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Dessert Free Week Anyone?
I eat sweets WAY too much. After Thanksgiving I have decided to start a dessert/treat free week. No more eating the small piece of chocolate in the conference room at work or having a cookie at the end of the day. NO sugary foods for 1 whole week. Not sure if I have even gone one day recently! Anyone else want to try for a…
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Do you both to count minimal calories?
Edit: That title was supposed to read 'bother' :wink: For example, I had a turkey sandwich today and the iceberg lettuce, tomato and yellow mustard that were on it pretty much have no calories for the small quantity of them I consumed (You would obviously log any turkey, cheese, bread, mayo, ect). Do you even both to log…
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300 calories over and still hungry
I at that point today where I just want food! I am resisting, but everything I see tonight I want to eat! Hormones are quite annoying especially after a decent day!
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Keto-XT, RoxyLean, and CLK
Anyone know anything about these? I know that most supplements are crap, but does anyone know anything substantial about these? Thanks! Jennifer
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Diets=fail for me
Hello All! So I do pretty well with exercise and enjoy working out but when it comes to diets, I completely fail at them. I know in order to become a healthier me I need to include a better diet for myself on top of working out. Plus I know it will keep the weight off that I lose. Any suggestions on where to start or what…
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Vitamins/Minerals and what they do
I am always told that I need all these vitamins and minerals so I wanted to know what they do for me, and I found this: http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/vitamins_which.htm
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Eggs - interesting....
http://examine.com/faq/will-eating-eggs-increase-my-cholesterol.html Let me know what you think? Do the conclusions match your experience?
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Stay Within Caloric Goal including the "bad" stuff.
Just wondering if people still end up losing the weight when they have 2-3 days a week where they eat something bad BUT still stay within their caloric goal??? I would like to be reassured from people because this has been happening to me. I try to eat clean but when someone brings something out like cheesecake or…
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PROTEIN!!
I am trying to eat a low low calorielow carb diet, I have been dieting for about four years but have always just counted calories. Iam currently training for a marathon and would like to be in great shape from head to toe. Today my diet allotted me 45g of protein but with my diet i have eaten 75g of protein. I am going to…
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Any low calorie suggestions for a migraine sufferer?
Does anyone else suffer from migraines? Usually a drastic cut in calories from what I am used to eating will trigger a migraine. This makes me miserable and causes me to eat more to prevent or reverse the migraine. What types of low calorie foods would you suggest to keep me on track and not throwing in the towel right…
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Bananas
Is there any problem with having two (little) bananas in a day? I'm sure I always hear people bang on about bananas making you fat. (I know, I make me fat, not bananas)... Is there any rhyme and reason to this or not?
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Heading to Hong Kong, any fellow MFP out there?
Hello, I'm heading to Hong Kong in a few days and I'm just checking to see if there are any MFP's that could steer me in the right direction for food. Both healthy and decadent would be welcomed, thanks!
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Calculating calories in a recipe
Can someone refer me to a website where I can plug in ingredients for a multi serving recipe and get the nutiritonal breakdown per serving (per cup would be best because I don't have a scale). I'm going to make a big pot of pork and beer chilli today... not exactly equivalent to your regular canned variety.
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start off with good intentions every morning.....
In the morning I usually eat alright. LOVE my cottage cheese and fruit for breakfast and a coffee when I get to work. and sometimes I even do well at lunch (I am a nanny and lunch food is dependent upon what my bosses picked up from the store that week), but by dinner.... it's like an "eat everything you know you shouldn't…
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detox?
I have some detox recipes and I was wondering how often I should be detoxing? Is once a week too often? Any advice or info would be helpful.
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Late night munchies & slow metabolism..need tips!
I wouldn't be surprised if this has been asked already but I will ask for advice anyway. Let me begin by providing my info. I'm 23..weigh 248 and I'm 5 foot 2. I have a tendency to get really hungry late at night..anywhere from 10 pm up to 2 am unless I'm already asleep. I try my best to ignore my stomach but it really…
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Beer???
Do you drink once in awhile? I had a taste for beer today and bought a Mich Ultra and honestly it's not that bad and I'm normally not a beer drinker. What is your beer of choice? Do you just blow it on beer or do you try to do a lower calorie beer?
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USA prepared meal and quick meal ideas?
Hi there I've had lots of success with intermittent calorie restrictiondieting (lost 15lbs and now almost under BMI of 25) after watching a TV show about it here in the UK and have been writing an ebook to share my experiences and those of lots of friends who've done the same. But I am based in the UK and the ebook will…
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Kettlebell
After stuffing my face with so much food on Thursday, and still being able to fit into smaller size jeans on Friday, I rewarded my self with a 15lb kettlebell. I always wanted on and finally got one - Tone Fitness brand. I was learning proper form today and the bell feels strange in my hands. I've never worked with one, so…
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Supplements?
Sorry if this has been posted other places but I was wondering about supplements that help with weight loss. My mom told me to use safflower oil because Dr. Oz recommended it. So I looked it up and there are videos where Dr. Oz does seem to recommend it but there are also articles where he says that we can't really say…
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HELP PB2 NOT IN CHINA :-(
I live in China with my Husband we are both teachers, I am on my way to losing about 25 - 30 pounds, my Husband loves peanut butter soup with mashed rice that you eat like potatoe. It is absolutely delicious and had no oil only fresh veg and is about 300 cal for the whole meal. The problem is, I can reduce the cal and fat…
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Blender/juicing/reboot recipes, please!
Hello, MFPers, I hope you are well. I recently was given a Cooks blender, which is essentially a Magic Bullet blender. I can look up recipes for fruit or vegetable juices online, but I am interested to know the recipes you especially like. I would prefer them to taste good :) So, if you have any favorite recipes/ingredient…
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Cottage cheese before bed..?
I understand that it's good to eat cottage cheese before bed, but when they say before bed .. do they mean the typical 2-3 hours beforehand or eat it and fall asleep right after?
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Homemade "skillet" dishes
Hi guys... I'm pretty new to this thing, especially the calorie tracker. Here's my question: I often make dishes with whole foods like chicken breast or fish, brown rice, fresh veggies, and beans in an Olive oil spread or something similar. Usually I add each ingredient's calories to a list and add it all together to get a…
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Lunchtime ideas
So, I work fulltime and I just wondered if anyone out there could give me any ideas for easy, healthy, relatively low-cal lunches? I've gotten into the habit of buying lunches, which I don't really want to continue with - partly the money issue, partly the lack-of-healthiness issue. Frankly it's due to laziness so I need…
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Help with cals from exercise!
Hi All, My current calorie intake goal is 1360cals a day, which is fine and I have experience and average loss of around 1kg a week. Recently I have increased my exercise (trying to increase fitness & endurance) and am burning a lot more cals. Previously I have eaten back some of my cals but not usually all and sometimes…
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Ice Cream Maker
I know this may seem contrary to this site but you can make HEALTHY homemade icecream and I think I want to buy an ice cream maker so i can do so! My weakness is ice cream and I think this will help ;) Does anyone have an ice cream maker and how does it work? THANKYAH!!
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best vegetarian protein powder (non-soy)
The best vegetarian, non-soy protein powder (preferably w/out sugar-substitutes) I have found is Plant Fusion (http://plantfusion.net/chocolate.html). Don't bother with any flavor other than chocolate. Seriously. Don't. But it's quite pricey. Anyone have any alternative suggestions?
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sHAKEOLOGY hELP!!!!
has any one tried any oth flavors of shakeology besisides chocolate? omg i ordered a single serving and uhh uhh ( in my Tamar voice) lol it is REALLY bitter but i shouldve expected that with all the great benefits in there may be some suggestions on how to make it sweeter because i really need to start drinking this…
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Does healthy food impact our nails too?
Hi I have been wondering if there was any truth in this: Somebody told me that we get that white "rainbow shaped" area on the bottom of our nails as an indicator that we do not eat as healthy as we could/should. I have not seen any evidence to prove this nor have I done proper research on this topic. Is it true?? I mean. I…