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- mg330
My wife and I are starting a nutrition and workout program with a trainer at our gym. Had us fill out a huge survey about our health and diet, and did BMI testing at the gym. Damn... I need to make some changes. Should be a good program and I'm excited about having someone good to work with.
The one thing he said I should start doing immediately is blending a whole lime with warm water in the morning, and having that when I wake up. I did it today and already felt like it was a good appetite suppression, but there are other benefits:
http://www.stylecraze.com/articl…
http://mackinreviews.hubpages.co…Anyone else done this?
- do you want to eat less? thanks for these articles.ohhhhhsnap
- I want to eat healthier and be in much better shape. If that means eating less, cool. Long as I feel full !mg33
- you mean juicing the lime then adding it to water? or blending the whole peeled lime?HijoDMaite
- So a Sprite?ArmandoEstrada
- lol Amando. good luck mg33, make sure your meals are balanced. i feel you on overeating.ohhhhhsnap
- or just load up in Vitamin C?ok_not_ok
- I started doing this 3 weeks ago. Pressing the juice of lemon in warm waterbenfal99
- so is it a lime or a lemon? :psine
- ohhhhhsnap0
back pain. lower. so much ow,
what to do?- you suggest atheletic greensCALLES
- amputationdrgs
- new mattress? chiropractor?sarahfailin
- New chair, lost weight, less pain.ArmandoEstrada
- Yup. New mattress. Go with tempurpedic. $$$$ but worth it.chuparosa
- chup. a new mattress might be right on point.ohhhhhsnap
- pulled my muscle from too many pull ups. iced it, heated it... went down :) yay doing some back stretches...ohhhhhsnap
- Once recovered get doing some deadlifts (stiff leg or normal), it will strengthen your back.Hombre_Lobo
- Shame u got pain from being healthily though! Unlucky dude,Hombre_Lobo
- Nairn0
Currently experimenting with not eating dairy products as I correlated two days of awfulness with previous night's cheese consumption.
Apparently lactose intolerance is something that can develop in later years, or because of a variety of different reasons.
I'm going to be pretty cheesed off if I am indeed intolerant of dairy produce - i'm like a quarter cheese by wet weight. Hate to say it though - I've been feeling a lot better this last few days.
- Priorities... I'd rather feel bad than stop eating cheese. What's life without chesse and wine?OBBTKN
- "What's life without cheese and wine"... Err, I'm going to print a shirt with thisOBBTKN
- Yeah, I'm hoping it's just a glitch - it's surprisingly hard to avoid cheese, at least in my usual routines. I keep catching myself about to founder...Nairn
- Like, even with th emorning cheese crepes for my kid - i don't like crepes, but if she leaves some, it's straight into my mou.. oh. No, it's not.Nairn
- Of all diary products, cheese has probably the lowest content of lactose
Lactose is a carbohydrate, cheese is just fat + proteindrgs - One of the 'episodes' was me glugging a load of milk, which was made the correlation flicker into mind, but thta's GREAT to know (!) :)Nairn
- *which was what made, ffs.Nairn
- you probably just had an overdose. keep it easy in dosing, forget bout that intolerance google bs.uan
- pretty sure I've developed it. Can have it in my tea but half a glass of milk in the evening fucks me up overnight.Fax_Benson
- On the contrary
https://bcdairy.ca/m…drgs - drgs is right about cheese being low lactose. Emmentaler, for example, is more or less lactose-free.Continuity
- Even a soft cheese like Camembert will have a really low amount of lactose.Continuity
- Bennn0
Half a lemon juice into a glass of water. First thing every morning or your life. Do it it's very good for you. I started last week.
- Bad for the teethNBQ00
- What are you talking about? Orange juice is acid for teeth not half a lemon in a full glass of waterBennn
- Oh, you drink it! I thought it was some kind of daily offering to the godsGnash
- Bad for the teethOBBTKN
- My grandfather turned Buddhist in his later years. I remember we bought the best fruit at the market (always going past the goat slaughter alley)...palimpsest
- ... to offer it to his Gohonzon in a special room he had at home.
Good memories. So I can confirm it is good for you.palimpsest - https://examine.com/…dmay
- The logic behind this is detoxing?
If you believe in detoxing you might as well buy an orgone pyramid.palimpsest - i dont give a fk about detoxing. Its more about getting a dose of vitamin C and fresh water.Bennn
- mg333
And... back on track. Started slow-carb on August 22nd and nailing it so far. I’m up around 175 at the start and aiming to get back into the mid 160’s where I prefer to be. It’s crazy that I weighed around 190 until late 2015 when I started getting into shape.
Targeting about 1,550 calories a day
50% / 30% / 20% Protein / Fat / Carbs - 195g / 52g / 78gIt’s amazing how easy it is to hit these targets every day with three full meals and no snacking.
On my first cheat day this past Saturday, I had donuts for breakfast, cheese curds and a huge spicy fried chicken sandwich, and a giant piece of birthday cake from a neighbor, handful of cookies, a bottle of barrel aged beer, dark chocolate almonds, and this obscene lemon cinnamon role a neighbor gave me earlier in the day.
I like the concept of the “cheat day.“ It is a nice goal to work towards, and during my evening workouts or peloton rides, somehow it makes the exercise all the more worth it to know I can take one day to just be carefree about what I eat.
Most major meals have been consisting of black beans or kidney beans, broccoli brussels sprouts and peppers, and chicken, skirt steak, or pork / ham, and eggs. Even this simple of a list of food can be cooked in so many different ways, and I don’t think I would tire soon of any of them.
- I was eying those fried curds you posted the other day! I quit drinking and replaced two meals a day with Soylent a couple weeks ago and lost 7 poundsscarabin
- Nice going!mg33
- The additional benefit of a cheat day is that it actually helps two things: keeps your metabolism fired, and replenishes your muscle glycogen.Continuity
- The muscle glycogen is really crucial to give yourself the fuel for lifting.Continuity
- cannonball19783
I am a fat fuck again, after repeated weight fluctuation. Getting back into the diet and exercise.
- Check my next postNBQ00
- you and me both.. was doing so well last year, then i went to the US for a holiday, got addicted to sugar again.. and fell apartautoflavour
- Vacation always ruin good habits for a whilejagara
- autoflavour2
Been in Hawaii this last 8 days.. does literally everything in the US have sugar in it? Or deep fried.
Feel like I just undid the first 3 months of work in 8 days- Food in the US is... specially unhealthyBennn
- I know I had choices, but still.. it was just crazyautoflavour
- the docu "Fed Up" said something like 80% of the 600,000+ food skus have added sugarimbecile
- Wish I’d known, could’ve suggested a few places : /MrT
- sarahfailin4
- I do 50 of these every day to stay jacked
- Boz3
Water fast, day 3. I'm going until end of April.
- What's your goal? Lose weight? Body fat?dmay
- Reset metabolism first, increase insulin sensitivity second and get into ketosis and hopefully down the last few % down to 10% bf. It's the final push.Boz
- is it that salt water fast Kelly Slater was taking about on Rogan a month ago? yeah Keto is where its at, I've been in Ketosis since I got back from alaskamoldero
- robotron3k3
TIL: A tablespoon of mustard is quick cure for heartburn...
- i need to remember this after i have some pepperoni pizza. but shit, eating a tablespoon of mustard sounds nasty.capn_ron
- Oh man, better than the four days of heart-attack chest pains...robotron3k
- absolutely. heartburn just about cripples me. I'm trying this mustard trick out next time.capn_ron
- really? this works?inteliboy
- Unbelievable, yes. Takes 10 min.robotron3k
- drgs3
^
"Consuming an additional 300 milligrams of dietary cholesterol per day was associated with a >>3.2% higher risk<< of heart disease and a 4.4% higher risk of early death"http://www.ergo-log.com/pushups-…
"The researchers used data from 1,104 male fire fighters with an average age of 39. The researchers determined the amount of pushups the men were able to complete, and then followed the men for up to 10 years.
The more pushups often the men could make, the smaller were their chances of a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular disease-related outcome. Men who were able to complete 40 or more pushups had >>96 % less chance<< of a cardiovascular disease-related outcome than men who could make fewer than 10 pushups."
- damn, i got 10 more pushups to go.sarahfailin
- I can do 40 on one breath. I'm going to live forever.set
- I can't do 40 of anything on one breathGnash
- pinkfloyd1
Are most running shoes at a slope? I was trying on these nike running shoes and the back was too high, and the front was very low. Any good running shoes without as much angle?
- Look for running shoes with a low heel drop, 8mm or less. If you go to CrossFit type shoes, those are basically flat for lifting and balance.robotron3k
- cool thankspinkfloyd
- Find a fancy running shoe store. They can measure your gate and recommend the right brand and model that will fit you best.fooler
- I've been using inov-8's lately. also hear Xero is good too.notype
- https://www.vibrams.…Nairn
- see_thru3
I've never fired up Health on my phone. So, out of curiosity I did, and found all the data that had been tracked without me realizing...
...man I walk a lot!
- Is that your average in steps? Your legs don't get tired?Taschen
- 4.4K and 5,349 steps already today....woot.see_thru
- I'm a trail runner which helps I guess....I walk to and from work everyday. If I'm not going to work, I'm walking somewhere else!see_thru
- I usually track my runs on my watch....I've never thought of tracking the day to day stuff too.see_thru
- dopenotype
- e-wo5
15% of my way into losing 30 lbs by Sept 1st
- Boz3
@set
I've been on a low carb rigorously for 2 and a half years. In this time I tried everything and loving pasta I finally found a pasta I love that has closest consistency and low carb/high protein/high fiber macros.
If you want, try this Explore Cuisine Organic Edamame Spaghetti :
https://www.amazon.com/Explore-C…
I am stuffing myself with this and it's like 90% like pasta to me. Maybe it will taste differently to you but I can't get enough of this stuff.
On top of that, the macros are INSANE on it.
Low calories, high protein, low carbs, high fiber, super high potassium (very important). I mean this is like magic to me.
Try it you might like it. You can eat the whole package and still be at like 40 gr of carbs. But this stuff is so satiating that you probably won't be able to eat more than 2 servings.
Cooks just like regular pasta too.
- notype0
Been fasting and have no idea what I'm doing.
Bet I should see a doctor first but just going with it.- 3 days. so far so good.notype
- Intermittent Fasting works best. Stop eating at 8pm and the eat again 10am the next day. I do this 5 times a week and cheat on the weekends.ok_not_ok
- ^ lol that's not fasting that's called stopping eating for the day. Everyone does that.set
- 30 day water fast is the most beneficial to the body. You literally reset all the systems and purge all the crap from your cells. A new body.set
- set I just started eating again yesterday and ate crap. surprised how upset/sad it made me feel, prior i was flying high. i'm going to start again tomorrow.notype
- 30 days may be a long time for a beginner without docs input. is it safe? just water? what about tea? coffee?notype
- always feel woosy/faintish although I know it's a passing feeling. i never felt so clear as I had at work last week.notype
- You can drink green tea and take a small amount of sea salt every dayset
- Black coffee okrobotron3k
- Yep, it’s OKnotype
- Like not eating food for a month?! For real? Yikes.monospaced
- I don’t think any doctor would be okay with that kind of thing.monospaced
- 30 day fast !?! thats nuts...pedromendez
- Do some research on how good it is for the body before spouting nonsense beliefs based on assumptions, my lovelies.set
- 30 days is extreme and not for everyone. I did it once, years ago, once you get past the initial few days it's pretty amazing.set
- I lost a lot of weight and didn't look well but I felt like I'd been given a brand new body. Really felt amazing. Not sure I'd do a whole month again though.set
- Even as just a spiritual or psychological practice, it gives you a whole new perspective and appreciation for food. We take it for granted so much.set
- BrokenHD0
Vegan for 6 days and counting. Was moving towards it for a while, but "What The Health" on Netflix pushed me over the edge. And its actually pretty nice over here—losing weight, gaining energy, fun exploring meal prep. Thats all ;)
- six days? losing weight? gaining energy? six days?oey
- Its a lot of fun. the worst thing is not eating meat or the other shit its the convenience of it.
Good luck - chime in if you need a hand with it.mugwart - I wish you success with your choice.oey
- did you start doing crossfit too?capn_ron
- that was a good doc, i cut down my meat by 70% this year, way more energy and focusmoldero
- How do you know there is a vegan in the room?
Don't worry, they'll tell you.
:)ETM - I swear I've slimmed up, (more energy for exercise!) Imagine two weeks lolBrokenHD
- @cap Just runnin and that old 7 minute workout app ;)BrokenHD
- @oey thank you! Will take you up on that :) Seeing a local nutritionist next week to make sure I got my bases coveredBrokenHD
- @etm Never thought I'd be that dude ;) But peep What The Health fr frBrokenHD
- @moldero nice manBrokenHD
- ^ I've never gone to a nutritionist. Just listen to your body and it will tell you. You can't focus and have slight head ache - buy bag of spinage etcmugwart
- bklyndroobeki1
How do I stop my stomach from growling while fasting
It's way too loud at work
- fart constantly to distract peoplescarabin
- fava beans brah.utopian
- definitely stems from nervousness :/bklyndroobeki
- coffee or water with a little saltIRNlun6
- :) thank you!bklyndroobeki
- hamburgermoldero
