Everyday Systems

I like pretty much any recipe you can find at http://www.eatingwell.com -- however ....

My favorite spinach recipe is as follows:

Take a bag of spinach and roughly a pack of basil. Tear the basil into pieces about the same size as the spinach. Toss together in a salad bowl.

Heat up some olive oil ...

Oh, sure. But I was given 1500kCal/day as the number for a 5'ish inactive woman. :) It was intended as the baseline. This wasn't all that long ago ... maybe 4 years? Perhaps the science has changed since then.

For the full disclosure, I'm 35, 5'2", female, and pretty active -- 30+ minute workouts ...

Wow -- some of you folks are going for really low calorie counts. The nutritionist I discussed weight loss with explained to me that usually, if you're eating below 1500 kCal/day, your body is actually starving and not getting enough to run on.

I shoot for 1500-1700 kCal/day (ballpark, I don't ...

Just for the record, for the calorie counters --

An In'n'Out hamburger (ketchup, mustard, and pickles instead of spread) plus half a basket of fries (share with a friend!) comes in right around 500 calories. And they are tasty, scrumptious calories at that, with good crunchy lettuce, sweet tomatoes ...

This was an *awesome* workout. I tried it out this morning and it really does everything -- strength, balance, and cardio. Nice! I'll be using this one long-term for sure.

Breakfast default in my house is usually:

Take a small bowl -- I use Japanese-style rice/miso soup bowls -- and plop two soup spoons of plain nonfat yogurt in the bottom. Top with granola and fresh fruit and nuts. Grapes are particularly tasty.

For those of you folks who need to look at granola ...

I agree with all the "do what feels best to you" statements.

I really don't like to exercise on an empty stomach, especially first thing in the morning. I play roller hockey on Sunday mornings, and you'd better believe I get a Luna bar and a glass of milk before I hit the rink. (OK, we *are ...

I strike a balance between white rice and brown rice by eating haiga rice. I find short-grained brown rice to be heavy and hard to digest, and short-grained white rice is boring and flat. But haiga is cool!
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They remove the hull (OK, less fiber), but they ...

Depends. In winter, when my feet get cold easily, shoes. In summer, nah, not usually. But that's mostly because I don't wear shoes in the house unless it's cold.

Heh. I had to join just to post to this thread.

For a slapshot, you don't grip quite like you would for a golf club or tennis racquet. Your hand that's lower down on your "stick" should be turned palm-up, so that your thumb and your fingers point towards the ceiling when they're closed over the ...