrition? Is it a bot attempt in creating accounts and posting stuff? Most of…
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Other names for these exercises (Garmin users?)
For warmup I'm doing Kettlebell Figure 8 Curl and Haloes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egzb7XcsgmM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJcmanVh5EE These are not within the Garmin environment. Any idea what alternative exercises I could use here? It has no bearing on calories, but colours targetted muscles on a little guy…
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Has MFP been hacked again?
Got a lot of spam since yesterday, all addressed to Yirara - a name I only use here. MFP, what's going on?
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What's wrong with the iOS app now? Only getting results in cups/servings
Argh! Since moving to another (European) country (might be coincidence) I only get food in cups or servings! I of course add USDA where needed, and still nothing. I can't get spring onions, onions, garlic, ginger, chili peppers, lots of other things anymore.
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Lets do this again
I know if my life is too chaotic then I have problems with eating healthily and not snacking too much. Since August I've been sitting on packed boxes, living in furnished rooms, quitting a new job in another country before starting and moving to yet another town for another job. Also was sick for about 4 weeks during this…
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Equalizers/dip bars recommendations
No, not a specific model but more the right type. In all my previous flats I had a useful corner somewhere where I could do dips when I felt like it. Here: nothing at all. And my chairs are not suitable either. I consider buying a cheap pair of dip bars. Was thinking adjustable in height, with wide enough padding on the…
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Nervous: moving today
Super nervous! I'm moving today, and there's so much that can go wrong. Most of my belongings and all furniture are in storage belonging to a moving company in another country. And this will be picked up right now. I hope. I'm worried that the company I hired is using a too small van, or that something else goes wrong.…
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Anyone here with carnitine deficiency?
Not looking for people who think L-carnitine will help with losing weight or quicker recovery but people who have an actual deficiency. Would like to chat. Been suspected to have a fatty acid oxidation disorder of some type for a while now and started using L-carnitine just as a test until I finally get to see a doctor.…
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Steep, mountain hike without lots of training.
I'm having a crazy brainwave again. Can you climb 1800m in elevation if you've never done it and live in a flat country? I'm trying to book a last-minute summer vacation and stumbled over this trail here: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/greece/crete--3/prionia-skala-mytikas?mobileMap=false&ref=sidebar-static-map…
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Damn you, weather! Damn you Garmin
Cursing badly at the moment. It's storming, and horizontal rain, and hail. And basically just being horrid weather. I found out that I apparently like the challenges Garmin gives me. Thanks to weather I missed out on the 300k steps in a month challenges three times already despite very long hikes. This coming weekend…
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Laryngities from running
Oh great. So I've not run half seriously in years. I've also not experienced this in years either: laryngitis from running. Yeah, I breathe through my mouth as I can't even walk with breathing through my nose. Add a bit of terrain, here a tiny flight of stairs with 6 steps and a railway dam and things might go wrong from…
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Covid and job hunting, or: the girl who turned down a job
Thanks to covid my work contract won't be extended. Lets just say my job is very specialized and very limited in the country I'm at now. Probably 70 colleagues in all, and half of them have just been laid off. I'm used to moving around for work. No problem. So the really odd thing happened: I somehow managed to get a new…