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Mini Rant
So there's this high schooler that recently started lifting weights at my gym, and he doesn't doesn't rerack anything. Today he left a loaded smith machine, barbell, and multiple sets of dumbbells. When I saw him about to leave the gym floor, I reminded him that he left out all of his equipment, and that he should rerack…
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Elevated Heart Rate When Drinking?
So last night for New Year's Eve I was at a party, where I consumed a few drinks. When I finally got home, I noticed that my heart rate had been extremely elevated the entire night. According to my fitbit, my resting heart rate is normally low 60's, but all night it was above 100 bpm. My heart rate was so high in…
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Gaining Weight Due to Severe Chronic Insomnia
So for the past few months, I've really been struggling with severe chronic insomnia. I am on a sleep medication, but it has pretty much stopped working for me. I am working with my doctor to find a solution, but he's pretty unhelpful. To put it perspective the past week has looked like Monday: 7:30am - 1:00pm (4.5 hrs)…
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Elevated Resting Heart Rate?
So I have a fitbit charge and for the past month I've noticed my resting heart rate has gone up. My resting heart rate is normally between 60-63, but even since September I've noticed it has slowly increased to approximately 70-73 bpm. While I realize that this is still relatively low, should I be concerned or just write…
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Protein Powder Recipes
After reading a few of these recipe threads I realized that not many people know how to bake with protein powder. So I decided to post my three favorite recipes to help you guys out. (Btw these aren't my recipes, so they're easily googlable if you want a more formal recipe. But I find these are very forgiving recipes, and…
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120 lbs to 120 lbs?
This entire week my weight has spiked up to 120lbs... exactly where I had started two months ago. I couldn't help but be angry with myself, two months of consistent diet and exercise and I had nothing to show for it. To make matters worse, I also realized that I was 120lbs this time last year as well. That's one year of…
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Best Heart Rate Monitor for Lifting
Currently I have a Jawbone UP (not the heart rate type), and am looking to get more accurate in logging my exercise calories. Before I spend a ton of money on a new fitness tracker, I wanted to see which heart rate monitor would be best suited for my type of activity. My normal workout routine consists of powerlifting,…
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Random Cravings
So tonight I had my evening snack all planned out. It was already made and prelogged, in fact it was literally sitting in the fridge waiting to be eaten. But out of nowhere I had the most random craving for... wait for it... tofu with nutritional yeast. I'm not even vegan lol. So here I am at midnight baking a whole block…
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Overeating and Insomnia
Normally I sleep okay, but if I my sleep pattern gets slightly perturbed my body goes haywire. Because it's spring break I got 8 hours of sleep last weekend. Personally if I get too much sleep (yes 8 hours is too much sleep for me), I am no longer sleep well the next few nights. So last night I ate around 5,000 calories…
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Accidental Protein Powder Mug Cake
So I just came across the happiest accident ever. I've made hot chocolate with protein powder before by mixing the protein powder in with hot water. But today I decided to mix the protein shake before and microwave it for like 2 minutes. So with just milk and chocolate protein powder, I accidentally created a chocolate mug…
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Greek Yogurt Cheesecake
So I made this yesterday, and it was ridiculously good. I love greek yogurt and I love cheesecake so this was the perfect recipe: http://www.abakinggirl.com/2013/01/21/greek-yogurt-cheesecake/. It's made with only greek yogurt and no cream cheese. I halved the recipe, so half the cheesecake only ended up being 610 cal (the…
