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Website database broken?
edit - wrong forum. :s sorry Since yesterday, when I search for food on the website I get an empty list and the note that this product doesn't exist. I searched for skyr yesterday for dinner, which I'm having for breakfast every day. Then as a snack a brand of waferbar I'd not eaten before: nothing with searching nor…
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The kitchen from hell, or how cooking messes with my scales
I love my kitchen scale. After moving internationally this great tool of 5 years suddenly started acting up and would occasionally jump between up to 30 grams without fixing on a weight. I might have broken it by squeezing it into a very full backpack I thought. I bought a new one. Lovely darkish green. Fits with my dish…
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Calories burned when cycling
I don't have the means to measure the energy I created when cycling. Is there a way to estimate how many NET calories are burned when cycling 104km leisurely in 5 hours, flat terrain? Female, 44yrs, 62kg, 169cm. I found this calculator: https://keisan.casio.com/exec/system/1350958587 which gives me 2,272kcal (gross I…
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Cooked soup: something seems to be off calorie wise
I cooked a Moroccan meatball soup today, and something feels off. I cooked it for four days, thus am eating 1/4 of the dish now - and it feels so much while it's just 500kcal. I don't think I can finish the meal and have the feeling something is very off on my calorie counting, but I can't really figure out what. Anyone…
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The kitchen scale mystery (moved, two scales don't work)
I don't get it! I moved internationally recently and thought my kitchenscale broke down, being stuffed in a very full suitcase. Maybe too much pressure. Anyway, for periods it would not stay on zero but switch between 28 and 0 constantly, and the same would happen if I weighed something with a range of about 30-40. I…
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Today I became a happy bunny!
Moved to the Netherlands 6 weeks ago and was quite shocked about the price of fresh food, especially fish, fruit and veggies. The fruit problem was solved at work as we get a huge crate of fruit every week. The rest though... Today I finally went to a big outdoor market, close to closing time. It's huge, all in all more…
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Simple alternative to mayonaise? [not American]
I'll be cooking a fish with chorizo and salad dinner tomorrow, from a dinner spice kit I got for free once. One of the ingredients is for making some kind of aioli, for which I need mayonaise. it's one of those few foods that gives me reflux. Any suggestions for alternatives? I don't see myself using yoghurt/skyr or…
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Bandwagon... time to take responsibility again
So what happened? Been trying to get out of depression and finally find a properly paid job again for nearly three years. Sorted out part 1, oddly enough not by my dream trip to a place in the Brazilian jungle, nor visiting various Utah national parks but by seeing my favourite band finally play again. Decided to see them…
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Toughest hike in my life. nervous.
I'm a bit nervous! Next Saturday I want to hike up Ben Nevis, the highest top in the UK. It's a 1350m uphill walk, with an average increase by 17%. I've only ever did two hikes of about 700m, up through the jungle to Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro last year, and this year in Zion NP to Observation Point (12%…
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Being overweight but seen as thin
I probably have some body dysmorphic issues. A very good friend of mine as well. She's constantly surprised that I don't fit into her clothes (she is petite, even if she's equally tall as me <3 ) Anyway, before I lost weight I was 76kg at 169cm. My friend thinks I always looked slim, and I guess part of that is because I…
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[cookbook wanted] [grams] simple, quick and delicious dinners
I'm always looking for cookbooks. Yes, I can search through food blogs, but I love to be inspired and don't like surfing for recipes. What am I looking for? A cookbook consisting mainly of simple, quick, somewhat healthy and delicious dinners. I'm not into lunches, breakfasts and deserts. No slowcooker as my kitchen is too…
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The guitar owners thread
I'm proud new owner of an amazing Fender Telecaster, gifted, after laying in a basement for years. A '52 reissue <3 . It's really a thing of beauty. The thing is: I've never learned to play guitar. The amp will arrive today (currently out for delivery). So basically: I want to learn to play but am a bit uncertain how. I'm…
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[Spain/Canary Islands] Calorie information?
So first long summer vacation coming up soon. I'll be going to Tenerife, San Juan de la Rambla for nearly 3 weeks. As this is the first long vacation in ages I'd like to try and track. However, how difficult will it be? I don't have a lot of money will probably cook my own food most evenings. Could imagine warming up tins…
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Fitbit: that house cleaning counts as exercise :p
LOL! I just spent the last 3.5 hours cleaning my tiny flat, including every tiny nook and cranny, and things I usually don't see. Fitbit recorded it as a workout. Well, I did work myself into a sweat, but thanks but no thanks. Did your trackers ever record odd things as exercise?
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[UK] where do I get crumbly potatoes?
I like to eat potatoes, but what I'm really missing are crumbly potatoes. I can't seem to find them at all. All I find are firm cooking potatoes :( Any ideas? I so want to eat pickled herring (best with crumbly), make cottage pie, have a big oven potato with a yoghurt dip, etc.
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Tripple whammy water weight
Title! Basically travelling, working out after break and tom. 1.6kg ftw! (Slowly going down again now).
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resting HR and fluid levels
I always wondered why my resting HR is a lot lower when I run, and I assumed it's because I'm fit. Now I've not been running for over half a year due to feet problems and see quite some variations in resting HR. I'm maintaining, thus my weight is stable. I can say with fair confidence now that whenever my fluid levels are…
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Overview calories fruit/100gr
I'm experimenting a bit with oats for breakfast as I have a huge leftover bag and find that if I put skyr over them before going to bed it's actually really filling in the morning (though I prefer the crunchiness of the non-soaked ones). Ok, I need more fruit variation. Sweet fruits that come in small portions so I don't…
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Type of food matters - for satiety
I'm a bread addict. My breakfast always consists of two slices of good bread, and three more later in the day. Today I tried something else: I had a big pack of oats left from making cookies. So I made a bowl of oats with skyr, fruit and a few rasins. Same amount of calories as my two slices of bread. Not much different:…
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[science] calorie variation in fruit due to climate?
I've been wondering about this for a while but can't find an answer. Imagine you have an apple tree in your garden. One year the summer is really not good and your apples are not very sweat. The next summer is hot, sunny, and your apples are very sweat. Will there be a difference in calories, and how big will it likely be…
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Radishes and hunger
That's so odd. I'm a carb fan yet find it difficult to find low calorie inbetween meal food that actually fills me up. Apples don't work. Paprika and cucumber: kind of. When I was hungry and had nothing else in the house I started nibbling on radishes, and the hunger just went away. 100g. of radishes have a lot less…
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Parkour - calories
I joined a 90 minutes beginner parkour session today and really wonder how many calories I might have burned. For a 37 minute interval bodyweight workout with minimal breaks I give myself about 250kcal (of course less for shorter workouts). If I eat them all back my weight stays the same, thus I'm fairly confident with the…
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Barbell set: would this make sense?
I'm looking at upping my home gym a bit. At the moment I only have two kettlebells, and severely lack space. I could buy more kettlebells, but then I'd need at least two for each weight to gain more flexibility. So basically after looking at what's available I'm considering buying this barbell set: What's your opinion on…
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Working that core: having fun at a concert
Ok, found a cool way to work the core: going to a post punk concert and dancing my butt off! My dancing tends to involve a lot of lower abdominal movements. Added to that a guitarist gone wild which required quite a few occasions to lean backwards quite a bit (I'm sure he did a few of those because he noticed I kept an eye…
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Pump aerobic weights?
I usually do bodyweight interval workouts in my livingroom. When possible I add a kettlebell to it, e.g. do clean and press with squats for example. I'm missing the possibility of having just a bit more weight variation and to use both hands at the same time but I don't have the space for anything substantial (my flat is…
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looking for friendly facebook/reddit community for fitness blender, bodyrock, etc
Looking for a friendly community for above that doesn't judge you or doesn't ignore you if you don't sign up to premium services, don't use weights, don't have space for certain kit, or don't use a specific workout programme. I'm currently in a bodyrock group, but it's all about showing off abs, overly complicated burpee…
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Sleeping poorly and low on energy after strength training
So anyone with above problem? I can only work out in the evening as my blood pressure is too low in the morning, usually at around 7 to digest my food a bit first. I go to bed at around 10:30. I always sleep very badly from working out in the evening. When I run I'm usually ok the next morning despite not sleeping well. If…
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<600kcal dinner: Mediterranean wraps
150gr chicken breast in thin stripes, briefly marinate in a mix of ground cumin, coriander and spicy chili, and oregano. Make tsatsiki with skyr, rasped cucumber, garlic, bit of cumin and salt Make a simple salsa from finely chopped tomatoes and onion, tiny pinch of sugar and salt. cut red paprika and onion in stripes Fry…
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Ketones: keto diet, diabetes ... and infection?
I'm just on the final stretch of a rather bad stomach bug or food poisoning (both is possible). Been eating and drinking very little for two days, and what little I ate was all easily digestible carbs: softened baguette, broth with veggies cooked to death, and coke-flavoured ice lollies were the only thing I could stomach.…
