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What's more filling, fat or proteins?
Hey all, Heres a stumper for you...I can eat 2 slices of store bought pizza (with like a good thick crust) and feel satiated for hrs but I eat a healthy salad w beans, quinoa, veggies, olive oil dressing, the whole nine yards and I'm hungry in an hr. What gives? Is it the fat in the cheese that's making me full? The bread?…
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Zumba and calories burned website
Hey everyone, I just found this website that could help you come up with an accurate 'guesstimate' for how many calories you burn during a zumba class, if you don't have an heart rate monitor (like myself). It's pretty decent, it inputs your weight and intensity level. Let's just hope the mathematical calculations behind…
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Food drop-down menu serving options, how do you do that?
Hey everyone, I noticed in the food database that there are some foods, eg. Strawberries - Raw (and I think 'Banana- Raw') actually has an array of serving options to choose from. My question is, how do you do this? I seem to have mastered that you can put let's say serving: 1/2 cup (40g) and then in the total servings the…
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Restaurant Meal Choice....Help Me!!! :)
Hey there, Okay so I feel like this kind of silly but I have to go to an engagement dinner tonight and want to plan my calories as much as possible since I've been really bad lately with my calories :/ I found the menu online (yay!) but I've got two questions: 1. Which fish would be the best choice given mercury levels and…
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Shin splints
Hi everyone, I know this is prolly asked ad nauseum but I just want to re-confirm , is it okay to use the elliptical or bike machines while shin splints heal? i think i got them by increasing the speed of my run segments too quickly compared to the walking segments. I don't want to give up physical activity altogether. Do…
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What Do 300 Calorie Meals Look Like?
Hey everyone, Sometimes all it takes are a little visuals!! I found this link and it really helped me gain some perspective when I'm making my meals, our bodies really don't need much! I hope it helps! Enjoy!! http://bit.ly/bepSPI
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Newbie- 1 week in!
Hey everyone, My name is Kimberly (or Kimber for short), I still slip up a lot in terms of eating properly but I'm trying! Add me if you want, we can support each other through this process. Peace.
