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“Hey, That’s Exercise!” (Actually, It Might Not Be.)
Attention shoppers: Window shopping is not a workout. Which daily tasks do make the cut as exercise? FITNESS Magazine breaks it down here. Walking Does It Count? IT DEPENDS A leisurely stop-and-shop visit to the mall won’t get your heart rate up to the cardio zone and keep it there. What does? A walk at a peppy pace of at…
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Hungry Girl Easy Caprese Breakfast Pizza
FIrst of all, i'm going to say that this was fantastic:love: Second of all, it was too time consuming for an everyday breakfast. I see more for lunch, a snack, or a nice fancy brunch. The only alterations i made was to use 2oz fresh mozzarella instead of string cheese, a whole wheat english muffin instead of a light one,…
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smartphone help
ok so i've been all over the internet and i still can't find an answer to that makes me happy: iphone or droid? i went into the verizon store yesterday where everyone told me droid was better except one employee who swore by the iphone. it seems that everyone who has an iphone says that is the better phone and everyone…
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healthy diet more expensive?
i've seen a lot of debates on here about whether having a healthier diet leads to paying more for food. found this article on firperez and thought it was interesting: A new study is confirming fears that we've already had: a healthy diet is just more expensive than an unhealthy one. And that sucks. You'd think that being…
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the first step is admitting you have a problem
i love starbucks. adore it. its in my top three favorite things: 1) starbucks 2) louboutins 3) hello kitty but of course, i must attribute my love of the greatest thing to come out of seattle to my touching thighs and 80's-tight jeans. every single day, it was a grande caramel macchiato with soy. everything coming out of…
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post workout sickness
for some reason, the last few times i've worked out (mostly cardio), i've felt really nauseous and light-headed afterwards and it doesn't go away for hours. at first i thought it might be because of dehydration so i tried drinking more water during and after the workout but it hasn't done anything for me. the workouts…
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do's and don'ts of weight loss
Found this interesting article on fitperez http://fitperez.com/2011-07-22-6-things-you-shouldnt-do-while-losing-weight Sure, advice from people about losing weight is mostly about what you should do, and when they do bring up what you shouldn't do, it's usually just what not to eat. Well, we've got a list of 6 things that…
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my logic is infallible
It's amazing the things i can convince myself to do. I was hardcore craving potato chips. i'm going back and forth: "should I?" "I probably shouldn't." "But I'm hungry!" "It's 10pm. Just wait until morning." "BUT I'M HUNGRY" "They're deep fried, high in calories, and have no nutritional value." "But they're yummy and put…
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Mcdonalds smoothies
I had a small wildberry smoothie for breakfast this morning for breakfast. SO GOOD! :love: only 210 calories and .5g fat. (44g sugar but i'm choosing to ignore that...) try them if your feeling a smoothie.
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olive garden
i'm meeting a friend for lunch at olive garden tomorrow so i was looking at the menu to see what i could get that would be healthier. the chicken gnocchi soup, which looks the most appealing, is listed as having 250 calories per bowl. yet when i look at the ingredients, it doesn't seem like the calorie count is high…
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The Anti-Diet (smores bars)
This type of recipe is in no way, shape, or form for a health food. But mental health counts for something, right? ps i started to calculate the nutritional info... and i decided that i should probably stop... Warm Toasted Marshmallow S'more Bars 1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix 1 cup graham cracker…
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Normal Eating
This was a video i watched on fitperez.com by guest vlogger anna. I thought it was very inspirational so here's the link: http://fitperez.com/2011-02-09-anna-talks-about-normal-eating Here's the text that she is reading from: Normal eating is going to the table hungry and eating until you are satisfied. It is being able to…
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not losing weight? sleep on it.
here's an interesting article i found on fitperez on the effects of sleep on weightloss. here's the original link http://fitperez.com/2010-11-19-new-studies-show-more-sleep-can-mean-more-weight-loss and here's the content of the article Want to lose weight? Keep dreaming! No, really. Recent studies have been linking…
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Cheese is the devil!!!
well, actually not quite:laugh: that's an exaggeration. but here's a really interesting article about how cheese is addictive- literally. http://www.care2.com/greenliving/cheese-contains-morphine.html now if you'll excuse me, i'm about to go eat something smothered in greasy, addictive, cheesy goodness.
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yoga
i'm interested in starting yoga and wanted to know if anyone knows of any websites that have good, free videos? i've looked at youtube stuff but anyone know of anything more complete? something around a half hour session would be nice. Thanks
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questions about p90x
i'm going back to school soon and i was looking for a way to keep up my workouts while i was there so i decided to look into p90x. i've been doing some research on it but there were still a few questions: 1. how much room do you need for the exercises? my apartment is an itty bitty little thing. 2. i have 5 lb free…
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jillian michaels weight loss supplement?!?!
i just a commercial for jillian michaels promoting her own brand of weight loss pills. i'm so confused :noway: i've had it drilled into me that weight loss pills are bad for you but now i see one of my role models not only promoting them, but introducing her brand! are these different from other stuff on the market or has…
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HRM help- polar F4
i just bought a polar F4 and set it up and everything. I'm wearing the chest strap but its not reading my heart rate. anyone else experience this problem or know how to help? Edit: I went on the site but didn't find anything useful. If anyone has any links that could point me in the right direction, that would be wonderful.
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nonstick cooking spray
i've been using a light coat of non-stick cooking spray in the place of cooking oil when making foods such as eggs or to cook some chicken. on the nutrition label, it says o calories for 1/3 of a spray. i don't know anyone who has reflexes fast enough to manage 1/3 of a second and mine end up being 1-2 seconds. since the…
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Using HRM underwater
The weather's getting nicer so i wanted to try doing laps outside in the pool to workout and work on my tan :laugh: Has anyone used their HRM underwater? Mine is an F6. its supposed to be waterproof but from what i understand, youre not supposed to push any of the buttons while underwater. thank you :heart: aisha
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all this snow...
we've already gotten 8 inches since last night and its still going strong,.. its making me crave a big bowl of mashed potatos and disney movie...
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mini rant: unsupportive family
I love my family to death, i really do. and i love being home from school. But they make my choice of lifestyle so much more ridiculously difficult than it needs to be. For one thing, my dad and my brother are always teasing me about measuring everything out. i can take that. not a big deal. every time i go to eat…
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hard rock cafe
my friends are planning a trip to hard rock cafe this wednesday and i can't find the nutrition facts anywhere! does anyone have any idea where i can find them or have any suggestions on what i can order thats relatively healthy and lower in calories? Thank you for your help :heart: aisha
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naked
as in the juice (keep your clothes on) i had one for breakfast this morning and i was just looking at the label and it looks pretty healthy. its a bit high in calories but i got the mighty mango and it was delicious. anyone else a fan?
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Quiznos: too good to be true?
I'm a poor college student i was thrilled when i got a coupon for free quiznos. i was looking up some of the nutrition information on the website and some of the numbers seem really low: A cup of broccoli cheese soup is listed as 175 calories and 6 g of fat a cup of tomato basil soup is listed as 125 calories and 3.5 g fat…
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strength training without the equipment
they're closing down the weight room in our university gym for a few months so i was wondering if you guys know of any good strength training exercises that i could do in my dorm that doesn't require any equipment (aside from pushups, sit ups, lunges, and squats) much appreciated :heart: aisha
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the scale can lie!!!
so i've only lost 4 pounds since the beginning of july but i went jean shopping today and all of my jeans were a size 6!!! that means i'm down 6 pant sizes (size 12 about a year ago) even though i've only lost 4 pounds. let this be a reminder to all of you that the scale can lie! take measurements instead. i wish i had so…
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100 calorie creme brulee
ok so its actually 104 calories but 100 cal sounds so much snazzier. Here's another one from the hungry girl cookbook and it turned out great. I wouldn't go comparing it to restaurant quality because you can only cut so much fat and calories out of something before you notice a difference in taste. But if you want a nice…
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fruit (not about eating it...)
i see the terms apple and pear thrown around everywhere but i can't for the life of me figure out which i am. i carry most of my weight in my stomach and thighs. i don't carry much in the chest area. thoughts?
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chocolate chip cookies
just bought hungry girl's new cook book: 200 meals under 200 calories. i tried the chocolate chip cookies which are actually called so-good chocolate chip softies and with good reason. they taste fantastic but have more of a muffin consistency than cookie. The only changes i made to the recipe was to use 4 tablespoons of…
