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Suddenly extremely hungry and weight loss slowing down
Hello all, I began my weight loss journey at the beginning of September (197 lbs then). I lost the first 15 lbs without a huge amount of effort (not counting calories but trying to eat moderately and working out 2x per week). About 2 months ago I started counting calories and working out more intensively. For the about the…
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Fav proteins for smoothies
Hi!, Just wanted to get new ideas for protein for smoothies. I met with my nutritional today and she suggested yogurt, even 2 hard boiled eggs (i know, crazy, but she said it's good), keifer and tofu. What are your favs? I was looking for alternatives to protein powders.
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Recipes
I would really like to try some new meals. Where do u finds recipes? Do u get them out of a certain cookbook? Online?
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almond milk question...
what are the befits of unsweetened almond milk, say, over regular skim milk?
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Equate Weightloss shakes?!!?
Has anyone done the equate weight-loss shakes from Walmart? replacing two meals with them. And lost the weight you want? how long did it take?
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Tonights Dessert
Frozen banana 5 oz. cut into half and inch rounds before freezing Frozen strawberries 5 or 6 about 1/2 a cup Frozen Blueberries about 2 oz Frozen Pineapple about 6 chunks maybe 2 oz of 2% milk Blend in a blender one at a time or two at a time untill it resembles gravel, then add your milk and blend until smooth and this is…
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how do you like your tuna
so good for us but tough to take on a regular basis... any ideas
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What to eat before and after exercices?
Hi there you all, what should we eat or drink before and after exercises? This is my routine: Mondays and Thursdays I do weights for upper and 30 minutes of aerobics Tuesdays and Fridays I do strenght trainining for lower limbs and 30 minutes of aerobics Wednesdays I do 75 minutes of aerobics Sundays, when it´s not…
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Pickles - a freebie food?
Although they seem to be generally high in sodium, are pickles a freebie food at all that it's ok to splurge on? Well, maybe not SPLURGE, but can eat without feeling to guilty? I feel a little bad. I just ate FIVE of them. Not whole ones, but the spears! The ones I bought say 0 calories, it's the sodium that is high. I…
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Low iodine for Thanksgiving?
I am curious what people do for their holiday meals if they have to do a low iodine diet? I had thyroid cancer in 2010 and did the diet, I thought is was ok, I was really hungry but lived through it. Fastforward to now, and find out I will have to do it again and have put it off until January because I don't want to ruin…
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Supplement Help!
hey guys! I am looking for some comments on taking everyday supplements like Tonalin CLA, multi's, omega 3's etc. I don't know much about it but need a way to boost my metabolism! Let me know if you can help me!
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Oral Fixation...
LOL. Some of you who open this thread are gonna be disappointed...but I didn't know how else to word it. You know how smokers sometimes miss the action of smoking and not so much the cigarette itself? That is how I'm feeling with food. I know I'm not hungry...but I guess I just miss the comfort of eating. Do any of you…
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READ THIS!! YOU JUST MIGHT GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT!!
As many of you know, (DUH!! LOL) I've been on a recent lifestyle change. Some people call it a diet, it's not! I am not on a diet, diets are temporary. I'm on a lifestyle chance. I don't believe that there are any magic pills out there, I don't believe in quick weight loss fads, no potions and lotions. I believe in REAL…
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I'm hungry, what should I eat?
Its 7:30 Pm where I am and I am feeling a bit hungry, I have about 150 calories left today. Do you think a plout (cross between a plum and an apricot) WOuld be OK? Is it bad to eat fruit about 3 hours before you go to bed? I am going to wal mart yet tonight, I don't want to be hungry while I go, is fruit OK?
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When to say "Screw it!"
Is there a point where you give up on eating healthy for the day? Like you've gone SO FAR out of your calorie range that's it's like honestly, you might as well not even try to skip that last meal because you're already so far gone? I've had waffles, a chicken breast, about 10 cookies, half a bag of chips, and a few pieces…
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Throwing up... do I eat?
I know none of you are doctors, and I'm seeing one Friday morning. I have a so far undiagnosed stomach condition. Have seen 4 doctors, and have been on failed medication for an ulcer, IBS, and acid reflux. This has gradually been getting worse for around 3 years now. I'm hoping they'll finally send me for an endoscopy as…
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I really need help in understanding this please.
Okay, so I frequent my Asian Supermarket. I eat a boatload of seasoned nori and while on one of my latest excursions, I came across cookies. Delicious, amazing cookies. My mouth nearly dropped from my connective tissue when I read the calorie content. I can NOT for the life of me find any information online by searching…
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The 20 Minute Kick Start Diet (aus)
Has anyone else picked this up with the New Idea this week? My gosh. What rubbish. Soup for 2 weeks and 1200 for the next two and beyond.... I am snortlaughing my way through it. Apparently eating the soup and having a low cal start allows you to lose weight... uh.. like eating properly doesn't?
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My Foods
Can someone help me! Does anybody know how to delete foods you have saved under "My Foods" ?
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1200 calories
I am having so much trouble with the 1200 calorie thing! Thats what MFP tells me that I need to eat. I did that, but then learned that I need to eat more. I am now trying to figure out how to get my carbs/protein/fats where they should be and still be at a decent calorie intake. I'm so confused!!! I dont eat any fish or…
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Is grass-fed beef really more lean? Nutritional data?
I was at a farmers market recently. One of the vendors told me his grass-fed organic ground chuck meat was actually a lot leaner than the meats I would buy in the store. However, he could not give me any fat percentages or other nutritional data. Does anyone know if this is true, that a pure grazing grass fed stock animal…
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Sandwiches
I enjoy flavour in my food with lots of herbs, spices, fresh vegetables etc. Do you have a favourite sandwich combo? i love turkey, cranberry, alpha alpha, red onion. Spring onion, grated carrot, parsely, hummus chicken, celelery, avocado, almonds curried egg and sprout tuna, cream cheese, parsley and grated carrot Looking…
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HELP PLZ
inorder to increase my callories to 2100 can i have ice creams included in my diet? ......... if yes then how much quantity can i have it......... i am planning to take icecream inorder to increase my protein ........ (since greek yoghurt is not available in my area)....... is it advisable?
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A question about Jacket Potatoes on the Food Database?
So when I am out in town during the day I sometimes stop by Spud U Like and have a prawn cocktail and cheese jacket potato. My question is that on the food database it says "spud u like - prawn cocktail filling" and tells you all the calories etc but does it include the Jacket Potato or is it just the nutrition information…
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Who is actually using chia seeds?
The reduction in hunger pangs because you feel full longer sounds like a plus as well as the omega 3 benefits. Who is using the seeds on a regualr basis and where do you get them and at what price?
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Vodka Christmas Cake
Vodka Christmas Cake 1 cup sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1 cup water 1 tsp salt 1 cup brown sugar Lemon juice 4 large eggs Nuts 1 bottle Vodka 2 cups dried fruit Sample a cup of vodka to check the quality. Take a large bowl, check the vodka again to be sure it is of the highest quality, then repeat. Turn on the electric mixer.…
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I just commited the ultimate multi layered sin
1) I bought a salad 2) I picked off all the bacon 3) I picked off as much of the cheese as I could What am I going to do?!?
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Iron??
Finally realised you can add extra vitamins, etc, to track! :happy: My iron has been very low today! I've heard from several sources that dried apricots were a good source but apparently not!? I'm vegetarian and my iron levels do dip occasionally anyway (even when eating a consistent amount of red meat!). Aside from…
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Celiac's symptoms?
Hey there… So it hasn’t been confirmed (I had my blood test this afternoon) but my doctor and my symptoms seems to be leaning towards celiac’s disease. I’m actually not super concerned about this, as I’ve been trying to take in less gluten anyway and I eat pretty cleanly (MOST of the time!!) However I was wondering if…
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MFP Sugar Recommendations
Hi, everyone! Relatively new to MFP (signed up a month ago and forgot about it until about 4 days ago). I'm noticing something as I log my food: it is very easy to go over the daily recommended sugar intake! Do people hear regularly stay within the recommended limits? How do you do it? I don't really feel like cutting out…