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Well not that the FDA is the be all / end all source of information but they were the ones that issued a warning about it if I remember correctly. The risks are supposed to be worse with childeren. I just wondered if anyone else had heard much about it. I'll probably keep eating it for now...

I keep hearing about how loaded with mercury this stuff is yet I know some bodybuilders eat tuna on a daily basis. Is that really healthy or should one consider substituting chicken or turkey instead?

Thanks for the info! It is appreciated. A couple more questions for you folks if you don't mind. I went to the grocery store this weekend and did some shopping. I got some tuna fish, cottage cheese, veggies, and yams (not sweet potatoes, looks like I chose right there). Here's the problem...

So how are you guys preparing your taters? :) Bake them? For how long? I got some this weekend @ the grocery store and they are a huge spud. Do you cut them in half and then just eat half at a time?

Are yams and sweet potatoes the same thing?

Thanks for the assist Jodi. It's appreciated. :)

Anyone who doesn't have the patience for my lack of knowledge please don't bother to thrash me k? :D First, where I'm @ right now. 5'8", 160lbs.. Used to weigh 220, lost all of that and have been between 155-165 for the last year. I would like to gain some muscle. Nothing ridiculous, but...

Here I am about the same as when they took my BF w/the calipers. What would you guess my BF to be @? I'm at 155 in this picture, 5'8". And btw, I'm not trying to brag about anything here because I know you all are way better looking then I am. Just posting it so you can see for yourself...

I'm 5'8" and once weighed 220 of pure pudge. After six months of seroius calorie cutting, cardio, and lifting I had dropped 60 pounds. Over the next six months after that I lost another 5 or so. They took my body fat via calipers @ the local 24 hour fitness and it was 8%. And yet I still...

Well FWIW I'm not sold on the idea that it's possible for everyone who has been fat @ one time or another to completely lose that bit of padding on their stomach. Even @ 8% body fat I still can't get my abs defined and it's not from a lack of trying believe me. I'll need surgery to fix it.

Some people seem to have better control over themselves than others. While I have not exhibited such control at all stages of my life, I have been able to dismiss a few bad habits here and there. I changed my body dramatically in six months (went from a pudgy 220 to a lean 155). I have used...

Just my 2 cents... 1) There is a correlation between smoking dope and using other drugs. Is there a causation, however? No, I don't think so. I agree with the earlier poster that mentioned it being a gateway to meeting people that use other things, however. But the drug itself does not...

Anyone care to comment on whether that exercise program I posted about in the original post makes sense? That is assuming ofcourse that the diet gets where it needs to be... Thanks!

OK, I've been reading through some of the links there and it's painfully apparent that I've been eating WAY to much prepackaged, processed, crap. It's also apparent that the EAS bars have been the cause of my tummy rumblings and (ahem) flatulence that I've experienced for some time now. Great...

OK, here's my diet: 1) Breakfast is kashi good friends cereal (high in protein, fiber) w/skim milk. About 500-550 calories at most. 2) Morning snack is a slim fast shake w/EAS carb control bar 440 calories, sometimes add in some jerkey for another 80 cal 3) Lunch is a turkey...