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dinner time
I looking for something to replace my sandwiches at work for dinner, i know bread is bad for you So advice please on meal replacements or anything i can take to work, no access to heat anything thanks
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tdee and gaining weight
Hey guys, So 4 weeks back I started the tdee method. I am on my last 10lbs and decided to go with tdee-20%. I did the calculations and: BMR=1768 tdee= 2741 tdee-20%= 2195. I chose my activity level as moderate because I run/jog/walk atleast an average of 4 hours/week. The first two weeks I lost .4 and 1.5 lbs respectively,…
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Homemade Yogurt & Strained Whey - Nutrition?
Hello there! I make homemade yogurt and sometimes strain the whey off. Can anyone tell me how this affects the nutritional value? And what is the nutritional value of whey? I saw some liquid whey listed in the database - 50 cals, 2g protein and 13 OR 0g sugar - per cup?? People talk about how packed with protein whey is,…
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eating clean... too much fruit?
:bigsmile: I'm trying my best to eat clean. I've run into a few problems.. 1 being that I have a hard time finding enough of a variety of food and 2, filling up even 1200 calories a day is hard! I'm also avoiding wheat as a month long experiment. Anyways, I'm wondering if I'm eating too much fruit. Here's a sample day for…
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Wanting to Switch to Organiz Protein Powder
My bf is wanting to switch protein powders (and I am curious too). We'd like to switch to something organic, chemical free. He currently uses Real Gains in Chocolate Ice Cream flavor. I use Matrix 5.0 in Cookies n' Cream. Suggestions on what to look into and what brands to avoid would be helpful. What do you use? What did…
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Nutritional Goals
I am on a the keto diet - low carbs. I had set it up correctly to be carbs 5% (roughly 25g), fat 70% and protein 25% which was fine. Today, I weighed and because I lost 10 lbs it asked to recalculate...I said "yes". Now it suggests that I eat 240g carbs - grrrr!. I've looked and looked to try and change my % nutritional…
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Mexican or Chinese?
I enjoy both! But which one can be the most healthiest is the question?
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"Carry Over" Leftovers?
So last night I went to Red Lobster with my family and I didn't eat all of my food. The soup I'm easily able to say I ate half of last night and half of today, but the main course was not so evenly divided. It was a lobster tail, shrimp scampi and some other shrimp with rice pilaf. I still have most of the shrimp scampi…
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JUICE PLUS?
Hi everyone. Hoping to start juice plus Sunday.... Firstly which is better vanilla or chocolate, was gutted to have vanilla. Secondly how many calories is the meal a day? Any recipe tips for the shakes, almond milk or soya?
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How much do class as a glass of water?
Hey everyone I supose everyones glasses are different sizes, so i was just wondering how much do you class as a glass of water??
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Too Much cheese!
I have noticed that I am eating too much cheese. It is so good with everything. Is there a carb/protein less fatty alternative that tastes similar to it? Or melts like it? For topping on salad, in noodle casseroles, sandwiches, etc. (I say less fatty because i'm going over my fats with eggs in the morning and cheese in the…
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For those of you who don't enjoy drinking water....
I was getting so bored of drinking only water! I started looking for alternatives with no calories and no artificial anything. At first, a coworker told me about Hint water, but when I looked it up online, I saw that it is ridiculously expensive. So, I kept searching. On Amazon, I found a water infuser ball. It only cost…
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need low cal recipe sights to spice up the menu!
Iam getting so bored with the same foods need some recipes and different foods. So i will not get so bored with diet that i end up cheating. ANY IDEAS!?
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Side Salad calories
Do you count it ? What is the estimate calories for a cup or a cup a cup and a half of side salad? There is a mom and pop style japanese place that I have to go there to eat often, they food menu comes with side salad. Usually I just tried to calculate it from pieces of vegetable but when it comes to shredded lettuce and…
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Junk food
Everyone has that one food item that calls out your name, that maybe even some answer to, but has anyone measured out an actual serving size for your guilty pleasure and ate it and satisfied the craving without over eating large amounts?
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Low alcoholic drinks!
I am going out in 2 weeks for a meet up with my friend which involves a little drink! I was wandering what drinks are less drastic on the calories would be great for some advice :)
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Eating every 2 hours
Is anyone else eating every 2 to 3 hours? I have always found that I begin to lose weight when I eat more often – but every 2 hours is a real challenge for me. I’m just curious as to everyone’s experience/opinion.
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Sugar question
I put sugar in my coffee - plain white cane sugar. Two cups per day, two teaspoons per cup. So that's 4 teaspoons of sugar each day. Now, I don't eat that much sugar otherwise, other than natural sugar that comes from fruits, etc. Do you think that if I gave up the sugar I use in my coffee that I would see a change in my…
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Struggling to eat clean
I have been gorging on junk due to stress. Ugh! My downfall is soda. I just cannot quit it. I need some support, some motivation, and some suggestions for easy, comforting food that is LOW cal. My goal is to lose 14 pounds and instead of losing, I keep gaining (because of my diet). It's not rocket science but it's so…
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Food quiz
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/quiz/2013/feb/19/how-many-calories-do-you-need I'm ashamed to say I only got 6 out of 10... What did you get?
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Puzzled
Apologies for the little rant but I am curious to hear your thoughts on something I keep seeing over and over again on the forums. A huge number of people keep posting "I struggle to eat 1200 calories per day". Now, while I can perhaps understand those people who mean "net calories" and burn a hell of a lot with exercise…
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Saturated fat and cholesterol vital to health
Big Pharma has tried to convince us that we need very low cholesterol levels to avoid cardiovascular disease (and they make incredible profits off of anti-cholesterol drugs, so is that surprising?). Here is the transcript of an interview with a medical researcher (with a Ph.D. in nutrition science) who says that…
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Bad Skin
Hi all, I'm hoping you may be able to help me: Since starting to cut out junk food and exercise regularly I have developed what almost looks like eczema in the crook of my arm: does any one have any idea of what I may have cut out that I am missing from my diet? I have never been a milk drinker - only had it in coffee and…
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List your Daily Supliments
What's your daily intake of supplements to aid your slimming/fitness/healthy lifestyle? I'm on Month two of my personal "Project Health" and slowly but surely I think I'm starting to rattle! My other half observed me this morning as I performed my daily supplement waltz around the kitchen and I did start to wonder if my…
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how many cups of green tea...
would u need to have a day/week for u to notice a difference to your health, weightloss, wellbeing or skin? anyone been drinking it a long time noticed a difference?
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Any idea calories in chinese steamed shrimp and broccoli?
This is my first week on plan, and I tend to eat chinese food alot. I'm going to get a pint of steamed shrimp and broccoli, no sauce. Any idea how many calories that would be? On this site it says only 160, but i've seen it listed as much as 300 elsewhere.
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Question about clean eating resource
I was looking into many clean eating resources online and one that i was reading, she was into protein shakes. Now tell me how that a protein shake falls into that catagory of clean eating. So does that mean that the rest of her ideas were full of phooey??? I understand the basic concept of whole food items and the fewer…
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Suggestions for foods on the GO
I know, I know. Food on the go is not healthy. I know that. I work 60 hours a week, and I am just too exhausted to plan the night before, much less make a lunch in advance. I have been working with salads or Subway and I need some new suggestions to shake things up. Thanks!!
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What's the difference in soy protein and whey.
Just made it home with a new brand of protein powder when I noticed that it's Soy protein and not whey. What's the difference?
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lower calorie pizza crust ideas?
I'm looking to make myself a pizza but i don't want to use a tortilla or cauliflower. I want something as authentic as possible. I have a few ingredients that I think could work but I'm not sure how to go about it. Any ideas that use: peanut flour xanathan gum flaxseed meal wheat bran And I have eggs and baking soda/powder…