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Fat From Cooking
Often when I cook breakfast sausages, I put 3-4 dozen in the oven and then refrigerate the left-overs to be quickly heated in the microwave. In the oven, a lot of fat / grease comes out in the baking pan. It is liquid form when taken out of the oven and turns solid when it cools. Last night, I did something similar with a…
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Ignorance
I get so mad sometimes at the ignorance out there, particularly in diabetes groups that have both type 1 and type 2 members. In a group on Facebook, there is a guy who just argued with me saying that he is an EMT (as though that is relevant...) and that type 1 diabetes and type 2 dibetes are the same thing. Ugh. Whenever…
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Trendweight Users: Does this make sense?
Looking for Trendweight Users to shed some light on my recent results. Generally, I find this to be a helpful tool for smoothing out inconsistencies. However, the past 2 months have not seemed to be very accurate when comparing to the scale. Especially the last 3 weeks, as I weigh almost every day. What I would expect:…
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Peanut Butter
I have some tubs of peanut butter, and I seriously have no idea what to do with them. I know everyone says peanut butter is high protein, but look at the macros... they may have protein, but they have a lot more fat. I want to eat this stuff, but I only know about putting PB on bread and occasionally celery. I don't really…
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I'm getting past the initial losses and discouraged. :(
So for most of the first month, I lost about 2 lbs./week (according to trendweight). Then my losses dropped off sharply over the past 1-2 weeks to now being at 0.8 lbs/week. I was so happy and now I'm getting discouraged. I realize this is somewhat normal, but I really need to keep losing. Prior to going low carb, I was at…
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Low Carb Office Snacks
I'm trying to plan ahead for next month... my birthday is coming up. As the custom in our office goes, people bring in snacks to share on our birthday. Often people bring donuts, but I am not going to bring something in that I personally won't eat. What are some low carb suggestions? A few important things: 1. These would…
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Insulin, Exercise, and Low Carb
I'm a type 1 diabetic (I also have type 2, so informally called "double diabetic") and turned to low carb a couple weeks ago to try to regulate BG. It has really helped with timing issues normally caused by carbs and chasing with insulin, plus with the variability of actual insulin needs, etc. So things are going well…
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"Cheat" Days - i.e. High Carb Days
Does anyone here do this? I'm relatively new to low carb (just shy of 2 weeks) and have been pretty good about staying under 100g net carbs (some days a bit over and some days way under). The reason I started to go low carb is to better manage BG since I have both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. I noticed I'm becoming more…
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Duplicate group
All - just FYI, there is already a group for type 1's: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/232-type-1-juvenile-diabetics
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Backpacking / Hiking Daily Miles
I was recently backpacking through a wilderness area with 2 other individuals. None of the 3 of us are extremely fit, but we are not terribly out of shape either. We (the 2 of us that put the work into reviewing the topo maps and terrain ahead of time) had planned around 12-13 miles on average each day. Terrain was…
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Hiking / Backpacking Breakfast
I'm looking for very calorie dense ideas for breakfast... as little weight as possible with as many calories as possible. I'm going out for a week with 3 of us total, and looking for breakfast ideas with at least 500 calories per person. Preferably will contain protein as well. We will have a camp stove, but no…
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Sheltowee Trace
I'm planning to go out and hike the Sheltowee Trace in Nov. during the week of Thanksgiving. I'll go with a partner and hike at a pretty conservative pace - about 80 miles in 6-7 days. We'll start at the south end in order to avoid roads as much as possible. We have no plans to re-supply - will carry food and perishable…
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Cutting Diet Soda
I'm trying to cut diet soda. First off, here are a few things to clarify before everyone wants to start arguing about whether I should do this or why I'm doing it (I know where these diet soda threads go): -Diet soda has 0 calories. I'm not quitting because of calories... that would be silly. -Artificial sweeteners are…
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Low Carb Foods
What types of low carb foods would you take on a multi-day (6 day) backpacking trip, aside from the obvious answer of Quest bars? For example, what would you eat for breakfast? Assume eggs are not an option (PITA to carry) and anything that needs to be kept cold (sausage, bacon) is also not an option. Would you just…
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Dry Red Beans - What Am I doing wrong?
I had some dry red beans that I'm trying to cook. They are just coming out chalky / dry in the middle and bland (aren't red beans supposed to be spicy?). Here's what I did: 1. Soaked beans for 12 hours. 2. Drained water, rinsed. 3. Put beans in pot, covered with 1 inch of water. 4. Brought to boil on the stove. 5.…
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BCAA's
Does anyone here take BCAA's? What do you think?
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Would You Rather (Fun Thread)
Just for some fun conversation here... For awhile, I've dreamed about what it would be like if I were to win the lottery and never have to work another day in my life. I figure I would through-hike every major trail in North America. I feel like the worst day hiking is better than the best day at work. In fact, this…
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Is it DOMS or an injury?
This isn't from working out, but I think is similar enough that some of you might be able to help. Tues. and Wed. last week, I was tearing apart an old shed. It was wood mostly, so a lot of prying, lifting, pushing/pulling. Mostly prying, though. Wood pieces nailed together. On Thurs., I started to feel sore in my right…
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Bedford Red Brick Run
I know this group doesn't get a lot of attention anymore, but wanted to see if anyone else in this group plans to do the Red Brick Run in Bedford next month. I signed up for the 5K (they have 2 mile, 5K, and 10K options). Are any fellow [SW] Iowans on here planning on joining in?
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Trail Running
Does anyone here do trail running? I just got into running and completed my first 5K last weekend. Originally, I wanted to run to improve my cardiovascular strength and didn't think I would even like it. I want to continue to further improve cardiovascular health, but also because I'm starting to enjoy it. Since I love the…
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East Midwest / North Central Atlantic Region
Hi everybody! I'm hoping to be be able to put a road trip together for about a week around Memorial Day. I live in Iowa, and I plan to head out East. Here is why: There are only 5 states I've never visited: Alaska, Hawaii, Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island. Since 3 of them are in the same general area, I want to…
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Etiquette / Safety for 5K
I'm training for my first 5K using a training program through the LiveHealthyAmerica.com site as adopted in my state, and used through a group sponsored by my employer. I had been doing quite well with the training, but was especially busy last week with work (worked 12 hrs. Thurs., 17 hrs. Fri... etc.) and with finals for…
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Char Cloth Material
For those of you who make your own char cloth, have you ever used jeans? I have some old cotton jeans that are in too bad of shape to wear anymore and had that as an idea. If you do, then do you do only 1 or 2 pieces at a time due to the thickness? TIA
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Rx for Glucose Tabs
Has anyone ever gotten a prescription for glucose tablets? I buy them OTC and as I lose more weight, the need for them increases. I started buying them in the bottles of 50, and then started buying 2-3 bottles at a time. Now I seem to be buying those bottles more frequently. I would like to get a Rx for these so that…
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Climbing
Does anyone here do any technical climbing? It's something I would like to consider getting started when I don't have so much extra weight to pull. So I figure I'll be ready to start building some muscle in a couple months, and that puts me maybe a year away from having the physical capacity to be capable of starting out.…
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Wilderness Camping (Rant)
My state's department that manages state parks and forests and such put an article online with a link to it about winter activities, including primitive camping. I commented about a couple of places that I have wilderness camped in the winter, but that I am disappointed at how few places are available for wilderness…
