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Challenge Rants and Raves by CFD Peeps!

Breakfast smoothie

By tgodd | Published: May 27, 2010
This is one of my favorite breakfasts, although I’m still trying to find the perfect combo without too much sugar. Works best with a Vitamix or other uber-blender. 1 cup of water ~20 almonds Blend well to make almond milk Add: 2-3 loose cups of raw baby spinach or other mild greens A small banana [...]
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Bodyfat calculators – useful?

By tgodd | Published: May 27, 2010
Kitch helped me get caliper body fat measurements (ouch!) to help me figure out my body weight. I got my sister to take circumference measurements, and now I’ve played around with a few bodyweight calculators online. My results: 41%, 32% and 26% on three different calculators. I think the second may be closest to the [...]
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Apple Cinnamon Paleo Pancakes

By Kitch | Published: May 26, 2010
I’m going to be trying this this weekend for breakfast. Gotta go get some coconut milk! From Cooking For Health and Performance by Scott Hogan Time: 20 minutes Ingredients: Coconut butter 1 egg 1/4 cup ground walnuts or almonds (grind up or buy pre-ground) 1/4 cup coconut milk 1/2 small apple or 1/4 lg. apple [...]
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Boom! More Milk!

By Kitch | Published: May 26, 2010
See, prior to this NCII dealio, I was on GOMAD and really just interested in getting stronger. Enough’s enough though. No more GOMAD, but I am going to drink the milk I have — albeit not at the one gallon a day rate I was enjoying. I had a half gallon left of creamy goodness. [...]
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Food Journals?

By tgodd | Published: May 25, 2010
I’m curious how people are planning to do their food diaries for this nutritional challenge. I’ve tried a couple before, and haven’t yet found one that is truly easy to use. Most recently, I’ve used livestrong.com/thedailyplate, and since Mark’s Daily Apple commentors reference fitday, I’ve tried that, but found the food database to be sorely [...]
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