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Summer dieting woes

Apparently, for me, camping is to be avoided at all costs.   Unfortunately, I love camping and refuse to avoid it.
There have been three “very bad” weekends this summer, meaning significant and uncharacteristic weight gain.  All three have been camping weekends.
All three weekends have involved significant exercise of the biking persuasion, and I try to plan [...]

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Amazon Grocery has good deals on cycling nutrition

I just got an email promoting Amazon’s Grocery store. I’d looked at that store before and generally found the prices too high to seriously consider, but this time it was different. I’ve been looking for good deals on “energy gels” (affectionately known as “goo,” presumably because of the “Gu” brand); they’re easy to [...]

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My five favorite 100-calorie meals

On the Johnson Up Day Down Day Diet, 100 calories (okay, kilocalories) is about a fifth of my daily limit on a down day, so you can bet that I want to make them count! I’m always on the lookout for low calorie foods that are still satisfying and tasty (I’m a picky eater, [...]

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Balance Bar 100 Calories: Vanilla Caramel Crisp flavor

I was at the grocery store the other day with my husband, Daniel, and we were looking at the nutrition bars (though I use that term loosely). Wal-Mart has a lot of these monsters, though, and it was a little overwelming. “I just want a decent snack that’s about a hundred calories and [...]

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